After meeting informally with the City Planner, the subdivider shall cause to be prepared a preliminary plat prior to the making of any street improvements or the installation of any utilities.
Subd. 1. Preliminary plat data. The preliminary plat shall meet the standards of design as set forth in this chapter and shall show the following information:
A. Scale of 100 feet to one inch or larger;
B. Name of subdivision, name and address of the owners, the engineer or surveyor;
C. Location of subdivision by section, town, range or other legal description together with small scale sketch showing location within the section;
D. Date, approximate N point and graphic scale;
E. Acreage of land to be subdivided;
F. Boundary lines of area to be subdivided and their bearings and distances;
G. Existing and proposed utility and scenic or conservation easements and their locations, widths and distances;
H. Streets on and adjacent to the tract and their names, widths, approximate grades and other dimensions as may be required;
I. Utilities on and adjacent to the tract showing proposed connections to the existing utilities systems (Easements for public utility poles and wires shall be provided wherever necessary. These easements for public utilities shall be at least 15 feet wide and shall be centered on the lot lines).
J. Lot lines and lot numbers;
K. Sites and their acreages, if any, to be reserved or dedicated for parks, playgrounds, schools or other public uses and sites, if any, for semi-public, commercial or multi-family uses;
L. Location of railroads, drainage courses, permanent buildings or other structures and wooded areas;
M. Water elevation of adjoining lakes, rivers and streams at date of survey and their approximate high and low water elevations (All elevations shall be mean sea level or some other assumed markable datum. When the subdivision borders a lake, river or stream, the distance and bearings of a meander line shall be established five feet above the required high water elevation of the lake, river or stream).
N. Other reasonable information, such as soil boring if so requested by the City Planner in order to make a proper review of the site;
O. Copies of proposed deed restrictions, if any, shall be attached to the preliminary plat;
P. A tree location plan appended to the preliminary plat drawn to a scale of 100 feet to one inch or larger showing all existing trees eight inches in diameter or larger measured 54 inches above the ground by location, size and species which are within the area to be platted; and (Indicate on plan those trees that are proposed to be removed.)
Q. Delineate flood hazard areas, including floodway and flood fringe lines.
Subd. 2. Preliminary plat procedure.
A. Electronic copies in PDF format of the preliminary plat and supplementary material specified shall be submitted to the City Planner's office with a written application for conditional approval at least 30 days prior to a regularly scheduled meeting of the Planning Commission.
B. The City Planner shall submit PDF copies of the preliminary plat to the Austin Utilities, the Fire Department, the City Engineer, the Park and Recreation Department and the Austin Utilities Company. Each of the above shall return a copy of the preliminary plat with appropriate notations and comments regarding their review and recommendations to the City Planner within ten days after receipt of the preliminary plat. At least 30 days prior to taking final action on a preliminary plat, the City Planner shall send the proposed preliminary plat to the Commissioner of Transportation for review if the plat includes or borders on a trunk highway. Within five days after receiving a preliminary plat that includes or borders on an existing or proposed county road, the City Planner shall submit it to the County Engineer for review.
C. The preliminary plat shall receive the approval of the City Engineer prior to the public hearing by the Planning Commission.
D. The City Planner shall notify the subdivider of the time and place of the public hearing not less than five days before the date fixed for the public hearing before the Planning Commission.
E. A public hearing shall be held thereon after notice of the time and place thereof has been published once in the official newspaper at least ten days before the day of the hearing. Within 30 days after the public hearing on the preliminary plat, the Planning Commission shall approve, disapprove or approve subject to modifications the plat. If a plat is disapproved, reasons for the disapproval will be stated in writing. If approval is subject to modifications, the nature of the required modifications shall be indicated in writing. Preliminary plats and specific conditions of approval of the plats by the Planning Commission shall be reviewed by the Mayor and the Council for their approval.
F. After review and recommendation of the preliminary plat by the Planning Commission, the preliminary plat approval shall be considered by the Council. Failure of the Council to act on the preliminary plat request within 60 days from the date of the public hearing before the Planning Commission shall be deemed approval of the preliminary plat. If a plat is disapproved, reasons for the disapproval will be stated in writing. If the preliminary plat was sent to the Commissioner of Transportation or the County Engineer for review and recommendations were made, within ten days after approval of the preliminary plat, the County Board explaining how the comments and recommendations have been met.
G. Approval of the preliminary plat shall not constitute acceptance of the final plat. The approval of the preliminary plat shall lapse unless a final plat based thereon is submitted within one year from the date of the approval. An extension of time may be applied for by the subdivider and granted by the Planning Commission.
Subd. 3. Subdivision of a portion of a larger tract. Whenever part of a tract is proposed to be subdivided and it is intended to subdivide additional parts of the tract in the future, a sketch plan for the entire tract shall be submitted to the Planning Commission at the time the preliminary plat for the first part of the tract to be platted is submitted.
(Ord. 699, passed 1-18-22)