Ordinance 1968-40 AN ORDINANCE FOR THE SUBDIVIDING AND PLATTING OF LANDS AND
PROVIDING OF INSTALLATION OF SUBDIVISION IMPROVE14ENTS
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council off' the United City of the Village of Yorkville,
Kendall County, Illinois:
SECTION I. Jurisdiction. This Ordinance establishing regulations for the subdivision
of land; for the dedication and acceptance of land for public use; for the preparation
of plats; the installation of utilities, roadways and other improvements essential
to service the subdivided land; and the procedure for the approval and recording
of subdivision plats in and about the City of Yorkville, Illinois is in accordance
with the authority vested in this municipality under the provisions of the "Revised
Cities and Villages Act" of the State of Illinois.
Wherever any subdivision of land shall hereafter be laid out within the incorporated
limits of the City of Yorkville or within contiguous territory and not more than
one and one-half miles beyond the incorporated boundary of the City of Yorkville,
the subdivider thereof or his agent shall submit both a preliminary plan and a final
subdivision plat to the Future Planning and Zoning Committee of the City Council
of the City of Yorkville. Said plans and plats, proposed improvements, and all
procedure relatingihereto, shall in all respects be in full compliance withthe regula-
tions hereinafter contained in this ordinance.
All lands offered to the City for use as streets, highways, alleys, parks and other
public use, shall be referred to the Future Planning and Zoning Committee of the
City Council of the City of Yorkville for review and recommendation before being
accepted by the City Council or by any other governing authority.
SECTION II. APPROVALS, INTERPRETATIONS AND EXCEPTIONS.
A. No land shall, after the adoption of these regulations be subdivided or
filed for record, nor any street laid out, nor any improvements made to the land,
until the plat or plats of the subdivision or street improvements shall have been
certified to and approved by action of the Future Planning and Zoning Committee and
the City Council of the City of Yorkville. This approval must be in writing and
placed on the original tracing of the final plats, according to the procedure
outlined in Section V herein.
B. No lot, tract or parcel of land within any such subdivision shall be
offered for sale nor shall any sale, contract for sale, or option be made or
given until such subdivision plans and plats have been properly reviewed by the
Future Planning and Zoning Committee of the City Council and officially approved
by the City Council of the City of Yorkville.
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C. . No improvements, such as sidewalks, water supply, storm water drainage,
sewerage facilities, gas service, electric service or lighting, or grading, paving
or surfacing of streets, shall hereafter be made within any such subdivision by
any owner or owners or his or their agent, or by any public service corporation at
the request of such owner or owners or his or their agent until the plats for the
subdivision and also the plans for improvements thereto have been formally recommended
by the Future Planning and Zoning Committee of the City Council and approved by the
City Council of the City of Yorkville.
D. Subdivision of land lying outside of the City and within one and one-half
miles of the City limits shall also be required to conform with the requirements of
this ordinance, in accordance with the provisions of the "Revised Cities and Villages
Act" of the State of Illinois.
E. All interpretations of these rules and regulations are reserved to the
administrative bodies referred to herein.
F. The City Council may vary and make exceptions as set forth herein in instances
where there is sufficient evidence in its opinion, or hardship caused by topographic
conditions, or where any other reasonable deterrents prevail, provided the variations
or exceptions are in substantial conformance with the recommendations of the Future
Planning and Zoning Committee of the City Council.
G. Lands subject to flooding, and land deemed to be topographically unsuitable
should not be subdivided for residential purposes, nor for such other uses as may
increase danger to health, life or property or aggravate erosion or flood hazard.
The Future Planning and Zoning Committee of the City Council shall not approve the
subdivision of land if upon adequate investigation conducted by the Committee and the
opinion of the City Council that in the best interest of the public the site is not
suitable for subdivision and development of the kind proposed.
SECTION III. DEFINITIONS.
1. Lot. A portion of a subdivision or other parcel of land intended for transfer
of ownership or for building development.
2. Cul-de-sac-. A street having one open end and being permanently terminated
by a vehicle turnaround.
3. Cross-walkway. A strip of land dedicated to public use, which is reserved
across a block to provided pedestrian access to adjacent areas.
4. Alley. A strip of land, not less than 30 feet in width and not more than
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40 feet, along the side of or in the rear of properties, intended to provide access
to these properties.
5. Street width. The shortest distance between lines of lots delineating
the public street.
6. Building line. A line within a lot or other parcel of land, so designated
on the plat of the proposed subdivision, between which, and the adjacent boundary
of the street upon which the lot abuts, the erection of an enclosed structure or
portion thereof, is to be prohibited.
7. Easement. A grant by a property owner for the use of a strip of land by
the general public, a corporation, or a certain person or persons for a specific
purpose or purposes.
8. Subdivision. A subdivision is the division of a lot, tract or parcel of
land into two or more lots, parcels or other division of land, for the purpose whether
immediate or future, of transfer of ownership or building development, including all
changes in street or lot lines, provided, however, that a division of land for agri-
cultural purposes, in parcels of more than five acres, not involving any new street
or easement of access, shall be exempted.
9. Street. A street is an area which serves or is intended to serve as a
vehicular and pedestrian access to abutting lands or to other streets.
10. Public Street. All primary, secondary, and minor streets which are shown
on the subdivision plat and are to be dedicated for public use.
11. Primary Street. A street of considerable continuity which serves or is
intended to serve as a major traffic artery connecting large areas.
12. Secondary or Collector Street. A street which carries traffic from minor
streets to the primary street system, including the principal entrance streets of
residence development and streets for circulation within such a development.
13. Minor street. A street intended primarily as access to abutting properties.
14. Marginal access street. A minor street which is parallel to and adjacent
to primary* streets and highways, and which provides access to abutting properties and
protection to local traffic from fast through-moving traffic on the primacy streets.
SECTION IV. DESIGN STANDARDS.
A. Street Plan. The subdivision of land, the
extent, width, grade and location of all streets, alleys, or other laud to be dedicated
for public use shall conform to all Development Plans of the City of Yorkville as
approved and adopted by the City Council and other responsible governmental bodies,
if any; and shall be considered in their relation to existing and planned streets,
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to topographical conditions, to public convenience and safety, and in their
appropriate relation to the proposed uses of the land to be served by such streets.
B. Minimum Street Standards.
1. All rights-of-way shall conform to the following minimum dimensions:
Primary Streets - Conform to major street plan and in no instance, be
less than 80-100 ft.
Secondary or Collector Streets - 66-80 ft.
Minor Streets - 50-66 ft.
Cul-de-sac - 66 ft.
Cross walkways - 10 ft.
Utility Easements - 10 ft.
Right-of-way widths shall conform to the higher dimension provision in
instances where both City and County regulatory ordinances apply.
2. Minor streets shall be so laid out that their use by through traffic will
be discouraged.
3. Street jogs with center line offsets of less than 125 feet shall be avoided.
4. Clear visibility, measured along the center line of the street, shall be
provided for at least 300 feet on all primary streets, 200 feet on secondary streets,
and at least 100 feet on all other streets.
5. It must be evidenced that all street intersections andoonfluences encourage
safe traffic flow.
6. Alleys are not permitted, except where deemed necessary, and at the dis-
cretion of the Future Planning and Zoning Committee or the City Council.
7. The maximum length cul-de-sac shall be 500 feet measured along the center
line from the intersection at origin through center or circle to end of right-of-way.
Each cul-de-sac shall have a terminus of nearly circular shape with a minimum diameter
of 120 feet.
8. Half streets shall be prohibited, except where essential to the reasonable
development of the subdivision in conformity with the other requirements of these
regulations; where natural barriers prevent the dedication of a full street; and
except where the Future Planning and Zoning Committee or the City Council finds it
will not be practical to require the dedication of the other half. Wherever a half
street is adjacent to a tract to be subdivided, the other half of the street shall
be planned within such tract.
9• No private street or thoroughfare shall be permitted.
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10. No street names may be used which will duplicate, or be confused with, the
names of existing streets. Existing street names must be projected where intermittency
of street dedication occurs.
C. Easements.
1. Proper easements across lots or centered on rear or side lot lines shall
be provided for utilities where necessary and shall be at least 10 feet wide.
2. Where a subdivision is traversed by a water course, drainage way, charnel
or stream, the subdivider shall provide a storm water easement or drainage right-of-way
as determined by the proper governing authority or anyone so appointed, and which
conforms substantially with the existing or desired lines of such water course, and
of such width or construction, or both, as will be adequate for the purpose. Parallel
streets or parkways may be required in connection thereof.
D. Block Standards.
1. The maximum lengths of blocks shall be 1,800 feet. All blocks over 800
feet will ordinarily require cross walkways in the approximate centers. The use of
additional cross-walkways in any instance to provide safe and convenient access to
schools, parks or other similar destinations may be recommended by the Future Planning
and Zoning Committee.
2. No specific rule concerning the shape of blocks is made, but blocks must
fit easily into the overall plan of the subdivision and their design must evidence
consideration of lot planning, traffic flow, and public areas.
3. Blocks intended for commercial and industrial use must be designated as
such, and the plan must show adequate off-street areas to provide for parking,
loading docks and such other facilities that may be required to accommodate motor vehicles.
E. Lot Standards.
1. The minimum lot area and cimensions for residential development, with
public sewer and public water, shall not be less than 8,700 square feet in area and
be not less than 66 feet wide at the established building line and not less than 120
feet in average depth, except that a corner lot shall have a minimum width of 80
feet and a minimum depth of 95 feet, and containing not less than 8,700 square feet
in area.
2. The minimum lot area and dimensions for residential development, with L) 7t, Ck'
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public water or public sewer shall not be less than 1 W square feet in area and
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be not less than 75 feet wide at the established building line.
3. The minimum lot area dad dimensions for residential development, with
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no public water or public sewer, shall not be less than 34 OG -square feet in area
and be not less than 15-6- feet wide at the established building line. ( These minimum
requirements shall not apply to land subdivided for non-residential development.)
4. Corner lots shall be sufficiently larger than interior lots to allow
maintenance of building lines of both streets.
5. Within the incorporated limits of Yorkville, building lines shall conform
to the front yard provisions of the Zoning Ordinance. Building lines for territory
outside the incorporated limits, but within the jurisdiction of this ordinance, shall
conform to the provisions of the applicable county ordinance, except that in no instance
shall the building line be less than 30 feet from the street line.
6. All lots shall abut on a publicly dedicated street.
7. Side lines of lots shall be approximately at right angles or radial to
the street line.
8. Double frontage lots are forbidden except where lots back upon a primary
street (major thoroughfare) and in such instances, vehicular access between the lots
and the thoroughfare is prohibited. Such lots shall have an additional depth of at
least 10 feet in order to allow for a protective screen planting.
9. Lots abutting a water course, drainage way, channel or stream shall have an
additional minimum width or depth as required to provide an adequate building site and
afford the minimum usable area required in the Zoning Ordinance for front, rear and
side yards.
F. Parks, Schools and Public Areas.
1. Where a proposed park, play ground, school or other public use area included
within the duly adopted official Comprehensive City Plan for the City of Yorkville
and shown in the Development Plans made a part thereof, is located in whole or in part
in an area being subdivided, the subdivider shall dedicate such lands to the proper
public agency or agencies as part of the final subdivision plat; provided, however,
that in no case shall the total amount of required public areas to be dedicated, in
addition to public streets and alleys, exceed ten percent of the total gross acreage
owned or controlled by one developer. Where such area for park, school, or other public
use exceeds ten percent of the total gross area owned or controlled by one developer,
that part of such lands in excess of ten percent of the total area shall also be shown
on all subdivision plans and plats; and the acquisition of such additional area
needed for parks, play grounds, schools or other public uses, other than streets
and alleys, shall be secured by the proper governing body, or arrangements made for
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the acquisition of the area from the subdivider within a period not to exceed three
years from the date of approval of the preliminary plan.
'Where less than ten percent of the total gross area being subdivided is proposed
for parks, schools or other public use areas under the official Comprehensive City
Plan, the subdivider shall be dedicate such area so required and, in addition, pay
to the proper governing body as determined by the Future Planning and 'Zoning Committee
of the City Council, a sum of money, so that either or both the dedication and the
payment equal ten percent of the appraised value of the land before it is subdivided.
Sums so received by the proper governing body shall be placed in a special fund to
be known as the Subdivision Park and School Site Purchase Fund and be used by the
governing body solely for the purchase of land for parks or schools in accordance
with the official Comprehensive City Plan, and after receipt of the recommendations
of the Future Planning and Zoning Committee of the City Council. The value of the
subject land shall be established by appraisal made by three qualified appraisers;
one of whom shall be appointed by the Future Planning and Zoning Committee, one of
whom shall be appointed by the subdivider, and one of whom shall be mutually agreed
upon by the two appraisers named above. The subdivider may agree with the proper
governing body on an installment method of payment based on the sale of lots.
2. In the subdividing of any land within the City or within one and one-half
miles of the corporate limits, due regard shall be shown for all natural features,
such as tree growth, watercourses, historic spots, or similar conditions which, if
preserved, will add attractiveness and value to the proposed development.
SECTIOAT V. PROCEDURE AND REQUIREMENTS
A. Procedure for Filing of Preliminary Plans.
1. Filing.
a.) Any owner of land which is within the corporate limits of the City of
Yorkville or within one and one-half miles of such corporate limits on unincorporated
land, wishing to divide the same into building lots for the purposes of sale or
assessment or both, or wishing to dedicate streets, alleys or other lands for public
use, shall first submit to the City of Yorkville five copies of the preliminary plan.
b) The City Council shall, by motion, refer the preliminary plan to the
Future Planning and Zoning Committee and shall at the same time instruct the proper
governing authority, or anyone so appointed, to collaborate with the subdivider and
the Future Planning and Zoning Committee in assembling plans for the design and
IRK donstruction of streets and such other public improvements as are required by this
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ordinance or any other ordinances. The Future Planning and Zoning Committee, shall,
within forty-five days from referral submit its written recommendations for approval
or disapproval to the City Council.
c) The preliminary plans shall be referred to the Future Planning and
Zoning Committee at least twenty days prior to the regular meeting of the Committee
to receive action thereon at that meeting.
2. The Preliminary Plan Shall Contain the Following:
Identification and Description
a) Proposed name of the subdivision
b) Location by township, section, town and range, or by other legal
description
c) Names and addresses of developer and designer who made the plan.
d) Scale of plan, 1" to 100 feet or larger, unless another scale is
approved by the Future Planning and Zoning Committee
e) Date
f) Northpoint.
Delineation of Existing Conditions
g) Boundary line of proposed subdivision indicated by solid heavy line
and the total approximate acreage encompassed thereby.
h) Location, widths and names of all existing or prior platted streets
or other public ways, railroads and utility rights-of-way, parks and other
public open spaces, permanent buildings and structures, houses or permanent
easements, and section or corporation lines, within or adjacent to
the tract.
i) Existing sewers, water mains, culverts or other underground facilities
within the tract indicating pipe sizes, grades, manholes, and exact location.
J) Boundary lines of adjacent tracts of unsubdivided or subdivided land,
showing ownership where possible.
k) Existing zoning of proposed subdivision and adjacent tracts, in zoned
areas.
1) Contour lines at not greater than five foot intervals where topography
of the tract demands two-foot contour intervals.
m) Layout of streets, widths of rights-of-way and, also, the width of cross-
walkways and easements.
n) Layout, numbers and dimensions of lots.
o) Parcels of land intended to be dedicated or temporarily reserved for
public use or set aside for use of property owners in the subdivision.
p) Building setback lines, showing dimensions.
q) Easements shall be provided for any and all public utilities where alleys
are not provided. Proper continuity for the utilities from block to
block shall be maintained. A two foot easement shall be provided on
one side and adjacent to an alley to accommodate pole lines.
r) Any other data regarding physical conditions that are needed to properly
study and act upon the proposed plan.
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s) Proper form for the approval of the City Council with space for signatures.
3. The Following Qualifications shall Govern Approval of the Preliminary Plan:
a) The approval of a. preliminary plan by the Future Planning and Zoning
Committee of the City Council is tentative only, involving merely the
general accepta'c[lity of the layout as submitted.
b) The Future Planning and Zoning Committee may require such changes or
revisions as are deemed necessary in the interest and needs of the
community.
c) Subsequent approval will be required of the engineering proposals
pertaining to water supply, storm drainage, sewerage and sewage disposal,
gas, and electric service, fire hydrants, grading, gradients and roadway
widths, and the surfacing of streets by the proper governing authority,
or anyone so appointed, and the County officials, where concerned, prior
to the approval of the final plat by the City of Yorkville.
d) Tentative approval shall be effective for a maximum period of twelve
months, unless upon application of the developer, the City Council grants
an extension. If the final plat has not been recorded within this
time limit, the preliminary plan must again be submitted for approval.
B. Approval of Final Plat
1. Filing
a) After approval of the preliminary plan by the Future Planning and Zoning
Committee and the fulfillments of the requirements of these regulations,
one tracing of the final plat of the subdivision, drawn in ink on tracing
cloth, or paper together with two copies, not to exceed 20 inches by 30
inches in size, shall be submitted to the City Council for approval.
b) Action must be taken by the City Council within thirty days after the
final plat has been submitted for approval.
c) Upon approval by the City Council, the developer shall record the plat
with the Recorder of Kendall County, within three months. If not recorded
within this time, the approval shall be null and void.
d) The tracing of the final plat, after the plat is recorded, must be filed
and retained in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Yorkville.
2. The Final Plat and Accompanying Documents Shall Contain the Following:
Identification and Description
a) Name of subdivision.
b) Location by township, section, town, and range, or by other legal description.
c) Names of owners and certification by a licensed surveyor.
d) Scale 1" to 100 feet or unless another scale is approved by the Future
Planning and Zoning Committee (shown graphically) .
e) Date.
f) Northpoint.
Delineation.
g) Boundary of plat, based on an accurate traverse, with angular and
lineal dimensions.
h) Exact location, width and name of all streets within and adjoining the
plat, and the exact location and widths of all cross-walkways. Proposed
street names shall be checked with the proper governing authority or
anyone so appointed.
i) True angles and distances to the nearest established street lines or
official monuments, which shall be accurately described in the plat.
J) Municipal, township, county or section lines accurately tied tothe
lines of the subdivision by distances and angles.
k) Radii, internal angles, points and curvatures, tangent bearings and
lengths of all arcs.
1) All easements for rights-of-way provided for public services and utilities.
m) All lot numbers and lines, with accurate dimensions in feet and 'hundredths.
n) Permanent monuments shall be placed at all block corners at points of
tangency or curve lines and where street lines intersect this boundary
of the subdivision. Monuments shall consist of iron pipes not larger than
one (1) inch or smaller than three-fourths (3/4) of an inch in diameter
and not less than twenty-four (24) inches in length and shall be driven
vertically into the ground so that the top thereof does not project more
than six (6) inches above the surface. All lot corners shall be marked
by one-half (1/2) inch iron pins, not less than twenty-four (24) inches
in length, driven into the ground in the same manner as the aforesaid
monuments.
o) 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.
p) Building set-back lines accurately shown by dimensions.
q) Protective covenants which meet with the approval of the Future Planning
and Zoning Committee shall be lettered on the final plat.
r) Certification by a registered surveyor to the effect that the plat
represents a survey made by him and that monuments and markers shown
thereon exist as located and that all dimensional and geodetic details
are correct.
s) Notarized certification, by owner or owners, or by any mortgage holder
on record, of the adoption of the plat and the dedication of streets
and other public areas.
t) Certifications showing that all taxes and special assessments due on
the property to be subdivided, have been paid in full.
u) Proper form for the approval of the City Council with space for signatures.
v) Approval by signature of City, County and State officials concerned with
the specifications of utility installations.
w) Approval by signature of the Future Planning and Zoning Committee. This
approval of the Final Plat shall not be deemed to constitute or effect
an acceptance by the public of the dedication of any street or other
proposed public way or space shown on the plat. Acceptance of aforementioned
public dedicated ways or space shall be dependent upon approval by the
proper governing authority.
SECTION VI. AGREEMENTS
The final plat to be filed of record shall be accompanied by a statement sign(d
by the owner and subdivider, setting forth the following:
A. Plans and specifications for such improvements previously approved by the
proper governing authority, or anyone so appointed, clearly describing the same.
B. Agreement executed by the owner and the subdivider wherein they agree to
make and install the improvements provided for in Section VII, in accordance with the
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plans and specifications accompanyingthe final plat.
C. Bond may be required in the amount of the estimate of the proper governing
authority, or anyone so appointed, for the cost of the installation of such improvements
with good and sufficient surety thereon to be approved by the City Council, conditioned
upon the installation of the required improvements within the time limit fixed by the
Future Planning and Zoning Committee.
D. In lieu of the provisions of Item B and C hereinabove set forth, in the
event that such owner and subdivider shall submit said evidence of the existence of the
binding agreement with a responsible contractor agreeing to accept all bonds which
may be issued under any local improvement proceedings for the installation of such
improvement or a. bona fide and subsisting bid by a responsible person for the purchase
for cash of such local improvement bonds at par value or more, then the requirements
of Section B and C above may be waived.
SECTION VII. REQUIRED LAND I14PROVMENTS
No subdivision of land shall be approved without receiving a statement signed
by the proper governing authority, or anyone so appointed, certifying that the
improvement described in the subdivider's plans and specifications, together with
agreements, meet the minimum requirements of all ordinances of the City and that they
comply with the following:
A. Sewers
1. Sanitary sewers, when located within the service area of a public sanitary
sewerage system, shall be installed to comply with specifications established by the
State of Illinois Sanitary Water Board and shall be connected to the sanitary disposal
system of the City of Yorkville, if reasonably accessible.
2. Where lots cannot reasonably be connected with a public sewerage system,
provision shall be made for individual septic tanks and sub-surface disposal fields
of adequate capacity, and constructed in accordance with the recommended construction
details of the latest Bulletins of the Illinois Department of Public Health. When
located outside the limits of the City of Yorkville, such individual sewerage systems
shall also conform to the Kendall County Building Code requirements.
3. Where available and when required by the Future Planning and Zoning Committee
storm sewers shall be constructed throughout the entire subdivision which shall be
separate and independent of the sanitary sewer system and which shall provide an
adequate outlet, or connection with the storm sewer system of the City. When storm
sewers are not installed, adequate facilities for the removal of surface water shall
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be provided throughout the entire subdivision.
B. Water Supply
1. When located within the service area of public water supply system, water
mains not less than six (6) inches in diameter, shall be constructed throughout the
entire subdivision in such manner as to serve adequately all lots and tracts with
connection to such public system; together with shutoff valves and fire hydrants;
fire hydrants shall be installed throughout the entire water system at intervals of
not exceeding 300 feet. All fire hydrants shall have two (2) two and one-half
(21 inch hose connections and one 4+2" pumper nozzle in addition to meeting any
further requirements of the Yorkville City Engineer.
2. Where a privately owned and operated water supply and distribution main
system is to be provided to serve ten (10) or more separate lots or properties, such
system is classified by Illinois Statutes (Public Water Supply Control Law, enacted
by 67th General Assembly, Approved Aug. 6, 1951) as a public water supply, and the
detailed plans and specifications for construction of such system must be submitted
to and approved by the Illinois Department of Public Health before approval of the
final plat.
3. Where lots cannot reasonably be connected to a public water supply system,
private water supplies shall be provided and shall be constructed and located in such
a manner as to prevent surface contamination, in accordance with the recommended
construction details of the latest Bulletins of the Illinois Department of Public
Health, or other satisfactory details as approved by the City Engineerr. When located
outside the limits of the City of Yorkville, such individual water systems shall
also conform to the Kendall County Building Code requirements.
4. House services shall be constructed to connect with the utility service mains
constructed within any street or thoroughfare, to serve each adjoining lot, tract
or building site; such house services shall extend from the main to a point at least
eight (8) feet beyond the outside curb lines of the proposed roadway pavement in
the street and at least one (1) foot beyond the outside lines of proposed alley pavement.
5. All such house services connected with utility mains constructed within any
street or thoroughfare, shall be located at the approximate center line of each lot,
and no deviation shall be made from this requirement except upon prior approval by
the proper governing authority, or by anyone so appointed.
6. Upon completion of the construction in place of all such house service
connections with utility mains, an accurate map or maps showing the exact size and
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location of all such mains, together with manholes, shut-off valves and c1her similar
facilities being a part thereof, by distances in feet from the street lines, and of
all such house service connections in distances in feet from the side lot lines,
approved by the proper governing authority, or anyone so appointed, shall be filed in
the office of the City Council of the City of Yorkville.
C. Street Improvements
1. All grades of streets shall be shown and subject to the proper governing
authority, or anyone so appointed, and Future Planning and Zoning Committee approval.
The maximum grade acceptable shall be five percent, and a minimum grade of not less
than four-tenths of 1 percent on all streets. In cases where topography or other
conditions make the required maximum grade impractical the Future Planning and Zoning
Committee may modify these requirements.
2. All streets within the corporate limits of the City of Yorkville shall be
improved with roadways bounded by integral curbs and gutters, when such areas are
served by storm sewers, to an overall width in accordance with the following minimum
dimensions:
Type of Street Dedicated Street Width Roadway Width
Primary Streets Conform to major street plan
and in no instance less than
80 or 100 feet 4o-50 ft.
Secondary and Collector Streets 60 to 80 ft. 40 ft.
Minor Streets 50-60 ft. 30 ft.
Cul-de-sac 50 ft. 30 ft.
3. All streets within the incorporated area shall be improved with a durable
hard surface roadway. The pavement shall be equal to or superior to a pavement
consisting of a base course of crushed stone or gravel of a total thickness of not
less than eight (8) inches when thoroughly compacted. The materials used and the
method of construction shall be in compliance with the specifications approved by the
Division of Highways of the State of Illinois for the type of pavement designated
in Class A-3 in said specifications, and shall be sufficient, in the opinion of the
proper governing authority, or anyone so appointed by the City of Yorkville, to withstand
the traffic that the roadways will presumably be subject to. Before any paving work
is commenced, all street grading shall be properly completed as shown on the Grading
Plan submitted with the Final Plat of the Subdivision. After grading of the streets
is completed and approved, and before the base course of the roadway pavement is laid,
all the underground work, such as sewer, water and gas mains, house service connections
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completely installed in place and approved. The surface course of the roadway shall
not be laid until the backfilling of all trenches dug for the installation of the
aforementioned utility services have completely settled, or compacted, to the
satisfaction of the proper governing authority, or anyone so appointed by the City
of Yorkville. Before the surface course of the roadway pavement is laid, all depressions
in the base course shall be properly filled and brought to the required grade so as
to create a level surface.
4. Curbs and gutters on minor residential streets may be of the integral rolled-
type unit, not less than eighteen (18) inches in overall width, and not less than six
(6) inches thick where curb abuts the street pavement.
5. Storm water inlets shall be provided within the roadway improvement at
points specified by the proper governing authority, or anyone so appointed.
6. All curb corners shall have a radii of not less than 15 feet and at important
intersections, not less than 25 feet.
. 7. In subdivisions outside the corporate area, but within the one and one-half
mile area, roadway improvements shall conform to the "Rules and Regulations Governing
the Platting and Subdividing of Land in the Unincorporated Areas of the County of
Kendall, Illinois".
D. Public Utilities
1. All utility lines for telephone and electric service shall be placed in
easements when carried on overhead poles.
2. Where telephone and electric service lines are placed underground entirely
throughout a subdivided area, said conduits or cables shall be placed within easements
or dedicated public ways, in a manner which will not conflict with other underground
services. Further, all transformer boxes shall be located so as not to be unsightly
or hazardous to the public.
3. Adequate easements for storm water drainage shall be established along any
natural drainage channel and in such other location as may be necessary to provide
satisfactory disposal of storm water from streets, alleys and all other portions of
the subdivision. The location and widths of such easements shall be determined by the
proper governing authority, or anyone so appointed. No tree, shrub or structure shall
be placed or erected in any easement for utility or drainage purposes and the proper
authorities may have free access to and use of the easements at any time.
E. Sidewalks
1. Concrete sidewalks to a width of not less than 4 ft., and a thickness of
not less than 4 inches, except over driveways where the thickness shall be not less
than 5 inches, shall be required on both sides of all secondary and major thoroughfares
within the City of Yorkville, and the Future Planning and Zoning Committee or the
governing authorities may require sidewalks on local streets as part of the dedicated
street improvement.
F. Landscaping
1. All parkways within the dedicated street area or other public use areas shall
be graded and seeded in an approved manner, subject to the approval of the proper gov-
erning authority, or anyone so appointed.
2. Desirable trees may be planted along all streets where trees do not exist,
and placed in such a manner as to location and spacing to provide an effective appearance
for the enhancement of abutting properties. Undesirable trees shall not be planted.
A list of such undesirable trees are on file in both the offices of the Planning and
Zoning Committee and the City Council.
G. Street Lighting
1. Provisions may be made for the adequate lighting of public streets within
the proposed subdivision, in accordance with the standards and requirements established
by the governing authorities.
H. Street Signs
1. An appropriate street sign shall be erected at each street intersection
within the subdivision. The type of sign and the location thereof shall be subject
to the approval and direction of the City Council of the City of Yorkville.
SECTION VIII. INSPECTION AT SUBDIVIDER'S EXPENSE
All public improvements proposed to be made under the provisions of this ordi-
nance shall be inspected during the course of construction by the proper governing
authority, or anyone so appointed. All fees and cost connected with such inspection
and in reviewing the plans and specifications for such improvements, shall be paid
by the subdivider.
SECTION IX. VARIATIONS AND EXCEPTIONS
The Planning and Zoning Committee may recommend variations from these require-
ments in specific cases which, in its opinion, do not affect the general plan or the
spirit of the ordinance. Such recommendations shall be communicated to the City
Council or the governing county authorities in writing with the reasons therefor.
The City Council or the County authorities may then approve variations from these
requirements in specific cases which, in its opinion, do not affect the general plan
or the spirit of the ordinance.
SECTION X. BUILDING PERMIT
No building permit shall be issued by any governing official for the construc-
+.inn of a.nv hvi1dinrr_ ,tyninture or imnrovement to the land or anv lot within a sub-
SECTION X. BUILDING PERMIT
No building permit shall be issued by any governing official for the construc-
tion of any building, structure or improvement to the land or any lot within a sub-
division as defined herein, which has been approved for platting or re-platting,
until all requirements of this ordinance have been fully complied with.
SECTION XI. OCCUPANCY
Occupancy shall not be permitted for the use of any structure within a sub-
division approved for platting or re-platting, until required utility facilities
have been installed and made ready to service the property and that roadways providing
access to the subject lot or lots have been constructed, or that are in the course
of construction.
SECTION XII. ENFORCEMENT
No plat of any subdivision shall be entitled to record in the County Recorder's
Office or have any validity until it shall have been approved in the manner so
prescribed by this ordinance.
SECTION XIII. RECORD OF PLATS
All of such plats of subdivisions, after the same have been submitted and
approved, as provided in this ordinance, shall be copies upon a book of plats of
said City of Yorkville and shall be filed and kept by the City Clerk of the said City
of Yorkville and be subsequent to Item C of Subsection B, entitled "Approval of Final
Plat", of Section V herein.
SECTION XIV. VALIDITY
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance is
adjudged to be void, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of this ordinance.
SECTION XV. VIOLATION
PENALTY
1. Any person, firm or corporation who constructs any public improvement or
portion thereof in violation of the provisions of this ordinance shall be, upon
conviction, fined not less than $25.00 nor more than $250.00 for each offense; anda
separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which a violation
occurs or continues.
2. Whoever shall sell or offer for sale, lease or offer for lease, while this
ordinance is in effect, any lot or lots or block or blocks within the incorporated
limits of the City of Yorkville, or any additions thereto, or any re-subdivision of
any lot or block therein, or within contiguous territory and not more than one and
one-half miles beyond the incorporated boundary of the City of Yorkville, before
all of the requirements of this ordinance have been complied with, shall be fined
not less than $25.00 nor more than $250.00 for each lot, block or part thereof so
disposed of, offered for sale, or leased.
SECTION XVI. EFFECT
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this
ordinance shall not be repealed by the passage of this ordinance, but the ordinance
with the more restrictive applicable provisions shall be the ordinance that
applies.
SECTION XVII.
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage,
approval and publication or posting according to the laws of the State of Illinois.
PASSED this day of ,; �' �- _. , A. D., 1968.
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City Clerk
APPROVED this
day of A. D., 1968.
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