After meeting informally with the Planning Commission or the County Planner, the subdivider shall prepare a preliminary plat prior to the making of any street improvements or the installation of any utilities.
(1) Scale of 100 feet to one inch or larger;
(2) Name of subdivision, names and addresses of the owners, the land surveyor, source of title, and the owners of adjacent property;
(3) Date, approximate north point and graphic scale;
(4) Total acreage of land to be subdivided;
(5) Boundary lines of area to be subdivided and their bearings and distances and locations to nearest existing intersecting street;
(6) Existing and proposed easements and their locations, widths and distances;
(7) Streets on and adjacent to the tracts and their names, widths, and other dimensions may be required;
(8) Utilities on and adjacent to the tract showing proposed connections to existing utility systems. Rear easements for utility poles and wires shall be required wherever possible;
(9) A vicinity or key map, scale not smaller than 1" = 2000' showing physical development, corporate lines and any other adjacent public or private uses such as buildings or structures with distances to perimeter of lot line of plat;
(10) Purpose and intent of the subdivision such as for residential, commercial and industrial purposes;
(11) Contours at an interval of not greater than five feet. USGS quadrangles may be used as a base;
(12) Flood areas as determined by Federal Emergency Management Act (FEMA) and classification, as per FEMA codes;
(13) Location, size, direction of flow of storm and sanitary drainage structures, and systems;
(14) Location and size of water lines;
(15) Lot lines and lot numbers;
(16) Sites and their acreages, if any, to be reserved or dedicated for parks, playgrounds, schools, or other public uses. Sites, if any, for semi-public, commercial or multi-family uses;
(17) Minimum building setback lines;
(18) Copies of proposed deed restrictions, if any, shall be attached to the preliminary plat;
(19) Profiles of proposed grade lines of all streets and improvements, if required by the Commission; and
(20) Plats shall be submitted no larger than 24 inches by 36 inches in size;
(B) Procedure.
(1) Two copies of the preliminary plat and supplementary materials specified shall be submitted with an application for preparatory review by the County Planner by 3:00 p.m. Wednesday two weeks prior to the scheduled Planning Commission meeting. Any submittal after this time will require a late fee to be included on the agenda. Plats will be available by 12:00 p.m. the following Friday. Any submittal that requires a public hearing must be turned in three weeks prior to the scheduled meeting. Preliminary plats may be submitted electronically for an additional $10 charge.
(2) Ten copies of the corrected preliminary plan and supplementary materials specified shall be submitted for conditional approval to the County Planner by 3:00 p.m. Wednesday one week prior to the scheduled Planning Commission meeting. Any submittal after this time will require a late fee to be included on the agenda.
(3) The County Planner shall notify the subdivider of the time and place of the Planning Commission meeting not less than seven days before the date fixed for the meeting. Similar notice shall be given to the owner of the land immediately adjoining the area proposed to be platted as shown on the proposed subdivision.
(4) The Planning Commission shall approve, disapprove or approve subject to modification. If a plat is disapproved, reasons for such disapproval will be stated in writing. If approved subject to modifications, the nature of the required modifications shall be indicated in writing. The action of the Planning Commission shall be noted on two copies of the preliminary plat with any notations made at the time of approval or disapproval of the specific changes required. One returned to the subdivider and the other retained by the Planning Commission.
(5) Approval of the preliminary plat shall not constitute acceptance of the final plat. The approval of the preliminary plat shall lapse unless a final plat based thereon is submitted within one year from the date of such approval. An extension of time may be applied for by the subdivider and granted by the Planning Commission.
(C) Subdivision of a portion of a larger tract. Whenever a part of a tract is proposed to be subdivided and it is intended that additional parts of the tract be subdivided in the future, a sketch plan for the entire tract shall be submitted to the Planning Commission at the same time the preliminary plat for the first part of the tract to be platted is submitted.
(Ord. passed 11-27-2017; Ord. 2019-08, passed 8-16-2019)