(A) Submission and hearing.
(1) Within six months of the Planning Commission’s consideration of a sketch plan, the subdivider shall submit to the Zoning Administrator ten copies of a preliminary plat of the proposed subdivision. The preliminary plat shall be submitted two weeks prior to the next regular scheduled Commission meeting and shall be accompanied by a fee of $10, plus $1 for each five lots, or portion thereof. Failure to act with the above time limit shall invalidate an approved sketch plan and require that it be resubmitted.
(2) The Zoning Administrator shall submit copies of the preliminary plat to the utility companies, the City Engineer and the District Engineer of the Minnesota Highway Department, if the plat borders a federal, state or state-aid highway. He or she shall submit copies to the County Engineer if the subdivision has access points on a county road and shall submit two copies to the Commissioner of Natural Resources if any part of the subdivision is within the shoreland district.
(3) The Planning Commission shall study the practicability of the preliminary plat taking into consideration the requirements of the city and the best use of the land being subdivided. Attention shall be given to the arrangement, location and width of streets, their relation to the topography of the land, water supply, sewage, a disposal drainage, lot sizes and arrangement, the future development of adjoining lands as unsubdivided and the requirements of the community development plan of the city.
(4) A public hearing/date shall be set to be held within 46 days of the filing date. The required legal publications shall be made and notices shall be sent to all property owners within 300 feet of the exterior boundary of the proposed plat. A Planning Commission meeting may serve as a public hearing provided the legal requirements pertaining to the same are met.
(5) Upon completion of their review, the above mentioned offices or agencies shall submit their comments on the proposed subdivision to the Planning Commission. These comments will be read at the public hearing.
(6) At the public hearing, the subdivider and all interested persons shall have the opportunity to be heard, upon completion of the hearing, the Commission prepares and submits a report along with a copy of the preliminary plat to the City Council. Upon receipt of the Commission’s reports, the City Council reviews the report and preliminary plat. The Council may hold another hearing or hearings, or take action to approve, disapprove or specify conditions for approval of the plat.
(B)Preliminary plat requirements.
(1) Site map, including land within 300 feet of plat boundary;
(2)Existing and proposed streets;
(3) Existing utilities;
(4) Names of adjacent property owners, within 300 feet;
(5) Any easements to be platted;
(6) Existing and proposed zoning changes;
(7) Preliminary plat map, at a scale no smaller than 100 feet to an inch;
(8) Name of subdivision, which must not duplicate or closely resemble another plat;
(9) Location, section, township, and the like;
(10) Names and addresses of owners and subdividers;
(11) Names of surveyor and engineer;
(12) North arrow and scale;
(13) Block and lot numbers;
(14) Names, location and widths of streets proposed by the subdivision;
(15) Location and width of alleys, pedestrian ways and easements;
(16) Land to be dedicated or reserved for public access;
(17) Topography map with a minimum of one-foot contours; and
(18) Proposed restrictive covenants.
(Ord. passed 9-20-79)