(1) Copies of the preliminary plat may be distributed to the following agencies:
(a) County Boards, Commissions, and Departments.
(b) State or Federal Boards, Commissions, and Departments.
(c) Incorporated municipalities within one (1) mile of the proposed subdivision.
(d) Affected public utilities and franchise cable operators.
(2) If the Director has determined that there is no need to distribute the preliminary plat to a State agency for its approval, the review by the above-mentioned agencies shall be completed and returned to the Director within thirty (30) days of the date on which the preliminary plat was officially submitted.
(3) If the Director has determined that the preliminary plat requires approval by a State agency, the review by the above-mentioned agencies shall be completed and returned to the Director within forty-five (45) days of the date on which the preliminary plat was officially submitted.
(4) The Director shall review the agencies' comments and determine whether revised plats or additional information are required for proper review by the Director. At such time that the Director determines that sufficient response has been received from the agencies, referral responses and County comments will be prepared and sent to the applicant. The applicant shall have the option of revising his application after reviewing the referral responses and County comments. The Director shall determine whether the revision is so substantive as to render the application an amended application, based upon his opinion that additional substantive review of the application as revised is required by one or more agencies. If so, the date on which the amended application is submitted shall thereafter be deemed the filing date or the date on which the application was officially submitted for timeline purposes.
(5) Once an application has been submitted for preliminary plat approval, any preliminary plat filed thereafter for the same property while the initial application is still pending shall be deemed a withdrawal of the initial application provided, however, that this paragraph shall not apply where the subsequently filed plat proposes only a further subdividing of the lots or parcels proposed in the initial application. Any such subsequently filed plat may not be approved until the initial application has been approved or withdrawn.
(Ord. 00-04. Passed 4-29-00.)