The following procedures shall apply to the filing
for preliminary approval of any subdivision. The preliminary plat
shall conform to the minimum requirements of the Comprehensive Plan
(which shall have been previously ascertained by the subdivider),
and shall also reflect and show all contiguously owned lands of the
developer, notwithstanding that all of said land may never be finally
platted.
Location, widths and names of all existing platted
or dedicated streets, alleys or other public ways and easements, railroad
and utility rights-of-way, parks, watercourses, drainage ditches,
permanent buildings, bridges, and other pertinent data as required
by the Planning Commission.
The water elevations of adjoining lakes or streams
at the date of the survey and the approximate high- and low-water
elevations of such lakes or streams. All elevations shall refer to
the established United States Coast and Geodetic Survey datum.
When a subdivision borders a lake or stream,
the distance and bearings of a meander line shall be established not
less than 20 feet back from the ordinary high-water mark of the lake
or from the bank of the stream.
Layout and width of all new streets and rights-of-way,
including alleys, highways and easements, whether private or public,
and for public and private utilities.
Approximate location and area of property to
be dedicated for public use or to be reserved by deed covenant for
use of all property owners in the subdivision, with any conditions
of such dedication or reservation.
The location, size and type of sanitary and
storm sewers, water mains, culverts, and other surface and subsurface
structures and pipe lines existing within or immediately adjacent
to the proposed subdivision; and the location, layout, type and proposed
size of the following structures and utilities:
The location of all drainage channels and subsurface
drainage structures, and the proposed method of disposing of all runoff
from the proposed subdivision, and the location and size of all drainage
easements relating thereto, whether they are located within or outside
of the proposed plat.
A description of the improvements such as grading,
paving, tree planting, walks, and installation of utilities which
the subdivider proposes to make, and the time when they are proposed
to be made, shall accompany the preliminary plat.
The original plat shall be an original drawing made
with India ink on a good grade linen tracing cloth, or with a suitable
black acetate base ink on a stable polyester base film coated upon
completion with a suitable plastic material to prevent flaking and
to assure permanent legibility, or a print on a stable polyester base
film made by photographic processes from a film scribing tested for
residual hypo with an approved hypo testing solution to assure permanency.
The dimensions of the plat shall be 24 inches by 36
inches or shall be a size that can be properly and conveniently folded
to these dimensions and shall be drawn to a minimum scale of 100 feet
to the inch; except that plats in which all lots contain a net area
in excess of 40,000 square feet, the plat may be drawn to a scale
of 200 feet to the inch.
The drawing surface of the plat shall have a binding
margin of two inches at the left side of the plat, a margin of not
less than one inch at the right side, and a margin of not less than
1 1/2 inches at the top and bottom.
Exact location of the subdivision and the description
of all monuments found or placed in making the survey. The survey
shall be conducted by forming a base line by placing on the line of
a street two good and sufficient monuments of such size and dimensions
as the City Engineer shall direct. The point or points where the base
line may be found shall be distinguished on the plat.
Numbered designation of all lots in the subdivision
with their lines and dimensions accurately shown. All lots shall be
numbered in progressive numbers.
Reference to any separate instruments, including
restrictive covenants, filed in the office of the County Recorder
of Deeds which directly affect the land being subdivided;
Tax receipt showing all taxes payable on all
property within the limits of the tract as paid in full for the last
five years or, in lieu thereof, a statement that such taxes have been
paid, signed by the County Treasurer;
A receipt for the payment of all special assessments
to which the subdivision is subject. These shall either be paid in
full or, in lieu thereof, a letter from the City Clerk shall be submitted
stating that a surety bond has been filed with him insuring the payment
of all interest and principal payments until the assessment is paid
in full.