(a) Application. A sketch plan complying with the requirements set forth in Section 1101.08 shall be prepared for each minor subdivision and an application for approval submitted to the office of the City Engineer not less than twelve days prior to the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Planning and Design Commission. The purposes of the sketch plan layout are to furnish sufficient information to determine if it qualifies as a minor subdivision, its relation to adjacent subdivisions and compliance with other City codes.
(b) Review by City Engineer. The developer shall submit either a metes and bounds deed description or plat, as required to the City Engineer for review and, if it is found to conform to the approved sketch plan and is otherwise satisfactory, the City Engineer shall so certify the approval thereon within seven working days after such receipt. In the event the City Engineer, or any other City official, determines that the proposed minor subdivision does not fully comply with all applicable provisions of the Zoning Code, the proposal shall nonetheless be submitted to the Planning and Design Commission for its review and the Planning and Design Commission shall be so advised by the City Engineer of the aspects of the proposal which so render it noncomplying.
(c) Referral to Planning and Design Commission. Upon referral by the City Engineer of a proposed minor subdivision, the Planning and Design Commission shall review all required maps, sketches and information, and the report of the City Engineer as to compliance with the applicable sections of this chapter and the Zoning Code.
(d) Approval. The minor subdivision shall be approved if the Planning and Design Commission determines the proposed division of land is a minor subdivision, and that:
(1) All the contiguous land owned by the developer therein can be completely subdivided;
(2) It is properly integrated with adjoining subdivisions or could be properly coordinated with the subdivision and extension of streets to adjoining land; and
(3) It complies with the planning principles and other sections of this chapter, the Zoning Code, local street plans and other adopted plans of the City.
In the event that the developer proposes to create any lot or parcel which does not fully conform with the provisions of the Zoning Code, then the Planning and Design Commission shall refer the application to the Building and Zoning Board of Appeals with the request that the Board determine whether the developer should be entitled to a variance from strict compliance with the provisions of the Zoning Code which his proposed subdivision violates. Upon review and decision by the Building and Zoning Board of Appeals, the proposed subdivision application shall be returned to the Planning and Design Commission for its final review and approval, disapproval or modification.
An approval notation to that effect shall be made on the sketch plan by the Chairman or Secretary of the Commission, and the developer shall be informed by the City Engineer if a metes and bounds deed description or a plat map will be required. Three prints of the approved sketch plan shall be made by the developer and transmitted to the Commission.
(e) Disapproval. If the Commission determines that the proposed division of land is a major subdivision, or if the sketch is not approved for other reasons, the Commission shall state the conditions to be complied with before such division shall be approved.
(f) Recording. A deed or plat shall be filed and recorded in the office of the County Auditor and the County Recorder by an authorized representative of the City within thirty days after approval by the Planning and Design Commission.
(Ord. 84-125. Passed 1-16-85; Ord. 2016-36. Passed 8-2-16.)