The preliminary plat shall be submitted to the Planning Board for review to determine compliance with applicable City ordinances and design requirements as set forth herein.
The preliminary plat, notwithstanding any other requirement stipulated by this chapter, shall be clearly and legibly drawn or reproduced at a scale of not less than one inch equals 100 feet and shall contain or be accompanied by the following information, except that the Planning Board may waive any requirements or request additional information where it is clearly appropriate to the particular application:
A. 
All requirements of Article VIII of this chapter.
B. 
The tax map sheet, block and lot number, date reference meridian, graphic scale and the following names and addresses:
(1) 
Name and address of record owner or owners.
(2) 
Name and address of the subdivider, and if a partnership or corporation, names of all individuals having more than 10% ownership.
(3) 
Name and address of person who prepared plat.
(4) 
Names of adjacent and facing owners.
C. 
Acreage of tract to be subdivided to nearest 1/10 of an acre.
D. 
Contours at two-foot intervals for slopes averaging 10% or greater, and one-foot intervals for land of lesser slope shall be required. Contours shall be in the United States Coast and Geodetic Control Survey Datum. At least two permanent bench marks shall be established on opposite ends of the proposed subdivision, and their locations, descriptions and elevations shall be noted on the preliminary plat.
E. 
The location of existing and required setback lines, streets within 200 feet of the subdivision; the location of existing and proposed buildings; and any of the following within 500 feet of the subdivision: railroads, bridges, culverts, drain pipes, and all natural features such as watercourses, floodplains, wetlands or sand dune areas. (See § 445-21, Preservation of natural features.)
F. 
A copy of any protective covenants or deed restrictions applying to the land being subdivided shall be submitted with the preliminary plat.
G. 
Plans and profiles showing proposed utility layouts (sanitary sewers, storm drains, water, gas, electrical, etc.) showing feasible connections to existing or proposed utility systems. Locations of fire hydrants and streetlights shall be established with the aid of the City Fire Chief and Police Chief and City Engineer, respectively.
H. 
Each block and lot shall be numbered in accordance with the system of numbers which will ultimately be the numbers shown on the City Tax Map.
I. 
Where a development or any improvements are to be made at any brook, stream, channel, wetlands, or shoreline, the plans for such improvements shall be approved by the State Department of Environmental Protection, the Cape May County Planning Board, and all other governmental agencies having jurisdiction over the matter.
J. 
All proposed lot lines, dimensioned in feet and tenths, and the approximate area of all lots in square feet as well as any open spaces proposed to be dedicated for public use.
K. 
When the development of the subdivision or improvements within the subdivision are contingent upon improvements outside the boundaries of the subdivision, information shall be supplied by the subdivider prior to Planning Board consideration for preliminary approval that the improvements outside the subdivision are installed and will be available to the subdivider. This shall include all appropriate details of off-tract improvements required of the developer.
L. 
Any open spaces proposed to be dedicated for public use or playgrounds or other public purpose and the location and use of all such property shall be shown on the plat.
M. 
Such other material deemed necessary by the Planning Board to make an informed decision upon the application.
All actions of the Planning Board on preliminary subdivision plats shall be at a public hearing. Public notice of an application as provided by N.J.S.A. 40:55D-12, as amended, shall be required for all major subdivision plats. Applicants for major subdivision plats requiring variances by the Planning Board shall also be required to provide public notice of that application.
After the conclusion of the hearing, or an adjourned hearing, if applicable, the Planning Board should approve, disapprove or conditionally approve the preliminary plat. An appropriate resolution shall then be adopted or shall thereafter be adopted as a resolution of memorialization pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-10, as amended, and within the time permitted by the statute.
Preliminary approval of a subdivision plat shall confer upon the applicant the following rights for a three-year period from the date of the preliminary approval:
A. 
That the general terms and conditions on which preliminary approval was granted shall not be changed, including but not limited to use requirements; layout and design standards for streets, curbs and sidewalks; lot size; yard dimensions and on-site and off-tract improvements; and any requirements peculiar to the specific subdivision plat. The City may modify by ordinance such general terms and conditions of preliminary approval as they relate to public health and safety, provided such modifications are in accord with amendments adopted by ordinance subsequent to preliminary approval.
B. 
That the applicant may submit for final approval on or before the expiration date of preliminary approval the whole or a section or sections of the preliminary subdivision plat.
The applicant may apply for and the Planning Board may grant extensions on such preliminary approval for additional periods of at least one year but not to exceed a total extension of two years, provided that, if the design standards have been revised by ordinance, such revised standards may govern.