(A) After the preliminary plat is approved, improvement plans shall be approved by the County Engineer who shall certify to the County Board that the plan is in conformance with these regulations and requirements. Variance from these requirements shall be permitted only by County Board action; no developer, however, shall proceed with any construction work in the project area before obtaining this approval. In minor subdivisions, if in the opinion of the County Board this requirement would create an unnecessary hardship, the County Board may waive improvement plan requirements.
(B) To secure formal action on the improvement plans, the developer shall file four prints or copies of the improvement plans with the County Engineer.
(C) (1) The County Engineer shall review the proposed improvement plans and notify the County Board, in writing, of his or her approval, conditional approval or denial.
(2) The County Engineer shall notify the applicant by making a copy of his or her report stating approval, conditional approval or denial. In cases where township roads will be concerned, the County Engineer shall consult with the Township Highway Commissioner. The County Engineer shall notify the applicant by making a copy of his or her report stating approval, conditional approval or denial.
(a) APPROVAL means the applicant is now authorized to proceed with the physical improvements in the subdivision.
(b) CONDITIONAL APPROVAL means the developer may proceed as outlined in division (C)(2)(a) above, but only after he or she has submitted three copies of the corrected improvement plans to the County Engineer.
(c) DENIAL means disapproval of improvement plans. For further consideration the developer must rework his or her plans to conform to the requirements, and then resubmit the reworked plans to the County Engineer as though they were a completely new set of plans.
(Ord. passed 10-14-2003; Ord. passed 11-10-2003; Ord. passed 11-14-2004; Ord. passed 9-11-2007)