City of Hollister, MO Article III Requirements

Section 405.080 Preliminary Plat.

[CC 1983 §43.200; Ord. No. 99-01, 1-21-1999; ]

A. A Preliminary Plat shall be provided by the subdivider and consist of the following:

1. Location Map. (which shall be prepared by indicating the following data on available maps) showing:

[Ord. No. 17-32, 10-5-2017]

a. Boundary line of the proposed subdivision indicated by a solid heavy line and the total approximate acreage involved.

b. Subdivision name and location, specifying U.S. Survey and Township lines, County and State.

c. Any and all thoroughfares related to the subdivision.

d. Existing elementary and secondary schools, parks and playgrounds available for serving the area proposed to be subdivided and other community features.

e. Title, scale, north arrow and date.

2. Preliminary plat showing:

a. Proposed name of the subdivision and location.

b. Names and addresses of the owner, subdivider and the City Planner, land planning consultant, engineer or registered land surveyor who prepared the plat.

c. Streets and rights-of-way on and adjoining the site of the proposed subdivision; showing the name and including roadway widths; approximate gradients; types and width of pavement, curbs, sidewalks, crosswalks, planting strips, street light location and type of poles wiring, etc., and other pertinent data.

d. All lot lines adjacent to and abutting the subdivision.

e. Layouts of lots, showing approximate dimensions and numbers.

f. Parcels of land proposed to be dedicated or reserved for schools, parks, playgrounds or other public, semi-public or community purposes.

g. All easements, existing and proposed, showing locations, widths and purposes shall be drawn and a summary notation section shall be provided in the marginal data on the plat.

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h. Building setback or front yard lines and dimensions shall be drawn and a summary notation section shall be provided in the marginal data on the plat.

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i. Location and size of nearest water main, sewer outlet and other pertinent utilities.

j. Location, type and approximate size of utilities to be installed.

k. Tract boundary lines showing dimensions, bearings, angles and references to known land lines.

l. Contours at vertical intervals of two (2) feet, if the general slope of the site is less than sixteen percent (16%) and at vertical intervals of five (5) feet if the general slope is sixteen percent (16%) or greater.

m. Tree masses and all individual trees having a caliper of six (6) inches or greater at four (4) feet above the base. Key plan, legend and notes.

n. Location of existing structures.

o. A preliminary outline of the deed restrictions and covenants that would be placed upon the subdivision.

p. Landscaping plans and proposed limits on the location and intensity of signs, advertising and off-street parking shall be included in the case of a proposed subdivision for industrial or commercial use.

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q. Scale, North Arrow And Date. The preliminary plat of the subdivision shall be drawn to a scale of fifty (50) feet to one (1) inch, or one hundred (100) feet to one (1) inch; provided, however, that if the resulting drawing would be over thirty-six (36) inches in the shortest dimension, a scale as recommended by the Commission shall be used.

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Section 405.090 Final Plat.

[CC 1983 §43.210; Ord. No. 06-13, 5-4-2006]

A. The final plat shall be provided by the subdivider and meet the following specifications:

1. The final plat shall include all or only a part of the preliminary plat which has received approval.

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2. The original drawing of the final plat shall be drawn with waterproof black ink to a scale of fifty (50) feet to one (1) inch, provided that, if the resulting drawing would be greater than thirty-six (36) inches in the shortest dimension, a scale of up to one hundred (100) feet to one (1) inch shall be used. Five (5) black or blue line prints shall be submitted with the original final plat for a total of six (6) copies to be signed; and in order to conform to modern drafting and reproduction methods, if available, an electronic (digital) copy of the final plat shall be furnished by the licensed surveyor to be submitted with the hard copies. The digital format shall be an image (tif) or shapefile as exported from AutoCAD or other creating software. Prints filed with the City shall include one (1) print made after recording the final plat and bearing the official stamp attesting the fact of the recording and a reproducible print of the final plat, as approved.

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3. All elevations shall be referenced to the established datum and the said reference shall be clearly stated on any plans or drawings showing such datum, providing bench marks are located within a reasonable distance.

4. All dimensions shall be shown in feet and decimals of a foot.

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5. The title shall be placed in the lower right corner and a suitable border line shall be placed on all tracings with a margin of not less than one-half (1/2) of all sides.

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6. The following basic information shall be shown: all surveys for a final plat shall be made under the active and personal direction of a registered professional engineer or registered surveyor of Missouri.

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a. Accurate boundary lines, with dimensions and bearings or angles, which provide a survey of the tract, closing with an error of closure of not more than one (1) foot in five thousand (5,000) feet. Coordinates shall be established for all property corners.

b. Accurate distances and directions to the nearest established street corner of official monuments. Reference corners shall be accurately described on the final plat.

c. Accurate locations of all existing and recorded streets intersecting the boundaries of the tract shall be shown by heavy solid lines.

d. Accurate metes and bounds description of the boundary and the included area to the nearest one hundredth (1/100) of an acre.

e. Right-of-way line of streets, easements and other rights-of-way, and property lines of lots and other tracts, with accurate dimensions, bearing and curve data, including radii, arcs and chords, points of tangency and central angles.

f. Name and right-of-way width for each street or other right-of-way.

g. All locations, dimensions and purposes of any easement shown by light, dashed lines and summary notation section shall be provided in the marginal data on the plat.

h. Number to identify each lot or site.

i. Purpose for which sites, other than residential lots, are dedicated or reserved.

j. Building setback or front yard lines and dimensions shall be drawn and summary notation section shall be provided in the marginal data on the plat.

k. Floor elevation and sitting of each proposed building.

l. Location, type, material and size of all monuments and lot markers, including elevations related to mean sea level as established by the U.S. Geological Survey.

m. Names of owners and mortgages accepting said plat, with owner or owners personally signing all plans or drawings.

n. Names of record owners and/or recorded book and page number from Taney County Recorder's Office of adjoining unplatted land shall be shown by medium dashed or two (2) dotted lines.

o. Reference to recorded subdivision plats of adjoining platted land by record name, date and number, shall be shown by medium dashed and two (2) dotted lines.

p. Restrictions of all types which will run with the land and become covenants in the deeds for lots. Restriction lines shall be shown by medium dashed lines.

q. Title, north arrow, scale and date.

r. Certification by registered surveyor or registered professional engineer with registration number and seal affixed to all documents of the final plat.

s. Certification by the registered surveyor or registered professional engineer stating that all lots conform to the requirements of the Zoning District in which it is located.

t. Certification of dedication of all public areas.

u. Certificate that all taxes due have been paid.

v. Certificate for approval by the Planning Commission.

w. Certificate for approval by the Board of Aldermen.

Section 405.100 Improvement Plans and Specifications.

[CC 1983 §43.220; Ord. No. 06-11, 4-20-2006]

A. The final plat submission to the Board of Aldermen shall be accompanied by the plans and specifications for the improvements required under Article V. The plans and profiles of all streets, storm and sanitary sewers, water lines and drainage structures, together with their drainage area, shall be prepared on standard plan and profile sheets and shall bear the seal and signature of the registered professional engineer responsible for their preparation. A cross section of the proposed streets shall be included showing the widths of roadways, location and width of sidewalks and the location of underground utilities. The plans shall show the lines of all proposed sidewalks and the location of all proposed street lights. The plans, cross sections and specifications for the proposed improvements shall be submitted to and approved by the appropriate City department prior to submission to the Board of Aldermen with the final plat. Four (4) black or blue line prints of the approved documents should be included with the final plat submission. After the completion of the construction of the improvements, a set of reproducible prints showing the as-built details and changes, if any, shall be filed with the City.

B. Upon adoption of a major street plan and subdivision regulations, the municipality shall not accept, lay out, open, improve, grade, pave or light any street, lay or authorize the laying of water mains, sewers, connections or other utilities in any street within the municipality unless the street has received the legal status of a public street prior to the adoption of a City plan; or unless the street corresponds in its location and lines with a street shown on a subdivision plat approved by the Aldermen or Planning Commission or on a street plan made by and adopted by the Planning Commission. The Aldermen may locate and construct or may accept any other street if the ordinance or other measure for the location and construction or for the acceptance is first submitted to the Commission for its approval and approval is recommended by the Commission or, if disapproved by the Commission, is passed by the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds (⅔) of the entire membership of the Board of Aldermen.

C. After the adoption of a major street plan, no building permit shall be issued for and no building shall be erected on any lot within the territorial jurisdiction of the Planning Commission unless the street giving access to the lot upon which the building is proposed to be placed conforms to the requirements of this Chapter.

Section 405.110 Performance Guarantee.

[CC 1983 §43.230; Ord. No. 07-31, 9-20-2007]

Before filing a final plat for approval the developer must either have the infrastructure engineered, in place with a one (1) year maintenance guarantee and approved by the City or a performance guarantee shall be required from the subdivider in the amount of the estimate approved by the City for the cost of the proposed improvements. A maintenance guarantee shall also be required covering estimated cost of normal maintenance, plus insurance against vandalism and acts of nature that could cause the replacement of all or part of the constructed facility which is to be accepted for municipal maintenance. The performance guarantee shall run to the Board of Aldermen and be with good and sufficient surety satisfactory to the Board and as approved by the City Attorney, conditioned upon the installation of the required improvements within two (2) years after the approval of the final plat. The maintenance guarantee running to the City and equally acceptable should cover the period between actual construction or termination of the performance guarantee and the date for formal acceptance of the facility so designated for acceptance. Filing of the actual bonds or other securities shall not be required until after the final plat approval, but sufficient information concerning the form of guarantee to be used shall be submitted with the final plat documents to permit Board approval at that time.