(a) Filing Required. Before any subdivider or his or her agent contracts for the sale of, or offers to sell, any subdivision of land or any part thereof which is under the jurisdiction of the Planning and Zoning Commission, the subdivider or his or her agent shall file a preliminary plat of the subdivision with the Commission.
(b) Procedure. An application, in writing, for the tentative approval of the preliminary plat, together with four blueprints, shall be filed with the Commission at least two weeks before the meeting of the Commission at which the plat is to be acted upon. The preliminary plat shall be prepared in accordance with the regulations set forth below, and shall be submitted to the Commission prior to the completion of final surveys of roads and lots and before the start of any grading or construction work upon the proposed roads or streets and before any map of the subdivision is made in a form suitable for recording. The Commission shall determine whether a tentative map is in proper form and shall not receive and consider such a map as filed until it is submitted in accordance with the requirements hereof. Where the preliminary plat covers only a part of the subdivider's entire holding, a sketch of the prospective future system of the unsubmitted part shall be furnished, and the road system of the submitted part will be considered in the light of adjustments and connections with the road system of the part not submitted.
(c) Vicinity Map. A vicinity map at a scale of not more than 400 feet to the inch shall be shown on, or shall accompany, the preliminary plat. This map shall show all existing subdivisions and road and tract lines of acreage parcels, together with the names of the record owners of parcels of land immediately adjoining the proposed subdivision and between it and the nearest existing thoroughfares. It shall also show how roads in the proposed subdivision may connect with existing and proposed roads in neighboring subdivisions or undeveloped property, to produce the most advantageous development of the entire neighboring area.
(d) Scale. The horizontal scale of a preliminary plat shall be 100 feet or less to the inch.
(e) Requirements of Plat. The preliminary plat shall show or include:
(1) The proposed name of the subdivision;
(2) The northpoint, scale and date;
(3) The names and addresses of the subdivider and of the site planner, engineer or surveyor;
(4) The tract, designation and other description according to the real estate records of the County Tax Map Office;
(5) The boundary line (accurate in scale) of the tract to be subdivided;
(6) If the tract to be subdivided contains twenty or more acres, a contour map of the area embraced. Contour intervals are not to exceed five feet, according to the datum plane set forth in Section 204.01 of the Administration Code. The scale of the drawing shall not exceed one inch equals 100 feet.
(7) The locations, widths and names of all existing or platted roads or other public ways within or adjacent to the tract, existing permanent buildings, railroad rights of way and other important features, such as lot lines, political subdivisions or corporation lines;
(8) The names of adjacent subdivisions or the names of record owners of adjoining parcels of unsubdivided land;
(9) Existing sewers, water mains, culverts or other underground structures within the tract and immediately adjacent thereto with pipe sizes, grades and locations indicated;
(10) All parcels of land intended to be dedicated for public use or reserved in the deeds for the use of all property owners in the proposed subdivision, together with the purpose of conditions or limitations of such reservation, if any;
(11) The layout, names and widths of proposed roads and easements;
(12) The building line proposed for each road;
(13) The profile of each road with its tentative grade. Sea level datum shall be used.
(14) The cross section of proposed roads showing the width of roadways, ditches, locations and widths of sidewalks and the location and size of utility mains;
(15) A plan and profile of proposed storm water sewers, with grades and pipe sizes indicated, and culverts and bridges;
(16) The layout, numbers and approximate dimensions of proposed lots;
(17) A statement that the lot areas and setback lines shown, as well as other proposed land uses, are in accordance with the regulations of existing township zoning boards.
(f) Approval. The following qualifications govern approval of the preliminary plat:
(1) The approval of a preliminary plat by the Planning and Zoning Commission is strictly tentative, involving merely the general acceptability of the layout as submitted.
(2) The Commission may require such changes or revisions as are deemed necessary to the welfare and needs of the community.
(3) Approval of the engineering details of the proposed roads and sewer and water systems and other proposed public facilities by the City Engineer and the Director of Public Service will be required prior to the approval of the final plat by the Commission.
(4) Tentative approval shall be effective for a maximum period of twelve months unless, upon application of the developer, the Commission grants an extension. If the final plat has not been recorded within this time limit, the preliminary plat must again be submitted to the Commission for approval.
(Ord. 1958-27. Passed 3-3-58.)