A preliminary plan shall include the following:
(a) Vicinity sketch. A vicinity sketch drawn at a scale of 400 feet or more to the inch shall be drawn on or shall accompany the preliminary plan. Such sketch shall show:
(1) The relation of the proposed development to its general surroundings, including the location of proposed streets and their connections to existing or proposed streets in adjacent subdivisions; and
(2) The names and boundaries of adjacent existing subdivisions and names of record owners of unplatted tracts immediately adjoining the proposed subdivision.
(b) Scale and north arrow. The scale of the preliminary plan shall be 100 feet to the inch, and a north arrow shall be clearly shown on the plan.
(c) Plan title. The plan title shall include the following:
(1) Name of subdivision. The name of the subdivision, which name shall not duplicate or closely approximate the name of any other subdivision in the County;
(2) Location. The tract designation according to real estate records of the County
Recorder, showing location by section, range, township, county and state;
(3) Names of developers. The names and addresses of the owner of record, the subdivider and the engineer and/or surveyor; and
(4) Date. The date of plat preparation.
(d) Existing features and conditions. The following existing features and conditions shall be shown:
(1) Streets and other features. The locations, widths and names of all existing or platted street rights-of-way and pavements or other public ways; utility easements; parks and other public open spaces included within or adjacent to the tract; other important features such as existing buildings, watercourses and drainage channels; and corporation, section, township and county lines;
(2) Names of abutting owners and subdivisions. The names of adjacent subdivisions and owners of adjoining tracts of unsubdivided land;
(3) Zoning districts. Zoning boundary lines, if any, as they exist on the official Zoning Map included in the Zoning Code; and
(4) Topography. Contours, normally with intervals of five feet, referenced to U.S.G.S. Datum, as required by the Planning Commission.
(e) Proposed development features. The plan shall indicate the following features:
(1) Boundary lines. The boundary lines, accurate in scale, of the proposed area to be subdivided;
(2) Proposed street plan. The layout of streets, including names and widths of proposed rights-of-way and crosswalks;
(3) Lot layout. The layout and number of proposed lots and typical lot sizes;
(4) Dedications and reservations of land. Parcels of land intended to be dedicated or temporarily reserved for public use, or to be reserved by deed covenant for use of all property owners in the subdivision, and conditions, if any, of such dedication or reservation; and
(5) Watercourses. If the subdivision is traversed by a channel, stream, creek or other watercourse, the present and/or proposed location of such watercourse.
(Ord. 22-1979, passed 9-11-1979)