(A) Following the consultation between the subdivider and the Director of Planning or their designee, the subdivider shall submit a primary plat in such numbers as may be required, and in full compliance with existing schedules and procedures existing at the time. The subdivider shall, together with seven 24" x 36" stapled copies and five 11" x 17" stapled copies of the primary plat, submit an application for approval made on forms available at the Plan Office. Both the primary plat and the application together shall constitute the basic instruments for requesting approval. No application will be considered at a meeting unless it has been filed with the Planning Director at least 30 days before the date of such meeting. The public hearing for this project will automatically continue to the following month if supplemental information is submitted less than five days prior to the hearing date. Projects without Technical Committee sign-offs will be continued for two months.
(B) The primary plat shall be prepared by a licensed land surveyor or a professional engineer at a convenient scale no larger than one inch equals 100 feet. Said plat shall be clearly drawn and, if covering more than one sheet, the same shall be numbered in sequence.
(C) The primary plat shall contain the following information:
(1) Location of the subdivision by Section, Quarter Section, Township, Range, County, and State.
(2) The proposed name of the subdivision, not to duplicate, be the same in spelling, or alike in pronunciation with the name of any other subdivision.
(3) Names and addresses of the subdivider, the owner of the land, and the registered land surveyor or licensed engineer, along with the latter's registration number.
(4) Scale of the plan including graphic scale, North Point, and date.
(5) Boundary lines of the proposed subdivision indicated in heavy lines with bearings and standard distances and approximate acreage.
(6) Location, width, names of all existing or prior platted streets, railroad rights-of-way, utility rights-of-way, permanent buildings and structures, section or municipal lines adjacent to the subdivision.
(7) In the case of a resubdivision, all descriptive lines of the original plat shall be shown by dotted lines in their proper position in relation to their new arrangement. The new plat shall be clearly shown in solid lines so as to avoid ambiguity or confusion.
(8) Names of all adjacent subdivisions and property owners with the book and page where they are recorded.
(9) Existing contours with intervals of not more than five feet where the slope is greater than 10% and not more than two feet where the slope is less than 10%. Elevations shall be based on United States Coast and Geodetic Survey adjusted datum as practicable.
(10) Blocks consecutively numbered or lettered. The blocks in numbered additions to subdivisions bearing the same name shall be numbered or lettered consecutively throughout the various additions.
(11) All lots in each block consecutively numbered and showing exact lot dimensions. Outlots shall be lettered in alphabetical order. If blocks are numbered or lettered alphabetically, outlots shall be lettered alphabetically within each lot.
(12) Building setback lines; public utility easements; drainage easements.
(13) Site to be reserved or dedicated for parks, playgrounds, and other public uses.
(14) All new streets. Names shall not duplicate existing street names; rights-of-way, roadway widths; approximate grade and gradients.
(15) Existing zoning of the area proposed to be subdivided and of land adjacent thereto.
(16) Detailed storm water management plans and design, sufficient for the City Engineer to approve, or approve with conditions (These standards can be found in § 153.15 of this chapter).
(17) Preliminary layout and design for all other public infrastructure, demonstrating the subdivisions conformance with all development standards in this chapter, including but not limited to; roads and streets, sanitary sewers, potable water system, fire hydrants, sidewalks, lighting, landscaping, gas, electric, phone, cable, and signage. Size and capacity of each shall be shown and the locations of or distance to each existing utility.
(18) A request for any waiver(s) to this chapter that the applicant wishes the Plan Commission to consider, along with all documentation detailing why the applicant wishes a waiver(s) to be granted and any alternative(s) or commitments that the applicant wishes the Plan Commission to consider.
(19) Preliminary subdivision covenants.
(D) Following the official filing of the primary plat one copy will be forwarded to each of the Technical Review Committee members for a total of seven copies, one copy of the plan shall be forwarded to the City Engineer; one copy to the Sanitary District; one copy to each public utility. All persons may file their recommendations with the Director of Planning in advance of the public hearing at which the primary plat may be acted upon.
(E) The Commission shall hold a public hearing on the primary plat. The Director of Planning shall cause a notice of the hearing to be published in at least one newspaper of local circulation at least 15 days prior to the date of the hearing. Notices shall be mailed to all adjoining property owners and copies of the primary plat shall be maintained for public review in the office of the Commission. Any and all expenses incurred in the publication of notices concerning the primary plat shall be born by the subdivider. At the public hearing the Commission shall give all interested persons an opportunity to examine and comment upon the primary plat.
(F) Within 30 days after the public hearing, the Commission shall approve, modify and approve, or disapprove the primary plat, setting forth any conditions to which the approval is subject, or reasons for disapproval. One copy of the plan shall be returned to the subdivider with the date of approval, conditional approval, or disapproval noted thereon, and the reasons. If approved, the Commission shall state in writing the character and extent of public improvements required in the proposed subdivision.
(G) The approval of the primary plat shall hold for a period not to exceed one year from the date of the Commission's decision to approve. Should final approval not be obtained for the entire plan or portion thereof within that time, the primary plat shall be automatically null and void and the subdivider shall be required to file a new plan in accordance with established requirements. If final approval is sought by sections of the primary plat said plan will hold as long as each new final section is approved by the Commission within one year of the previous one. The subdivider, for good cause shown, may be granted an extension of the one year period.
(H) The primary plat shall be considered officially filed, after having been submitted to the Planning Commission Office.
(Ord. 2002-4, passed 3-4-02; Am. Ord. 2007-07-18, passed 8-6-07)