A. Required Documents:
1. Before subdividing any land within the city, the subdivider shall file the following documents in the offices of the planning division: (Ord. 1038, 7-8-2002; amd. 2008 Code)
a. A city application with fifteen (15) copies of the preliminary plat as specified by the planning division including all preliminary plat information required in subsection 11-2-5B of this chapter and scaled reductions at eleven inches by seventeen inches (11"x17").
b. Fees and a separate cash escrow as required by section 10-3-8 of this code.
c. Abstractor's certificate of property owners within three hundred fifty feet (350').
d. Exact legal description of property.
e. Minutes or a summary of the testimony presented by neighbors at the neighborhood meeting conducted by the subdivider.
2. When county or state highways are involved, two (2) additional copies of the preliminary plat information specified in subsection A1 of this section shall be furnished.
B. Hearing And Notice Requirements:
1. Upon completion of the staff review, the city clerk shall advertise notice of hearing and notify property owners within three hundred fifty feet (350') of subject property of the public hearing by mail at least ten (10) days and not more than thirty (30) days prior to the hearing date. If the subdivision is not to be serviced by municipal sanitary sewer, property owners within one thousand feet (1,000') of the subject property shall be notified by mail at least ten (10) days and not more than thirty (30) days prior to the hearing date.
2. The planning commission shall hold a public hearing on the advertised date and time and afford all interested persons an opportunity to be heard. Within thirty (30) days of the closing of the public hearing, the planning commission shall report its findings or make a recommendation on the preliminary plat.
C. Approval Or Denial Of Plat:
1. Within one hundred twenty (120) days after submission of a complete preliminary plat application, the city council shall approve or deny said preliminary plat; provided, however, that if the subdivider gives written consent to the city, the city shall have additional time to approve or deny said preliminary plat, as so consented by the subdivider.
2. Substantive changes (as determined by city staff) to the approved preliminary plat shall require another public hearing and reconsideration by the planning commission.
3. Approval of the preliminary plat shall be valid for a period of three (3) years unless otherwise specified by the city council. Upon expiration of the time limit, all approvals shall be null and void, and a new petition and processing shall be necessary to revalidate the preliminary plat.
4. Council action shall be determined by a majority vote of the total number of members of the city council. (Ord. 1038, 7-8-2002)