(A) Filing.
(1) After tentative approval of the sketch plan by the Planning, Zoning and Development Commission and the fulfillment of the requirements of these regulations, the subdivider may proceed with the submittal of the preliminary plan. Initially the subdivider shall submit to the Village four copies of the preliminary plan and all other information as required in this section.
(2) There shall be no refund of any portion of the costs accumulated for the review of the preliminary plan and the preliminary engineering plan if the subdivider fails to apply for final approval of the subdivision. If, because of the failure of the subdivider to submit a final plat within 12 months after receiving tentative approval of a preliminary plan, it is necessary to resubmit a preliminary plan for tentative approval, the subdivider shall be required to pay the fee, if any, currently in effect at the time of resubmission.
(B) The preliminary plan shall contain the following:
(1) Identification and description.
(a) Proposed name of the subdivision.
(b) Location by township, section, town, and range or by any other legal description.
(c) Names and addresses of developer and designer who made the plan.
(d) Scale of plan, one inch to 50 feet or larger.
(e) Date.
(f) Northpoint.
(2) Delineation of existing conditions.
(a) Boundary line of proposed subdivision indicated by solid heavy lines, with angles and linear dimensions, and the total approximate acreage encompassed thereby.
(b) Location, widths, and names of all existing or prior platted streets or other public ways, railroad and utility rights-of-way, parks and other public open spaces, permanent buildings and structures, houses or permanent easements, and section and corporation lines, within the tract or within 100 feet adjacent to the tract.
(c) Boundary lines of adjacent tracts of unsubdivided or subdivided land, showing ownership where possible.
(d) Existing zoning of proposed subdivision and adjacent tract in zoned areas.
(e) Contours at two-foot intervals except where topography of the tract demands one-foot contour intervals; or when approved by the Planning, Zoning and Development Commission.
(f) Easements shall be provided for any and all public or private utilities where alleys are not provided. Proper continuity for the utilities from block to block shall be maintained.
(g) Soil borings as required by the Planning, Zoning and Development Commission.
(h) Flood plain areas as determined by U.S. Geological Survey.
(3) Proposed improvements.
(a) Layout of streets, together with their proposed names, pavements, and walks, widths of rights-of-way, and also the widths of cross-walkway, and easements.
(b) Layout, numbers, and dimensions (to the nearest ½ foot) of lots and blocks, setbacks and easements.
(c) Parcels of land intended to be dedicated or temporarily reserved for public use or
set aside for use of property owners in the subdivisions.
(e) Referral to fire or school districts if required by the Planning, Zoning and Development Commission.
(C) The following qualifications shall govern approval of the preliminary plan.
(1) The Planning, Zoning and Development Commission shall within 60 days after a preliminary plan is filed with it, hold a public hearing after giving notice required by § 159.179. Within 30 days after the last public hearing the Planning, Zoning and Development Commission shall prepare and submit (unless time is extended by mutual consent or by the failure on the part of the applicant to file required supporting data) its findings and recommendations with the President and Board of Trustees. The President and Board shall accept or reject the plan within 30 days after it receives the findings and the recommendations of the Planning, Zoning and Development Commission or within 30 days from date applicant files with the Board any additional data required by the Board, whichever is latest unless the time is extended by mutual consent.
(2) Subsequent approval will be required of the engineering proposals pertaining to water supply, storm drainage, sewage and sewage disposal, street lighting, fire hydrants, grading, gradients, roadway widths, and the county officials, where concerned, prior to the approval of the final plat by the village.
(3) Land subject to flooding or containing poor drainage facilities.
(a) No plan will be approved for the subdivision of land which is subject to periodic flooding or which contains extremely poor drainage facilities and which would make adequate drainage of the streets impossible. However, if the subdivider agrees to make improvements which will, in the opinion of the Village Engineer or the County Superintendent of Highways, where concerned, make the area completely safe for residential occupancy and provide adequate street drainage, the preliminary plan of the subdivision may be approved.
(b) The approval of a preliminary plan by the Planning, Zoning and Development Commission and Village Board is strictly tentative, involving merely the general acceptability of the layout submitted. This approval shall be effective for a maximum period of 12 months unless upon application of the developer the Village Board grants an extension. If the final plat has not been recorded within this time limit, the preliminary plan must again be submitted for approval.
(D) One print of the approved preliminary plan, signed by the President and the Village Clerk, shall be retained in the Village Clerk's office and two copies in the office of the subdivider to proceed with the preparation of plans and specifications for the minimum improvements required in these regulations and rules and with the preparation of the final plat.
(Ord. 77-05, passed 4-6-77; Am. Ord. 95-06, passed 4-10-95)