A.
Regulatory.
(1)
Grading; recording deeds. No person, firm or corporation proposing
to make or having made a subdivision within the area of jurisdiction
of these Subdivision Regulations shall proceed with any grading for
roads or alleys before obtaining from the Planning Commission the
approval of the preliminary plat of the proposed subdivision, and
no deeds shall be recorded for lots in any subdivision, before obtaining
from the Commission the approval of the final plat of the proposed
subdivision.
(2)
Conformity with master plan. The layout of the proposed subdivision
shall be in general conformity with the Master Plan of the City.
(3)
Access; drainage; geology. No land shall be subdivided for residential
use:
(a)
Unless adequate access to the land over adequate streets or
thoroughfares exists or will be provided by the subdivider; or
(b)
If such land is considered by the Planning 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.
B.
Advisory. In order to make the most of the opportunities related
to the subdivision and to conserve time, effort and expense, the owner
or subdivider should consult with the Planning Commission, the Engineer
and other relevant public officials prior to the preparation of the
tentative plan of the subdivision; this informal review should prevent
unnecessary and costly revisions. The Master Plan should be reviewed
to determine how the proposed subdivision will fit into that plan.
Requirements for thoroughfares, school and recreational sites; shopping
centers, community facilities; sanitation, water supply and drainage
and relationship to other developments, existing and proposed, in
the vicinity, should be determined in advance of the preparation of
the subdivision plat. A thorough estimate of the situation will result
in sound decisions with respect to the form, character and extent
of the proposed subdivision.
A person or corporation desiring approval of a plat of a subdivision
of any land lying within the jurisdiction of the Planning Commission
shall submit a written application to the Commission at least 10 days
prior to the date of a regular or special Commission meeting. Such
application shall be accompanied by the following information and
plans:
A.
A location map showing.
(1)
Subdivision name and location.
(2)
Major existing thoroughfares related to the subdivision, including
the distance therefrom.
(3)
Title, graphic scale, north point and date. The location map need
not be a special drawing. The data may be shown by notations on available
maps, or by small sketch on the preliminary plan.
B.
A site map showing:
(1)
A land inspection sketch showing terrain features, wooded areas,
buildings and other natural or artificial features which would affect
the plan of the subdivision.
(2)
Tract boundary lines, showing dimensions, bearings and corners.
(3)
Streets and rights-of-way, on or adjoining the site, including dedicated
widths, roadway widths, approximate gradients, types and widths of
pavements, curbs, sidewalks and other pertinent data.
(4)
Easements: location, widths and purposes.
(5)
Utilities, including sanitary and storm sewers, other drainage facilities;
water lines; gas mains; electric utilities and other facilities. Size
or capacity of each should be shown and the locations of or distance
of each existing utility indicated.
(6)
Existing platting of adjacent land: 500 feet of all adjacent area
to be shown and areas subject to periodic overflow of flood or stormwaters.
(7)
Other features or conditions which would affect the subdivision favorably
or adversely.
(8)
Title, graphic scale, North point and data.
C.
Preliminary plat. A preliminary plat of the subdivision, drawn to
scale of 50 feet to one inch or 100 feet to one inch. The preliminary
plat shall be 18 inches by 22 1/2 inches in size, or made in multiples
of this size and cut along match lines, and shall show:
(1)
Proposed names of the subdivision.
(2)
Names and addresses of owner and subdivider and the City planner,
land planning consultant, engineer or surveyor who prepared the plan.
(3)
Street pattern, showing the names (which, when not extensions of
existing streets, shall not duplicate other names of streets in the
City) and widths of rights-of-way of streets, and widths of easements
or alleys.
(4)
Layout of lots, showing dimensions and numbers.
(5)
Parcels of land proposed to be dedicated or reserved for schools,
parks, playgrounds or other public, semipublic or community purposes.
(6)
Key plan, legend and notes.
(7)
Building setback or front yard lines.
E.
Protective covenants. A description of the protective covenants or
private restrictions to be incorporated in the subdivision plat.
F.
Fee. The application shall be accompanied by a certified check or
money order for $10 plus $0.25 for each lot in the proposed subdivision,
with a minimum total charge of $15 to cover the cost of checking and
verifying the proposed plat, and such amount shall be deposited in
the escrow fund of the Planning Commission under the General Fund
account of the City.
After an application for approval of a preliminary plat of a
subdivision, together with five copies of all maps and data, has been
filed, the Planning Commission will send one copy each to the County
Planning Department and the State Department of Health. Upon receipt
of recommendations from the County Planning Department and the Health
Department, if the same has been received within a period of 45 days
of such transmittal, or such reasonable further time as may be requested
by the County Planning Department or Health Department, the Commission
shall review the application and shall approve the plat proposed in
the application subject to its receipt of an acceptable final plat,
as described in these Subdivision Regulations or shall conditionally
approve or disapprove the plat, setting forth its reasons in its own
records and providing the applicant with a copy. If it is disapproved,
the subdivider shall submit a new preliminary plat.
The final plat shall meet the following specifications:
A.
The plat may include all or only a part of the plat as proposed in
the application.
B.
The original drawing of the plat of the subdivision shall be 18 inches
by 22 1/2 inches, or made in multiples of this size and cut along
match lines. It shall be drawn at a scale of 50 or 100 feet to the
inch. Four black or blue line prints and one reproducible print shall
be submitted with the original final plat or in order to conform to
modern drafting and reproduction methods, lettering may be applied
to the final plat in a manner which will permit the plat to be reproduced
by film, litholoid or other suitable photographic process at the designated
scale, and in such case, four black line prints and two reproducible
prints shall be submitted.
C.
The following basic information shall be shown:
(1)
Accurate boundary lines, with dimensions and angles which provide
a survey of the tract, closing with an error of not more than one
foot in 5,000 feet.
(2)
Accurate distances and directions to the nearest established street
corners or official monuments. Reference corners shall be accurately
described on the plan.
(3)
Accurate locations of all existing and recorded streets intersecting
the boundaries of the tract.
(4)
Source of title to the land as shown by the books of the County Recorder.
(5)
Street names.
(6)
Complete curve date for all curves included in the plan.
(7)
Street lines with accurate dimensions in feet and hundredths of feet,
with angles to the nearest 10 seconds to street, alley and lot lines.
(8)
Lot numbers and dimensions.
(9)
Easements for utilities and any limitations on such easements.
(10)
Accurate dimensions of any property to be dedicated or reserved
for public, semipublic or community use.
(11)
Location, type, material and size of all monuments and lot markers.
(12)
Restrictions of all types which will run with the land and become
covenants in the deeds for lots.
(13)
Name of the subdivision.
(14)
Name and address of the owner and subdivider.
(15)
North point, graphic scale and date.
(16)
Certification by a registered professional engineer or registered
land surveyor.
(17)
Certificate of dedication of streets and other public property.
(18)
Certificate for approval by the Planning Commission.
(19)
Front yard setback lines, the minimum as fixed by the applicable
Zoning Ordinance, and any other setback or street lines established
by these Subdivision Regulations, or by public authority and those
specifications in the deed restrictions.
D.
In submitting the final plat to the Planning Commission, it shall
be accompanied by one of the following:
(1)
A certificate that all improvements and installations to the subdivision
required in corresponding sections of these Subdivision Regulations
have been made or installed in accordance with specifications; or
(2)
A bond which shall:
(a)
Run to the proper authority of the City.
(b)
Be in an amount determined by the Commission to be sufficient
to complete the improvements and installations in compliance with
these Subdivision Regulations.
(c)
Be with surety satisfactory to the Commission.
(d)
Specify the time for the completion of the improvements and
installations.
A.
Upon a finding by the Planning Commission that the final plat submitted
is in accordance with the requirements of these Subdivision Regulations,
it shall affix the Commission's seal upon the plat together with
the certifying signature of its Chairman.
B.
The approval of the final plat by the Commission shall be deemed
an acceptance of the proposed dedication, but shall not impose any
duty upon the City concerning maintenance or improvement of any such
dedicated streets, highways, alleys or other portions of the same,
until the City has made actual appropriation of the same by entry,
use or improvement, and shall have accepted such streets, etc., as
part of the City road system, in accordance with existing law.
C.
Immediately upon approval of a subdivision, the subdivider shall
present the subdivision as approved by the Commission, to the Recorder
of Deeds of the County, who shall file the original in a book and
shall keep the same accessible to the public.
All plans and maps submitted to the Planning Commission under
these Subdivision Regulations shall have the Planning Commission seal
and approval affixed thereto and shall be properly signed by the Planning
Commission members in space provided in the lower left-hand corner
before transmission of the documents to any other agencies.
