(A) Documentation. The following documentation must be presented with the application for improvement location or sketch plat review (where a sketch plat review requires more documentation as set forth in the Subdivision Control Ordinance set forth in Chapter 153 herein, those requirements shall apply):
(1) Name and address of the owner, developer, engineer, landscape architect and architect;
(2) Location of the property by public way, township and section and including a legal description;
(3) A map (may be hand drawn) with the date, scale and north arrow, showing the location, size and use of all existing and proposed structures and buildings to be placed on the site. Such map or additional map shall show the location of the site in relationship to contiguous land parcels and public rights-of-way;
(4) The site layout of the project showing setbacks, public way access and any parking and loading facilities; and
(5) Existing and proposed sewer, water, gas, electric and storm drainage utilities, including any easements.
(B) Plat approval.
(1) Any rezoning action by the Area Plan Commission shall include the approval of a final, detailed plat depicting the use of the site to be approved by the Area Plan Commission. Any variation in use from the final approved plat shall constitute a violation and the approval shall be revoked.
(2) Spite strips of a non-build area to prevent adjacent property owners from connecting to rights-of-way, roads, utilities or easements shall not be allowed in any existing or new development.
(3) The use of an easement to get to any tract of land divided off of another shall be discouraged. Any tracts created off of an easement shall be reviewed by the Area Plan Commission and not solely by the Executive Director. All easements shall be a minimum of 50 feet wide and the Area Plan Commission may require that no other tracts may be created off of an existing easement
(Ord. passed 9-1-2006) Penalty, see § 154.999