[Amended 7-1-2003 by Ord. No. 03-04]
See Chapter
260, Stormwater Management.
The subdivider shall grade each land division
in order to establish street, block and lot grades in proper relation
to each other and to topography as follows:
A. Master site grading plan.
(1) A master site grading plan shall be prepared by the
subdivider for all new subdivisions. This plan shall be prepared in
accordance with the requirements and standards of the Village.
(2) The master site grading plan shall show existing and
proposed elevations of all lot corners and control points. The plan
shall also indicate all overland storm drainage in and adjacent to
the subdivision. The cost of the preparation of such a plan shall
be paid for by the subdivider.
(3) After approval or modification of these plans by the
Village Engineer, the full width of the right-of-way of the proposed
streets within the subdivision and the entire subdivision lot area
shall be graded in accordance with the master site grade plan. The
owners of the subdivision lots shall adhere to those plans.
(4) The cost of all required grading work, supervision,
certification, inspection and engineering fees shall be paid for by
the subdivider.
B. Right-of-way grading. The subdivider shall grade the
full width of the right-of-way of all proposed streets in accordance
with the approved plans.
C. Block grading. Block grading shall be completed by
one or more of the following methods:
(1) Regrading along the side or rear lot lines which provides
for drainage to the public drainage facilities.
(2) Parts of all lots may be graded to provide for drainage
to a ditch or to a swale, provided any ditches or swales are in public
drainage easements.
(3) Draining across rear or side lot lines may be permitted
provided that the course of drainage is within a public drainage easement
and is toward public drainage facilities.
D. Miscellaneous grading requirements.
(1) Lot grading shall be completed so that water drains
away from each building site toward public drainage facilities at
a minimum grade of 2%, and provisions shall be made to prevent drainage
onto properties adjacent to the land division unless to a public drainage
facility.
(2) Grading activities shall not result in slopes greater
than 3:1 on public lands or lands subject to public access.
(3) The topsoil stripped for grading shall not be removed
from the site unless identified in the erosion control plan approved
by the Village Engineer as not being necessary for erosion control.
Topsoil shall be uniformly returned to the lots when rough grading
is finished. Topsoil piles shall be leveled and seeded for erosion
control prior to the Village releasing the one-year guarantee provision
on public improvements in the streets adjacent to the lots on which
the topsoil is stockpiled.
(4) Such grading shall not result in detriment to any
existing developed lands, either within or outside of the corporate
limits.