The Preliminary Plat is a "tentative plan" differing in format and local status from the final plat. The preliminary plat is flexible and can be modified by the Planning Commission to solve unforeseen problems.
(a) Submission of Preliminary Plat.
(1) An application on forms provided by the Planning Commission for their approval of the preliminary plat, together with ten prints shall be filed at the office of the Massillon Planning Commission by the deadline date as set by the Planning Commission for review at its next meeting. Preliminary plat fees shall be submitted at this time in accordance with Section 1113.06.
(2) Such preliminary plat prints shall be submitted to the Planning Commission prior to the completion of final surveys of roads and lots and before the start of any grading or construction work upon the proposed streets and before any plat of such subdivision is made in a form suitable for recording. The Planning Commission shall determine whether a preliminary plat is in proper form and shall not receive and consider such a map as filed until it is submitted in accordance with the requirements hereof. Where the preliminary plat covers only a part of the subdivider's entire holding, a sketch of the prospective future system of the unsubmitted part shall be furnished and the street system of the submitted part will be considered in the light of adjustments and connections with the street systems of the part not submitted.
(b) Submission to the Director of the State Department of Transportation. Before any plat is approved affecting any land within 300 feet of the centerline of a proposed new highway or a highway for which changes are proposed as described in the certification to local officials by the State Transportation Director of any land within a radius of 500 feet from the point of intersection of the centerline with any public road or highway, the Planning Commission shall give notice, by mail, to the Transportation Director. The Planning Commission shall not approve the plat for 120 days from the date the notice is received by the Transportation Director. If the Transportation Director notifies the Planning Commission that he shall proceed to acquire the land needed, then the Planning Commission shall refuse to approve the plat. If the Transportation Director notifies the Planning Commission that acquisition at this time is not in the public interest or upon the expiration of the 120 day period or any extension thereof agreed upon by the the Transportation Director and the property owner, the Planning Commission shall, if the plat is in conformance with all provisions of these regulations, approve the plat.
(c) Preliminary Plat Drawings. The preliminary plat shall be prepared on sheets 24" x 36" sheet size. A preliminary plat containing less than six acres shall be submitted at a scale of one inch equals fifty feet; all others at a scale of one inch equals one hundred feet.
The preliminary plat drawing shall be prepared by a registered surveyor, site planner, (a planner in charge as certified by the State and/or meeting the requirements of an Associate Member of the American Institute of Planners), landscape architect or registered civil engineer. The plan shall be accurately and clearly drawn. The drawing shall include the proposed plan of the subdivision, and shall show the following:
(1) Vicinity map. A vicinity map at a scale of 600 feet to the inch shall be shown on, or accompany, the preliminary plat. The map shall show all existing subdivisions, streets and tract lines of out lots and zoning of area immediately adjoining the proposed subdivision.
(2) Identification.
A. Proposed name of subdivision which must not duplicate others in the City, tract and original lot number.
B. Names, addresses and telephone numbers of owners subdividers and the person or firm preparing the preliminary plat.
C. Scale, north point and date.
(3) Existing data.
A. Boundary lines: showing bearings and distances and the method by which they were derived, as surveyed by a registered surveyor.
B. Easements: location, width and purposes.
C. Streets in and adjacent to the subdivision: names, location, right of way and roadway width.
(4) Utilities in and adjacent to the subdivision including proposed utilities. Location, size and flow line elevations of sanitary, storm and combined sewers; location and size of water mains; location, size and type of gas lines, fire hydrants, utility poles and oil and gas wells and their easement widths. If water mains, sewers and/or culverts are not on or adjacent to the tract, indicate the direction and distance to, and size of, the nearest one showing flow line elevation of sewers and culverts.
(5) Topography. Showing contours with an interval of not more than five feet if ground slope is in excess of four percent (4%) and two feet if ground slope is less than four percent (4%).
(6) Subsurface conditions on the subdivision. Any conditions that are not typical; such as abandoned mines, etc., if this data is known and available.
(7) A drainage plan will also be submitted with the preliminary plat.
(8) Other conditions within the subdivision:
A. Water courses and areas subject to flooding.
B. Marshes.
C. Rock outcropping.
D. Wooded areas.
E. Any structures or other significant features.
(9) Other conditions on adjacent land within 200 feet.
A. Approximate direction and gradient of ground-slopes including any embankments or retaining walls.
B. Location and type of buildings on unplatted lots.
C. Railroad lines.
D. Power lines and towers.
E. Other nearby nonresidential uses of land.
F. Owners of adjacent unplatted land. (For adjacent platted land refer to City lot number.)
(10) Zoning requirements.
A. District.
B. Lot size and building and setback lines as specified in the Zoning Ordinance.
C. Proof of any variance or special exception.
(11) Planned public improvements: highways, buildings or other major improvements planned by public authorities for future construction on or near the subdivision.
(12) Proposals.
A. Streets: show proposed and right-of-way widths. Indicate each street by a proposed name.
B. Other rights of way or easements: location, width and purpose.
C. Lots: total number, scaled dimensions, and estimated area of irregular shaped lots in square foot.
D. Land parcels within the subdivision not to be divided into lots.
E. Public sites: reserved or dedicated for parks, playgrounds, or other public use.
F. Sites for other uses: multi-family, shopping facilities, churches, industry or other nonpublic uses exclusive of single-family dwellings.
G. Total site data: including acreage, number of residential lots, typical lot size, and acres in parks and other public uses.
H. When extensive changes of topography are contemplated, a plan showing the changes proposed.
I. The Planning Commission may require additional information as it deems necessary.
(d) Planning Commission Action. The Planning Commission shall approve, approve conditionally, or disapprove the preliminary plat. Such action shall be submitted to the developer in writing and shall also be entered on the official record of the Planning Commission, with the conditions or reasons for disapproval as appropriate.
(e) Effect of Approval. Approval of a preliminary plat is not an acceptance of the subdivision for record. It is an approval of a general plan as a guide for the preparation of improvement plans and a subdivision plat for final approval and recording upon fulfillment of all requirements of these Regulations. Approval of a preliminary plat shall be effective for a period of eighteen months. Upon expiration of a preliminary plat approval, no approval of a final plat shall be given until the preliminary plat has been resubmitted and approved. However, if the subdivision is in the process of active construction at the end of eighteen months, this provision may be waived by the Planning Commission. (Ord. 4-1978. Passed 3-6-78.)