Whenever an applicant desires to make a subdivision he shall cause to be prepared a preliminary plat by a surveyor or engineer and, when required, site plans and declarations in accordance with this ordinance, and the Code of Ordinances as applicable.
(Ordinance 29-2024 adopted 8/6/2024)
If, after approval of a preliminary plat, changes thereto are required or desired, a revised preliminary plat shall be submitted following the same procedures as required for the original preliminary plat.
(Ordinance 29-2024 adopted 8/6/2024)
A. 
Completed preliminary plat application;
B. 
Applicant master plans approved by the City Engineer, in writing, when the development is more than five lots, or as required; and
C. 
Any recorded separate instrument documents for any easements, agreements, right-of-way, or deed that traverses the property or as requested by the Property Management Division or Public Works Department.
(Ordinance 29-2024 adopted 8/6/2024)
The plat shall show the following:
A. 
Names and addresses and phone numbers of record owner(s), engineers and surveyor.
B. 
Proposed name of the subdivision that shall not have the same spelling as or be pronounced similar to the name of any other recorded subdivision located within the city or within its extraterritorial jurisdiction. The name shall appear at the top of the drawing and shall be the largest lettering on the plat.
C. 
Names of adjacent subdivisions and the owners of adjoining parcels of unsubdivided land, and an indication of whether or not adjacent properties are platted.
D. 
Legal description of the subdivision by metes and bounds.
E. 
Primary control points or descriptions and ties to such control points to which all dimensions, angles, bearings, block numbers and similar data shall be referred.
F. 
Subdivision boundary lines indicated by heavy lines and the computed acreage.
G. 
Existing sites as follows:
1. 
The location, name, description, and purpose of all existing or recorded streets, alleys, reservations, easements or other rights-of-way within the subdivision, intersecting or adjacent to its boundary or forming such boundary. Areas previously dedicated and shown on the plat shall be described by volume and page or document number if on file in official county records and have a statement shown in the affected area stating that it has been previously dedicated.
2. 
The location, dimensions, description, name, and purpose of all existing or recorded lots, easements and types, parks, public areas, permanent structures and other sites within or adjacent to the subdivision.
3. 
The location, sizes, dimensions, description and flow line of existing watercourses and drainage structures within the subdivision or adjoining tracts. In the event any portion of the subdivision lies within or abuts an officially designated floodplain and/or floodway, the delineation of such floodplain and/or floodway shall be clearly shown on all plats submitted for approval.
4. 
The location of existing structures if necessary to verify that a nonconforming situation has not been or will not be created.
5. 
All existing features, including, but not limited to, easements, transmission lines, etc., shall be shown by dashed lines.
H. 
The location, dimensions and description of all proposed streets, alleys, drainage structures, parks, other public areas, reservations, easements or other rights-of-way, lots and other sites and all rights-of-way and other public areas dedicated shall state within that area that the property is "proposed to be dedicated." The described shall also be in accordance with the city's adopted Comprehensive Plan, master thoroughfare plan, master utility plans, parks and trails master plan, or their successor documents.
I. 
Date of preparation, written and graphic scales of plat, and north arrow.
J. 
Topographical information shall include contour lines on two vertical feet intervals.
K. 
A number to identify each lot or site. Block numbers may be used. The Planning Division shall determine the applicability and the requirements for meeting this provision.
L. 
Front building setback lines on all lots and sites and side yard building setback lines at street intersections.
M. 
Location of city limits line and the outer border of the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction if they traverse the subdivision, form part of the boundary of the subdivision or are adjacent to such boundary.
N. 
The location of any noise contour line, approach/departure clearance surface, inner or outer horizontal surface, conical or transitional surface or other such surfaces as required by the Planning Division and as applicable for Sheppard Air Force Base and/or Kickapoo Downtown Airport.
O. 
A vicinity map that shows the location of the project that shall show arterials and/or highways in the vicinity for reference.
(Ordinance 29-2024 adopted 8/6/2024)
A. 
Approval of a preliminary plat by the Commission shall be deemed an expression of approval of the layout submitted on the preliminary plat as a guide to the installation of streets, water, sewer and other required improvements and utilities and to the preparation of the final or record plat. Approval of a preliminary plat shall not constitute automatic approval of the final plat. The plat shall accurately locate all elements as required herein. The accuracy of such information shall be the responsibility of the property owner and/or his agent.
B. 
Approval of a preliminary plat shall be effective for two years.
C. 
If no development has occurred which would affect the previously approved plat, prior to the end of the two years of effective approval, the Commission may, upon application of the, applicant extend the approval another two-year period without the submission of a new preliminary plat by voting an approval of the original preliminary plat.
D. 
A preliminary plat shall be revised if there are discovered to be constraints to the development as proposed on the preliminary plat. Should such constraints or obstacles be found, the Planning Division and/or Department of Public Works shall require the submission of an amended preliminary plat that recognizes, mitigates or otherwise allows for the effects of the constraint or obstacle as approved by the Planning Division and/or Department of Public Works.
(Ordinance 29-2024 adopted 8/6/2024)