(A)   Except as specifically provided otherwise below, every person who proposes to subdivide any land located within the subdivision jurisdiction of the village shall submit four copies of the preliminary plat of the subdivision with the village staff for filing subject to § 151.340.

   (B)   They shall also file one copy of the preliminary plat and supporting data with the St. Clair County Soil and Water Conservation District. The district shall have not more than 30 days to submit any comments it might wish to make to the Village Planning Commission.

   (C)   Whenever a large tract is to be developed in stages and only a portion of that tract is submitted for final plat approval, nonetheless, a preliminary plat of the entire tract shall be submitted. A preliminary plat shall be required of all proposed land subdivisions within the jurisdictional boundaries of the village unless the subdivision is:

      (1)   Minor subdivisions, as defined at § 151.010; or

      (2)   Land that is specifically exempted from the Illinois Plats Act, being ILCS Ch. 765, Act 205, as now or hereafter amended.

   (A)   Every preliminary plat shall be prepared by a land surveyor registered in the state at any scale necessary for clarity provided the resultant drawing does not exceed 36 inches square.

   (B)   The preliminary plat, together with the supporting data, shall provide all of the following information:

      (1)   Names and addresses of the owner, subdivider (if not the owner) and registered land surveyor;

      (2)   Location, boundaries and name of the proposed subdivision;

      (3)   Zoning district classification of the tract to be subdivided;

      (4)   North arrow, graphic scale, date of map, dimensions of the tract and its gross area;

      (5)   Plan for pedestrian, bike and vehicular traffic with planning for internal circulation within proposed and neighboring tracts and multiple points for emergency access;

      (6)   Topography of the tract to be subdivided as indicated by two-foot contour data (to include existing and proposed);

      (7)   Locations of such features as bodies of water, ponding areas, natural drainage ways, railroads, cemeteries, bridges, parks, schools and the like within or adjacent to the tract to be developed;

      (8)   Locations and right-of-way widths of all existing and proposed streets;

      (9)   Locations, widths and purposes of all existing and proposed easements;

      (10)   Location and size of existing and proposed sanitary sewers, storm sewers and detention areas, drainage ways, green space, wetlands, flood plains, riparian corridor habitat linkage and 100-year high water elevation;

      (11)   Locations of all other existing and proposed utilities;

      (12)   Locations, dimensions, and areas of all parcels to be reserved for parks/playgrounds, or other public purposes; and

      (13)   Locations, dimensions and areas of all proposed or existing lots within the subdivision.

   (A)   Developers shall be required to submit for filing their preliminary plats to the village staff at least 14 days before the next regularly scheduled Planning Commission meeting, staff to include recommendation and shall not forward incomplete applications subject to § 151.340 above.

   (B)   The Village Planning Commission shall either approve or disapprove the application for preliminary plat approval within 60 days from the date of staff submission of the application or the filing of the last item of required supporting data, whichever date is later, unless the Village Planning Commission and the subdivider mutually agree to extend this time limit.

   (C)   If the Village Planning Commission disapproves the Preliminary Plat, it shall furnish to the applicant within the 60-day period a written opinion statement. If the Village Planning Commission approves the preliminary plat, it shall so inform the Village Board of Trustees. If the Village Planning Commission fails to act on a preliminary plat within the prescribed time limits, the failure to act shall be considered a positive recommendation.

(Am. Ord. 2020-03-02A, passed 3-2-2020)

   (A)   If the Village Planning Commission has approved a preliminary plat, the Village Board of Trustees, shall either accept or reject the plat within 30 days after its next regularly scheduled meeting (not the committee at large meeting) following the Village Planning Commission’s notification to the Village Board. If the Village Board of Trustees rejects the preliminary plat, they shall specify the aspects in which the plat fails to comply with the Development Code. The village staff shall notify the developer of the Trustees action. If approved, one copy of the signed plat shall be retained by the Clerk, one copy shall be filed with the village staff and one copy shall be given to the subdivider. Board approval shall not qualify a preliminary plat for recording.

   (B)   Therefore, if the Village Board finds it is in the best interest of public safety, it shall request modification to any portion of the preliminary plat for which improvement plans have not been submitted and accepted by the Village Board.

(Am. Ord. 2020-03-02A, passed 3-2-2020)