§ 70.201. Selected definitions.
Administrator: The administrator of these regulations, as designated by the village board of trustees, or his duly authorized representative.
Alley: A public access way which affords a secondary means of vehicular access to the side or rear of premises that front on a nearby street.
Amendment: A change in the provision of these regulations enacted by the village board of trustees in accordance with state law and the procedures set forth herein.
Area, gross: The entire area within the lot lines of the property proposed for subdivision/development, including any areas to be dedicated/reserved for street and alley rights-of-way and for public uses.
Area, net: The entire area within the boundary lines of the tract proposed for subdivision, less the area to be dedicated for street and alley rights-of-way and/or other public purposes.
Area service highway: Any road which connects and provides direct access to major traffic generators, provides secondary service to small communities, provides access to abutting property, and/or has an estimated average daily traffic (ADT) at full development of the subdivision of greater than 5,000 vehicles.
As built, as constructed: See "record drawings."
Catch basin: See "inlet."
Centerline offset: The distance between the centerlines of two roughly parallel streets, measured along the third street with which both said "parallel" streets intersect.
Collector street: A street which carries or is proposed to carry intermediate (ADT 1,000—5,000) volumes of traffic from local streets to arterial streets or area service highways.
Common ground: Land within or related to a development, not individually owned or dedicated for public use, which is designed and intended for the common use or enjoyment of the residents of the development and may include such complementary structures and improvements as are necessary and appropriate.
Comprehensive plan: The plan for the Village of Godfrey that establishes goals and objectives designed to guide the growth and development of the village.
County: Madison County, Illinois.
Cross-slope: The degree of inclination measured across a right-of-way rather than in the direction traffic moves on said right-of-way.
Curb and gutter, integral: The rim forming the edge of a street plus the channel for leading off surface water, constructed of poured concrete as a single facility.
Cul-de-sac: A short street having only one outlet for vehicular traffic and having the other end permanently terminated by a turn-around for vehicles; the term may also be used to refer solely to said turn-around.
Dedicate: To transfer the ownership of a right-of-way, parcel of land, or improvement to the village or other public entity without compensation.
Density gross: The total number of dwelling units divided by the total project area.
Density net: The total number of dwelling units divided by the total amount of residential acreage, not including the area for street and alley rights-of-way or public uses.
Develop: To erect any structure or to install any improvements on a tract of land, or to undertake any activity (such as grading) in preparation therefor.
District zoning: A portion of the territory of the village wherein certain uniform requirements or various combinations thereof apply to structures, lots, and uses under the terms of the zoning ordinance.
Double frontage lot: See "lot, through."
Drainageway: A water course, gully, dry stream, creek, or ditch which naturally carries stormwater runoff or which is fed by street or building gutters or by stormwater sewers.
Easement: A right to use another person's property, but only for a limited and specifically named purpose.
Frontage: The lineal extent of the front (street-side) of a lot.
Frontage road: A minor street roughly paralleling an arterial street or highway, used for access to abutting lots.
Gone on record: As used herein, the term "gone on record" means officially adopted by the legislative body of a municipality, township, county, state, or other governmental entity; or officially adopted by a department of the state (e.g., the Illinois Department of Transportation). Generally, materials which are on record may be found in the Office of the Madison County Recorder of Deeds, but certain other legal materials such as state regulations or municipal ordinances which cannot be found in the recorder of deeds office shall nonetheless be deemed on record.
Grade: The degree of inclination of the site or right-of-way, expressed as a percentage. Synonym of "slope."
Improvements: Site grading or any street, curb and gutter, sidewalk, drainage ditch, sewer, catch basin, newly planted tree, landscaping, off-street parking area, or other facility necessary for the general use of property owners in a subdivision.
Improvements plan: The engineering plans showing types of materials and construction details for the facilities to be installed in, or in conjunction with, a subdivision.
Inlet: A receptacle, located where a street gutter opens into a stormwater sewer, designed to retain matter that would not readily pass through the sewer and to allow stormwater runoff to enter the sewer.
Intersection: The point at which two or more public rights-of-way (generally streets) meet.
Local street: A street serving limited (ADT-less than 1,000) amounts of residential traffic, and used for access to abutting property.
Lot: A designated parcel, tract or area of land established by plat, subdivision or otherwise permitted by law to be used, developed or built upon as a unit.
Lot, area: The total horizontal surface area within the boundaries of a lot exclusive of any area designated for street purposes.
Lot, corner: A lot having at least two adjacent sides that abut for their full length upon streets. Both such side lines shall be deemed front lot lines (see Figure 1).
Lot, flag: A lot fronting on or abutting public road and where access to the public road is by narrow, private right-of-way (see Figure 1).
Lot, interior: A lot bounded by a street on only one side; any lot other than a corner lot (see Figure 1).
Lot, reversed frontage: A through lot which is not accessible from one of the parallel or non-intersecting streets upon which it fronts (see Figure 1).
Lot, through: A lot having a pair of approximately parallel lot lines that abut two approximately parallel streets. Both such lot lines shall be deemed front lot lines. Also known as a double frontage lot (see Figure 1).
Lot area: The area of a horizontal plane bounded by the front, side, and rear lines of a lot.
Lot of record: An area of land designated as a lot on a plat of subdivision recorded with the Recorder of Deeds of Madison County, Illinois in accordance with state law.
Maps and flats department: The Maps and Flats Division of the Madison County, Illinois Supervisor of Assessments Office.
Maintenance bond: A surety bond, posted by the developer and approved by the village, guaranteeing the satisfactory condition of installed improvements for a specified time period following their dedication.
Marginal access street: See "frontage road."
Metes and bounds description: A description of real property not by reference to a lot or block shown on a recorded subdivision plat, but in terms of a known point and the bearings and distances of the lines forming the boundaries of the property.
Owner: A person having sufficient proprietary interest in the land sought to be subdivided to commence and maintain proceedings to subdivide the same under these regulations.
Percolation test: A subsurface soil test at a depth of a proposed seepage system or similar component of a sewage disposal system to determine the water absorption capability of the soil.
Performance bond: A surety bond, posted by the developer and approved by the village, guaranteeing the satisfactory installation of required improvements within, or in conjunction with a subdivision.
Person: Any agent, individual, firm, association, partnership, corporation or similar entity.
Planning and zoning commission: The Planning and Zoning Commission of the Village of Godfrey, Illinois created pursuant to Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, Ch. 24, par. 11-12-4 (65 ILCS 5/1112-4), which has also been designated to carry out the functions of the zoning board of appeals (per Ill. Rev. Stat., 1991, Ch. 24, par. 11-13-2, 65 ILCS 5/11-13-2) and those duties described herein.
Plat, final: The final survey and engineering maps, drawings, and supporting material indicating the subdivider's plan of the subdivision which, if approved, may be filed with the Madison County Recorder of Deeds.
Plat, preliminary: Preliminary survey and engineering maps, drawings, and supportive material indicating the proposed layout of a subdivision.
Plat, sketch: A rough sketch map of a proposed subdivision or site plan of sufficient accuracy to be used for the purpose of discussion and classification.
Private street: A street which is not a public street and is maintained by private parties not the Village of Godfrey, or any other governmental unit.
Record drawings: Complete set of improvement plans modified to reflect changes occurring during construction.
Reserve: To set aside a parcel of land in anticipation of its acquisition by the village (or other government entity) for public purposes.
Reserve strip: A narrow strip of land between a public street and adjacent lots which is designated on a recorded subdivision plat or property deed as land over which vehicular travel is not permitted.
Reverse curve: A curve in a street heading in approximately the opposite direction from the curve immediately preceding it so as to form an S-shape (see Figure 5).
Right-of-way, public: A strip of land which the owner/subdivider has dedicated to the village or other unit of government for streets, alleys and other public improvements.
Setback line: A line that is roughly parallel to the front, side, or rear lot line establishing the minimum space to be provided as the front, side or rear yard (see Figure 2).
Sewerage system, private central: A sewer system including collection and treatment facilities established by the developer to serve a new subdivision in an outlying area.
Sidewalk: A pedestrian way constructed in compliance with the standards of these regulations, generally abutting or near the curb line of a street.
Soil and water conservation district: The Madison County Soil and Water Conservation District.
Stop order: An order used by the administrator to halt work-in-progress that is in violation of these regulations.
Street: A public or private way for motor vehicle travel. The term "street" includes highway, thoroughfare, parkway, through way, road, pike, avenue, boulevard, lane, place, drive, court and similar designations, but excludes an alley or a way for pedestrian use only.
Structure: Anything constructed or erected on the ground, or attached to something having a fixed location on the ground. All buildings are structures, but not all structures are buildings.
Stub street: A street that is temporarily terminated, but that is planned for future continuation.
Subdivider: Any person dividing or proposing to divide land in a manner that constitutes a subdivision as defined herein.
Subdivision: The division of any parcel of land shown as a unit, on the last preceding transfer of ownership thereof, into two or more parcels, sites or lots, for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership. The following shall not be construed as a subdivision:
(a)
The sale or exchange of parcels between adjoining lot owners, where such sale or exchange does not create additional building sites;
(b)
The division of land by court order, or by testamentary devise or intestate succession.
Subdivision minor: A division of land into two but not more than four lots wherein all of the following criteria are met:
(a)
All lots have access to an existing street.
(b)
The subdivision will not involve the creation of new streets, other rights-of-way, improvements, or other provisions for public areas or facilities.
(c)
The proposed subdivision of land is not in conflict with any provision of the zoning ordinance.
(d)
A subdivision shall be considered minor for the purposes of these regulations after it has been so denominated by the administrator on the basis of a sketch plat or other supporting materials.
(e)
No portion of land to be divided has ever been a portion of land previously divided into more than three lots as a "subdivision minor" pursuant to the Subdivision Ordinances of the Village of Godfrey, as established April 4, 1993.
(f)
A variance from the requirements listed in paragraphs (a)—(e) above, may be requested and subsequently granted or denied as part of an application for minor subdivision pursuant to sections 70.405 and 70.600 of article 3, appendix B.
(g)
A minor subdivision shall not be required to meet the criteria of the Subdivision Ordinance of the Village of Godfrey except for those provisions outlined in paragraphs (a)—(e) of this definition and section 70.405 "Minor subdivisions" of the Subdivision Ordinance of the Village of Godfrey.
Subdivision, rural large lot, single-family residential: A rural, single-family subdivision permitted under certain conditions under the provisions of section 70.406.
Topography: The relief features or surface configuration of an area of land.
Vacate: To terminate the legal existence of a right-of-way or subdivision, and to so note on the final plat recorded with the Madison County Recorder of Deeds.
Variance, subdivision: A relaxation in the strict application of the design and improvement standards set forth in these regulations.
Village board: The Board of Trustees of the Village of Godfrey, Illinois.
Village engineer: A licensed professional engineer designated by the village board to perform specified professional engineering services for the village.
(Ord. No. 37-99, 6-1-99; Ord. No. 21-2005, § 1, 9-6-2005: Ord. No. 16-2008, §§ 1, 2, 11-18-2008; Ord. No. 05-2014, § 1, 6-17-2014)