A. The preliminary plat shall be submitted with a fee that shall be set from time to time by the city council. Fourteen (14) copies of the preliminary plat must be submitted, along with a copy of the plat in current electronic format, for mapping and tracking purposes. The distribution of the fourteen (14) copies shall be as follows: city of LaVerkin (4), city engineer (1), city attorney (1), Utah Power (1), Qwest (1), cable television (2), Questar Gas (1), Ash Creek special service district (2), and fire department (1).
B. Requirements: The preliminary plat shall be clear and legible and conform to good engineering and professional drafting room practice. Size of drawings shall be twenty four inches by thirty six inches (24" x 36") and shall comply with the following requirements:
1. Title Block: The title block on the right side of each sheet shall contain:
a. The proposed name of the subdivision.
b. The location of the subdivision, including the address and the section, township and range.
c. The name and address of the owner and subdivider, if other than the owner.
d. Date of preparation and north point.
e. Scale shall be of sufficient size to adequately describe in legible form all required conditions of this subdivision title.
2. Existing Conditions: The preliminary plat shall show:
a. The location of the nearest survey monument.
b. The boundary of the proposed subdivision and the acreage included.
c. The location, width and names of all existing streets within one hundred feet (100') of the subdivision and of all prior platted streets or other public ways, utility rights of way, parks and other public open spaces, permanent easements, and section and corporation lines, within and adjacent to the tract.
d. The location of all wells, proposed, active and abandoned, and of all reservoirs and ponds within the tract and to a distance of at least one hundred feet (100') beyond the tract boundaries.
e. Existing sewers, water mains, culverts or other underground facilities within the tract and to a distance of at least one hundred feet (100') beyond the tract boundaries, indicating the pipe sizes, grades, manholes and exact location.
f. Existing fire hydrants within a distance of at least three hundred feet (300') beyond the tract boundaries.
g. Existing ditches, canals, natural drainage channels and open waterways and proposed realignments, including drainage and existing and future flood control alignments.
h. Common boundary lines of adjacent tracts within one hundred feet (100') of the proposed subdivision parcel, showing ownership where possible.
i. Contour at vertical intervals not greater than two feet (2') or two foot (2') elevations from the designated bench mark.
3. Proposed Conditions: The preliminary plat should contain the following which shall be indicated according to the specifications in this title:
a. The layout of the streets, tied to existing numbered survey monuments for identification, showing location, widths and other dimensions of proposed streets, crosswalks, alleys and easements, new street locations, construction and compaction specifications, stop signs, streetlights and street name signs.
b. Streets shall be designated with street numbers. Streets may also be designated by actual or proposed names.
c. Typical street cross section and street grades pursuant to the standard drawings as outlined in appendix charts on file in the city.
d. Radius of all centerline curves on highways or streets.
e. Each lot shall front a street shown in the subdivision. Flag lots are acceptable provided they meet all of the requirements of section 10-7-12 of this code.
f. The layout, number and typical dimensions of lots.
g. Parcels of land intended to be dedicated for public use.
h. Easements for culinary water, irrigation, sewer, drainage, utility lines, and other purposes. The culinary water, irrigation, sewer, and drainage layouts shall be the first utilities designed.
i. A plan or method by which the subdivider proposes to handle stormwater drainage for the subdivision.
j. Where necessary, copies of any agreement with adjacent property owners relevant to the proposed subdivision shall be presented to the city's authorized representative and such agreement shall be noted on the plat (i.e., water, sewer easements).
C. Preliminary Plat Hearing And Approval: Once city staff have indicated that the preliminary plat meets the requirements of this section, and review has been held by all affected utilities and interested entities, the applicant shall schedule a hearing first before the planning commission to obtain its recommendation, and then before the city council in order to obtain preliminary plat approval. If approval by the city council is not granted, new drawings of the preliminary plat which incorporate the requirements set forth by the city council will need to be prepared, and fourteen (14) copies of the same will need to be resubmitted as outlined in this section. (Ord. 2006-26, 8-2-2006)