(A) Approval of the preliminary drawing is valid for one year unless extended by action of the Planning Commission. Construction plans must be approved by the city during this time.
(B) Six copies of construction drawings of required improvements shall be filed with the platting commissioner who shall send them for review to appropriate agencies. Such filing must take place a minimum of two weeks in advance of the day on which approval is desired. If the city engineer or Planning Commission should require the construction drawings to be corrected and resubmitted, the corrected and resubmitted drawings must be filed with the platting commissioner a minimum of one week in advance of the day on which approval is desired. Construction drawings will not be acted upon if filed with any person or office other than the platting commissioner or his or her office. The city engineer shall review all comments, and, if drawings are found to be satisfactory, he or she shall approve construction drawings. Approval of the construction drawings by the city engineer will normally constitute authorization for the developer to proceed with the improvements, and the construction drawings need not be approved by the Planning Commission. However, the city engineer, Planning Commission member, or a city official may request Planning Commission approval of the construction drawings as a required prerequisite to construction of the improvements if policy matters or matters of public interest are involved. When such requests are made, the construction drawings will not be deemed approved until approved by the Planning Commission.
(C) Upon approval of construction drawings, the developer may proceed with the improvements. If the developer chooses to file the final plat before completion of the improvements, the developer shall post a good and sufficient performance bond acceptable by the city guaranteeing the city in the amount sufficient to complete the improvements. The bond must be approved by the Planning Commission, city engineer, and city attorney and will be deposited with the City Finance Director and a copy filed with the secretary of the Planning Commission. In lieu of a performance bond, a proper guarantee of a sufficient amount to complete the improvements may be deposited with the city under details approved by the city attorney, city engineer, Finance Director, and Planning Commission.
(D) Within one year of approval of the construction drawings, the developer shall file with the platting commissioner one reproducible copy and five blackline or blueprints of the final or record plat which shall conform in every respect with the requirements specified in §§ 151.25 through 151.28. The final plat shall be drawn on sheets 24 by 36 inches or 20 by 30 inches in size at a scale represented by not more than 100 feet on the inch.
(E) The Planning Commission may approve a final or record plat for a portion of a preliminary drawing. Application shall be made to the platting commissioner, who shall prepare a review and comments to be submitted along with the request to the Planning Commission. Approval of a portion of the subdivision shall not itself waive the time required for submission of remaining portions of the subdivision.
(F) A copy of the final or record plat thus filed will be checked by the platting commissioner and reviewed by appropriate agencies. If found satisfactory, he or she will transmit the plat to the Planning Commission, together with a twofold certificate showing that the technical details of the plat itself have been checked and found satisfactory, and that all required improvements have been satisfactorily completed, or that the required performance bond or guarantee is in force and is sufficient to complete the required improvements. Plats must be filed at least 15 working days before the scheduled Planning Commission meeting at which approval will be sought; plats not filed on or before the first day of this 15-day period will not be considered by the Planning Commission at its next scheduled meeting. If the Planning Commission required corrections to and/or resubmission of the final or record plat, such resubmission must be made at least five working days before the scheduled Planning Commission meeting at which approval will be sought; corrected and/or resubmitted final or record plats not filed on or before the first day of this five-day period will not be considered by the Planning Commission at its next meeting.
(G) After a copy of the final plat together with the foregoing twofold certificate has been received by the Planning Commission from the platting commissioner and provided that the final plat is found to conform with the preliminary drawing as tentatively approved, the Planning Commission will approve the final plat and will enter such approval thereon in writing by its chairperson and secretary. Approval or refusal to approve the final plat by the Planning Commission shall be endorsed on the plat within 30 days after the receipt of the plat by the Planning Commission at a regular meeting of the Commission or within such further time as the applying party may agree to. The ground of refusal, including citation of or reference to the rule or regulations violated by the plat, shall be stated upon the records of the Planning Commission. If the Planning Commission takes no action to approve or disapprove the plat within 30 days after receipt, or within such further time as the applying party may agree to, the plat will be considered disapproved.
(H) The developer shall provide the city, prior to recording, one copy of the final plat, in an electronic format compatible with the city’s computer assisted drawing program. The electronic copy shall be provided on a CD or other media acceptable to the city.
(I) Upon receipt of notice that a plat within the city has been recorded, the Council shall by ordinance accept the plat and all new dedicated rights-of-way contained therein.
(1980 Code, § 151.13) (Ord. 3704, passed 6-5-1978; Am. Ord. 5485, passed 12-7-1992; Am. Ord. 6006, passed 6-17-1996; Am. Ord. 7207, passed 2-17-2004)