[Code 1999 §410.060; Ord. No. 479 Art. II, 11-9-1995]
Whenever a subdivider intends to develop land within the meaning
of these regulations and before he/she prepares a plat, he/she shall
appear before the Planning and Zoning Commission to discuss his/her
intent to develop and to discuss the type of development anticipated.
At this time the Planning Commission shall advise the developer of
the content of these regulations governing development of the land
and other plans of the City then in effect.
[Code 1999 §410.070; Ord. No. 479 Art. II, 11-9-1995]
A.
The
subdivider, after the advisory meetings, may then request the Commission
to review his/her preliminary plat. The subdivider shall submit to
the Planning Commission two (2) copies of the preliminary plat drawn
to a scale of not greater than one hundred (100) feet to the inch
containing the information herein specified and complying with the
following requirements:
1.
The proposed name of the subdivision.
2.
Its location as forming a part of some larger tract or parcel of
land referred to in the indexes of the records of the County Clerk.
3.
Sufficient information to accurately locate the plat.
4.
The names and addresses and seals, if applicable, of the owner, subdivider,
surveyor, landscape architect, engineer, and any others who may have
prepared the plat.
5.
The boundary lines of the proposed subdivision, and their bearings
and distances, with ties to existing section corners and/or corners
and points of legally recorded subdivisions of record within the corporate
limits of the City. This data shall be prepared by a surveyor licensed
in Missouri.
6.
All section lines, U.S. Survey and township lines, lines of incorporated
areas, sewer districts, public water supply and drainage districts,
school districts and all other legally established districts.
7.
The location, purpose, type, and dimension of all streets and easements,
existing and/or platted in, and in the immediate adjacent bordering
area(s) or subdivisions of the proposed subdivision, the location
of all existing underground utility installations in the proposed
subdivision.
8.
The proposed location and approximate dimensions of lots, building
lines, easements, streets, parks, open space, street lighting and
other improvements thereon, and the proposed use of the lots.
9.
The areas within the proposed subdivision subject to inundation or
storm water overflow, the subsurface conditions of the property, including
the results of any tests made to ascertain rock, soil, and ground
water, and the results of soil percolation tests, if individual septic
tanks are proposed. This data shall be prepared by a registered engineer
licensed to practice in the State of Missouri.
10.
Whenever part of a tract is proposed to be subdivided and additional
portions thereof to be subdivided in the future, a sketch plan of
the entire tract shall be submitted.
11.
All parcels of land intended to be dedicated for public use or reserved
for the use of all property owners with the purpose indicated.
12.
All maps shall show the date, scale, and north point. Each individual
sheet shall be identified with its proper numerical sequence.
[Code 1999 §410.080; Ord. No. 479 Art. II, 11-9-1995]
Within thirty (30) days after submission of all the data hereinabove
required, the Planning and Zoning Commission shall review and make
a report thereon. It shall approve (with or without conditions) or
disapprove the preliminary plat, including the plans and profiles
of all improvements. Action shall be noted on two (2) or more copies
of the preliminary plat and signed by the Chairman of the Commission.
One (1) copy shall be returned to the subdivider, and one (1) copy
retained by the Commission for record. Approval of the preliminary
plat shall lapse unless a final plat of all or a portion of the land
included in the preliminary plat is submitted to the Commission within
one (1) year from the date of the approval of the preliminary plat.
A maximum of a two (2) year extension of time may be granted by the
Commission, upon application to the Commission, by the subdivider
and prior to the expiration of the initial approval. Approval of the
preliminary plat is an authorization to the subdivider to proceed
with the development of a final plat for approval.
