1226.03 PRELIMINARY PLAN.

   The subdivider shall furnish the following:

   (a)   Preliminary Plan Application. (See Appendix C following these Subdivision Regulations)

   (b)   A Vicinity Map. (See Appendix D following these Subdivision Regulations) The map shall show the relationship of the proposed subdivision to existing community facilities which serve or influence it. The vicinity map may be on the same sheet as the preliminary plan drawing and it shall show the following information:

      (1)   The subdivision name, the township, tract and original lot or section number and the north arrow;

      (2)   Existing and proposed main traffic arteries;

      (3)   Shopping facilities;

      (4)   Schools;

      (5)   Parks and playgrounds; and

      (6)   Any other significant community features.

   (c)   A Preliminary Plan Drawing. (See Appendix D following these Subdivision Regulations) The Plan shall be prepared in accordance with Chapter 1228 by a registered surveyor, city planner, landscape architect or professional engineer. The plan shall be accurately and clearly drawn. The drawing shall include the proposed plan or alternate plans of the subdivision and shall show the following information:

      (1)   Identification.

         A.   The proposed name of the subdivision (which must not duplicate others in the County), the township, tract and original lot or section number;

         B.   The names, addresses and telephone numbers of the owners, the subdivider and the registered surveyor, the city planner, the landscape architect or the professional engineer referred to above; and

         C.   The scale (one inch equals 100 feet), the north arrow and the date.

      (2)   Existing data.

         A.   The boundary lines, showing bearings and distances as surveyed by a registered surveyor;

         B.   The easements and rights of way and their location, width and purpose;

         C.   The streets on and adjacent to the subdivision and their names (which must not duplicate others in the County), location, right of way and roadway width;

         D.   The utilities on and adjacent to the subdivision, including the location, size and invert elevations of sanitary and storm sewers, the location and size of water mains and the location of gas lines, fire hydrants and utility poles. If water mains, sewers and/or culverts are not on or adjacent to the tract, the drawing shall indicate the direction and distance to and the size of the nearest mains, sewers and culverts, and show the invert elevation of sewers and culverts;

         E.   The ground elevations on the subdivision, showing contours with an interval of not more than five feet if the ground slope is in excess of four percent and two feet if the ground slope is less than four percent;

         F.   Subsurface conditions on the subdivision, including any conditions that are not typical, such as abandoned mines, oil wells, gas wells, cistern-type wells, abandoned excavations and underground pipelines;

         G.   Other conditions on the subdivision, including:

            1.   Watercourses and areas subject to flooding;

            2.   Marshes;

            3.   Rock outcroppings;

            4.   Wooded areas;

            5.   Isolated preservable trees, three inches or more in diameter; and

            6.   Any structures or other significant features.

         H.   Other conditions on adjacent land, i.e. land within 200 feet, including:

            1.   The direction and gradient of the ground slope of any area draining into the tract, including embankments or retaining walls;

            2.   The location and type of buildings;

            3.   Railroad lines;

            4.   Power lines, towers and antennas;

            5.   Other nearby nonresidential uses of land or adverse influences; and

            6.   The owners of adjacent unplatted land or, in the case of adjacent platted land, reference to the subdivision plan by name, plat book and pages.

         I.   Zoning requirements, including:

            1.   The district;

            2.   The lot size and yard requirements; and

            3.   Proof of any variances or special exceptions which may have been granted.

         J.   Planned public improvements, such as highways or other major improvements planned by public authorities for future construction on or near the subdivision.

      (3)   Proposals.

         A.   Streets, including proposed streets, indicating each street by a proposed name except where the street is a continuation of an existing street, right-of-way widths and approximate grades;

         B.   Other rights of way or easements, including their location, width and purpose;

         C.   Lots, including the numbers and dimensions and the area of irregular lots in square feet;

         D.   Minimum building setback lines;

         E.   Land parcels within the subdivision not to be divided into lots;

         F.   Public or private sites reserved or dedicated for parks, playgrounds or other public uses;

         G.   Sites for other uses, such as multifamily dwellings, shopping facilities, churches and industrial or other nonpublic uses, excluding single-family dwellings;

         H.   Total site data, including the acreage, the number of residential lots and dwelling units, the number of parking spaces, the typical lot size and the number of acres in parks and other public uses; and

         I.   A plan showing the changes proposed, if extensive changes of topography are contemplated.

      (4)   Notations for approval by officials and agencies, including:

         A.   The County Sanitary Engineer;

         B.   The City Engineer;

         C.   The Planning Commission Chairman and Secretary; and

         D.   Council.

      (5)   Other information. The Planning Commission may require such additional information as it deems necessary.

         (Ord. 95-71. Passed 1-24-72.)