The following materials must be submitted for primary approval of a minor subdivision plat. The Administrator shall specify at the advisory meeting how many copies of the application materials are needed based upon Department rules.
(A) An application on a form provided by the Administrator;
(B) A filing fee as established by the adopted fee schedule;
(C) A primary plat drawn according to the drafting standards of Appendix B, consisting of the following items:
(1) Legal description of the subdivision;
(2) Proposed name of the subdivision followed by the words “Primary Plat”;
(3) A location sketch showing the general location of the subdivision in relation to the surrounding area shall be placed on the primary plat, generally in the upper right or left hand corner. It shall be drawn at a scale sufficient enough to show the relationship of the tract to be subdivided to existing roads, schools, parks and similar facilities as well as to adjacent properties.
(4) Names and addresses of the owner, subdivider and consulting engineer, land surveyor or planning firm who prepared the plan;
(5) Legend and notes including the scale, north point and date;
(6) Source of the owner’s title to the land as shown by the last entry in the records of the County Recorder;
(7) County parcel tax identification number(s);
(8) Tract boundary lines showing dimensions, bearings, angles and references to section, township and range lines or corners;
(9) Existing zoning of the tract and all contiguous tracts surrounding the proposed subdivision;
(10) All section and municipal corporate boundaries lying within or contiguous to the tract;
(11) Topographic contours at typical intervals of 10 feet; (The contours shall be referenced to mean sea level elevations.)
(12) Layout of lots showing dimensions and numbers and square footage of each lot excluding area within right-of-ways;
(13) Building lines showing setback dimensions throughout the subdivision;
(14) Existing streets and rights-of-way on and adjoining the site of the proposed subdivision showing the names, roadway widths, approximate gradients, types and widths of pavements, curbs and sidewalks;
(15) Existing and proposed easements including the location, width and purpose of the easements;
(16) Location of natural streams, lakes, regulated drains, pipelines, power lines, utility structures and all other natural or man-made features;
(17) A description of the surface and subsurface drainage system to an approved outlet, including data showing that the outlet is adequate to accommodate the drainage requirements of the finished subdivision; (Arrows designating the general drainage of all streets and lots shall be included.)
(18) The location, size and capacity of any existing public sewer and/or water facilities, if such facilities are available or evidence that a sewer and water permit can be obtained from the county’s Health Department for each lot;
(19) Boundary lines of floodway and floodway fringe areas on each lot as scaled from the flood plain district maps and regulations of the Zoning Ordinance;
(20) If there is a parent tract remainder or other parcel which qualifies as an exempt division under the terms of this chapter, the land shall be shown on the drawing; (The exempt division may be shown based upon an existing deed description but shall not be assigned a lot number.)
(21) If the primary plat is to be divided into sections or phases of development, the boundaries and numbers of such sections shall be shown; and
(22) All applicable certificates and notations as shown in Appendix A.
(B) Protective covenants which are properly prepared and legally sound shall be incorporated in the plat, subject to the approval of the Plat Committee or Commission.
(1993 Code, § 8-201) (Ord. 87, passed 4-18-1988)
