A. The purpose of this section is to provide for the platting requirements of the majority of land division and development activities within the urban area. All other regulations pertaining to subdivisions shall apply to standard subdivisions.
B. The purpose of the preliminary plat is to provide an interim step in the procedure at which point the subdivider shall present drawings of the detail features of the subdivision. It is at this point that the items discussed at the sketch plat stage and as set down herein are prepared in a form from which determinations can be made as to the technical workability of the development proposal.
C. The preliminary plat and preliminary plat checklist may be reviewed by the water superintendent and the fire chief of the city, the county sanitarian, the conservationist of the soil conservation service which serves Oklahoma County, and other technical and professional personnel as may be designated by the planning commission, each of which shall make a written or verbal report to the planning commission, or a representative thereof, concerning the proposed subdivision as it relates to the area of concern for which each is responsible. Additionally, each plat shall be reviewed by the city engineer. The planning commission shall review the proposed preliminary plat and may require changes and modifications which are necessary to conform with the purpose and spirit of the comprehensive physical development plan, the provisions of these regulations, and the applicable ordinances of the city relating thereto.
D. The planning commission shall approve, approve conditionally, or disapprove the plat within seventy (70) days of the first planning commission meeting where the materials are reviewed. If the preliminary plat is disapproved or approved conditionally, the reasons for this action shall be stated in writing, a copy of which shall be signed by the planning commission chair and shall be attached to one copy of the plat and transmitted to the subdivider. Unless stipulation for additional time is agreed to by the subdivider, if no action be taken by the planning commission at the end of the seventy (70) day period, the plat shall be deemed to have been approved. The reasons for disapproval or conditional approval shall refer specifically to those parts of the comprehensive physical development plan or specific regulations or ordinances with which the plat does not conform. On conditionally approving a plat, the planning commission may require submission of a revised preliminary plat. If the plat conforms to all of the standards or after the applicant and planning commission agree upon any revision which shall be filed with the planning commission on a revised copy, the subdivider may proceed with the staking of streets and roads, the preparation of utility plans and with the preparation of a final plat.
E. All actions of the planning commission whether conditional approvals or approvals shall, in so far as the plat involves dedications to the public, constitute only an authorization of the subdivider to submit the plat for consideration of the city council to which the dedications are proposed. The planning commission actions shall not constitute an acceptance of dedication or a commitment to accept dedication.
F. The applicant shall submit to the planning commission four (4) copies of the preliminary plat and one copy of the preliminary plat checklist twenty one (21) days before the meeting at which consideration is requested. If a final plat covering all or part of the land shown in a preliminary plat has not been filed with the secretary of the planning commission within one year after the approval of the preliminary plat, then all approvals shall be void.
G. The preliminary plat shall be drawn at a scale of not more than one hundred feet (100') to the inch, except where impractical and shall show:
1. The scale, north arrow, and date.
2. The proposed name of the subdivision.
3. The name and address of the owner of record, the subdivider, and the registered professional engineer or land surveyor preparing the plat, with the appropriate seal.
4. A key map showing the location of the proposed subdivision referenced to existing or proposed major streets and to government section lines and survey monuments to at least one of which the subdivision shall be referenced, and including the boundaries and number of acres of the drainage area of which the proposed subdivision is a part.
5. Written legal description of the subdivision.
6. Area in acres and length of boundaries.
7. The names, with locations of intersecting boundary lines, of adjoining subdivisions, and the location of the city limits if falling within or immediately adjoining the tract, and owners of record within three hundred feet (300').
8. The land contours with vertical intervals of two feet (2') referenced to a United States geological survey or coast and geodetic survey bench mark or monument.
9. The location of dedicated streets at the point where they adjoin or are immediately adjacent; but actual measured distances shall not be required.
10. Location, name and dimensions including right of way of all existing and proposed streets, alleys, and setback lines within, bordering or abutting the proposed subdivision, measured to the nearest foot or decimals of a foot.
11. Classification of every street within or adjacent to the subdivision in accordance with the intended use. This shall be done by placing the appropriate terminology (primary thoroughfare, secondary thoroughfare, collector or local) in parentheses on each street.
12. The location of all existing easements of record, sanitary and storm sewers, water mains, culverts, power lines, and other surface or subsurface structures within the tract or immediately adjacent thereto, and the location, layout, type, and approximate size of the following structures and utilities:
a. Water mains.
b. Sanitary sewer mains, submains and laterals.
c. Storm sewers, culverts and drainage structures.
d. Street improvements.
e. Power and natural gas lines.
f. Pipelines.
13. The proposed method of disposing of all runoff from the proposed subdivision, and the location and size of all drainage easements relating thereto, whether they may be located within or outside of the proposed plat.
14. Location and size of existing bodies of water, watercourses, structures and other physical features relating thereto; and number of acres in the drainage area of which it is a part.
15. Lot and block numbers in logical sequence, with areas not used marked "reserved" or "not a part".
16. Location and description of any land to be dedicated or reserved for parks, schools, churches or public or quasi-public uses.
17. Areas subject to flooding.
18. The existing zoning and proposed changes of zoning in the tract and of the property immediately adjacent thereto.
19. The following certificates and references:
a. Certificate for planning commission action.
20. Restrictive covenants if any, stating as a minimum:
a. Land use permitted; or
b. Construction type permitted;
21. Four (4) copies dark line prints of plat.
22. One copy completed checklist. (Prior Code, Chapter 16, as amended)