(A) Identification and description.
(1) The proposed name of the subdivision. It shall not duplicate the names of any plat previously recorded in Blue Earth County or in the City of Madison Lake;
(2) Location by section, township, and range, or by other legal description;
(3) The names and addresses of the owner and subdivider having control of the lands included in the preliminary plat, the designer of the plat and the surveyor;
(4) Graphic scale, not less than 1 inch to 100 feet;
(5) A north arrow; and
(6) Date of preparation of the preliminary plat.
(B) Existing conditions.
(1) An accurately drawn to scale, preliminary plat including distances and total acreage in plat as well as individual lots;
(2) Location and names of existing or platted streets or other public ways, parks and other public open spaces, permanent buildings and structures, easements, section lines and city boundary lines within the tract and to a distance of 100 feet beyond the tract;
(3) If the proposed subdivision is a rearrangement or a replat of any former plat, the lot and block arrangement of the original plat along with its original name shall be indicated by dotted and dashed lines. Also, any revised or vacated roadways or the original plat shall be so indicated;
(4) Location and size of existing paved streets, railroads, sewers, water mains, quarries, gravel pits, culverts, or other underground facilities within the tract and to a distance of 100 feet beyond the tract. Also, the data as grades, invert elevation, and location of catch basins, manholes, and hydrants;
(5) Complete topographic map, when practical and necessary for the development of the subdivision, with contour intervals not greater than 2 feet. Water, wetland designations, rock outcrops and other significant features should be shown. All topographic information should be shown on the preliminary plat;
(6) Boundary line survey, including measured distances and angles, which shall close by latitude and departure with an error of closure not exceeding 1 foot in 10,000 feet;
(7) Total acreage in the preliminary and individual lots, computed to .01 of an acre; and
(8) Boundary lines of adjoining platted or unplatted land and owners of all tracts of land within 100 feet.
(C) Design features of preliminary plats.
(1) Layout of streets, showing right-of-way, widths, and names;
(2) Locations and widths of alleys and pedestrian ways;
(3) Layout, lots and block numbers, and typical lot dimensions scaled to the nearest foot;
(4) Areas other than those mentioned above intended to be dedicated for public use, including the size of those areas; and
(5) A draft of proposed restrictive covenants if any are contemplated.
(Ord. 217, passed 11-5-2001; Am. Ord. passed 2- -2004; Am. Ord. passed 4-5-2004; Am. Ord. passed 9-7-2004)