(A) Procedure for conditional approval of preliminary plat.
(1) The subdivider shall, after the above pre-application procedure, cause to be prepared a preliminary plat together with improvement plans and other supplementary material as specified in § 155.095.
(2) Eight copies of the preliminary plat, and all required supplementary material shall be submitted to the County Community Development Department.
(3) At the time of application for preliminary approval, the subdivider shall pay a plat review fee in the amount of $25 for each lot in the proposed subdivision, with a minimum charge of $300 and a maximum charge of $1,000, such amount shall be paid into the general corporate fund of the county.
(5) Preliminary plats must be received at least nine working days prior to the Plat Review Committee meeting at which they are to be considered.
(B) The Community Development Department shall distribute a copy of the preliminary plat, meeting agenda, and soils report (if one is required) to each member of the Plat Review Committee. The following individuals and organizations shall also be notified by the Community Development Department of the date of the meeting and the time at which the preliminary plat is to be considered:
(1) Developer/owner or his designated representative;
(2) Developer/owner’s engineer, planner, or surveyor;
(3) Fire Protection District;
(4) Adjacent property owners as a courtesy;
(5) School districts;
(6) Land Use Committee Chairman; and
(7) Municipal addressing services.
(C) It shall be the developer's responsibility to contact the utility companies and the CATV company to obtain their easement requirements and other appropriate utility information concerning the proposed subdivision.
(D) The owner, or a designated representative, is required to be present when the Plat Review Committee evaluates the preliminary plat.
(E) After the preliminary plat has been reviewed at a scheduled Plat Review Committee meeting, minutes from that meeting may be prepared by the Community Development Department. A copy of the minutes may be sent to the developer, the Plat Review Committee members, and other parties requesting copies of these minutes.
(F) Approval of preliminary plat by Land Use Committee.
(1) It shall be the developer's responsibility to request the Community Development Department to submit the plat, as approved by the Plat Review Committee, to the Land Use Committee. However, if a plat has been conditionally approved by the Plat Review Committee all conditions of approval must be met and eight copies of the revised plat and drawings submitted to the Community Development Department before the preliminary plat shall be submitted to the Land Use Committee.
(2) Approval of the preliminary plat by the Land Use Committee is required prior to the submission of the final plat.
(3) Approval of the preliminary plat by the Land Use Committee shall expire one year from the date of approval. When such approval has expired, the preliminary plat must again be reviewed and approved by the Plat Review Committee and the Land Use Committee before a final plat may be submitted.
(Res. LU-20-10, passed 11-18-2020)