All applications must be complete to be accepted or considered. With the exception of a detailed planned unit development site plan/plat as set forth in § 157.061 above, a complete application and signature page, filed with the Plan Commission Staff, shall contain the following:
(A) Primary plat. Per applicable primary plat checklist as set forth in the Elkhart County Advisory Plan Commission Rules of Procedure.
(B) Planning Department.
(1) Signature page and checklist (complete application);
(2) Thirteen copies of the primary plat;
(3) One primary plat reduced to an 11-inch by 17-inch format;
(4) One application; and
(5) The filing fees established by the County Fee Ordinance contained in the Plan Commission’s Rules of Procedure. These fees shall not be refundable.
(C) Health Department.
(1) A letter stating sanitary sewer and water system availability;
(2) If municipal services are not available and on-site septic systems are proposed:
(a) Provide the location of all soil borings mapped on the primary plat;
(b) Provide a number of soil borings, completed by a professional state registered soil scientist (IRSS) or American Registry of Certified Professionals in Agronomy - Crops and Soils (ARCPACS) soil scientist, sufficient to support mapping;
(c) Provide locations of a typical septic system site and a repair site for each lot;
(d) Provide the location of all existing septic systems and water wells on the proposed site and within 100 feet on the contiguous property; and
(e) Provide the location of all proposed water wells demonstrating 50 feet of separation from the septic system site and repair site.
(3) Provide a completed waste water treatment assessment matrix demonstrating compliance with environmental health technical review and development standards.
(D) Highway Department.
(1) Scaled drawings displaying the locations of new access points onto existing county roads including:
(a) Distance from closest existing intersection;
(b) Horizontal and vertical sight distance requirements and calculations; and
(c) Traffic impact vehicular estimates (TIVE), as specified in the Street Standards, which may result in a required submittal of a traffic impact study (TIS) prior to being considered a complete application.
(2) A summary of topics requiring a design exception/variance including conditions of the watershed that may affect run-off such as soil type, subsoil type or obstructions;
(3) All drainage calculations and summary sheets and a storage capacity sheet with watershed area depicted via a contour map;
(4) Estimates of the water entering the subdivision also depicted via a contour map;
(5) The location of all known drainage tiles and provisions for preserving or relocating all such tiles;
(6) Depict difference in vegetative types (i.e., forest, pasture area and the like);
(7) A summary of issues or problems for consideration; and
(8) Stormwater review for minor subdivisions will follow the Street Standards.
(E) County Surveyor.
(1) Indicate proximity to regulated drain or water way; and
(2) Provide location of any wetlands on site and adjacent to the site and method of determination, for example, delineation, scale from map, other.
(F) Soil and Water Conservation District. If an acre or more of land will be disturbed then a stormwater pollution prevention plan needs to be submitted to the SWCD and determined to adequately meet the requirements of Rule 5 before the development plan (DPUD plat) can be placed on the Plan Commission agenda.
(G) Department of Stormwater Management.
(1) Proposed locations of stormwater management practices and specific points where stormwater discharge will leave the site.
(2) If an acre or more of land will be disturbed then a post-construction plan is required.
(Ord. 2009-67, passed 3-2-2009; Ord. PC 2016-20, passed 7-18-2016; Ord. PC 2017-19, passed 10-16-2017)