A. General Requirements: The owner and/or subdivider shall adhere to the following policy standards in designing a subdivision:
1. The layout shall conform with the comprehensive plan, the county greenways plan, master plans of municipalities within one and one-half (11/2) miles of the site, township comprehensive plans of townships which have a planning commission and have adopted a comprehensive plan, FPA boundaries, other restrictions imposed by this title, titles 10 and 8 of this code or state law;
a. Where the comprehensive plan or the county greenways plan designates a portion of the subdivision site for a school or other public facility, or for a park, recreational area or pathway, if not previously dedicated or deeded for such purposes, said site shall be reserved on the preliminary subdivision plat for such purpose for a period of one hundred twenty (120) days from the submission of the preliminary subdivision plat during which period the county, or other public agency, shall take steps to initiate acquisition of said property, or to obtain appropriate covenants or easements to accomplish such purposes, and to implement said plans;
b. The owner or subdivider may obtain a waiver of any such reservation period by agreeing to dedicate all or a portion of the area designated for such public purpose, substituting another suitable site for the public purpose, as agreed to by the county board, or other public agency, or by providing perpetual covenants or easements for the benefit of the public or any property owners' association, voluntarily reserving property for the designated public use;
2. Whenever a proposed subdivision includes the continuation of an existing public roadway, or adjoins a state, county or township roadway, either existing, or projected, on an existing comprehensive plan, such public roadway shall be incorporated into the preliminary subdivision plat at the location and at the width indicated on said comprehensive plan;
3. The location of access points to the subdivision or to a particular lot shall be limited to no more than one each quarter mile of roadway frontage and shall be located, where possible, to line up with existing access points on the same roadway, and shall be located to maximize visibility for a motor vehicle entering such roadway from the proposed subdivision or lot;
4. Any dedications or easements contemplated by this section by section 11-4-10 of this title shall be made on the face of the final plat or by separate deed where specified by the plat officer. Any other requirement of this section may be considered to be waived in the event the owner or subdivider is not advised by the plat officer in writing, within one hundred twenty (120) days after the submission of the preliminary subdivision plat, that such dedications or provisions are required;
5. New private roadways will not be permitted to provide access to a subdivision. No new subdivision will be permitted if the only access is by an existing private roadway. In every case any such private roadway must be dedicated with the required right of way and improved before any such subdivision will be approved. No existing private roadway will be permitted to connect to a public street in the subdivision even where such private roadway does not provide primary access to the subdivision. (Ord. 06-05-002, 6-21-2005)