(A) Procedure for filing of preliminary plans.
(1) Filing:
(a) A preliminary plan for the subdivision of any land within the corporate limits of the village or within one and one-half miles of the corporate limits of the village shall be first submitted in triplicate to the Village Board by a subdivider wishing to divide such land into building lots for sale or assessment, or both, or wishing to dedicate streets, alleys or other land for public use. Said preliminary plan shall include all adjacent land held in ownership or controlled by the subdivider and intended for future development.
(b) The Village Board shall, instruct the Village Engineer to collaborate with the subdivider in assembling plans for the design and construction of streets and such other public improvements as are required by this chapter or any other ordinances.
(2) The preliminary plan shall contain the following:
(a) Identification and description:
1. Proposed name of the subdivision;
2. Location by township, section, range or by other legal description;
3. Names and addresses of developer and designer who made the plan;
4. Scale of plan one inch equals 100 feet, or larger. Tracts of 200 acres or more may be drawn at a scale of one inch equals 200 feet;
5. Date; and
6. Northpoint.
(b) Delineation of existing conditions:
1. Boundary line of proposed subdivision shall be clearly indicated and the total approximate acreage encompassed thereby;
2. Location, widths and names of all existing or prior platted streets or other public ways, railroad and utility rights-of-way, parks and other public open spaces, permanent buildings and structures, houses and permanent easements, and section and corporate lines within or adjacent to the tract;
3. Boundary lines of adjacent tracts of unsubdivided or subdivided land;
4. Existing sewers, water mains, culverts or other underground facilities within the tract, indicating pipe sizes, manholes and exact location;
5. Existing zoning of proposed subdivision and adjacent tracts in zoned areas;
6. Contours at two-foot intervals except where topography of the tract demands one-foot contour intervals;
7. Layout of streets, widths of rights-of-way and also the widths of cross-walkways and easements;
8. Layout, number and dimensions of lots;
9. Parcels of land intended to be dedicated or temporarily reserved for public use or set aside for use of property owners in the subdivision;
10. Building setback lines, showing dimensions; and
11. Easements shall be provided for any and all public utilities where alleys are not provided. Proper continuity for the utilities from block to block shall be maintained.
(3) The following qualifications shall govern approval of the preliminary plan.
(a) The approval of a preliminary plan by the Village Board is tentative only, involving merely the general acceptability of the layout as submitted.
(b) The Village Board may require such changes or revisions as are deemed necessary in the interest and the needs of the village.
(c) Subsequent approval will be required of the engineering proposals pertaining to water supply, storm drainage, sewerage and sewage disposal, gas and electric service, street lighting, fire hydrants, grading, gradients and roadway widths, and the surfacing of streets, by the Village Engineer and the county officials where concerned, prior to the approval of the final plat by the village.
(d) No plan will be approved for the subdivision of land which is subject to periodic flooding or which contains extremely poor drainage facilities and which would make adequate drainage of the streets impossible; however, if the subdivider agrees to make improvements which will, in the opinion of the Village Engineer or the County Superintendent of Highways, where concerned, make the area completely safe for residential occupancy and provide adequate street drainage, the preliminary plan of the subdivision may be approved.
(e) Tentative approval shall be effective for a maximum period of 12 months unless, upon application of the developer, the Village Board grants an extension. If the final plat has not been recorded within this time limit, the preliminary plan must again be submitted for approval.
(B) Approval of final plat.
(1) Filing.
(a) After approval of the preliminary plan by the Village Board and the fulfillment of the requirements of these regulations, one tracing of the final plat of the subdivision drawn in ink on tracing cloth not to exceed 36 inches by 48 inches in size, shall be submitted to the Village Board for approval.
(b) Action must be taken by the Village Board within 30 days after the final plat has been submitted for approval.
(c) Upon approval by the Village Board the developer shall record the plat with the Recorder of the county within six months. If not recorded within this time the approval shall be null and void.
(d) A print of the final plat, as recorded, will be filed and retained in the offices of the village.
(2) The final plat shall contain the following:
(a) Identification and description:
1. Name of subdivision;
2. Location by township, section, range or by other legal description;
3. Names of owners and certification by a licensed surveyor;
4. Scale one inch to 100 feet or larger (shown graphically);
5. Date; and
6. Northpoint.
(b) Delineation:
1. Boundary of plat based on an accurate traverse, with angular and lineal dimensions;
2. Exact location, width and names of all streets within and adjoining the plat, and the exact location and widths of all cross-walks. Proposed street names shall be checked with the proper village officials;
3. True angles and distances to the nearest established street lines or official monuments (not less than three) which shall be accurately described in the plat;
4. Municipal, township, county or section lines accurately tied to the lines of the subdivision by distances and angles;
5. Radii, internal angles, points and curvatures, tangent bearings and lengths of all arcs;
6. All easements for rights-of-way provided for public services and utilities;
7. All lot numbers and lines, with accurate dimensions in feet and hundredths;
8. Accurate location of at least two monuments, which shall be concrete six inches by six inches by 30 inches with metal pipe or rod cast in center. Permanent stone or concrete monuments shall be set at two corners or angles on the outside boundary. Pipes or other physical markers shall be placed at each intersection of street center lines. All U.S., state, county or other official benchmarks, monuments or triangulation stations in or adjacent to the property shall be preserved in precise position;
9. Accurate outlines and legal descriptions of any areas to be dedicated or reserved for public use, with the purpose indicated thereon, and of any area to be reserved by deed covenant for common use of all property owners;
10. Building setback lines accurately shown by dimensions;
11. Protective covenants which meet with the approval of the Village Board shall be made a part of the final plat and filed of record with the County Recorder;
12. Certification by a registered surveyor to the effect that the plat represents a survey made by him or her and that monuments and markers shown thereon exist as located and that all dimensional and geodetic details are correct;
13. Notarized certification, by owner or owners or by any mortgage holder on record, of the adoption of the plat and the dedication of streets and other public areas;
14. Certifications showing that all taxes and special assessments due on the property to be subdivided have been paid in full;
15. Proper form for the approval of the Village Board with space for signature;
16. Approval by signature of village, county and state officials concerned with the specifications of utility installations; and
17. Approval by signature of the Village Board. Such approval shall be as follows:
I, ___________, President of the Village of Wapella, do certify that on this _____ day of ____________, 20___, this plat of subdivision was duly approved by the Village Board of the Village of Wapella.
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President
This approval of the final plat shall not be deemed to constitute or effect an acceptance by the public of the dedication of any street or other proposed public way or space shown on the plat.
(1975 Code, § 33-105) Penalty, see § 152.99