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City of Weatherby Lake, MO
Platte County
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[Ord. No. 526 §7.1, 5-19-1998]
A. 
Sketch plats submitted to the Planning Commission, prepared in pen or pencil, shall be drawn to a convenient scale of not more than one hundred (100) feet to one (1) inch and shall show the following information:
1. 
Name.
a. 
Name of subdivision if property is within an existing subdivision.
b. 
Proposed name if not within a previously platted subdivision. The proposed name shall not duplicate the name of any plat previously recorded.
c. 
Name of property if no subdivision name has been chosen. (This is commonly the name by which the property is locally known.)
2. 
Ownership.
a. 
Name and address, including telephone number, of legal owner or agent of property and citation of last instrument conveying title to each parcel of property involved in the proposed subdivision giving grantor, grantee, date and land records reference.
b. 
Citation of any existing legal rights-of-way or easements affecting the property.
c. 
Existing covenants on the property, if any.
d. 
Name and address, including telephone number, of the professional person(s) responsible for subdivision design, for the design of public improvements and for surveys.
3. 
Description. Location of property by government lot, section, township, range and County, graphic scale, north arrow and date.
a. 
Location of property lines, existing easements, burial grounds, railroad rights-of-way, watercourses; identify existing tree massings and give general character or condition, provide photo representation of site; location, width and names of all existing platted streets or other public ways within or immediately adjacent to the tract; names of adjoining property owners from the latest assessment rolls within two hundred (200) feet of any perimeter boundary of the subdivision.
b. 
Location, sizes, elevations and slopes of existing sewers, water mains, culverts and other underground structures within the tract and immediately adjacent thereto; existing permanent building and utility poles on or immediately adjacent to the site and utility rights-of-way.
c. 
Approximate topography, at the same scale as the sketch plat.
d. 
The approximate location and widths of proposed streets.
e. 
Preliminary proposals for connecting with existing water supply and sanitary sewage systems or alternative means of providing water supply and sanitary waste treatment and disposal; preliminary provisions for collecting and discharging surface water drainage.
f. 
The approximate location, dimensions and areas of all proposed or existing lots.
g. 
The approximate location, dimensions and area of all parcels of land proposed to be set aside for park or playground use or other public use or for the use of property owners in the proposed subdivision.
h. 
The location of temporary stakes to enable the Planning Commission to find and appraise features of the sketch plat in the field.
i. 
Whenever the sketch plat covers only a part of an applicant's contiguous holdings, the applicant shall submit, at the scale of no more than one hundred eighty-five (185) feet to one (1) inch, a sketch in pen or pencil of the proposed subdivision area, together with its proposed street system and an indication of the probable future street system and an indication of the probable future street and drainage system of the remaining portion of the tract.
j. 
A vicinity map showing streets and other general development of the surrounding area. The sketch plat shall show all school and improvement district lines with the zones properly designated.
k. 
Erosion control plan.
[Ord. No. 526 §7.2, 5-19-1998]
A. 
General. The preliminary plat shall be prepared by a licensed land surveyor at a convenient scale not more than one (1) inch equals one hundred (100) feet, may be prepared in pen or pencil and the sheets shall be numbered in sequence if more than one (1) sheet is used and shall be of such size as is acceptable for filing in the office of the Recorder of Deeds, but shall not be thirty-four (34) by forty-four (44) inches or larger. The map prepared for the preliminary plat may also be used for the final subdivision plat and, therefore, should be drawn on tracing cloth or reproducible mylar. Preparation in pencil will make required changes and additions easier.
B. 
Features. The preliminary plat shall show the following:
1. 
The location of property with respect to surrounding property and streets, the names of all adjoining property owners of record or the names of adjoining developments; the names of adjoining streets.
2. 
The location and dimensions of all boundary lines of the property to be expressed in feet and decimals of a foot.
3. 
The location of existing streets, easements, water bodies, streams and other pertinent features, such as swamps, railroads, buildings, parks, cemeteries, drainage ditches and bridges, as determined by the Planning Commission.
4. 
The location and width of all existing and proposed streets and easements, alleys and other public ways and easement and proposed street rights-of-way and building setback lines.
5. 
The locations, dimensions and areas of all proposed or existing lots.
6. 
The location and dimensions of all property proposed to be set aside for park or playground use or other public or private reservation with designation of the purpose of those set asides and conditions, if any, of the dedication or reservation.
7. 
The name and address of the owner or owners of land to be subdivided, the name and address of the subdivider if other than the owner and the name of the land surveyor.
8. 
The date of the map, approximate true north point, scale and title of the subdivision.
9. 
Sufficient data acceptable to the City Engineer to determine readily the location, bearing and length of all lines and to reproduce such lines upon the ground; the location of all proposed monuments.
10. 
Names of the subdivision and all new streets as approved by the Planning Commission.
11. 
Indication of the use of any lot (single-family) and all uses other than residential proposed by the subdivider.
12. 
Blocks shall be consecutively numbered or lettered in alphabetical order. The blocks in numbered additions to subdivisions bearing the same name shall be numbered or lettered consecutively throughout the several additions.
13. 
All lots in each block shall be consecutively numbered. Outlots shall be lettered in alphabetical order. If blocks are numbered or lettered, outlots shall be lettered in alphabetical order within each block.
14. 
All information required on sketch plat should also be shown on the preliminary plat and the following notation shall also be shown:
a. 
Explanation of drainage easements, if any.
b. 
Explanation of site easements, if any.
c. 
Explanation of reservations, if any.
d. 
Endorsement of owner, as follows:
_____________________
Owner
_____________
Date
15. 
Form for endorsements by Commission Chairman as follows:
Approved by Resolution of the Planning Commission.
_____________________
Chairman
_____________________
Date
16. 
The lack of information under any item specified herein or improper information supplied by the applicant shall be cause for disapproval of a preliminary plat.
17. 
Erosion control plat.
[Ord. No. 526 §7.3, 5-19-1998]
A. 
General. Construction plans shall be prepared for all required improvements. Plans shall be drawn at a scale of no more than one (1) inch equals fifty (50) feet and map sheets shall be of the same size as the preliminary plat. The following shall be shown:
1. 
Profiles showing existing and proposed elevations along centerlines of all roads. Where a proposed road intersects an existing road or roads, the elevation along the centerline of the existing road or roads within one hundred (100) feet of the intersection shall be shown. Approximate radii of all curves, lengths of tangents and central angles on all streets shall be shown.
2. 
The Planning Commission may require, where steep slopes exist, the cross sections of all proposed streets at one hundred (100) foot stations be shown at five (5) points as follows: On a line at right angles to the centerline of the street and said elevation points shall be at the centerline of the street, each property line and points twenty-five (25) feet inside each property line.
3. 
Plans and profiles showing the locations and typical cross section of street pavements including curbs and gutters, sidewalks, drainage easements, servitudes, rights-of-way, manholes and catch basins; the locations of street trees, street lighting standards and street signs; the location, size and invert elevations of existing and proposed sanitary sewers, stormwater drains and fire hydrants, showing connection to any existing or proposed utility systems; and exact location and size of all water, gas or other underground utilities or structures.
4. 
Location, size, elevation and other appropriate descriptions of any existing facilities or utilities, including, but not limited to, existing streets, sewers, drains, water mains, easements, water bodies, streams and each tree with a diameter of eight (8) inches or more, measured twelve (12) inches above ground level. The water elevations of adjoining lakes or streams at the date of survey and the approximate high- and low-water elevations of such lakes or streams. All elevations shall be referred to the U.S.G.S. datum plane. If the subdivision borders a lake, river or stream, the distances and bearings of a meander line established not less than twenty (20) feet back from the ordinary high-water mark of such waterways. The water elevations of Weatherby Lake at the date of the survey and the approximate high- and low-water elevation of the lake. If the subdivision is within the drainage area of the City of Weatherby Lake, then construction plans will indicate the drainage area and specifically indicate how drainage will be handled with regard to the lake.
5. 
Topography at the same scale as the sketch plat with a contour interval of two (2) feet, referred to sea-level datum. The datum provided shall be latest applicable U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey datum and should be so noted on the plat. The Zoning Enforcement Officer may require different contour intervals when the topography of the site makes it appropriate.
6. 
All specifications and references required by the City's construction standards and specifications, including a site-grading plan for the entire subdivision.
7. 
Notation of approval as follows:
_____________________
Owner
_____________________
Date
_____________________
Planning Commission Chairman
_____________________
Date
8. 
Title, name, address and signature of professional engineer and surveyor and date revision dates.
B. 
All items required to be submitted in construction plans may also be required by the Planning Commission to be submitted as a part of the preliminary plat. Applicants are encouraged to submit their construction plans together with their preliminary plat application. The Planning Commission and the City reserve the right, in their discretion, to determine if a matter to be presented is a preliminary plat issue or a construction plan issue. No applicant shall be allowed to proceed to preliminary plat approval by claiming that the matters required for a preliminary plat approval are issues which will be disclosed on the construction plans.
[Ord. No. 526 §7.4, 5-19-1998]
A. 
General. The final subdivision plat shall be presented in India ink on tracing cloth or reproducible mylar at the same scale and contain the same information, except for any changes or additions required by resolution of the Planning Commission, as shown on the preliminary plat. The preliminary plat may be used as the final subdivision plat if it meets these requirements and is revised in accordance with the Planning Commission's resolution. All revision dates must be shown as well as the following:
1. 
Notation of any self-imposed restrictions and locations of any building lines proposed to be established in this manner, if required by the Planning Commission in accordance with these regulations.
2. 
Endorsement of the local government Health Department.
3. 
Endorsement on the plat by every person having a security interest in the subdivision property that they are subordinating their liens to all covenants, servitudes and easements imposed on property.
4. 
Lots numbered as approved by the Platte County Assessor.
5. 
All monuments erected, corners and other points established in the field in their proper places. The material of which the monuments, corners or other points are made shall be noted at the representation therefor by legend, except that lot corners need not be shown. The legend for metal monuments shall indicate the kind of metal, the diameter, length and weight per lineal foot of the monuments.
B. 
Preparation. The final subdivision plat shall be prepared by a land surveyor licensed by the State.