(A) At least one week before the submittal of a petition for subdivision plat approval, the applicant shall participate in a sketch plan review with the Plan Commission staff. This meeting serves to notify staff of a proposed application, and to advise the applicant of any preliminary requirements.
(B) The sketch plan shall contain the information set forth in § 153.27 and shall be accompanied by a fee as established in the town fee schedule (see § 36.01). The applicant shall submit a minimum of three copies of the sketch plan to the Plan Commission staff. The application shall show the manner in which the plat of the subdivision is in compliance with the Comprehensive Plan and its provisions, specifically with relation to the requirements of the Thoroughfare Plan, school and recreational sites, shopping centers, community facilities, sanitation, water supply and drainage, and other developments existing and proposed in the vicinity. However, no land shall be subdivided for residential use unless adequate access to the land over improved streets or thoroughfares exists or will be provided by the applicant, or if the land is considered by the Plan Commission to be unsuitable for such use by reason of flooding or improper drainage, objectionable earth and rock formation, topography, or any other feature harmful to the health and safety of possible residents and the community as a whole.
(C) Prior to submission of the sketch plan to the Plan Commission staff, the applicant must submit a copy of the proposed plan to the following checkpoint agencies (the “checkpoint agencies”):
(1) Town Council;
(2) Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM);
(3) School board for the school district in which the subdivision will be located;
(4) Applicable fire department;
(5) Trafalgar Police Department;
(6) Johnson County Drainage Board;
(7) County Health Department;
(8) Trafalgar Water and Sewer Utility; and
(9) Trafalgar Post Office.
(D) During the sketch plan review, the applicant shall submit a list signed by each of the foregoing checkpoint agencies indicating that they have received the sketch plan or a certification that the sketch plan has been sent to each checkpoint agency. The Plan Commission staff shall request that all officials and checkpoint agencies to whom a request for review has been made submit a written report within 15 days after receipt of the request. No response from a checkpoint agency shall be interpreted as meaning that the agency has no objection to the sketch plan.
(Ord. 2018-003, passed 4-19-2018) Penalty, see § 153.99