(A) Procedure for preliminary plan.
(1) In order to familiarize himself or herself with this chapter and relating laws and to avoid costly revisions of plans and plats, the subdivision is encouraged to have a preliminary discussion with the Surveyor.
(2) The subdivider shall submit to the City Administrator-Treasurer:
(a) Three copies of the preliminary plan;
(b) The City Administrator-Treasurer shall, upon receipt of the preliminary plan, refer two copies to the Planning Commission and one copy to the Surveyor;
(c) If the proposed subdivision fronts upon or has access to a state or federal truck highway, the City Administrator-Treasurer shall require an extra copy and shall also refer one copy to the State District Highway Headquarters for review required by state law;
(d) The surveyor shall within 30 days submit reports to the Commission expressing recommendations for approval, disapproval or revisions;
(e) At the first regular meeting following receipt of the above reports, the Commission shall determine whether such plan conforms to design standards set forth in this chapter and conforms to adopted city plans;
(f) Approval of a preliminary plan by the Commission assures the general acceptability of the layout. Subsequent approval will be required of the final plat; and
(g) The action taken by the Commission shall be recorded in the proceedings of the Commission and transmitted to the applicant within ten days.
(B) Data required for preliminary plan.
(1) Scale. One inch equals 100 feet or larger scale.
(2) Identification and description.
(a) Proposed name of subdivision, which name shall not duplicate or be alike in pronunciation of the name of any plat theretofore recorded in the city;
(b) Location by section, town and range with a small scale sketch showing location within the section;
(c) Names and address of the owner, subdivider, surveyor and designer of the plan;
(d) Graphic scale;
(e) North point; and
(f) Date of preparation.
(3) Existing conditions in the tract and within 300 feet surrounding the tract.
(a) Property lines;
(b) Districts proposed for nonresidential use;
(c) Total acreage of proposed plat;
(d) Platted roads, railroad right-of-way and utility easements;
(e) Permanent building or other structures;
(f) Topographic conditions of area to the platted including lakes, watercourses, swamp areas and terrain exceeding 15% slope to adequately portray the land form conditions, in sketch form; and
(g) Other reasonable information, such as soil tests and/or proposed street profiles, if requested by the surveyor in order to make a proper review of the site or to determine proper design.
(4) Subdivision design features.
(a) Layout of proposed streets, showing rights-of way widths and names of streets;
(b) Location and widths of proposed pedestrian ways and utility easements;
(c) Layout, numbers and dimensions of lots; and
(d) Areas, other than streets, pedestrian ways and utility easements, intended to be dedicated or reserved for public use, including the size of such area or areas in acres.
(5) Stage development. Whenever a portion of a tract is proposed for platting and is intended or of a size for future enlargements of such platted portion from time to time, a tentative plan for the future subdivision of the entire tract shall be submitted.
(2009 Code, § 906.03)