(A) Preliminary plat requirements.
(1) A preliminary plat shall be clearly and legibly drawn on tracing paper, tracing cloth, or Mylar of good quality and all prints or copies thereof shall be clear and legible. The size of the tracing should be the same as the size used for the final plat. It shall be at a scale of 100 feet to one inch or more, showing clearly all details thereof.
(2) A preliminary plat, together with such accompanying sheets of data and other materials as are needed for the purpose, shall show the following:
(a) The proposed names of subdivision, north arrow, scale, and date of preparation;
(b) Names and addresses of the owners, lien holders, subdivider, surveyor, or engineer, and designer;
(c) Sufficient legal description to define the location of and boundary of the land to be divided and the location and names of all existing subdivisions, streets (and street widths), and unsubdivided property and ownership adjoining the proposed subdivision, between it and the nearest existing streets and for a distance of not less than 600 feet beyond the boundaries of the subdivision, zoning on and adjacent to the subdivision. Also: photographs, when required by the Planning Commission, identifying camera location, directions of views, and key numbers;
(d) A sketch, approximately to scale, clearly indicating an ultimate street and block layout for the entire ownership, when only a portion is proposed to be subdivided first;
(e) Locations, names, widths, and existing and proposed finished grades of all streets, highways, major thoroughfares, and alleys;
(f) Locations and width of all easements and rights-of-way for drainage, sewerage, public utilities, or railroads, or for other purposes;
(g) Lot lines with approximate dimensions;
(h) Radii of all curves;
(i) Designation of areas which, before improvements, are subject to inundation or stream water overflow, and location of all water courses and drainage ditches;
(j) Proposed uses of the lots and parcels, proposed building setback (front yard) lines, minimum areas for building sites, other area requirements, and bulk and height requirements or restrictions, and an outline of proposed deed restrictions;
(k) Designation of proposed public streets, alleys, rights-of-way, easements, and other areas proposed to be dedicated for public purposes, and their purposes;
(l) Locations and types of existing structures, locations of large trees, and other ground cover, and contours at an interval of one foot or at an interval of not more than five feet if the latter is acceptable to the reviewing authority;
(m) The name and address of the person to whom notice of the Planning Commission’s hearing on the plat shall be sent;
(n) Accompanying the preliminary plat shall be a plan showing grades and profiles of the streets and the approximate location of utilities; and
(o) A certificate by the Utility Departments or other designated authority that all utilities, improvements have been discussed and preliminary planning made.
(B) Final plat requirements.
(1) The final plat shall be drawn in accordance with the provisions of state statutes.
(2) The final plat shall show:
(a) The name of the subdivision, scale, north arrow, and date;
(b) Names and addresses of owners, lien holders, subdivider, surveyor, and designer. Names of record owners of adjoining unplatted land;
(c) Primary control points or descriptions and ties to such control points, to which all dimensions, angles, bearing, elevations, and similar data shall be referred;
(d) Subdivision boundary lines, side and center lines of streets, and other rights-of-way, lines of easements, lot lines, lines of all other sites, and of all reservations; with accurate dimensions, bearings, or deflection angles, and radii, arcs, and central angles of all curves;
(e) Location and description of monuments. At least three iron or stone monuments shall be placed at some corners in the ground in such a way that the lines between the monument form two or more base lines from which to make future surveys;
(f) Names and widths of streets and other rights-of-way;
(g) Widths and purposes of easements;
(h) Block numbers, consecutive;
(i) Lot numbers, consecutive, starting with the figure “I” in each block;
(j) Dedication of any sites, in addition to streets, alleys, rights-of-way, and easements, and the purpose;
(k) Owners’ statement offering streets, alleys, rights-of-way, and public areas for dedication to the public;
(l) Certificate of title or abstract showing ownership;
(m) Other data, certificates, affidavits, and endorsement that may be required by the Planning Commission or the Council;
(n) Accompanying the final plat shall be restrictive covenants, if any, in form for recording. On the plat shall be written an instrument of dedication which shall be signed and acknowledged by the owner of the land; and
(o) Accompanying the final plat shall be a plan showing grades and profiles of streets and the approximate location of utilities and a certificate by the Utility Departments that all utilities improvements have been discussed and preliminary planning made.
(3) The surveyor shall certify under oath on the plat that it is a correct representation of the survey, that all distances are correctly shown on the plat, that the monuments for guidance of future surveys have been correctly placed in the ground as shown, that the outside boundary lines are correctly designated on the plat, and that the topography of the land is correctly shown in the plat.
(4) No plan will be approved for a subdivision which covers an area subject to periodic flooding or which contains extremely poor drainage facilities and which would make adequate drainage of the streets and lots impossible, unless the subdivider agrees to make improvements which will, in the opinion of the Council, make the area completely safe for occupancy and provide adequate street and lot drainage.
(5) Certification showing that all taxes and special assessments currently due on the property to be subdivided have been paid in full.
(2006 Code, § 12.04) (Ord. 131, passed 12-24-1971; Ord. 24, 3rd Series, passed 6-18-1981)