(a) Contents; Time Limits. A preliminary plan shall be acted upon by the Planning Board, provided that the items, where applicable, set forth in the following table have been submitted to the Planning Board twenty working days prior to its meeting. Plats located within the three-mile jurisdictional area shall be submitted twenty working days prior to the Commission meeting. However, if a plan has been completely processed by the time a report is to be sent to the Commission or the Board, the plan can be added to the agenda. A preliminary plan shall be acted upon by the Planning Board within sixty days from the date of submission or the plan will be considered approved.
Number of Copies Required if Proposed Subdivision is Within: | ||
Item | The Municipality | The Three-Mile Jurisdictional Limit |
Number of Copies Required if Proposed Subdivision is Within: | ||
Item | The Municipality | The Three-Mile Jurisdictional Limit |
Application | 1 | 1 |
Percolation test | 2 | 2 |
Protective covenant | 1 | 1 |
Vicinity sketch | 1 | 1 |
Drainage plan (tentative street profile, origin and destination of storm water and proposed facilities, etc.) | ||
Preliminary map | 6 | |
Results of percolation tests located in the three-mile jurisdictional area shall be submitted directly to the County Board of Health. A minimum of two holes per acre are required along with any other such test as may be required by the Board of Health.
Examples of the application and percolation test required in this section are set forth in Appendix C. Covenants required under this subsection shall be as set forth in Section 1224.06.
Unless determined otherwise by the County Engineer and Municipal Engineer, the Municipal Engineer shall review preliminary drainage plans within the three-mile jurisdictional area after consulting with the County Engineer.
Drainage plans shall include watershed areas and computations of run-off volume.
(b) Action Prior to Approval.
(1) Submission of materials.
The subdivider shall submit the required number of copies of the preliminary plat, together with the other necessary items set forth in subsection (a) hereof, to the planning staff not later than twenty working days prior to the Planning Board meeting. The subdivider should prepare sketch plans first and discuss them with the staff before the preliminary plat and improvement plans are prepared for official review and approval. In this way, the submission of inadequate plats can be avoided.
(2) Notice of public hearing. Not less than seven days prior to the Planning Board meeting, a notice of public hearing shall be sent to the newspapers of general circulation in the Municipality. A notice to the surrounding property owners shall also be sent at this time. The hearing shall occur at the same time and place as the Planning Board meeting.
(3) Referring plat copies to officials. Within one working day after receiving the preliminary plat and accompanying items, the planning staff shall refer one copy of the plat to the following officials:
A. The Department of Public Service for review of improvement plans; and
B. The local school district, where involved, for report on school site requirements.
(4) Conclusions of officials. Within seven working days after receiving the plat, each official listed in paragraph (b)(3) hereof shall prepare and present information concerning his or her conclusions on the plat. The plat will be considered acceptable by the officials involved if their replies are not received by the planning staff in the prescribed time.
(5) Preparation of report. The staff shall prepare the report on the plat, which will be mailed to the members of the Planning Board on the Friday preceding the scheduled hearing.
(6) Policy. In case a plat is submitted without favorable reports as set forth in paragraph (b)(4) hereof, the policy of the Planning Board shall be to deny the plat or table it until such favorable reports are received, or to give the plat “approval in principle” where it is clear that the problems involved can be resolved. Such “approval in principle” shall not be given unless the subdivider clearly expresses his or her willingness to solve such problems in the following manner, as may be necessary:
1. By major changes in the proposed layout of streets and lots, to serve the needs of traffic, drainage and sewage disposal;
2. By setting aside adequate site appropriation for public school or recreational use as contemplated and at locations to be determined; or
3. By installing the types of drainage, sanitary sewer and water supply facilities the Planning Board deems necessary.
Such “approval in principle” will give the subdivider reasonable assurance that, after the specified problems have been resolved, the plat will be considered favorably. It shall not be construed as approval of the general layout, as submitted, or of the proposed improvements.
(c) Additional Copies Required. After the preliminary map is approved, the owner or developer shall submit seventeen prints of the corrected preliminary plan.
(d) Time Limit for Map Approval. A preliminary map shall be submitted for examination or reapproval if the time limit between the approval of the preliminary map and the final map of the entire tract exceeds five years.
(Ord. 83-32. Passed 8-15-83.)