All plans presented to the Planning Commission and Council shall be accompanied by or include the following data:
(a) Pre-Application Plans and Data.
(b) The pre-application procedure is informal in nature and may be waived in whole or in part at the discretion of the Planning Commission.
(1) General subdivision information shall describe or outline the existing conditions of the site and the proposed development as necessary to supplement the drawings required in paragraphs (a)(2) and (3) hereof. This information may include data on existing covenants, land characteristics, available community facilities and utilities, and information describing the subdivision proposal, such as the number of residential lots, typical lot width and depth, price range, commercial areas, elementary and high schools, playgrounds, park areas and other public areas, proposed protective covenants and proposed utilities and street improvements.
(2) Location maps shall show the relationship of the proposed subdivision to existing community facilities which serve or influence it and shall include the development name and location; main traffic arteries; public transportation lines; shopping centers; elementary and high schools; parks and playgrounds; principal places of employment; other community features such as railroad stations, airports, hospitals and churches; title; scale; north point; and date.
(3) Sketch plans on topographic surveys shall show, in simple sketch form, the proposed layout of streets, lots and other features in relation to existing conditions. The sketch plan may be a free-hand pencil sketch made directly on a print of the topographic survey. In any event, the sketch plan shall include either the existing topographic data listed in subsection (b) hereof or such of these data as the Planning Commission determines is necessary for its consideration of the proposed sketch plan.
(b) Preliminary Plan of Lots. The preliminary plan of lots shall be at a scale of 100 feet to one inch or larger. Smaller map scales may be permissible in the case of large developments where approved by the Planning Commission.
(1) Existing conditions data shall include the following:
A. Boundary lines with bearings and distances;
B. The location, width and purpose of easements;
C. Streets on and adjacent to the tract;
D. Utilities on and adjacent to the tract;
E. Ground elevations on the tract based on a datum plane approved by the Commission. Contours shall be at an interval of not less than five feet for land sloping more than approximately two percent, and at an interval of not more than two feet for land sloping less than two percent.
F. Subsurface conditions on the tract if required by the Commission showing the location and results of tests made to ascertain subsurface soil, rock and ground water conditions, and the location and results of soil percolation tests if individual on-lot sewage disposal systems are proposed;
G. Proposed public improvements, such as highways or other major improvements planned by public authorities for future construction on or near the tract; and
H. Titles and certificates, including present tract designation according to official records in the office of the appropriate recorder; and scale, north point bench marks, date of survey and certification of survey by a registered surveyor or engineer.
(2) Proposed development data shall include the following:
A. Street names, right-of-way and roadway widths and approximate grades and gradients;
B. The location, width and purpose of other rights of way or easements;
C. The location of utilities, if not shown on other exhibits;
D. Lot lines, lot numbers and block numbers;
E. Sites, if any, to be reserved or dedicated for parks, playgrounds or other public uses;
F. Sites, if any, for multifamily dwellings, shopping centers, churches, industry or other nonpublic uses, exclusive of single-family dwellings;
G. Minimum building set-back lines;
H. Site data, including numbers of residential lots, typical lot size and acres in parks, schools, etc.; and
I. Title, scale, north point and date.
(c) Other Preliminary Plans.
(1) The preliminary plan of lots shall be accompanied by a profile showing the existing ground surface and proposed street grades along the centerline of each street, including the extensions for a reasonable distance beyond the limits of the proposed subdivision as necessary; a site plan showing dwellings or other structures; revised elevations and contours; proposed grading; roadways; and proposed sanitary and storm water sewers with grades and sizes indicated.
(2) A draft of protective covenants shall be submitted whereby the developer proposes to regulate land use in the subdivision and otherwise protect the proposed development.
(3) When required by the Planning Commission, a report by a registered engineer demonstrating the feasibility of the proposed sewage disposal method shall be submitted.
(d) Final Plans of Lots and Data.
(1) The final plan of lots shall be drawn in black India ink on tracing cloth on sheets eighteen inches by twenty-four inches or six-inch multiples thereof and shall be at a scale of 100 feet to one inch or larger. Where necessary, the plan may be on several sheets accompanied by an index sheet showing the entire subdivision. For large subdivisions, the final plat may be submitted for approval progressively in continuous sections satisfactory to the Planning Commission.
(2) A final plan of lots shall show the following:
A. Primary control points, descriptions and "ties" to such control points to which all dimensions, angles, bearings and similar data on the plan of lots shall be referred;
B. Tract boundary lines, right-of-way lines of streets, easements and other right-of-way and property lines of residential lots of other sites, with accurate dimensions, bearings or deflection angles, radii, arcs and central angles of all curves;
C. Names and right-of-way widths of each street or other right of way;
D. The location, dimensions and purpose of easements;
E. A number to identify each site or lot;
F. The purpose for which sites, other than residential lots, are dedicated or reserved;
G. Minimum set-back lines on lots and other sites;
H. The location and description of monuments;
I. Names of recorded owners of adjoining unplatted land;
J. Reference to recorded subdivision plats of adjoining platted land by record name, date and number;
K. Certification by a registered surveyor or engineer certifying to the accuracy of the survey and plan of lots;
L. Certification of title showing that the applicant is the land owner;
M. A statement by the owner dedicating streets, rights of way and any sites for public uses; and
N. Title, scale, north point and date.
(3) Cross-sections and profiles of streets showing grades shall be provided.
(4) An improvement plan showing pavement and curb lines with dimensions of all utilities properly designated and with sizes noted, lots numbered and streets identified, at the same scale as the final plan of lots, shall be provided.
(5) Evidence of approval by the City Engineer certifying that the developer has complied with one of the following alternatives shall be provided:
A. All improvements are installed as required by these Subdivision Regulations or by those regulations applicable at the time of such installation. The Planning Commission may require the improvement of previously dedicated streets in accordance with these Subdivision Regulations, plus a bond and/or other security in an amount deemed adequate to ensure completion of such improvements and the maintenance thereof for one year following completion.
B. A bond and/or such other security of such type and amount as may be determined by the City Engineer has been posted and is available to the City to ensure completion of all required improvements and the maintenance thereof for one year following completion.
(6) Protective covenants in form for recording shall be provided.
(7) Other data and such other certificates, affidavits, endorsements or deductions as may be required by the Planning Commission or Council shall be provided.
(Ord. 3703. Passed 10-27-66.)