(A) Preliminary plat. The owner or subdivider shall prepare and submit a preliminary plat, together with any necessary supplementary information.
(1) Filing. One copy of a preliminary plat and one copy of a vicinity sketch of any proposed subdivision shall be filed with the Council.
(2) Contents. The preliminary plat shall contain the following information:
(a) Proposed name of subdivision. Names shall not duplicate or too closely resemble names of existing subdivision;
(b) Location of boundary lines in relation to section, quarter section or quarter-quarter section lines and any adjacent corporate boundaries, comprising a legal description of the property;
(c) Names and addresses of the developer and the designer making the plat;
(d) Scale of plat, not less than one inch to 100 feet;
(e) Date and northpoint;
(f) Existing conditions:
1. Location, width and name of each existing or platted street or other public way, railroad, the utility right-of-way, parks and other public open spaces, and permanent buildings, within or adjacent to the proposed subdivision;
2. All existing sewers, water mains, gas mains, culverts or other underground installations within the proposed subdivision or immediately adjacent thereto, with pipe size, grades and locations shown;
3. Names of adjacent subdivisions and owners of adjacent parcels of unsubdivided land; and
4. The location of water courses, ravines, bridges, lakes, wooded areas, approximate acreage and other features as may be pertinent to subdivision.
(g) Proposed development:
1. The location and width of proposed streets, roadways, alleys, pedestrian ways and easements;
2. The location and character of all proposed public utility lines, including sewers (storm and sanitary) water, gas and power lines;
3. Layout, numbers and approximate dimensions of lots and the number or letter of each block;
4. Location and size of proposed parks, playgrounds, churches or school sites or other special uses of land to be considered for dedication to public use, or to be reserved by deed of covenant for the use of all property owners in the subdivision and any conditions of the dedication or reservation;
5. Building setback lines with dimensions;
6. Indication of any lots on which use other than residential is proposed by the subdivider; and
7. The zoning districts, if any, on and adjacent to the tract.
(3) Supplementary requirements.
(a) Two copies of profiles shall be furnished for each proposed street, showing existing grades and proposed approximate grades and gradients on the center lines. The location of proposed culverts and bridges shall also be shown.
(b) Vicinity sketch, at a legible scale, to show the relation of the plat to its surroundings, shall be shown on the preliminary plat, or accompany it. Utility connections too remote to be shown on the preliminary plat shall be shown on this sketch.
(B) Final plat. The owner or subdivider shall submit a final plat together with any necessary supplementary information.
(1) Filing. Three copies of a final plat shall be filed with the Council together with additional copies as required for approval by county authorities.
(2) Contents.
(a) The final plat prepared for recording purposes shall be prepared in accordance with provisions of state statutes and county regulations;
(b) Name of subdivision (not to duplicate or too closely approximate the name of any existing subdivision);
(c) Location by section, township, range and including descriptive boundaries of the subdivision;
(d) The location of monuments shall be shown and described on the final plat. Permanent markers shall be placed at each corner of every block or portion of a block, and at each angle point on the boundary of the subdivision. A permanent marker shall be deemed to be a steel rod or pipe, one-half inch or longer in diameter extending at least three feet below the finished grade. Permanent monuments shall be placed at all quarter section points within the subdivision or on its perimeter;
(e) Location of lots, street, public highway, alleys, parks and other features, with accurate dimensions in feet and decimals of feet, with the length or arcs of all curves, and with all other information necessary to reproduce the plat on the ground. Dimensions shall be shown from all angle points and points of curve to lot lines;
(f) Lots shall be numbered clearly. If blocks are to be numbered or lettered, these should be shown clearly in the center of the block;
(g) The exact locations, widths and names of all streets to be dedicated;
(h) Location and width of all easements to be dedicated;
(i) Boundary lines and description of boundary lines of any areas other than streets and alleys which are to be dedicated or reserved for public use;
(j) Building setback lines on front and side streets with dimensions;
(k) Name and address of developer and surveyor making the plat;
(l) Scale of plat (the scale to be shown graphically and in feet per inch), date and northpoint;
(m) Statement dedicating all easements as follows: Easements for installation and maintenance of utilities and drainage facilities are reserved over, under and along the strips marked “utility easements”;
(n) Statement dedicating all streets, alleys and other public areas not previously dedicated as follows: streets, alleys and other public areas shown on this plat and not heretofore dedicated to public use are hereby so dedicated; and
(o) Statement establishing building setback lines as follows: Building setback lines are hereby established as shown on the accompanying plat and no building or portion thereof shall be built between this line and the street line.
(3) Filing fee.
(a) The final plat shall be accompanied by a required fee in an amount set by City Council.
(b) The foregoing fee is to be used for the expense of the city in connection with the review, inspection, approval or disapproval of the plat which may thereafter be submitted.
(4) Certifications required on final plats.
(a) Notarized certification by owner, and by any mortgage holder of record, of the adoption of the plat and the dedication of streets and other public areas;
(b) Notarized certification by a registered land surveyor, to the effect that the plat represents a survey made by him or her and that monuments and markers shown therein exist as located and that all dimensional and geodetic details are correct; and
(c) The form of approval by the Council is as follows:
Approved by the Council of the City of Clara City, Minnesota this day of , .
Mayor
City Clerk
(5) Supplementary documents and information.
(a) A complete set of street profiles showing grade lines as constructed; and
(b) Copies of any private restrictions affecting the subdivision or any part thereof.
(Prior Code, § 11.03)
DESIGN STANDARDS