A.
The following procedures shall apply to the filing
for preliminary approval of any subdivision. The preliminary plat
shall conform to the minimum requirements of the Comprehensive Plan
(which shall have been previously ascertained by the subdivider),
and shall also reflect and show all contiguously owned lands of the
developer, notwithstanding that all of said land may never be finally
platted.
B.
The plat shall be drawn to a scale of 100 feet to
the inch and shall contain the following information:
(1)
Date, scale and North point.
(2)
The proposed subdivision name and all intended street
names.
(3)
The name of the subdivider, the engineer and/or surveyor
preparing the plat.
(4)
Legal description showing location of plat.
(5)
Topographic survey map of the area being subdivided,
showing contours at two-foot intervals.
(6)
A key map showing the location of the plat in the
section, township and range in which the plat is located.
(7)
Location and names of adjacent subdivisions and the
owners of adjoining parcels of unsubdivided land.
(8)
Location, widths and names of all existing platted
or dedicated streets, alleys or other public ways and easements, railroad
and utility rights-of-way, parks, watercourses, drainage ditches,
permanent buildings, bridges, and other pertinent data as required
by the Planning Commission.
(9)
The water elevations of adjoining lakes or streams
at the date of the survey and the approximate high- and low-water
elevations of such lakes or streams. All elevations shall refer to
the established United States Coast and Geodetic Survey datum.
(10)
When a subdivision borders a lake or stream,
the distance and bearings of a meander line shall be established not
less than 20 feet back from the ordinary high-water mark of the lake
or from the bank of the stream.
(11)
Layout and width of all new streets and rights-of-way,
including alleys, highways and easements, whether private or public,
and for public and private utilities.
(12)
The proposed street names and system of numbering
lots and blocks.
(13)
The exact length of the exterior boundaries
of the land to be subdivided (property boundary line shall be shown
in heavy line).
(14)
Approximate dimensions of all lots.
(15)
Approximate radii of all curves and lengths
of all tangents.
(16)
Approximate location and area of property to
be dedicated for public use or to be reserved by deed covenant for
use of all property owners in the subdivision, with any conditions
of such dedication or reservation.
(17)
The location, size and type of sanitary and
storm sewers, water mains, culverts, and other surface and subsurface
structures and pipe lines existing within or immediately adjacent
to the proposed subdivision; and the location, layout, type and proposed
size of the following structures and utilities:
(18)
The location of all drainage channels and subsurface
drainage structures, and the proposed method of disposing of all runoff
from the proposed subdivision, and the location and size of all drainage
easements relating thereto, whether they are located within or outside
of the proposed plat.
(19)
Where deed restrictions are to be recorded on
the plat, a brief description of the proposed restrictions should
accompany the preliminary plat.
(20)
A description of the improvements such as grading,
paving, tree planting, walks, and installation of utilities which
the subdivider proposes to make, and the time when they are proposed
to be made, shall accompany the preliminary plat.
A.
The original plat shall be an original drawing made
with India ink on a good grade linen tracing cloth, or with a suitable
black acetate base ink on a stable polyester base film coated upon
completion with a suitable plastic material to prevent flaking and
to assure permanent legibility, or a print on a stable polyester base
film made by photographic processes from a film scribing tested for
residual hypo with an approved hypo testing solution to assure permanency.
(1)
Marginal lines, standard certificates and approval
forms may be printed or legibly stamped on the plat with permanent
opaque black ink.
(2)
The dimensions of the plat shall be 24 inches by 36
inches or shall be a size that can be properly and conveniently folded
to these dimensions and shall be drawn to a minimum scale of 100 feet
to the inch; except that plats in which all lots contain a net area
in excess of 40,000 square feet, the plat may be drawn to a scale
of 200 feet to the inch.
(3)
The drawing surface of the plat shall have a binding
margin of two inches at the left side of the plat, a margin of not
less than one inch at the right side, and a margin of not less than
1 1/2 inches at the top and bottom.
B.
The final plat shall contain the following information:
(1)
Name of subdivision and the name of the owner, the
subdivider, and the engineer or land surveyor.
(2)
Date, North point and scale (written and graphic).
(3)
Boundaries of the subdivided area with accurate distances
and bearings noted thereon.
(4)
Exact location of the subdivision and the description
of all monuments found or placed in making the survey. The survey
shall be conducted by forming a base line by placing on the line of
a street two good and sufficient monuments of such size and dimensions
as the City Engineer shall direct. The point or points where the base
line may be found shall be distinguished on the plat.
(5)
The lines, names, and width or dimensions of all proposed
street rights-of-way.
(6)
The lines, widths and purposes of all easements.
(7)
Numbered designation of all lots in the subdivision
with their lines and dimensions accurately shown. All lots shall be
numbered in progressive numbers.
(8)
The names of all adjacent subdivisions.
(9)
Exact dimensions of all lots.
(10)
The following, which shall be made and shown
on the original reproducible:
(a)
Owner's certificate and dedication, signed;
(b)
Engineer's certificate of survey, signed, and
his seal;
(c)
Certificate for release of mortgage for any
portion dedicated to the public, signed;
(d)
Reference to any separate instruments, including
restrictive covenants, filed in the office of the County Recorder
of Deeds which directly affect the land being subdivided;
(e)
Certificate of Planning Commission action;
(f)
Certificate of City Council's acceptance of
streets, alleys, easements and public land dedications;
(g)
Tax receipt showing all taxes payable on all
property within the limits of the tract as paid in full for the last
five years or, in lieu thereof, a statement that such taxes have been
paid, signed by the County Treasurer;
(h)
A receipt for the payment of all special assessments
to which the subdivision is subject. These shall either be paid in
full or, in lieu thereof, a letter from the City Clerk shall be submitted
stating that a surety bond has been filed with him insuring the payment
of all interest and principal payments until the assessment is paid
in full.
(11)
Exact radii of all curves and length of all
tangents.
(12)
Plans and specifications on all required improvements.
(13)
Any additional data as may be required by the
Planning Commission.
[Amended 5-1-2007 by Ord. No. 5011]
Preliminary and filing fees shall be set by
Council as established by resolution.
