1193.01 PRELIMINARY PLAT SPECIFICATIONS.

   (a)   Application. A Preliminary Plat application, submission fee, and associated documentation shall be submitted. The Preliminary Plat shall be prepared by a registered professional engineer or surveyor, authorized to practice under the laws of the State of Ohio.

   (b)   Drawing Specifications. The horizontal scale of the Preliminary Plat shall be drawn at a scale of 100 or less to the inch and the vertical scale of the street and sewer profiles shall be drawn at a scale of twenty (20) feet or less to the inch, if required. The Preliminary Plat drawings shall include the following features and information:

      (1)   A vicinity map at a scale of 400 feet or more to the inch shall be drawn on or shall accompany the Preliminary Plat. This shall show all existing subdivisions and the street and tract lines or acreage of parcels of land, together with names of record owners of such parcels immediately adjoining the proposed subdivision and between it and the nearest existing highways and thoroughfares. It shall also show the streets and alleys in neighboring subdivisions or unplatted property to produce the most advantageous development of the entire neighborhood.

      (2)   The proposed name of the subdivision shall not duplicate or closely approximate the name of any other subdivision in Butler County.

      (3)   The tract designation according to real estate records of the Recorder of Butler County.

      (4)   The names and addresses of the owner of record, the Subdivider, and the engineer and/or surveyor.

      (5)   The names of adjacent subdivisions and the names of record owners of adjacent parcels of unplatted land.

      (6)   The boundary lines, accurate in scale, of the tract to be subdivided.

      (7)   The location, widths, and names of all existing or platted streets or other public ways within or adjacent to the tract, and other important features such as existing permanent buildings, water courses, railroads, corporation lines, township lines, pipelines, high tension lines, section lines, etc.

      (8)   Existing sewers, gas mains, water mains, culverts, telecommunication facilities, and other underground structures within the tract and immediately adjacent thereto with pipe sizes and grades indicated.

      (9)   Benchmark and contours, normally with intervals of two (2) feet referenced to U.S.G.S. Datum, or as required by the Director of Planning.

      (10)   The layout, proposed names, and widths of proposed streets, alleys, and easements; and the layout, numbers and approximate dimensions of proposed lots (proposed street names shall not duplicate or closely approximate any existing street names in the City of Hamilton and its near vicinity except extensions of existing streets. A street may be named avenue, way, boulevard, parkway, place, circle, street, lane, drive, or court - but not road).

      (11)   Zoning boundary lines, proposed uses of property, and proposed front yard setback lines.

      (12)   All parcels of land intended to be dedicated or temporarily reserved for public use, or to be reserved in the deeds for the common use of property owners in the subdivision, with the purpose, condition, or limitation of such reservation indicated.

      (13)   A development summary chart should provide the following information:

         A.   The total acreage of the subdivision

         B.   Typical lot size

         C.   Number of lots

         D.   Number of housing units

         E.   Total acreage of open space or commonly owned areas

         F.   Total acreage dedicated for public rights-of-way

      (14)   North point, scale, and date.

      (15)   A preliminary storm drainage plan on a separate sheet that provides the following:

         A.   An adequate, complete, and satisfactory preliminary drainage plan for the entire area being platted for all projected land uses.

         B.   A storm drainage study and plan information that includes all watershed and floodplain areas, overall design calculations and boundaries, contours at two (2) foot intervals or less, and the location and size of all existing and proposed storm sewers, under drains, inlets, culverts, bridges, creeks, open ditches, swales, existing watercourses to be relocated or abandoned, drainage outlets and their adequacy, and other pertinent drainage facilities.

         C.   If the subdivision is traversed by a water course, channel, stream, or creek, the prior or present location of such water course, channel, stream, or creek shall be shown on the preliminary storm drainage plan. The information submitted shall include adjacent areas, when deemed necessary for design and review purposes.

         D.   All normal title and identifying information shall be shown on the plan along with a statement by the engineer or surveyor certifying that the plan submitted provides adequate and complete storm drainage services for the parts of the entire area being platted and comments on the impact, if any, that the proposed development will have on drainage of adjacent areas.

         E.   Arrows shall be used to indicate the direction of flow of all drainage.

      (16)   A general statement describing proposed improvements and drainage systems.

         (Ord. 2021-5-30. Passed 5-12-21.)