[1960 Code, Sec. 13.20.010]
General subdivision information should describe or outline the
existing conditions of the site and the proposed development as necessary
to supplement the drawings on file in the office of the City Clerk.
This information may include data on existing covenants, land characteristics
and available community facilities and utilities; and information
describing the subdivision proposal such as number of residential
lots, typical lot width and depth, price range, business areas, and
other public areas, proposed protective covenants and proposed utilities
and street improvements.
[1960 Code, Sec. 13.20.020; Ord. 56, 6-20-1977]
The sketch plan, on topographic survey, should show in simple
sketch form the proposed layout of streets, lots and other features
in relation to existing conditions. The sketch plan may be a freehand
pencil sketch made directly on a print of the topographic survey.
The sketch plan should include the existing topographic data listed
below:
(A)
Location; tract boundaries, township and north point;
(B)
Existing highways and proposed streets on and adjacent to the tract
(several alternates if considered);
(C)
Statement of how sewage disposal and water supply will be provided;
(D)
Utility transmission lines and easements;
(E)
Existing zoning districts;
(F)
Topography (USGS or better).
(G)
Statement of how fire protection will be provided.
[1960 Code, Sec. 13.20.030]
The vicinity map shall show the relationship of the proposed
subdivision to existing community facilities which serve or influence
it. The vicinity map shall show:
[1960 Code, Sec. 13.20.040]
Topographic data required as a basis for the preliminary plat in Section 12-5-5 of this chapter shall include existing conditions as follows, except when otherwise specified by the Plan Commission:
(A)
Boundary Lines: Bearings and distances;
(B)
Easements: Location, width and purpose;
(C)
Streets on and adjacent to the tract: Name and right of way width,
elevation of surfacing, legally established centerline elevations,
walks, curbs, gutters, culverts, etc.;
(D)
Utilities on and adjacent to the tract: Location, size and invert
elevation of sanitary, storm and combined sewers; location and size
of water mains; location of gas lines, fire hydrants, electric and
telephone lines, and streetlights; direction and distance to and size
of nearest water mains and sewers adjacent to the tract showing invert
elevation of sewers;
(E)
Ground elevations on the tract based on the City datum plane: For
land that slopes less than 0.5%, show one-foot contours; show spot
elevations at all breaks in grades, along all drainage channels or
swales, and at selected points not more than 100 feet apart in all
directions; for land that slopes more than 0.5%, show two-foot contours;
(F)
Subsurface conditions on the tract if required by the Plan Commission:
Location and results of tests made to ascertain subsurface soil, rock
and ground water conditions; depth to ground water unless test pits
are dry at a depth of five feet; location and results of soil percolation
tests if individual sewage disposal systems are proposed;
(G)
Other conditions on the tract: Watercourses, marshes, rock outcrop,
wooded areas, isolated preservable trees one foot or more in diameter,
horse barns, shacks and other significant features;
(H)
Other conditions on adjacent land: Approximate direction and gradient
of ground slope, including any embankments or retaining walls; character
and location of buildings, railroads, power lines, towers and other
nearby nonresidential land uses or adverse influences; owners of adjacent
unplatted land, for adjacent platted land refer to subdivision plat
by name, recording date, and number, and show approximate percent
built up, typical lot size and dwelling type;
(I)
Zoning on and adjacent to the tract;
(J)
Proposed Public Improvements: Highways or other major improvements
planned by public authorities for future construction on or near the
tract;
(K)
Title And Certificates: Present tract designation according to official
records in offices of the county recorder; title under which proposed
subdivision is to be recorded, with names and addresses of owners,
notation stating acreage and scale.
[1960 Code, Sec. 13.20.050]
The preliminary plat shall be drawn to scale of 100 feet to the inch. It shall show all existing conditions required in Section 12-5-4 of this chapter and shall show all proposals including the following:
(A)
The proposed name of the subdivision;
(B)
Its location by section, township and range and as forming a part
of some larger tract or parcel of land referred to in the indexes
of the records of the county Clerk;
(C)
Sufficient information to accurately locate the plat. (Reference
to existing streets, plats, etc., may be used. If there are none within
a reasonable distance of the proposed subdivision, the vicinity map
on a small scale should accompany the preliminary plat);
(D)
The description and location of all survey monuments erected in the
subdivision shall be shown;
(E)
The names and addresses of the persons to whom the notice of the
hearing to be held by the planning agency should be sent (the subdivider,
the designer of the subdivision and the owners of the land immediately
adjoining the land to be platted);
(F)
The names, locations, roadway widths, right of way widths, approximate
gradients and other dimensions of streets, alleys, easements, parks
and other open spaces;
(G)
Sites, if any, for multi-family dwellings, shopping centers, churches
and industry;
(H)
All parcels of land intended to be dedicated for public use or reserved
for the use of all property owners, with the purpose indicated;
(I)
Location and size of utilities;
(J)
Block numbers and layout, numbers, dimensions and area of lots;
(K)
Building setback lines, showing dimensions;
(L)
North point and scale and date of preparation.
[1960 Code, Sec. 13.20.060]
A draft of protective covenants (if any), whereby the subdivider
proposes to regulate land use and otherwise protect the proposed development,
is also required.
[1960 Code, Sec. 13.20.070]
The final plat shall be drawn in ink on tracing cloth or other
permanent plastic base on sheets not to exceed 36 inches wide by 48
inches long and shall be at a scale of 100 feet equal one inch. Where
necessary, the plat may be on several sheets accompanied by an index
sheet showing the entire subdivision. For large subdivisions final
plats may be submitted for approval in stages. The Plan Commission
may require the developer to submit a development schedule describing
each stage and its proposed dates of construction. The final plat
shall show the following:
(A)
Name of subdivision;
(B)
Location by township, section, town and range, or by other legal
description;
(C)
Scale one inch equal 100 feet (shown graphically);
(D)
Date and north point;
(E)
Boundary of plat, based on an accurate traverse, with angles and
linear dimensions;
(F)
Exact location, width and name of streets within and adjoining the
plat, and the exact location and widths of all crosswalkways. Streets
that are obviously in alignment with others already existing and named
shall bear the names of the existing streets;
(G)
True angles and distances to the nearest established street lines
or official monuments (not less than three), which shall be accurately
described in the plat;
(H)
Municipal, township, county or section lines accurately tied to the
lines of the subdivision by distances and angles;
(I)
Radii, internal angles, points and curvatures, tangent bearings,
and lengths of all arcs;
(J)
Location, dimensions and purpose for all easements;
(K)
All block and lot numbers and lines, with accurate dimensions in
feet and hundredths;
(L)
Location and description of permanent monument or bench marks;
(M)
Accurate outlines and legal descriptions of any areas to be dedicated
or reserved for public use, with the purposes indicated thereon, and
of any area to be reserved by deed covenant for common uses of all
property owners;
(N)
Building setback lines accurately shown by dimension;
(O)
Protective covenants which meet with the approval of the Plan Commission
shall be lettered on the final plat or attached thereto;
(P)
A summary on its face of all restrictions applicable to any part
of said subdivision relating to building restrictions, use restrictions,
building lines or otherwise;
(Q)
A blank certificate of approval as set out in appendix E.
[1960 Code, Secs. 13.20.080, 13.30.080; Ord.
56, 6-20-1977; Ord. 261, 9-6-1988]
Accompanying documents shall consist of:
(A)
Certification by a registered surveyor in the form set out in appendix
H.
(B)
Motorized certifications, by owners or owner, and by mortgagor or
lien holder of record, acknowledging the plat and the dedication of
streets and other public areas.
(C)
An agreement executed by the owner and subdivider to make and install
the improvements provided for in Chapters 9 and 10 of this title,
in accordance with the plans and specifications accompanying the final
plat.
(D)
A notice from the City Council stating that the following have been
filed with and approved by the City Council:
1.
A certificate by the City engineer that all improvements and installations
to the subdivision required for its approval have been made or installed
in accordance with the specifications; or a bond which shall have:
(a)
Run to the Mayor and City Council;
(b)
Be in an amount determined by the City engineer to be sufficient
to complete the improvements and installations in compliance with
this title;
(c)
Be with surety by a company entered and licensed to do business
in the state of Illinois, or be established as an escrow account,
contractor's bond, owner's guarantee bond, cashier's
or certified check, certificate of deposit, or other form, as approved
by the City Attorney and engineer for the City.
(d)
Specify the time for the completion of the improvements and
installations.
2.
Evidence of a deposit with the City in escrow in cash or by maintenance
bond equal to 15% of the estimated cost of surface improvements to
be held by the City for a period of 18 months after the final completion
of such work as a guarantee against any defect in the material or
workmanship furnished in connection with such improvement latent in
character and not discernible at the time of the final approval of
such improvement, and to guarantee against any damage to such improvements
by reason of settling of the ground, base or foundation thereof. After
the termination of such eighteen-month period, such deposit shall
be refunded to the depositor, by the order of such depositor, if no
defects have developed; or if any defects have developed, then the
balance of such deposit after reimbursement to the City for any amounts
expended by it in the curing of such defects.
(E)
A certificate from the proper collector hereof that he finds no delinquent
general taxes and that all special assessments constituting a lien
on the whole or any part of the land to be subdivided have been paid.
