Plats and data shall include the following:
(a) General Subdivision Information. The general subdivision information shall describe or outline the existing conditions of the site and the proposed development as necessary to supplement the drawings required in this section. This information shall include data on existing covenants, land characteristics and available community facilities and utilities; and information describing the subdivision proposal such as the number of residential lots, typical lot width and depth, price range, business areas, playgrounds, park areas and other public areas; proposed protective covenants, proposed utilities and proposed street arrangement and improvements.
(b) Location Map. The location map shall show the relationship of the proposed subdivision to existing community facilities which serve or influence it. It shall include the development name and location; scale; north point and date; main traffic arteries; public transportation lines; and where applicable the location of existing shopping areas, schools, parks and playgrounds, hospitals, churches and other community facilities.
(c) The data required as a basis for the preliminary plat shall include existing conditions as follows except when otherwise specified by the Planning Commission:
(1) Boundary lines: bearings and distances.
(2) Easements: location, width and purpose.
(3) Streets on and adjacent to the tract: name, distances to and right-of-way width and location; type, width and elevation of roadway; any legally established center line elevations; walks, curbs, gutter, culverts, etc.
(4) Utilities on and adjacent to the tract: location, size, invert elevation and directional flow of existing and proposed subdivision sanitary and storm sewer and sewers connecting with existing and proposed Municipal interceptors, outlet or trunk sewers outside of the subdivision, and the area and location of easements to be granted to the Municipality for such proposed sewers. However, if the proposed subdivision is to be served temporarily by a subdivision sewerage treatment plant, the location of such easements as are necessary to connect the subdivision sewers with the temporary treatment plant and such easements as are necessary to bypass the treatment plant and connect with a proposed Municipal interceptor or trunk sewer shall also be shown. The location and size of water mains, location of gas lines, fire hydrants, electric and telephone poles and street lights. If water mains and sewers are not on or adjacent to the tract, indicate the direction and distance to, and size of nearest facility, showing invert elevation of sewers.
(5) Ground elevations on the tract, based on a datum plane approved by the City Engineer at a contour interval of not more than two feet.
(6) Subsurface conditions on the tract, if required by the Planning Commission or City Engineer: location and results of tests made to ascertain subsurface soil, rock and ground water conditions.
(7) Other conditions on the tract: watercourses, wetlands, marshes, rock outcrop, wooded areas, isolated preservable trees one foot or more in diameter, dwellings, buildings and other significant features.
(8) Other conditions on adjacent land: approximate direction and gradient of ground slope, including any embankments or retaining walls; character and location of buildings, railroads, power lines, towers, and other nearby nonresidential land uses or adverse influences; owners of adjacent unplatted land for adjacent platted land refer to subdivision plat by name, recorded date and number, and show approximate percent completed, typical lot size and dwelling type.
(9) Photographs, if required by the Planning Commission: camera locations, directions of views and key numbers.
(10) Zoning, on and adjacent to the tract.
(11) Proposed public improvements: highways or other major improvements planned by public authorities for future construction on or near the tract.
(12) Title and certificates: present tract designation (permanent parcel number) according to official records in the office of the County Auditor; and Recorder title under which proposed subdivision is to be recorded, with names and addresses of owners, and developers, notation stating acreage, scale, north point, datum, benchmarks, certification of registered civil engineer or surveyor and date of survey and name of site planner, engineer or surveyor who prepared the preliminary plat.
(d) The preliminary plat at a scale of 100 feet to one inch showing all existing conditions required under subsection (a) hereof, and shall show all proposals including the following:
(1) Streets: names, right-of-way and roadway widths, approximate grades and gradients.
(2) Other rights of way or easements: location, width and purpose.
(3) Location of utilities, if not shown on other exhibits.
(4) Lot lines and lot numbers.
(5) Sites, if any, to be reserved or dedicated for parks, playgrounds, or other public uses, or sites to be used for common area.
(6) Sites, if any, for multifamily dwellings, shopping centers, churches, service and industrial uses or other nonpublic uses.
(7) Minimum front and rear building setback lines.
(8) Site data, including number of residential lots, typical lot size and acres in parks, etc.
(9) Title, scale, north point and date.
(10) Approval paragraph, for execution by the Chairman and Secretary of the Planning Commission to evidence the approval of the Commission, the date thereof and the period of effectiveness of the approval in accordance with these regulations.
(e) Other Data. The preliminary plat shall be accompanied by profiles showing existing ground surface and proposed streets grades, including extensions for a reasonable distance beyond the limits of the proposed subdivision; typical cross sections of the proposed grading, roadway and sidewalk; and preliminary plans of proposed sanitary and storm water sewers with grades and sizes indicted. All elevations shall be based on a datum plane approved by the City Engineer.
(f) Draft of protective covenants whereby the developer proposes to regulate land use in the subdivision and otherwise protect the proposed development.
(g) A draft of the proposed plan of the developer to assure compliance with Chapter 1442 of the Codified Ordinances regulating maintenance of undeveloped lots during development of the lots within the subdivision, which shall include the following:
(1) The developer’s estimates of the time for completion of development of all lots in the proposed subdivision.
(2) The means and methods by which the developer proposes to comply with the provisions of Chapter 1442 applicable to undeveloped lots during the time periods for completion of development of all lots, and a method of guaranteeing and securing such compliance in the event of default by the developer for the approval by the City.
(Ord. 2005-161. Passed 11-21-05.)