(A) Submission. Any owner, or his authorized representative, proposing to subdivide a parcel of land into 5 or more lots for the purpose of sale shall first submit to the Common Council a preliminary plat of the proposed subdivision. Submission to the Common Council shall be on the last Council meeting prior to the Plan Commission meeting.
(B) Information to be shown. The preliminary plat shall show:
(1) The accurate location of then existing property lines, streets, buildings, water courses, railroads, utilities and other similar features.
(2) Names, locations, dimensions of streets, alleys, parks, and the like. The names, locations, widths, and other dimensions of proposed streets, alleys, easements, parks and other open spaces, reservations, lot lines, building lines, and utilities.
(3) Location of sewer, water mains, culverts, and the like. The location in the adjoining streets or property of any existing sewers and water mains, culverts and drain pipes, electric conduits or lines proposed to be used on the property to be subdivided.
(4) Title, owner, acreage, and the like. The title under which the proposed subdivision is to be recorded, with the names and addresses of the owner and the technical author of the plan; and a notation stating the acreage.
(C) Preliminary review.
(1) The City Administrator shall direct the City Clerk to maintain proper records to insure compliance with this Code.
(2) Within 10 days after the Common Council receives the preliminary plat, the Plan Commission shall conduct a preliminary review of the proposed plat. If preliminary approval is given, they then shall forward 1 copy of the preliminary plat to the Public Works Committee; 1 copy to the Engineer; and 1 copy to the Fire Chief for their recommendations or corrections.
(3) The Public Works Committee shall within 20 days review and return to the Plan Commission their copies of the preliminary plat together with their recommendations and suggestions.
(D) Plan Commission and Council review.
(1) The Plan Commission shall again review the preliminary plat together with all recommendations and shall recommend to the Common Council approval, conditional approval or rejection of the preliminary plat. The Common Council shall, likewise, approve, conditionally approve or reject the preliminary plat within the 40 days of its original submission and shall notify the subdivider in writing of any conditional approval or reasons for rejections.
(2) The above 40 days may be extended by agreement with the subdivider.
(E) Rejection. If the preliminary plat is not approved by the Plan Commission, the City will retain 1 copy and return all other copies to the subdivider with a written notification of the reasons for rejection.
(F) Failure to act. If the Plan Commission and the Common Council fail to act on the preliminary plat within 90 days of its submission, or agreed extension thereof, the preliminary plat shall be considered approved.
(Ord. 559, passed 6-8-88)