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(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)
(A) Unless an extension of time is requested by the subdivider and granted by the Commission, the subdivider shall have one year, following approval of the preliminary plat, to submit to the Zoning Administrator four paper prints of the final plat, together with an up-to-date copy of the abstract of title by the subdivider’s attorney.
(B) The final plat shall conform to all Minnesota platting regulations and must be correctly surveyed. The Planning Commission shall state whether a final plat conforms to the preliminary plat approved by the Commission, with the recommended changes, if any.
(C) Upon receipt of the final plat, the Zoning Administrator shall refer two copies to the Planning Commission, and other copies to the agencies as the Commission may desire. Each person or agency above shall submit a report on the final plat to the Zoning Administrator within 15 days or receipt of the final plat.
(D) Upon completion of the requirements above and notation to the effect upon the final plat, it shall be deemed to have final approval and shall be signed by the Chairperson of the Planning Commission and the appropriate city officials as required by Minnesota Statutes. The final plat shall then be filed with the Wadena County Recorder of Deeds by the applicant. A final plat not filed within 90 days of approval by the Planning Commission shall become null and void unless the particular circumstances of the applicant warrant the Commission to grant an extension which shall not exceed 180 days.
(E) No changes, erasures, modifications or revisions shall be made on any final plat after approval by the Planning Commission and endorsed in writing on the plat, unless the plat is resubmitted to the Commission for approval. In the event that any plat is recorded without complying with the proper requirements, the final plat shall become null and void and the Commission shall institute proceedings to have the plat stricken from the records of the county.
(Ord. passed 9-20-79)
DESIGN STANDARDS
(A) Purpose. Streets in the subdivision shall provide for the continuation of existing streets of adjoining subdivisions and for the proper protection of principal streets into adjoining properties which are not yet subdivided in order to make possible necessary community services extensions.
(B) Street arrangement.
(1) The minimum right-of-way, road surface width and maximum street grades for streets or pedestrian ways included in any subdivision shall not be less than the minimum dimensions for the classification as follows:
Class | Right-of-Way Width | Minimum Width of Road Surface | Maximum Street Grade |
Collector street | 80 feet | 44 feet | 5% |
Minor or local street | 66 feet | 36 feet | 8% |
Marginal service and access road | 60 feet | 24 feet | 8% |
Alley | 20 feet | 16 feet | 8% |
Pedestrian way | 10 feet | – | – |
* Except when, upon the recommendation of the City Engineer, the topography warrants a greater maximum. | |||
(2) Minor streets shall be arranged so their use by through traffic will be discouraged.
(C) Dead end streets. The creation of dead end or loop residential streets will only be used where the Planning Commission finds this type of street development will not interfere with normal traffic circulation in the area. All dead end streets, if approved, must be provided with a cul-de-sac which has a right-of-way radius of 50 feet.
(Ord. passed 9-20-79) Penalty, see § 10.99
Blocks shall not be less than 300 feet, nor more than 1,200 feet in length. No block width shall be less than twice the normal lot depth, unless it abuts a railroad right-of-way, a limited access highway, a major or arterial street, a body of water or a park.
(Ord. passed 9-20-79) Penalty, see § 10.99
When a subdivision abuts or contains an existing or proposed arterial or major street, the Planning Commission may require marginal frontage streets, or other treatments as may be necessary for adequate protection of residential properties and to attend separation of through and local traffic.
(Ord. passed 9-20-79)
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