In addition to the requirements established herein, all subdivision plats shall comply with the following laws, rules, and regulations.
(A) Conformance to applicable rules and regulations.
(1) All applicable statutory provisions;
(2) The city’s zoning code, building and housing codes, and all other applicable laws of the city;
(3) The General Plan, official street map, and Capital Facilities Plan of the city (as may be applicable), including all streets, drainage systems, and parks shown on the official street map or General Plan as adopted;
(4) The special requirements of these regulations and any rules of the Health Department and/or appropriate state agencies;
(5) The rules of the state’s Highway Department if the subdivision or any lot contained therein abuts a state highway;
(6) The city’s public works standards and technical specifications; and
(7) The city’s culinary water system standards and specifications.
(B) Monuments.
(1) The developer shall place permanent reference monuments in the subdivision as required herein and as approved by the City Engineer.
(2) Monuments shall be located on street right-of-way center lines, at street intersections, and at such other points as determined necessary by the City Engineer.
(3) All monuments shall be set in an approved ground box as specified in the public works standards for the city.
(4) All monuments shall be properly set in the ground by the developer and approved by the City Engineer prior to the time the City Council grants conditional acceptance of the subdivision.
(C) Character of the land. Land which the Planning Commission finds to be unsuitable for subdivision or development due to flooding, wetlands, improper drainage, steep slopes, rock formations, adverse earth formations or topography, utility easements or other such features which will be reasonably harmful to the safety, health, and general welfare of the present or future inhabitants of the subdivision and/or its surrounding areas, shall not be laid out or platted or developed unless adequate methods are formulated by the developer and approved by the Planning Commission and City Council, upon recommendation of the City Engineer, to solve the problems created by the unsuitable land conditions. Such land shall be set aside for uses as shall not involve such a danger.
(D) Soil conditions.
(1) Buildings or structures shall not be situated on soft or unsuitable soils, as determined by the City Engineer, where there is a high water table, or a site subject to flooding as noted on the city’s floodplain map, or on uncompacted fill in accordance with the city’s public works standards.
(2) A geotechnical study may be required of the developer/land owner to assist the city and City Engineer in making a determination of suitability for development.
(E) Subdivision name. The proposed name of the subdivision shall not duplicate or too closely approximate phonetically the name of any other subdivision in the county.
(Ord. 2020-006, passed 3-9-2021)