All subdivision plats shall receive their first official consideration as preliminary plats. No developer shall proceed with any construction work including grading, before a plat has been given preliminary approval. The following procedures shall be required during the preliminary plat procedure.
(A) Design plans. The developer shall have a registered surveyor, registered engineer, landscape architect, architect or community planner (provided that, engineering data are supplied by a registered engineer or surveyor for landscape architects, architects and community planners) prepare the preliminary plat in conformance with the format, design and improvement requirements of these regulations. Utility companies and concerned city and county agencies should be consulted before the preliminary plat is prepared.
(B) Formal application and submission. A completed application secured from the administrative official’s office and six prints of the preliminary plat (including improvement drawings and other required preliminary plat information), together with the payment of a $75 fee, submitted to the administrative official shall constitute an application for formal action on the preliminary plat. For maximum assurance that a plat will receive Commission consideration at a certain meeting, the plats must be submitted at least 14 days before such meeting.
(C) Distribution and review of plats. The administrative official shall make copies of the preliminary plats available to all concerned city and county agencies. The plats will be reviewed and the administrative official will summarize all recommendations for presentation to the Commission.
(D) Planning Commission review. The Commission shall consider no preliminary plat for action until the administrative official has reviewed the plats. After review and recommendation by the administrative official, the Commission will review all recommendations and then decide upon their own recommendation that may include approval of the plat, conditional approval with conditions noted, postponement or disapproval.
(1) Notification of action. After Commission action, the administrative official shall mark two copies of the plat in conformance with the Commission’s actions. The administrative official shall notify the developer of the Commission’s action and request him or her to pick up his or her plat.
(2) Approval. The developer is authorized to proceed with physical improvements in the proposed subdivision and to proceed with the preparation of the final plats. Lots shall not be sold until a final plat has been approved.
(3) Conditional approval. The developer may proceed as outlined above in divisions (D)(1) and (D)(2) above, but only after corrected preliminary plats have been submitted to the administrative official.
(4) Postponement. Action is delayed for definite reasons that shall be noted by the Commission.
(5) Disapproval. The denial of approval for the submitted plat. Before further action can occur, the developer must revise his or her plat to conform to the Commission’s requirements.
(Ord. passed 10- -1977; Ord. passed 1-6-1998; Ord. passed 11-12-2001)