Step 1 | Applicant files application and fee with zoning official. |
Step 2 | Zoning official schedules application for review with staff review committee. |
Step 3 | Staff review committee meets with applicant to discuss application. |
Step 4 | Zoning official sends applicant written comment. |
A. Purpose: The sketch map review procedure is designed to allow the applicant to present a concept level plan to the city staff for a discussion of suggestions and concerns.
B. Applicability: Sketch map approval is not required prior to the submission of a tentative map; however, it is strongly encouraged.
C. Application:
1. Filing: The property owner or his/her representative shall initiate a sketch map approval request by filing an application with the zoning official and paying the filing fee established by the city council. (Ord. 172, 9-24-1996, eff. 10-31-1996)
2. Contents: A sketch map application shall include: (Ord. 382, 8-28-2007, eff. 9-20-2007)
a. Completed application forms and the payment of all applicable fees;
b. A proposed phasing plan for the development of future sections;
c. Any attendant documents needed to supplement the information provided on the map.
D. Sketch Map Contents: In preparation for this meeting, the applicant shall prepare a sketch map. The following information will be required for a thorough administrative review of the sketch map:
1. Name of the proposed subdivision;
2. Date, scale, north arrow;
3. Property owner's name and address;
4. Description of all existing covenants, liens and encumbrances;
5. Location of property lines;
6. Existing or platted easements, rights of way, streets or other public ways;
7. Location, sizes and elevations of existing sewers, water mains, culverts and other underground structures within the boundaries of the proposed subdivision and adjacent thereto;
8. Existing permanent buildings;
9. Utility poles and utility rights of way on or immediately adjacent to the property proposed to be subdivided;
10. Approximate topography based on USGS or NAVD datum at ten foot (10') contour intervals;
11. Approximate location and width of all proposed streets within and abutting the proposed subdivision;
12. Preliminary proposals for connections with existing water supply and sanitary sewerage systems, and preliminary proposals for collecting and discharging surface water drainage;
13. Approximate location, dimensions and area of all proposed and existing lots;
14. Approximate location, dimensions and area of all parcels of land proposed to be set aside for park or playground use or other public use;
15. Vicinity map showing all streets and the general development pattern and land uses of the surrounding area;
16. If the sketch map covers only a part of the applicant's contiguous holdings, the applicant shall show the extent of adjacent land holdings. (Ord. 172, 9-24-1996, eff. 10-31-1996)
E. Sketch Map Review:
1. The zoning official shall schedule the sketch map for review at the next meeting of the staff review committee. (Ord. 382, 8-28-2007, eff. 9-20-2007)
2. Prior to the staff review committee meeting, the zoning official shall forward copies of the sketch map to appropriate departments and agencies for their review.
3. Sketch map review shall focus on applicable provisions of these regulations, physical features of the proposed development, the availability of public facilities and services, the timing and placement of public improvements and any master plan requirements.
4. The staff review committee shall determine whether the proposed development will be classified as a "minor subdivision" or a "major subdivision", as defined in this title.
5. Following the review meeting, the zoning official shall send the applicant written comments regarding the proposed subdivision to assist the applicant in completing the subdivision process. (Ord. 172, 9-24-1996, eff. 10-31-1996)