A.Â
Unless otherwise expressly stated, the words defined in this chapter,
for the purpose of this chapter, shall have the meanings herein indicated.
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Any pertinent word or term not a part of this listing but vital to
the interpretation of this chapter shall be construed to have its
usual legal definition.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
The way over which traffic moves to and/or from the property
abutting such street or alley, and the way over which traffic moves
to and/or from a collector street to a minor street, or from a street
to an alley.
[Amended 2-6-2017 by Ord.
No. 994]
A permanent service right-of-way which affords only a secondary
means of access from such right-of-way to abutting property and is
not intended for general traffic circulation.
The total area within the lot lines.
Property abutting on one side of a street and lying between
the two nearest intersecting or intercepting streets, or between the
nearest intersecting or intercepting street and railroad right-of-way,
waterway, unsubdivided area or other definite boundary.
An enclosed structure having a roof supported by columns,
walls, arches or other devices, and used for the housing, shelter
or enclosure of persons, animals or chattels.
[Amended 3-6-2023 by Ord. No. 1058]
The complete plan, or any of its parts, for the development
of the City, and the unincorporated 1Â 1/2 mile area contiguous
thereto, as prepared by the Plan Commission and adopted by the governing
body as the official plan.
[Amended 3-6-2023 by Ord. No. 1058]
The excavation of earth to provide for a basement or cellar;
and/or the addition to or removal from a lot or tract of land of earth
or water so as to prepare said lot or tract of land for the construction
of a structure; and/ or the placing of construction materials in a
permanent position and fastened in a permanent manner; and/or the
demolition, elimination or removal of an existing structure in connection
with such construction.
[Amended 3-6-2023 by Ord. No. 1058]
A building designed for residential living purposes and containing
one or more dwelling units and/or lodging units.
A dwelling containing three or more dwelling units.
A dwelling containing one dwelling unit.
One or more rooms constituting all or part of a dwelling
which are used exclusively as living quarters for one family, and
not more than two roomers or boarders, and which contain a stove,
sink and other kitchen facilities.
A grant by the property owner of the use of land by the public,
a corporation or persons for specified purposes.
One or more persons living together in a single dwelling
unit as a traditional family or the functional equivalent of a traditional
family. It shall be a rebuttable presumption that four or more persons
living together in a single dwelling unit, who are not related by
blood, adoption, or marriage, do not constitute the functional equivalent
of a traditional family. In determining the functional equivalent
of a traditional family, the following criteria shall be present:
[Amended 2-6-2017 by Ord.
No. 994]
The group shares the entire dwelling unit.
The group lives and cooks together as a single housekeeping
unit.
The group shares expenses for food, rent, utilities or other
household expenses.
The group is permanent and stable, and not transient or temporary
in nature.
Any other factor reasonably related to whether the group is
the functional equivalent of a family.
The City Council.
The ascending or descending inclination with the horizontal
of a street, measured along the center line of the right-of-way, expressed
by stating the vertical rise or fall as a percentage of the horizontal
distance.
[Amended 3-6-2023 by Ord. No. 1058]
The leasing of a portion of a tract of land for a period of time of 10 years or more for new development where sale of said tract of land would obligate the owner to comply with the subdivision code regulations of the El Paso City Code as contained in this Chapter 260.
[Added 3-6-2023 by Ord. No. 1058]
The tract of land within a subdivision marked by the subdivider
on the plat as a numbered, lettered or other identified tract of land
to be offered for sale, dedication or development.
[Amended 3-6-2023 by Ord. No. 1058]
A lot located:
At the junction of and abutting two or more intersecting streets;
or
At the junction of and abutting a street and the nearest shoreline
or high water line of a stormwater or floodwater runoff channel or
basin; or
At the junction of and abutting two or more stormwater or floodwater
runoff channels or basins; or
At the abutting point of abrupt change of a single street, where
the interior angle is less than 135°, and the radius of the street
center line is less than 100.
A lot other than a corner lot.
The lines bounding a lot.
A part of the Comprehensive Plan which sets forth the general
location, alignment, and dimensions, and the identification and classification
of existing and proposed streets.
An individual, firm, association, syndicate, partnership,
corporation, company, organization, trust or other legal entity having
a proprietary interest in a use, structure, lot or tract of land.
Includes a partnership, association, firm, trust, club, institution,
company or corporation, as well as an individual.
The municipal planning commission of the City or, if there
is none, the Tri-County Regional Planning Commission of Peoria, Tazewell
and Woodford Counties, Illinois.
A tract of land which is developed as a unit under single
ownership or control which includes two or more main or principal
structures.
A map, plan or layout showing the subdivision of land into
lots.
The person designated by the City as administrator of this
chapter.
The general term denoting, either singularly or in combination,
an area, lot, parcel, tract, plot or otherwise-designated portion
of land.
A constructed system for the acquisition, purification and
transmission of potable water to individual users and which is approved
by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
The entire dedicated tract or strip of land that is to be
used by the public for circulation or service.
A constructed conduit for the collection and carrying of
liquid and solid sewage wastes, other than stormwater, to a sewage
treatment plant, and which is approved by the Illinois Environmental
Protection Agency.
A building or group of buildings, and all associated structures,
facilities and grounds, in or on which instruction is given in subjects
that are fundamental and essential in general education, and which
is under the supervision of the State of Illinois Superintendent of
Schools.
That paved portion of the right-of-way designed and intended
for the movement and use of pedestrian traffic.
A constructed conduit for the collection and carrying of
surface waters to a drainage course.
A thoroughfare within the right-of-way which affords the principal
means of access to abutting property. A street may be designated as
an avenue, boulevard, drive, highway, expressway, lane, parkway, place,
road, thoroughfare or by other appropriate names.
Streets are identified according to type of use by the Major
Thoroughfare Plan, as follows:
EXPRESSWAYA street designated on the Major Thoroughfare Plan and representing a partially access-controlled divided facility serving speeds for trip lengths generally in excess of three miles.
COLLECTORA street designated on the Major Thoroughfare Plan and generally meant to serve secondary traffic generators, to collect and distribute traffic between expressways and minor streets.
MINORA street primarily designed to provide access to abutting property, and to gather individual trips for delivery to a collector street.
Anything constructed or erected with a fixed location on
the surface of the ground or underground, or affixed to something
having a fixed location on the surface of the ground.
[Amended 3-6-2023 by Ord. No. 1058]
[Amended 2-6-2017 by Ord.
No. 994; 3-6-2023 by Ord. No. 1058]
Any division or development of any part, lot, area or tract
of land by the subdivider into lots two or more in number for the
purpose, whether immediate or future, of conveyance, transfer, improvement
or sale;
Any dedication of streets, alleys, or easements dedicated or
intended to be dedicated to public use;
Any long-term land lease for new development.
