[Amended 11-10-2016 by Res. No. 2016-05]
Any subdivider who divides or proposes to divide
land located in the Town of Buchanan that will create a land division,
including a conventional (yield) subdivision, conservation design
subdivision, conservation CSM, replat or revision of an existing land
division shall, prior to any submittal of any concept plat or map
information, submit to the Town Administrator a preliminary application
and sketch plan. The application may be obtained from the Town Administrator
and submitted with the appropriate fee and with all of the following
required attachments, including:
A.
The name and address of the owner of the property
and of the subdivider.
B.
The location and size of the property and the type
of land division that is to be requested.
C.
The names and addresses of all adjacent landowners.
D.
A statement of intended use.
E.
The name and address of the surveyor who will be doing
the survey work.
F.
The present use of the land.
G.
The estimated timetable for final development and
requested timeline by the subdivider for final approvals from the
Town of Buchanan. This provision does not apply to a correction instrument;
except, if the affidavit in the correction instrument would change
the areas dedicated to the public or restricted for the pubic benefit,
then the Town Board must approve such change.
A.
With any initial land division application, the subdivider
shall submit to the Town Administrator a sketch map no larger than
11 inches by 17 inches. Each submission shall include all contiguously
owned land. The sketch map shall show all of the following:
[Amended 11-10-2016 by Res. No. 2016-05]
(1)
A North arrow and date, the scale, and a reference
to a section corner.
(2)
Topographic contours at two-foot intervals.
(3)
Hydrographic characteristics, including surface waters,
floodways/floodplains, wetlands, and drainageways.
(4)
The location and type of existing and proposed buildings
and structures and uses.
(5)
The location of water wells, sewerage systems, and
other features pertinent to the land division.
(6)
The location of existing roads, highways, developments,
trails and driveways and distances to the nearest adjoining highways,
roads or driveways on all sides of the proposed site.
(7)
The location of general land cover types, such as
woodlands, wetlands, agricultural, etc.
(8)
The location of any slopes of 12% or greater.
(9)
The uses of the land adjacent to the property and
any existing roads, easements and restrictions of record, public access
to navigable water, dedicated areas and utilities on or adjacent to
the land.
B.
The Town Administrator shall review the initial application
and sketch map for completeness, including payment of applicable application
fees, within 10 working days of receipt. The Town Administrator shall
thereafter notify the subdivider if the application is determined
by the Town Administrator to be complete or incomplete. The Town Administrator
shall provide written reasons for any alleged incompleteness of the
application with the notification. The Town Administrator shall, within
five working days after filing, transmit the copies of any complete
or incomplete land division application and sketch map to the Plan
Commission.
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C.
The Town Administrator shall send to the subdivider
an agenda of the scheduled date of the Plan Commission meeting to
review and consider the land division no later than seven days prior
to the date of the meeting.
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D.
The subdivider or the subdivider's designee shall
attend the meeting and present the proposed land division and sketch
map to the Plan Commission for its consideration.
