1. Development Procedures
2. Example Plats
3. Development Guides
INTRODUCTION
The information and material included in the following pages has been developed to provide the potential land developer, as well as local governmental administrators, with sources of procedural and exemplary tools to assist in the administration of the community's subdivision regulations as well as to promote a better and more satisfactory design for new development.
The subdivision procedure flow diagram which follows illustrates the steps which a subdivider must take to receive final plat approval under the subdivision regulations. In following the prescribed procedure, the subdivider must submit a series of three plats or plans. These are (1) a preliminary subdivision plan, (2) a preliminary plat, and (3) a final plat or series of final plats to be filed with the County Recorder.
SUBDIVISION PROCEDURES Actions by Subdivider Actions by Planning Commission Meets with Planning Commission to Provides Subdivider with copy of Subdivision receive standards and procedures (1) Regulations. Checks Master Plan for for subdividing. (2) proposed development of area and makes developer aware of other ordinances which will apply to his intended action. Prepares Preliminary Plan with help of Landscape Architect, Surveyor or other qualified in- (3) dividual based on boundary survey, contours and other pertinent facts. Presents Preliminary Plan for Checks Preliminary Plan for conformity review by Planning Commission (4) (5) to Subdivision Regulations, Master Plan and Administrative Personnel. and other applicable ordinances. Submits tentative plat pre- Reviews Preliminary Plat for conformance pared by Registered Civil (7) to other governmental agencies having Engineer or Registered Land (6) jurisdiction. Surveyor for conditional approval to Planning Commis- sion to take action on plat. Acts on Preliminary Plat. Gives tentative (8) approval, approval with modifications or disapproval. Prepares final plan in accord Checks final plat for conformance with with conditions of tentative tentatively approved plat. approval and presents to Plan- ning Commission for final action. Records final plat with County Approves or disapproves final plat. Recorder after approval by Planning Commission. |
DESIGN CONCEPTS
As a result primarily of the post World War II building boom, many new concepts, means, methods, and materials have developed to provide for the construction of better subdivisions, commercial centers, industrial complexes, neighborhoods, and even communities. The concept of grid system street design, as an example, today is considered completely obsolete. The concept of individual properties is rapidly becoming obsolete as a new cluster-type design is developing wherein common, jointly maintained open space flows throughout the neighborhood between individual building sites. To assist the local developer and the community's administrators in arriving at suitable developmental design decisions, several development examples are included in the following pages. They illustrate not only concepts of subdivision design but also local business center development, industrial development, and mobile home park development.