§ 50-214. Plans.

The following plans and accompanying construction specifications, except for the landscaping plan, shall be required and approved by the village engineer/DPW director, and any other agency having relevant approving authority before the commencement of the installation of the relevant improvements. The landscaping plan shall be approved by the plan commission.

(1)

Street plans and profiles showing existing and proposed grades, elevations, cross sections, materials and other details of required improvements, including streetlamps, street signs and signals, and public sidewalks and pedestrian/recreational paths.

(2)

Sanitary sewer plans and profiles showing the locations, grades, sizes, elevations, materials and other details of required facilities.

(3)

Stormwater management plans, profiles and calculations showing the locations, grades, sizes, elevations, cross sections, materials and other details, including any green stormwater infrastructure, of required facilities, together with the path of drainage to the receiving storm sewer, drainage channel or watercourse.

(4)

Water supply and distribution plans and profiles showing the locations, sizes, elevations, materials and other details of required facilities.

(5)

Utility plans showing the locations and sizes, where applicable, of all gas, electrical power, telephone and other communication facilities.

(6)

Grading plans showing limits of all grading with existing and proposed topographic contours, mass ("rough") and finished grading plans not to exceed two-foot contour intervals unless otherwise approved, proposed top of building foundation and finished yard grade elevations, and such supplemental information as required by the village engineer/DPW director.

(7)

Erosion and sedimentation control plans showing those structures required to retard the rate of runoff water and those measures and practices that will minimize erosion and sedimentation in accordance with section 50-205.

(8)

Landscaping plans showing and describing in detail the locations, sizes and species of any proposed grasses, shrubs, trees and other vegetation (also see sections 50-203 and 50-204); existing shrubs, trees (three inches dbh or larger), and other vegetation to be retained, transplanted or removed; nonliving durable material such as rocks, sand, gravel, decorative mulch and hardscape features; and structures such as walls, fences, trellises and entrance signs. Plants shall meet the American Standard for Nursery Stock and be selected from, but not limited to, the village plant selection guide. The use of drought-tolerant plants is encouraged where appropriate. Groups of trees which are 15 feet or more in distance from any land disturbing activity may be designated as "clumps" of trees with the estimated number, species and average size listed.

(9)

Additional special plans or information as required by the village engineer/DPW director, village plan commission or village board which may include street lighting plans, land stewardship plans, hydraulic and hydrologic studies, additional design considerations, and computations involved in preparing required plans.

(Ord. No. 802-13, § 1(Att.), 4-22-2013)