Prior to submission of a Preliminary Subdivision Plat, any subdivider proposing a subdivision or resubdivision of a tract of land of five acres or more, or involving the opening of a new street shall submit to the Administrator a sketch plan as the basis for a pre-platting conference. The purpose of the conference is to provide the Administrator with information concerning the proposed development and to review, at an early stage, the requirements affecting the proposed subdivision.
(A) General. The following items are required for the Pre-Platting (sketch plan) conference:
(1) Location and description of property.
(a) Location of property by street, block, and adjacent subdivisions (with block and lot numbers) as applicable shall be specified or in the case of unsubdivided properties, location by township range and section (metes and bounds).
(b) Size of tracts in acres or of existing lots, if any, in square feet.
(2) Information as to ownership.
(a) Name, address, and telephone number of the legal owner or agent of property.
(b) Description of any existing legal right-of-ways or easements affecting the property.
(c) Listing of any existing covenants on the property.
(B) Drawing showing existing features. A handdrawn sketch at a scale of approximately 200 feet to the inch shall show information for the property which is proposed to be subdivided, and for adjoining properties for a distance of not less than one lot or 300 feet, whichever is greater, which will include:
(1) A general layout of streets, blocks, and lots for the entire tract under control of the subdivider.
(2) Identification of any general area to be set aside for schools, parks, or other community facilities.
(3) Identification of sites for uses other than single-family dwellings.
(4) General indications of how the subdivision is to be provided with water service, sanitary sewers, access from adjacent street systems, and storm drainage.
(C) Supplemental information. The following information, as applicable, should be provided at this time in order for the Administrator to better assess the advisability of preparing the preliminary plat.
(1) The boundary of the property and its true relationship to the right-of-way of the existing road(s) upon which it may border.
(2) The location and name of all adjacent subdivisions, if any, and names of owners of adjacent unsubdivided property.
(3) Present zoning classification.
(4) The location, width, and project volume of traffic to be generated by the development, and type of use of any existing roads, rights-of-way, easements, or other special purpose areas within the property, or immediately adjacent thereto, the location of towers, poles, or other structures in connection with electric transmission lines.
(5) Approximate location of any existing underground utilities, such as sewers, water mains, stormdrains, gas or oil transmission lines, and the like, within the property or immediately adjacent thereto, with approximate pipe size and directions of slope.
(6) Existing topography with suitable contour intervals, giving bench marks, not greater than five feet, together with drainage channels, streams, springs, swamps, flood zones, rock outcrops, buildings, wooded areas, or other features likely to affect the plan. The source and accuracy of the topographic details shown on the plan shall be in terms of U.S.G.S. data and/or field survey.
(Ord. 93-Z-03, passed 3-8-93; Am. Ord. 95-Z-01, passed 2-13-95)