(a) The subdivider shall submit the following data to the Planning Officer before 4:30 p.m. on the Thursday preceding a regularly scheduled Planning Commission meeting and the Commission shall formally receive the submittal at said meeting:
(1) An application for approval of the preliminary plat.
(2) Six copies of the proposed preliminary plat.
(b) The subdivider, at the time of submitting the application for approval of the preliminary plat shall pay the appropriate fee as established in the fee schedule in Section 1222.07.
(c) The preliminary plat shall be prepared by a registered engineer or surveyor. The plat shall be clearly and legibly drawn to an engineering scale of 100 feet or less to the inch and shall be on sheets no larger than twenty-four inches by thirty-six inches. The preliminary plat shall contain the following information:
(1) Vicinity mats. The map shall show the relationship of the proposed subdivision to existing community facilities which serve or influence it. The vicinity map may be on the same sheet as the preliminary plat drawing. The vicinity map shall show:
A. Existing streets, highways, thoroughfares, etc., in the area of the proposed development.
B. Zoning and zone lines.
C. Any proposed street, highway, thoroughfare, etc., as shown on the City's "Thoroughfare and Green Space".
D. A north arrow.
E. The location of the proposed development, with an outlines) of the owner's total property and the proposed subdivision.
(2) Identification.
A. The proposed name of the subdivision, the township, the tract or the original lot or section number.
B. Names, addresses and telephone numbers of the owner, subdivides and registered surveyor or engineer.
C. A bar scale and north arrow and the date.
(3) Existing data.
A. A legal description and drawing to scale.
B. Easements, their location, width and purpose.
C. Streets on and adjacent to the subdivision, their names, location and right-of-way and pavement width; and planned public improvements, such as highways or other major improvements planned by public authorities for future construction.
D. The location of proposed underground utilities on or near the subdivision, including journalized routes for highways.
E. Utilities on and adjacent to the subdivision; the location and size of sanitary and storm sewers; the location and size of water mains; and the location of gas lines, fire hydrants and utility poles. If water mains, sewers and/or culverts are not on or adjacent to the tract, then the direction and distance to and the size of the nearest ones shall be indicated.
F. Existing contours from the City's topographic maps, or, if the City does not have the area's topographic maps, then at intervals of not more than five feet, where the ground slope is generally greater than ten percent, and not more than two feet, where the ground slope is generally less than ten percent.
G. When public water and sewer systems will not be part of the development, then subsurface information, such as the depth of the water table, bedrock and any unique conditions, such as abandoned mines, shall be provided.
H. Other conditions in the subdivision:
1. Watercourses and areas subject to flooding.
2. Marshes.
3. Rock outcroppings.
4. Wooded areas.
5. Any structures or other significant features.
6. The approximate direction and gradient of the ground slope.
7. The location and type of buildings, fences, tree lines, etc.
8. Railroad lines.
9. Power lines and towers.
10. Owners of adjacent unplatted land. (For adjacent platted land, refer to the subdivision plat by name, plat book and pages.)
(4) Proposals.
A. Proposed streets (indicating each street by name, right-of-way widths, approximate grades, centerline data and proposed improvements.)
B. Other rights-of-way or easements, their location, width and purpose.
C. Numbers, dimensions and areas, in square feet, of irregular lots.
D. Minimum building setback lines.
E. Lane parcels within the subdivision not to be divided into lots.
F. Public sites reserved or dedicated for parks, playgrounds or other public uses.
G. When extensive changes of topography are contemplated, the proposed topography.
H. The location of all underground utilities and the immediate and future construction thereof.
I. The distance to the nearest existing intersection, for reference.
J. Proposed areas of nonaccess to dedicated streets.
(5) Other information. The Planning Commission may require such additional information as is deemed necessary.
(Ord. 93-62. Passed 10-3-94.)