(A) The preliminary plat shall be prepared by a South Carolina Registered Land Surveyor at a convenient scale of not less than 1 inch equals 100 feet.
(B) The preliminary plat shall include the following:
(1) Name.
(a) Name of subdivision if property is within an existing subdivision; and
(b) Proposed name if not within a previously platted subdivision. The proposed name shall not duplicate the name of any plat previously recorded.
(2) Ownership.
(a) Name and address, including telephone number, of legal owner and his or her authorized agent, if any, of the property involved in the subdivision; and
(b) Name and address, including telephone number, of the professional person(s) responsible for the subdivision's design, or for the design of any public improvements, and for the surveys.
(3) Location. A vicinity map at a scale of not less than 1 inch equals 1 mile showing the relationship of the proposed subdivision to surrounding locale. The scale of the vicinity map should be shown, as well as a north arrow; and
(4) Features.
(a) Total acreage in the tract to be subdivided;
(b) Graphic scale, north point, and date. The north point shall be identified as magnetic, true, or grid north;
(c) Boundaries of the tract to be subdivided with all bearings and distances indicated. The boundary survey shall be to such a degree of accuracy that the error of closure is no greater than 1:5,000;
(d) The following existing conditions:
1. Topography by contours at vertical intervals of not more than 5 feet;
2. Deed record names of adjoining property owners;
3. Names of any adjoining subdivisions;
4. Property lines within and adjoining the subdivision;
5. Location and rights-of-way of all existing or platted streets or other public ways, railroads, easements, watercourses, and buildings either on or adjacent to the property to be subdivided. Specify whether utility lines are in easements or rights-of-way and show location of poles or towers;
6. Location of city limits and county lines, if applicable;
7. Location of streams, lakes, swamps, and land subject to flood, based on a 100-year frequency flood;
8. Location of existing exterior property lines;
9. In case of resubdivisions, a copy of the existing plat with proposed resubdivisions superimposed thereon;
10. Size and location of existing sewers, water mains, drains, culverts, or other underground facilities within the street or within the right-of-way of streets or roads adjoining the tract. Grades and invert (if applicable) elevations of sewers shall be shown;
11. The acreage of each drainage area affecting the proposed subdivision; and
12. All elevations shall refer to mean sea level datum (if available) where public water and/or public sewers are to be installed.
(e) The following proposed conditions:
1. The location, width, classification, and proposed name of all proposed streets, alleys, and other public ways. This should include the width of both the paved surface and the right-of-way;
2. The location and width of all utility and other types of easements and rights-of-way;
3. The location, dimensions, and building setback lines of all proposed lots;
4. The location and dimensions of all property proposed to be set aside for a park, playground, or other public use, or for the common use of property owners in the proposed subdivision with designation of the purpose thereof, and conditions, if any, of the dedication or reservation;
5. Sufficient data acceptable to the County Engineer to determine readily the location, bearing, and length of all lines, and to reproduce the lines upon the ground; the location of all proposed monuments;
6. Indication of the use of all lots (single-family, 2-family, multi-family, townhouse, offices, commercial, warehousing, industrial, and the like);
7. Blocks shall be consecutively numbered or lettered in alphabetical order. The blocks in numbered additions to subdivisions bearing the same name shall be numbered or lettered consecutively throughout the several additions;
8. All lots in each block shall be consecutively numbered; and
9. Total number of lots and total length of new streets.
(C) The preliminary plat shall be presented in a similar format to the 1 on the accompanying sheet. All dimension shall be shown to the nearest 1/10 of a foot and angles to the nearest minute.
(Ord. 105, passed 12-29-1988) Penalty, see § 154.999