A preliminary plat shall be required for all subdivisions and
shall be based upon a survey by a registered land surveyor. The plat
shall be prepared on tracing cloth, reproducible drafting film or
paper of good quality at a map scale of not more than 100 feet to
the inch and shall show correctly on its face the following information:
A. Title or name under which the proposed subdivision is to be recorded.
Such title shall not be the same or similar to a previously recorded
plat within the county unless it is an addition to a previously recorded
plat and is so stated on the plat.
B. Property location of a proposed subdivision by government lot, quarter
section, township, range, county and state.
C. Date, graphic scale and North arrow.
D. Names and addresses of the owner, subdivider and land surveyor preparing
the plat.
E. The entire area contiguous to the proposed plat owned or controlled
by the subdivider shall be included on the preliminary plat even though
only a portion of said area is proposed for immediate development.
The Village Board may waive this requirement where it is unnecessary
to fulfill the purposes and intent of this chapter and undue hardship
would result from strict application thereof.
All preliminary plats shall show the following:
A. Length and bearing of the exterior boundaries of the proposed subdivision
referenced to a corner established in U.S. Public Land Survey and
the total acreage encompassed thereby.
B. Existing contours at vertical intervals of not more than two feet
where the slope of the ground surface is less than 10% and of not
more than five feet where the slope of the ground surface is 10% or
more. Elevations shall be marked on such contours based on USGS datum.
C. Water elevations of adjoining lakes and streams at the date of the
survey and approximate high and low water elevations, all referred
to USGS datum.
D. Floodplain and wetland limits and the contour line lying a vertical
distance of two feet above the elevation of the one-hundred-year recurrence
interval flood or, where such data is not available, five feet above
the elevation of the maximum flood of record.
E. Location, right-of-way width and names of all existing streets, alleys
or other public ways, easements, railroad and utility rights-of-way
and all section and quarter-section lines within the exterior boundaries
of the plat or immediately adjacent thereto.
F. Type, width and elevation of any existing street pavements within
the exterior boundaries of the plat or immediately adjacent thereto,
together with any legally established center-line elevations, all
to USGS datum.
G. Location and names of any adjacent subdivisions, parks and cemeteries,
and owners of record of abutting unplatted lands.
H. Location, size and invert elevation of any existing sanitary or storm
sewers, culverts and drainpipes; the location of manholes, catch basins,
hydrants, electrical and communications facilities, whether aerial
or underground; and the location and size of any existing water and
gas mains with the exterior boundaries of the plat or immediately
adjacent tract thereto. If no sewers or water mains are located on
or immediately adjacent to the tract, the nearest such sewers or water
mains which might be extended to serve the tract shall be indicated
by their direction and distance from the tract, size and invert elevations.
I. Locations of all existing property boundary lines, corporate limit
lines, structures, drives, streams and watercourses, marshes, rock
outcrops, wooded areas, railroad tracks and other similar significant
natural or man-made features within the tract being subdivided or
immediately adjacent thereto.
J. Setbacks or building lines if required by the Village Board in accordance with the guidelines set forth in Article
VI of this chapter.
K. Location, width and names of all proposed streets and public rights-of-way,
such as alleys and easements.
L. Approximate dimensions of all lots, together with proposed lot and
block numbers.
M. Location and approximate dimensions and size of any sites within
the plat to be reserved or dedicated for parks, open space, playgrounds,
drainageways or other public use or which are to be used for group
housing, shopping centers, church sites or other private uses not
requiring lotting.
N. Approximate radii of all curves.
O. Any proposed lake and stream access with a small drawing clearly
indicating the location of the proposed subdivision in relation to
the access.
The Village Board, upon recommendation of the Director of Public
Works, may require that the subdivider provide street plans and profiles
showing existing ground surface, proposed and established street grades,
including extensions for a reasonable distance beyond the limits of
the proposed subdivision when requested. All elevations shall be based
upon USGS datum, and plans and profiles shall be of sufficient detail
to determine that streets will conform to the grade of existing streets
or their extension or to the established grades of future streets
and shall be subject to the approval of the Director of Public Works.
The Director of Public Works may require that borings and soundings
be made in specified areas to ascertain subsurface soil, rock and
water conditions, including depths to bedrock and depth to groundwater
table.
The Village Board may require submission of a list of existing
covenants and a list of covenants with which the subdivider intends
to regulate land use in the proposed subdivision and otherwise protect
the proposed development.
The surveyor preparing the preliminary plat shall certify on
the face of the plat that it is a correct representation of all existing
land divisions and features and that he has fully complied with the
provisions of this chapter.