(A) Pre-application meeting required. A primary plat shall only be filed after the petitioner has met with the Administrative Officer, or his or her designee, to discuss the request.
(B) Staff procedure. Upon receipt of an application for primary plat approval, the Administrative Officer shall review the application for technical conformity with the standards fixed in this chapter. Within 30 days after receipt of the application, the Administrative Officer shall announce the date for a hearing before the Plan Commission, and shall provide for notice in accordance with I.C. 36-7-4-706. After the staff has announced a date for a hearing before the Plan Commission, it shall:
(1) Notify the applicant in writing;
(2) Give notice of the hearing by publication in accordance with I.C. 5-3-1; and
(3) Provide for due notice to interested parties, consistent with Indiana State Statute, at least ten days before the date set for the hearing.
(C) Technical Review Committee procedure. The Technical Review Committee shall review the primary plat and make a report to the Plan Commission within 15 days after the date the application was filed. If the Technical Review Committee finds that the primary plat has been prepared in accordance with the terms of this chapter, they shall forward a report so stating to the Plan Commission for consideration. If the Technical Review Committee finds that the primary plat has not been prepared in accordance with the terms of this chapter, they shall return the plat to the subdivider with a written specification of the items of nonconformance and shall submit a copy of the same to the Plan Commission.
(D) Plan Commission procedure.
(1) Approval. If, after the hearing, the Plan Commission determines that the application and plat comply with the standards of this and all other applicable ordinances, it shall make written findings and a decision granting primary approval to the plat. Upon approval of the primary plat, the Plan Commission will indicate upon each copy that it has been approved. One copy shall be returned to the subdivider along with a written statement indicating the action taken by the Plan Commission. If approved with conditions, a written copy of the conditions shall accompany each copy of the approved plat. As a condition of primary approval, the Plan Commission may specify:
(a) The manner in which public ways shall be laid out, graded and improved;
(b) A provision for water, sewage, and other utility services;
(c) A provision for lot size, number and location;
(d) A provision for drainage design; and
(e) A provision for other services, as specified in this chapter.
(2) Disapproval. If, after the hearing, the Plan Commission disapproves the plat, it shall make written findings that set forth its reasons and a decision denying primary approval. If disapproved, the Plan Commission shall return to the subdivider three copies of the primary plat marked "Disapproved by the McCordsville Plan Commission," along with a written statement indicating the reason or reasons for its disapproval.
(3) Continuation. The Plan Commission may also refer a plat back to the Technical Review Committee for review or study on a specific technical matter.
(E) Drainage Board procedure. No subdivision shall be approved nor shall an improvement location permit be issued for land zoned for residential or non-residential use unless the working drain for each lot in the subdivision and each proposed structure outlets into a regulated drain. All subdivision plats shall dedicate to the town, for drainage purposes, all regulated drains, drain tile, storm sewers, retention ponds and drainage ditches which have side slopes steeper than five to one. Upon receipt of a subdivision application, the Administrative Officer shall refer the application to the McCordsville Drainage Board or its agents to review the preliminary plat and determine that the property will be adequately drained and that adjoining properties and/or downstream areas will not be adversely affected by the planned development of the property. If the Drainage Board finds that adjacent or intervening landowners decline to cooperate in providing these connections, and that the connections required by this section cannot therefore be made, the Board may waive the requirement if it determines that other adequate provisions have been made to discharge the working drains.
(F) Subsequent approvals (if necessary). Subsequent approval will be required of the engineering proposals pertaining to water supply, storm drainage, sewerage and sewage disposal, grading and gradients, roadway widths, and the surfacing of streets by the Town Council, where concerned, prior to the approval of the secondary plat by the Plan Commission.
(G) Approval of primary plat does not constitute approval of a secondary plat. Approval of a primary plat shall not constitute approval of a secondary plat. Rather, it shall be deemed an expression of approval to the layout submitted on the primary plat as a guide to the preparation of the secondary plat. Approval of the primary plat shall terminate two years after the date of approval unless further extended by the Plan Commission upon written request of the subdivider, and by filing 60 days prior to the expiration of the approval and by payment of a filing fee established by the McCordsville Plan Commission.
(Ord. 121410A, passed 1-11-2011)