From and after passage of this article, it shall be unlawful
for any person or person, firm, corporation, or association to subdivide
or resubdivide any tract or tracts of land within the corporate limits
of the city or to file or record any map or plat of said subdivision
or resubdivision, without first and previously thereto having obtained
approval of the city council.
(1997 Code, sec. 154.01)
A preliminary plat of said subdivision shall include, but not
be limited to, the following information, drawn to scale:
(1)
Location within the city;
(2)
Location and dimensions of each lot within said subdivision;
(3)
Location and width of each street and alley;
(4)
Location and sizes of all utility lines including water, sewer, gas
and electric, and locations and sizes of all valves, fittings, valve
boxes and manholes; and
(5)
Such other information as may be hereafter required by the city council.
(1997 Code, sec. 154.02)
In the event a replat is required because of interruption of
normal traffic patterns, resizing of utility mains, failure to conform
to the general plan of the city, or for any other reason, such replat
shall be the responsibility of the subdivider.
(1997 Code, sec. 154.03)
The city council shall not approve any map or plat of any subdivision
until said map or plat has been filed with the city secretary, in
readable form, prepared by a registered professional engineer, for
inspection for a minimum of ten working days, to allow determination
that streets and alleys are so arranged to correspond reasonably with
existing streets and alleys to which they will connect or intersect,
and that all other factors are in compliance with city specifications,
and that the following minimum requirements have been complied with:
(1)
No residential lot shall be less than 50 feet in width nor contain
less than 5,000 square feet, exclusive of alleys;
(2)
Each block in every subdivision shall have alleys of a minimum width
of 20 feet, with a 15-foot cut-off at all acute corners as is necessary
for the extension of utility lines and for garbage collection, and
every lot shall have access by said alley;
(3)
All streets shall have a minimum width of 50 feet;
(4)
“The City of Big Lake Standard Specifications for Street Repair
and Construction, and Water, Sanitary Sewer and Gas Utility Installation,”
April 1985 edition, or as revised by action of the city council, is
hereby adopted by reference [as] though it were fully copied herein.
(1997 Code, sec. 154.04)
The city reserves the right to require inspection of, and certification
to, required standards by an engineer of competence in the employ
of the city. Inspection shall be accomplished at reasonable times
in the company of the subdivider or his agent, and certification by
the engineer that minimum standards are met shall be made to the city.
(1997 Code, sec. 154.05)
The total expense of material and installation of all streets,
including curb and gutter; all water, sewer and gas utility mains
including valves, fittings, valve boxes, manholes and services to
each lot, in conformity to standards of the city, the department of
health, the state commission on environmental quality, the state railroad
commission, and the state department of transportation, shall be the
sole responsibility of the subdivider. All such improvements herein
named shall become the property and responsibility of the city at
such time as the city is issued a certificate of compliance and provides
initial service to and through such lines.
(1997 Code, sec. 154.06)
Bond in the total amount of proposed improvements, exclusive
of buildings, shall be provided to the city by the subdivider prior
to approval of the final plat by the city council. Following approval
of the final plat, said plat shall be recorded by the subdivider with
the county clerk, along with, and in addition to, all documents of
dedication of streets and alleys to the city.
(1997 Code, sec. 154.07)
Legal expenses incurred in the dedication of streets and alleys
and rights-of-way to the city shall be the responsibility of the subdivider,
and such dedications shall be accomplished at the time of approval
by the city council of the final plat of said subdivision.
(1997 Code, sec. 154.08)
The fee schedule for provision of various city utility services,
including extension of mains, is hereby adopted by reference as though
it were fully copied herein, and is filed in the office of the city
secretary. Monetary amounts, and definitions, of said fee schedule
are subject to change from time to time by action of the city council.
(1997 Code, sec. 154.09)
