The developer shall have 120 days after the date of the last informal discussion in which to make application for preliminary plat approval. The procedure for such approval is as follows:
(a) Application. Applications for preliminary plat approval shall include the following items, along with the number of copies determined by the Zoning Administrator:
(1) The Application for Preliminary Plat Approval (Form S-2) certified by the developer, along with the required filing fee and review deposit;
(2) The preliminary plat drawn by a professional surveyor or engineer at a scale of one inch equals 100 feet, indicating the following:
A. Subdivision name, original lot and parcel number;
B. Names, addresses, and telephone numbers of owners, subdivider, and professional surveyor or engineer;
C. Existing data, including:
1. Survey plat showing bearings and distances based on available record data;
2. Easements: location, width, and purpose;
3. Streets on and adjacent to the subdivision: names, location, right of way and roadway width, and planned highways or other major improvements planned by public authorities for future construction on or near the subdivision, including journalized routes for highways;
4. Utilities on and adjacent to the subdivision: location, size, and invert elevations of sanitary and storm sewers; location and size of water mains and fire hydrants. If water mains and/or sewers and culverts are not on or adjacent to the tract, the direction and distance to and size of nearest ones shall be indicated, showing invert elevation of sewers and culverts.
5. Ground elevations on the subdivision and contours with an interval of not more than five feet if ground slope is in excess of four percent and two feet if ground slope is less than four percent;
6. Conditions on the subdivision such as subsurface conditions, watercourses and areas subject to flooding, marshes, rock outcroppings, wooded areas, trees having a caliper of one foot or more, and any structures or other significant features;
7. Conditions on adjacent land within 200 feet of the subdivision boundaries, such as approximate direction and gradient of ground slope, including any embankments or retaining walls, the location and type of structures, tree lines, power lines and towers, other nearby nonresidential land uses, and owners of adjacent unplatted land (for adjacent platted land refer to subdivision plat by name, plat book and pages); and
8. Existing zoning districts, lot size and yard requirements, and proof of any variances or special exceptions which may have been granted, or deed restrictions;
D. Proposals, including:
1. Proposed streets (indicate each street by a letter except where the street is a continuation of an existing street), right-of-way widths, approximate grades, and improvements;
2. Proposed utility rights-of-way and easements: location, width, and purpose;
3. Lot numbers and dimensions and area of irregular lots in square feet (Final lot numbers will be approved by the City Engineer prior to recording);
4. Minimum building setback lines;
5. Land parcels within subdivisions not to be divided into lots;
6. Public sites reserved or dedicated for open space or other public uses;
7. Sites for uses other than one-family lots, such as open space, churches and shopping facilities;
8. Total site data, including acreage, number of residential lots, typical lot size, and area of open space and other public uses;
9. A plan showing proposed topography; and
10. A Tree Preservation and Maintenance Plan, pursuant to Chapter 1218, as well as a landscaping plan. These plans shall include, for the public right-of-ways within or adjacent to the proposed subdivision, a description of (1) all existing trees indicating which ones are proposed to be removed and which are proposed to be retained and (2) all proposed new trees. The information provided shall include the species and sizes to be used, spacing, the distance from curbs, street intersections, private driveways and street lights, and the minimum size and height to the lower branch. The Landscaping plan shall be in accordance with the objectives of Policy No. 29 (January, 1964) of the American Society of Landscape Architects, as amended.
11. If the Preliminary Plan is for a subdivision that will include or consist of structures other than detached single-family dwellings, a Development Plan pursuant to Section 1232.06 shall be provided for review in parallel with the Preliminary Plan. If, at any later time, one or more of the parcels is to have a structure other than a single-family detached dwelling built upon it, a Development Plan pursuant to Section 1232.06(a) shall be provided.
E. If the construction of the subdivision is to be completed in two or more phases, the manner in which the subdivision is to be phased shall be indicated; and
F. Other information deemed necessary by the Planning Commission or the City Engineer; and
(3) Five copies of a vicinity map at a scale of one inch equals 1,000 feet, showing the relationship of the proposed subdivision to the surrounding vicinity, and:
A. Subdivision name, original lot and parcel number; and
B. Existing and proposed arterial and collector streets, shopping facilities, open space, and community facilities.
(b) Referral. Upon receipt of a complete application, the Zoning Administrator shall:
(1) Forward one copy each to the Engineer, the Planning Consultant, the Architectural Board of Review, the Shade Tree Commission, the City Arborist, all appropriate City departments (e.g. Building, Fire, Safety and Service), and to the Clerk of Council (inviting informal review and comment by the members of Council); and
(c) Engineer’s Report. Prior to Commission action, the Engineer shall certify his or her findings on Form S-2 and return it to the Zoning Administrator for transmittal to the Planning Commission.
(d) Shade Tree Action. Shade Tree shall review plans requiring street trees per Section 1224.06(a)(2)I.
(e) Commission Action. The Commission shall, within 30 days after the filing date, approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove the application. The Commission will have considered input from the Engineer, the Planning Consultant, the various appropriate City departments, the Shade Tree Commission, the City Arborist, and the Architectural Board of Review. The Secretary shall certify the action on Form S-2 and return it to the Zoning Administrator for distribution to the developer.
(f) Concurrence of Council. The preliminary plat approved by the Commission shall be forwarded by the Zoning Administrator to the Clerk of Council requesting Council concurrence in the plan. Council may concur in the plan by a simple majority vote, or, by a two-thirds vote of its members, may return the plan to the Commission for correction or alteration of specific features identified by Council. Failure of Council to act within thirty days of the receipt of the plan by the Clerk shall constitute Council concurrence with the preliminary plat.
(Ord. 75-2005. Passed 10-11-05.)
(g) Effect of Approval. Approval of a preliminary plat shall not imply acceptance of dedication or entitle the developer to record the plat. Approval shall become void after one year if a final plat of the entire subdivision or a portion thereof has not been approved by the Commission and recorded by the County Recorder. Preliminary plat approval shall remain in effect so long as the developer presents every year thereafter final plats for portions thereof which comply substantially with phases of the subdivision approved by the Commission when the preliminary plat was approved.
(Ord. 24-97. Passed 10-14-97.)