(a) Distribution. The preliminary plat shall be distributed by the Planning Secretary to the following officials and agencies for their review and recommendation:
(1) Service Director (Planning Commission File)
(2) City Engineer
(3) Utility Superintendent
(4) City or County Health Department, as appropriate
(5) Code Administrator
(6) Clerk of Council
(b) Official Filing. Upon the proper submission of the preliminary plat, the subdivision shall be placed on the agenda of the next regular Planning Commission meeting, at which time the Commission shall take one of the following actions:
(1) Accept the plat for official filing purposes.
(2) Not accept the plat for official filing purposes. In this case, the applicant shall be notified, in writing, of the reasons) for refusal.
(c) Planning Commission Action. Upon the official filing of a preliminary plat, the subdivision shall be placed on the agenda of the next regular Planning Commission meeting which shall take place within forty days or at a mutually agreed upon time. At that meeting, the Commission shall take one of the following actions:
(1) Approve the preliminary plat.
(2) Revise the plat in conjunction with the subdivider end reschedule for the following meeting for action.
(3) Deny the plat. In the case of disapproval, the developer must resubmit any alternative plats from the beginning steps of this process. The Commission shall notify the subdivider, in writing, within three days of the Commission meeting, of the action taken and the standards of these Subdivision Regulations which were not fulfilled or violated, resulting in the disapproval. This notification shall be by registered mail.
(d) Effects of Approval. Upon arrival, the Commission shall communicate its action to Council. The approval has the following effects:
(1) It authorizes the subdivider to prepare a final plat and construction drawings in accordance with the approved preliminary plat.
(2) It approves the conceptual design and street network.
(3) It does not authorize the construction of streets nor grading for street purposes.
(4) It does not authorize the transfer of lots nor the recording of the plat in the office of the Recorder of Licking County.
The approval by the Commission shall be in effect for a twelve-month period from the date of such approval. Upon expiration of a preliminary plat approval, no approval of a final plat shall be given until a new preliminary plat has been resubmitted, officially filed and approved.
(Ord. 93-62. Passed 10-3-94.)