§ 152.27 PRELIMINARY PLAT.
   (A)   Submission and contents. After the Planning Department has reviewed the sketch plan, the subdivider shall submit to the Planning Department, on or before the third Tuesday of the month prior to the meeting of the Planning Board, a preliminary plat of the subdivision at a scale of not smaller than 1 inch to 100 feet, drawn on a sheet 18 inches by 24 inches or such other size as may be required for recording by the Dare County Register of Deeds. The preliminary plat shall be prepared by a professional engineer or land surveyor currently licensed or registered by the North Carolina State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors. The preliminary plat shall show or have attached to it a document with the following information:
      (1)   Title block containing:
         (a)   Property designation;
         (b)   Name of owner;
         (c)   Location (including township, county and state);
         (d)   Date or dates survey was conducted and plat prepared;
         (e)   A scale of drawing in feet per inch listed in words or figures;
         (f)   Name, address, registration number and seal of the land surveyor and/or professional engineer.
      (2)   A map of the vicinity of subdivision showing the relationship between the proposed subdivision and surrounding area;
      (3)   Corporate limits, township boundaries, county lines if on the subdivision tract;
      (4)   The names, titles, firm association, addresses, and the telephone numbers of all owners, subdividers, mortgages, planners, architects, landscape architects, and engineers responsible for the subdivision;
      (5)   North arrow and orientation;
      (6)   Boundary lines of the tract to be subdivided, fully dimensioned by lengths and bearings, and the location of existing boundary lines of adjoining lands;
      (7)   The names of owners of adjoining properties;
      (8)   The names of any adjoining subdivisions of record, proposed or under review;
      (9)   Minimum building setback lines, front, side, and rear;
      (10)   The zoning classification of the tract to be subdivided and adjoining properties;
      (11)   Existing property lines on the tract to be subdivided and on adjoining properties;
      (12)   Existing buildings or other structures, water courses, bridges, culverts, storm drains, both on the land to be subdivided and land immediately adjoining;
      (13)   Proposed lot lines, lot and block numbers, and approximate dimensions;
      (14)   Lots numbered consecutively throughout the subdivision;
      (15)   Wooded areas, marshes, swamps, mean high tide line, vegetation line, primary and other dunes, ponds or lakes, streams or streambeds, and any other natural features affecting the site;
      (16)   Flood hazard, floodway and floodway fringe areas;
      (17)   Base flood elevation data if available;
      (18)   The following data concerning streets:
         (a)   Proposed streets;
         (b)   Existing and platted streets on adjoining properties and in the proposed subdivision;
         (c)   Right of way location and dimensions;
         (d)   Pavement widths;
         (e)   Approximate grades;
         (f)   Design engineering data for all corners and curves;
         (g)   Typical street cross sections; and
         (h)   Street names.
      (19)   The location and dimensions of all:
         (a)   Utility and other easements;
         (b)   Riding trails;
         (c)   Natural buffer areas;
         (d)   Pedestrian or bicycle paths;
         (e)   Parks and recreation areas with specific types indicated, subdivisions with 15 or more lots or multi-family housing developments with more than 25 units shall provide open space for parks or recreation at the rate of 360 square feet per lot;
         (f)   School sites;
         (g)   Areas to be dedicated to or reserved for public use;
         (h)   The proposed ownership and maintenance of recreation and open space lands, trails, paths, and the like.
      (20)   The plans for utility layouts, including:
         (a)   Sanitary sewers;
         (b)   Storm sewers;
         (c)   Other drainage facilities;
         (d)   Water distribution lines;
         (e)   Natural gas lines;
         (f)   Telephone lines;
         (g)   Electric lines;
         (h)   Cable television lines and illustrative connections to existing systems, line sizes, the location of fire hydrants, blowoffs, manholes, forcemains and gate valves, and the like;
         (i)   Lighting plan for streets and highways within the subdivision.
      (21)   Plans for individual water supply and sewage disposal systems;
      (22)   Profiles based upon mean sea level datum for sanitary sewers and storm sewers;
      (23)   Site calculations including:
         (a)   Acreage in total tract to be subdivided;
         (b)   Acreage in parks and recreation areas, areas of environmental concern, and other non-residential uses, by category;
         (c)   Total number of parcels created acreage in the smallest lot in the subdivision;
         (d)   Linear feet in streets.
      (24)   The name and location of any property or buildings within the proposed subdivision or within any contiguous property that is located on the U.S. Department of Interior's National Register of Historic Places;
      (25)   Sufficient engineering data to determine readily and reproduce on the ground every straight or curved line, street line, lot line, right of way line, easement line, and setback line, including dimensions, bearings, or deflection angles, radii, central angles, and tangent distance for the center line or curved property lines that are not the boundary line of curved streets. All dimensions shall be measured to the nearest 1/10 foot and all angles to the nearest minute;
      (26)   The accurate locations and descriptions of all monuments, elevations, markers and control points;
      (27)   A copy of any proposed deed restrictions or similar covenants;
      (28)   A copy of the document or documents for the creation and continued operation of the home owners, land owners, or similar association of the consumers of the subdivision. Topographic map when it is determined by the Planning Board that one is needed, with contour intervals and scale as determined by the Planning Board;
      (30)   Boundaries of all Areas of Environmental Concern designated in accordance with the Coastal Area Management Act of 1974;
      (31)   If any portion of any lot within the subdivision falls within an area of environmental concern, the following notice shall be placed on the face of the plat: “Some portion of some lots in this subdivision are located in Areas of Environmental Concern. Individual permits may be required before development may take place in these areas;”
      (32)   If the subdivision is to be developed in phases, the boundaries of each phase and the sequence in which each is to be developed;
      (33)   An inventory and evaluation of the soil and water resources within the proposed subdivision; and
      (34)   Statement from the chief executive official of the town water system indicating if the proposed subdivision may be connected to that system.
   (B)   Review.
      (1)   Fees. Fees for review are established by the regularly adopted fee schedule. Fifteen copies of the preliminary plats are required for initial submission.
      (2)   Review by other agencies. The Planning and Inspections Department will submit the preliminary plat to the District Highway Engineer, the County Health Director, and to other appropriate agencies including review necessary to assure coordination with the North Carolina Coastal Management Program and offices of the town for their review and recommendations.
         (a)   After considering any report and/or recommendations received in addition to any comments which the subdivider may have, the Planning Board shall recommend approval, table, or recommend disapproval of the preliminary plat to the Board of Commissioners.
         (b)   If the Planning Board disapproves the preliminary plat, the reasons for such action shall be stated, and recommendations made on the basis of which the proposed subdivision could be approved.
      (3)   Review by Board of Commissioners.
         (a)   The Board of Commissioners shall approve, table, or disapprove the preliminary plat.
         (b)   If the Board of Commissioners disapproves the preliminary plat, the reasons for such action shall be stated and recommendations made on the basis of which the proposed subdivision could be approved.
(Am. Ord. 08-01, passed 1-2-08; Am. Ord. 18-3, passed 6-14-21)