(A) Conformance to applicable rules and regulations. In addition to the requirements established herein, all subdivision plats shall comply with the following laws, rules, and regulations:
(1) All applicable state and local statutory provisions;
(2) The unincorporated Lake County Zoning Ordinance, building codes, and all other applicable laws and ordinances of the appropriate jurisdictions;
(3) The comprehensive plan and all related plans of Lake County;
(4) The special requirements of these regulations and any rules of the Lake County Health Department and/or appropriate state agencies;
(5) The rules and regulations of the Indiana Department of Transportation if the subdivision or any lot contained therein abut a state highway or state frontage road;
(6) The highway and drainage standards and regulations adopted by the Lake County Engineer, the Lake County Surveyor, and all boards, commissions, agencies, and officials of the county; and
(7) All pertinent standards contained within written procedures and guidelines adopted by the Lake County Plan Commission.
(B) Conformity. Plat approval may be withheld if a subdivision is not in conformity with the above guides and requirements or with the policies and purposes of these regulations established in § 153.003.
(C) Plats straddling municipal boundaries. Whenever access to the subdivision is required across land in another jurisdiction, the Commission may request assurance from the County Attorney that the access is legally established, and from the County Engineer that the access road is adequately improved, or that a performance bond has been duly executed and is sufficient in the amount to assure the construction of the access road. Lot lines shall be laid out so as not to cross municipal boundary lines.
(D) Surveying requirements. See Appendix C.
(E) Character of the land. Land which the Commission finds to be unsuitable for subdivision or development because of flooding, improper drainage, steep slopes, rock formations, adverse earth formations or topography, utility easements, or other features which might reasonably be harmful to the safety, health, and general welfare of the present or future inhabitants of the subdivision and/or its surrounding areas, shall not be subdivided or developed unless adequate methods are formulated by the developer and approved by the Commission, upon recommendation of the County Engineer and the Lake County Surveyor, to solve the problems created by the unsuitable land conditions. The land shall be sat aside for the uses permitted by the Zoning Ordinance as shall not involve any such danger.
(F) Subdivision name. The proposed name of the subdivision shall not duplicate, or too closely approximate phonetically, the name of any other subdivision in the area covered by these regulations. The Commission shall have final authority to reasonably designate the name of the subdivision which shall be determined at the time of primary approval.
(G) Minimum design standards. The design standards specified in this section are the minimum considered necessary for the general health, welfare, safety, and convenience of the public. Any improvements may be built to better standards of quality than those set forth in this chapter upon approval of the participating jurisdiction and the Commission.
(Prior Code, § 153.050) (Ord. 1670, passed 6-11-1996)