The preliminary plat application shall comply with these regulations and shall have the following form and content:
(A) Name Of Proposed Subdivision: When a proposed subdivision is an extension of an existing subdivision and both subdivisions are under the same ownership, the same name may be used to identify the additional subdivision, except that two (2) or more subdivisions shall be distinguished from each other by the addition of a number in sequence. Block numbers in the additional subdivision shall not duplicate those in any other subdivision of the same name except the blocks themselves may expand. Otherwise, the proposed name shall not duplicate or resemble the name of another subdivision in the city or county.
(B) Existing Title Status To Tract: The applicant shall attach to one copy of the application, for the commission file only, a statement setting forth:
1. Over the signature of a title officer licensed to do business in Valley County:
(a) The names and addresses of the owners of record;
(b) The record nature of the interest of each in the development;
(c) A copy of any existing easement or deed restriction of record applicable to the tract; and
(d) A notation of the nature of any other lien or encumbrance of record.
2. The zoning classification applicable to the tract, including existing and proposed land use.
3. The total acreage of the tract and such adjacent lands under the same ownership.
4. Any unrecorded matter known to the applicant that would have been disclosed under subsection (B)1 of this section, if it had been of record.
(C) Existing Physical Conditions Of Tract And Vicinity: The applicant shall attach to the preliminary application a statement and maps describing the existing physical characteristics of the tract and vicinity with respect to:
1. Terrain.
2. Type of soil.
3. Location and direction of flow of all watercourses, permanent or intermittent, on the tract and abutting properties.
4. The possibilities of the tract being subject to inundation of storm water overflow and the approximate high water elevation; if within an area of special flood hazard, a map of the area taken from any applicable FIRM 1 .
5. Any significant natural features such as rock outcroppings, marshes or wooded areas; a "marsh", for these purposes, includes any wetland as defined by the army corps of engineers regulations.
6. The location of existing sewers, water mains, culverts, drain pipes, and electric conduits or telephone lines proposed to service the property to be subdivided.
7. The location of adjacent streets or existing structures that might affect the proposed improvement program.
8. Existing easements by use such as, but not limited to, roads, driveways, buried or overhead utilities, and drainage.
(D) Building Program: The applicant shall indicate the type of subdivision intended. For example: single-family, condominium, or commercial.
(E) Proposed Street, Utility Or Other Off Site Improvements: The applicant shall attach to the application an explanation of the program to make the required improvements and indicate other improvements proposed in connection with the proposed subdivision which shall address:
1. Street dedication and standards of improvements.
2. Irrigation, drainage, and snow storage.
3. Proposed sources of potable and fire flow water, whether public, water associations, or individual wells.
4. Proposed methods of disposing of sanitary waste by public systems or individual disposal, and refuse by landfill service.
5. Proposed source of electric power, gas, telephone service and cable television.
6. Any additional corrective or improvement programs.
(F) Development Program: The applicant shall submit information pertaining to the development program, including proposed stages of development and the program for the installation of off site improvements, the number of lots, typical width and depth of lots, typical lot areas, linear feet of street average, street length per lot, percentage of area in street, and maximum street gradient.
(G) Property Description: Legal description of subject property.
(H) General Description Of Area: A vicinity map showing streets, adjoining subdivisions, creeks, rivers, or water containments, and other data sufficient to locate the proposed subdivision and show its relation to the community, as well as a general description of the location of the plat, shall be submitted.
(I) Signatures: Signatures of applicant and of the administrator, the date of acceptance of the application and a notation that filing fees have been paid shall be placed on the form.
(J) Defined Plat: "Preliminary plat" as defined in subsection 9.2.04 of this chapter. (Ord. 822, 2-23-2006, eff. 3-16-2006)
Notes
| 1 | 1. See referenced documents, appendix A, "Flood Insurance Rate Map", on file in the office of the city clerk. |