(A) Filing.
(1) A preliminary plan for the subdivision of any land within the corporate limits of the city shall first be submitted in triplicate to the City Council by a subdivider wishing to divide such land into building lots for sale or assessment, or both, or wishing to dedicate streets, alleys or other land for public use. Said preliminary plan shall include all adjacent land held in ownership or controlled by the subdivider and intended for future development.
(2) The City Council shall, by motion, refer the preliminary plan to the Plan Commission and shall, at the same time, instruct the City Engineer to collaborate with the subdivider and the Plan Commission in assembling plans for the design and construction of streets and such other public improvements as are required herein or any other ordinances. The Plan Commission shall, within 60 days from referral, submit its written recommendations for approval or disapproval to the City Council.
(3) The preliminary plan shall be referred to the Plan Commission at least ten days prior to the regular meeting of the Plan Commission to receive action thereon at that meeting.
(B) The preliminary plan shall contain the following.
(1) Identification and description.
(a) Proposed name of the subdivision.
(b) Location by township, section, range or by other legal description.
(c) Names and addresses of developer and designer who made the plan.
(d) Scale of plan - one inch equals 100 feet, or larger. Tracts of 200 acres or more may be drawn at a scale of one inch equals 200 feet.
(e) Date.
(f) Northpoint.
(2) Delineation of existing conditions.
(a) Boundary line of proposed subdivision shall be clearly indicated 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 and permanent easements, and section and corporate lines within or adjacent to the tract.
(c) Boundary lines of adjacent tracts of unsubdivided or subdivided land.
(d) Existing sewers, water mains, culverts or other underground facilities within the tract, indicating pipe sizes, manholes and exact location.
(e) Existing zoning of proposed subdivision and adjacent tracts in zoned areas.
(f) Ground elevations on the tract, based on the Paxton datum plane. For land that slopes less than one-half percent, show not less than one foot contours; for land that slopes one-half to two percent, show not less than two foot contours; and for land that slopes more than two percent show not less than five foot contours.
(g) Layout of streets, widths of rights-of-way and also the widths of cross-walkways and easements.
(h) Layout, number and dimensions of lots.
(i) Parcels of land intended to be dedicated or temporarily reserved for public use or set aside for use of property owners in the subdivision.
(j) Building setback lines, showing dimensions.
(k) Easements shall be provided for any and all public utilities where alleys are not provided. Proper continuity for the utilities from block to block shall be maintained.
(l) Location of surface or subsurface site conditions to ascertain subsurface soil, rock and ground water conditions.
(3) The following qualifications shall govern approval of the preliminary plan.
(a) The approval of a preliminary plan by the Plan Commission and the City Council is tentative only, involving merely the general acceptability of the layout as submitted.
(b) The Plan Commission or the City Council may require such changes or revisions as are deemed necessary in the interest and needs of the community.
(c) Subsequent approval will be required of the engineering proposals pertaining to water supply, storm drainage, sewerage and sewage disposal, gas and electric service, street lighting, telephone service, fire hydrants, grading, gradients and roadway widths, and the surfacing of streets, by the City Engineer and the county officials where concerned, prior to the approval of the final plat by the city.
(d) 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 City Engineer where concerned, make the area completely safe for residential occupancy and provide adequate street drainage, the preliminary plan of the subdivision may be approved.
(e) Tentative approval shall be effective for a maximum period of 12 months unless, upon application of the developer, the City Council grants an extension. If the final plat has not been recorded within this time limit, the preliminary plan must again be submitted for approval.
(Ord. 88-30, passed 8-8-88)