(a) Before final approval by the City Planning and Zoning Commission, all plats shall first be approved, in writing, by the City Engineer, the Planning and Development Director and the Service Director of the City. The Commission may approve plats contingent upon the subsequent approval of such plats by the City Engineer and/or the Planning and Development Director and the Service Director.
(b) The developer shall submit to the City Engineer, the Planning and Development Director and the Service Director a preliminary layout together with a topographical map of the land involved which shall be certified by a registered engineer of the State.
(c) The Planning and Development Director and the Service Director shall also require plans and specifications for the installation of storm and sanitary sewers and a water main. Such plans shall meet with their approval. The developer shall then prepare a permanent plat plan for final submission, which plan shall include the profile of streets and monuments. Before the City Engineer and the Service Director endorse their approval on the plat, the City Engineer shall be of the opinion, under the plans and specifications submitted, that adequate and proper provision has been made for storm and other drainage of the land involved when improved for sanitary improvements of the proposed subdivision and for water facilities, which sewers and water main are to be connected to the existing sewage and water system. In giving his or her final approval, the City Engineer shall confirm that all standards and requirements of Section 1311.14 et seq. shall be met and shall take into consideration the existing facilities and abutting property and the impact, if any, of any new development thereon, especially the drainage of storm water from the land when improved in accordance with the standards established by Chapter 921, 922, and 923 of the Codified Ordinances.
The City Engineer and Service Director may require changes of design or installation of additional facilities as may be necessary to conform with the above indicated standards and requirements and for protection of the health and safety of the City and its citizens. The applicant shall pay for the cost of such review.
In the event that professional consulting services are rendered by the City Engineer or any other outside consultants to make any determinations by the City Engineer or other consultant as the same shall be required, determined, and approved by the Service Director, City Engineer, or Planning and Development Director, such services shall be rendered and charged at the prevailing contractual hourly rates for such services.
(d) The Service Director, the Planning and Development Director or the Commission may require the developer to enter into an agreement with the City, in a form approved by the Director of Law, to perform any covenants with respect to grades, storm drainage, paving, sanitary improvements, grading, water mains and other required facilities and improvements. A copy of the agreement shall be filed with the Commissioner of Buildings and it shall be his or her duty to withhold the issuance of building permits, or to cancel those already issued, unless the conditions and covenants in the agreement are complied with. When the City Engineer, the Planning and Development Director and the Service Director have endorsed their approval on the plat, it shall be filed by them with the City Planning and Zoning Commission, except as provided herein.
(Ord. 121-1996. Passed 6-3-96; Ord. 66-2001. Passed 4-2-01.)