(A) Plats and other necessary supporting data shall be considered at a public meeting of the Planning and Zoning Board within 60 days from the date of filing with the City Planner.
('69 Code, § 14-5(b)) (Ord. 69, passed 11-5-62; Am. Ord. 453, passed 9-19-77)
(B) At the scheduled public meeting the Board shall receive reports on and review the preliminary plat to determine its conformance to the regulations of this chapter. The subdivider and any other persons interested in or affected by the proposed subdivision shall have a right to be heard by the Board either in person or by letter.
('69 Code, § 14-11(a)) (Ord. 69, passed 11-5-62)
(C) The Planning and Zoning Board, in studying the preliminary plat, will take into consideration the requirements of the community and the best use of the land being subdivided. Particular attention will be given to width, arrangement, and location of streets; surface drainage; lot sizes and arrangements; as well as requirements for parks, playfields, playgrounds, school sites, public building sites, parkways, and highways. Adequate street connection will be required to ensure free access to and circulation for adjoining subdivisions and lands. The City Commission, upon recommendation by the Planning and Zoning Board, may reject development plans when public school facilities made necessary by the proposed development are not available in the area which is proposed for development or are not planned to be constructed in that area concurrently with the development.
(D) In cases where the proposed subdivision plat is a resubdivision of portions of an existing subdivision or a replat in connection with the abandonment of a portion of existing public streets and public places, or there are existing conditions on the subject property or on nearby property which unduly affect the platting and development of the subject property, the Board shall have the right to vary the strict application of these subdivision regulations in appropriate cases in such a manner as to carry out the spirit and purpose of these regulations.
('69 Code, § 14-9) (Ord. 69, passed 11-5-62; Am. Ord. 458, passed 11-21-77)
(E) The Board may approve the preliminary plat as presented, or with minor modifications, if found to be in conformance with the regulations of this chapter, or may disapprove the plat when not found to be in conformance or readily capable of being revised to conform. Approval of the preliminary plat subject to conditions, revisions, and modifications as stipulated by the Board, shall constitute conditional Board approval of the subdivision as to the character and intensity of development, the general layout, the approximate dimensions of streets and lots, and other proposed features.
(F) The recommended approval of the Planning and Zoning Board on a preliminary plat shall become null and void unless a final plat conforming to the preliminary plat is finally approved by the City Commission and recorded within six months of the date of the preliminary plat recommended for approval. However, the Board's approval for an additional period up to six months, if no preliminary plat for a contiguous area that is inconsistent with the previously approved plat has been filed with the Board.
('69 Code, § 14-11(b),(c)) (Ord. 69, passed 11-5-62; Am. Ord. 2021-02, adopted 3-17-21; sought to be reconsidered, Commission passed 4-21-2021)