A preliminary plat shall be required for all subdivisions and
shall be based upon a survey by a registered land surveyor and the
plat legibly prepared at a scale of not more than 100 feet to the
inch and shall show correctly on its face the following information:
A. Title under which the proposed subdivision is to be recorded.
B. Location of proposed subdivision by government lot, quarter section,
township, range, county and state.
C. Date, scale and North point.
D. Names and addresses of the owner, subdivider and land surveyor preparing
the plat.
E. 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 Common Council may waive this requirement where it is unnecessary
to fulfill the purposed and intent of this chapter and undue hardship
would result from strict application thereof.
All preliminary plats shall show the following:
A. Total area of the land included in the plat expressed in acres and
any portion of an acre in square feet.
C. Exact 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.
D. 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.
E. Location, right-of-way width and names of all existing streets, pedestrian
ways, 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. Location and names of any adjacent subdivisions, parks and cemeteries,
and owners of record of abutting unplatted lands.
G. 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
referred to USGS datum.
H. Location, size and invert elevation of any existing sanitary or storm
sewers, culverts and drain pipes, the location of manholes, catch
basins, hydrants, power and telephone poles, and the location and
size of any existing water and gas mains within the exterior boundaries
of the plat or immediately adjacent 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, structures, drives,
streams and watercourses, marshes, rock outcrops, wooded areas, railroad
tracks and other similar significant features within the tract being
subdivided or immediately adjacent thereto.
J. Location, width and names of all proposed streets and public rights-of-way
such as alleys, pedestrian ways and easements.
K. Approximate dimensions of all lots together with proposed lot and
block numbers.
L. Location, size and approximate dimensions of any sites to be reserved
or dedicated for parks, playgrounds, drainage ways, or other public
use or which are to be used for group housing, shopping centers, church
sites, or other nonpublic uses not requiring lotting.
M. Approximate radii of all curves.
N. Existing zoning on and adjacent to the proposed subdivision.
P. Any proposed lake, stream or drainage way access with a small drawing
clearly indicating the location of the proposed subdivision in relation
to the access.
Q. Any proposed lake, stream or drainage way improvement or relocation.
The Common Council may require that the subdivider provide street
plans and profiles showing existing ground surface and proposed and
established street grades, including extensions for a reasonable distance
beyond the limits of the proposed subdivision when requested. All
plans and profiles shall meet the approval of the Common Council.
The Common Council may require that borings and soundings be
made in specified areas to ascertain subsurface soil, rock and water
conditions, including depth to bedrock and depth to groundwater table.
The Common Council may require submission of a draft of protective
covenants whereby the subdivider intends to regulate land use in the
proposed subdivision and otherwise protect the proposed development.
The Common Council may require submission of a draft of the
legal instruments and rules for proposed property owners' associations
where the subdivider proposes that common property within a subdivision
would be either owned or maintained by such an organization of property
owners.
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.