The following materials must be submitted for primary approval of a minor subdivision plat. The Subdivision Administrator shall specify at the advisory meeting how many copies of the application materials and additional materials may be specified in the Developer Guidebook.
(A) An application on a form provided by the Subdivision Administrator;
(B) A filing fee as established by the adopted fee schedule;
(C) A primary plat drawn according to the drafting standards of Appendix B, consisting of the following items:
(1) Legal description and/or subdivision name and lot number of the subdivision;
(2) A location sketch showing the general location of the subdivision in relation to the surrounding area shall be placed on the primary plat, generally in the upper right or left hand corner. It shall be drawn at a scale sufficient enough to show the relationship of the tract to be subdivided to existing roads, schools, parks, and similar facilities as well as to adjacent properties;
(3) Names and addresses of the owner, subdivider, and consulting engineer, land surveyor, or planning firm who prepared the plan;
(4) Legend and notes including the scale, north point, and date;
(5) Source of the owner’s title to the land as shown by the last entry in the records of the County Recorder;
(6) County parcel tax identification number(s);
(7) Tract boundary lines showing dimensions, bearings, angles, and references to section, township, and range lines or corners, closing with an error of not more than one foot in 5,000 feet;
(8) Existing zoning of the tract and all contiguous tracts surrounding the proposed subdivision;
(9) All section and municipal corporate boundaries lying within, or contiguous to, the tract;
(10) Topographic contours at typical intervals of 10 feet (the contours shall be referenced to mean sea level elevations);
(11) Layout of lots showing dimensions and numbers and square footage or acreage of each lot, excluding area within right-of-ways;
(12) Building lines showing setback dimensions throughout the subdivision within 50 feet of a newly created property;
(13) Existing streets and rights-of-way on and adjoining the site of the proposed subdivision showing the names, roadway widths, and types and widths of pavements;
(14) Existing and proposed easements including the location, width and purpose of the easements must be shown on plat;
(15) Location of natural streams, lakes, regulated drains, pipelines, power lines, utility structures, and all other natural or man-made features;
(16) The certificates listed below, and all other applicable certificates and notations as shown in Appendix A:
(a) A-2: Surveyor’s certificate;
(b) A-3: Owner’s certificate;
(c) A-4: Additions to owner’s certificate;
(d) A-5: Notarized signature required; and
(e) A-6: Primary approval certificate.
(17) Identify and locate general surface drainage flow areas. For a plan describing the subsurface drainage system to an approved outlet, including data showing that the outlet is adequate to accommodate the drainage requirements of the finished subdivision. Arrows designating the general drainage of all streets and lots shall be included;
(18) The location, size, and capacity of any existing public sewer and/or water facilities, if such facilities are available, or evidence that a sewer and water permit can be obtained from the County Health Department for each lot;
(19) Boundary lines or elevations for approximate limits of floodway and floodway fringe areas on each lot, as scaled from the floodplain district maps and regulations of the Zoning Ordinance;
(20) If there is a parent tract remainder or other parcel which qualifies as an exempt division under the terms of this chapter, the land shall be shown on the drawing (the exempt division may be shown based upon an existing deed description but shall not be assigned a lot number);
(21) If the subdivision is to be divided into sections or phases of development, the boundaries and numbers of such sections shall be shown;
(22) Location, type, material, and size of all monuments and markets;
(23) All applicable certificates and notations as shown in Appendix A;
(24) Proposed name of the subdivision followed by the words “Primary Plat;” and
(25) A drainage flow area plan describing the surface drainage system to an approved outlet, including data showing that said outlet is adequate to accommodate the drainage requirements of the finished subdivision. The description of the drainage system shall be sufficient to verify compliance with I.C. 36-9-27-69.5 and subsequent amendments (see § 153.035 for details). The Drainage Plan should be on a separate sheet with topographic contours and accompanied by a certificate of sufficiency, as per Appendix A-12.
(B) Protective covenants which are properly prepared and legally sound shall be incorporated in the plat, subject to the approval of the Plat Committee or Commission.
(Prior Code, § 152.061) (Ord. 87, passed 4-18-1988; Ord. 2015-04, passed 4-20-2015)