Five (5) prints of a preliminary plat of any proposed subdivision shall be submitted to the city secretary for review by the city manager and transmission to the city council for their approval before the preparation of the final plat for record. Such plat must be filed in the office of the city secretary at least five (5) days prior to the meeting at which approval is asked.
(1987 Code, sec. 20-56)
The preliminary plat shall show, contain or be accompanied by the following information:
(1) 
The names of the owner and/or subdivider, the registered engineer, or the licensed state land surveyor responsible for the survey or design of the plat shall be shown.
(2) 
The proposed name of the subdivision, which shall not be so similar to that of an existing subdivision as to cause confusion, and names of adjacent subdivisions shall be shown.
(3) 
The location of boundary lines and the width and location of platted streets and alleys within or adjacent to the property for a distance of five hundred (500) feet shall be shown. Physical features of the property, including location of watercourses, ravines, bridges, culverts, present structures and other features pertinent to the subdivision shall be shown. The location of any existing utilities with size of sewer and water mains shall be shown. The outline of wooded areas and the location of important individual trees is required. For plats exceeding three (3) acres in gross area, contours must be shown at the intervals of two (2) feet. All elevations shown shall be referred to city datum. The acreage of the property is to be indicated.
(4) 
The location and width of the proposed streets, roads, lots, alleys and other features, and their location in relation to platted streets and alleys in adjacent subdivisions shall be shown. If there are no adjacent subdivisions, then a map, which may be made on a smaller scale, must be presented showing the outline and ownership of adjacent properties, location and distance to the nearest subdivision, and how the streets, alleys or highways in the subdivision offered for record may connect with those in the nearest subdivisions. Proposed streets shall not be shown over lands of adjacent owners unless written agreements covering this condition are prepared with the plat.
(5) 
A statement as to the type and width of grading pavements or surfacing proposed by the developer, shall be placed on the plat over the developer’s signature, and such proposed improvements shall receive written approval of the city council before any actual construction work is performed. The developer shall arrange with the appropriate utility department for the payment, and refund of all construction costs of each utility involved, and all such arrangements with a department of the city shall be in writing and subject to the approval of the city council.
(6) 
A designation shall be shown of the proposed uses of land within the subdivision; that is, the type of residential use, location of business or individual sites, and sites for churches, schools, parks or other uses.
(7) 
A north arrow, scale and date shall be shown.
(1987 Code, sec. 20-57)
The preliminary plat shall be drawn to a scale of one hundred (100) feet to one (1) inch.
(1987 Code, sec. 20-58)
The following certificates shall be placed on the preliminary plat:
“Revised for preliminary approval:
 
_________________________
City Manager
__________
Date
“Approved for preparation of final plat
 
_________________________
Mayor, City of La Grange
__________
Date”
(1987 Code, sec. 20-59)
After the preliminary approval of the city manager, such preliminary plat shall be submitted to the city council for its tentative approval. The city council shall carefully examine the preliminary plat and all supporting data required to be submitted with such preliminary plat, and if found to be satisfactory, the city council shall give its tentative approval of the preliminary plat. The tentative approval of the preliminary plat by the city council does not constitute acceptance of the subdivision, but is merely an authorization to proceed with the preparation of the final plat.
(1987 Code, sec. 20-60)
(a) 
The following schedule of fees and charges shall be collected by the city secretary, when any preliminary plat is tendered to the city. Each of the fees and charges provided for in this section shall be paid in advance, and no action of the planning and zoning board or of the city shall be valid until the fee shall have been paid to the city secretary:
(1) 
Preliminary plats, five dollars ($5.00) per plat, plus fifty cents ($0.50) per lot.
(2) 
For approval of multiple dwelling areas not subdivided into lots, the preliminary plat shall carry a fee of two dollars ($2.00) per area, each.
(b) 
A certificate shall be made by the proper officers showing that the fees provided for in this section have been paid prior to the submission of any preliminary plat or final plat to the city council, and no approval shall be valid until the fee has been paid.
(1987 Code, sec. 20-61)