Site Plan
A Site Plan is a drawing prepared to scale showing the proposed development of a parcel. Generally, a site plan shows:

• Title, legal description, scale, and north arrow
• Property lines with dimensions
• Easements
• Existing and proposed structures
• Roads, driveways and walkways
• Water bodies and drainage-ways

In cases where there are floodplains, steep slopes, existing or potential erosion or drainage issues, an engineer may be required to prepare a site grading plan. For detailed Commercial Site Plan Requirements, please contact our office at 847-377-2600. 

Topographic Survey
A Topographic Survey is a survey that records the relief or elevation of a parcel and represents it as contours lines on a map or plot.

The following information shall be included on a Topographic Survey, at minimum:

• All property boundaries and dimensions
• Contour intervals of one foot (1' ) referenced to North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88)
• Regulatory 100-year floodplain limit

The Topographic Survey must, at minimum:

• Be prepared by an engineer or surveyor registered by the State of Illinois
• Bear the original signature and seal of the preparer (Copies are not accepted)
• Be submitted in triplicate

For detailed Topographic Survey requirements - please contact our office at 847-377-2600.