The purpose of the sketch plan is to provide an opportunity for the applicant to consult early with the city before preparing a preliminary plan. During the sketch plan review process, matters pertaining to access, circulation, lot layout, building layout and conceptual drainage design can be analyzed relative to existing conditions, the Comprehensive Plan, Chapter 224, Zoning, and proposals for traffic control, water supply and sewage disposal.
A. 
Subdivision and/or land development plans may be prepared by an architect, landscape architect, engineer, surveyor, land planner or other design professionals. When a sketch plan is prepared by someone other than the above-mentioned design professional, a property owner can submit a to-scale drawing, provided that the plan is in conformance with § 197-20 below.
B. 
The applicant shall identify the name, address and telephone number of the holder of legal title of the land involved and the nature of the landowner's interest, whether holder of legal title, equitable title or other.
C. 
All sketch plans should be in conformance with Article III, § 197-11, regarding sketch plan procedure.
D. 
All sketch plans should meet the plan requirements of § 197-20 below.
E. 
Upon submission of a sketch plan, the landowner or developer shall and does authorize the city and its representatives to enter the site for the purpose of site evaluation.
A. 
A sketch plan at a scale of not more than one inch equals 100 feet should be submitted. It should depict and note the following:
(1) 
The name of the subdivision or land development.
(2) 
The name and address of the owner of record and the applicant.
(3) 
The name and address of the person who prepared the plan.
(4) 
The zoning requirements and the degree to which the plan conforms to such requirements, including:
(a) 
The applicable districts (including overlay districts, such as the Floodplain Conservation Overlay District).
(5) 
A location map showing the relation of the site to adjoining properties and streets within 1,000 feet.
(6) 
North arrow and date.
(7) 
Written and graphic scale.
(8) 
Total acreage of the site, together with the approximate gross and net lot area for each proposed lot.
(9) 
Boundaries of the property.
(10) 
Names of the abutting owners, adjoining lot lines and structures on abutting lots within 100 feet of the property.
(11) 
Streets and alleys on or adjacent to the site, with existing cartways and existing and proposed rights-of-way.
(12) 
Existing man-made features, such as buildings and their uses, driveways, sewer lines, storm drains, culverts, bridges, utility easements, waterlines and other significant man-made features within the site.
(13) 
Proposed general street and lot layout, with building setback lines and buildable areas as defined in Article II.
(14) 
Types and number of buildings proposed and proposed height of buildings and other structures.
(15) 
The location of sidewalks and crosswalks and, where applicable to residential and other development, the location of school bus stops.
(16) 
Proposed open space and/or recreation areas, including notes on the plan describing the proposed use, activity area and/or improvement.
(17) 
Proposed methods and techniques for water supply and sewage disposal.
(18) 
Natural features map. The following information shall be clearly and legibly depicted on a natural features map, which shall be a separate sheet of the sketch plan submission:
(a) 
Contour lines measured at vertical intervals of not less than 10 feet, including the date and source of the contours. Topographic data derived from the United States Geological Survey quadrangle maps may be used for the sketch plan submission.
(b) 
Steep slopes as specified in Article VIII.
(c) 
Floodway and floodway-fringe areas as related to the Floodplain Conservation Overlay District Map.
(d) 
Wetlands derived from sources, such as the National Wetland Inventory Maps. Sources for any wetlands plotted shall be indicated.
(e) 
PNDI sites based on the Pennsylvania Natural Diversity Index and addressed in § 197-51.
(f) 
Other significant natural features within the lot, such as watercourses, soils and tree masses, and any proposed changes in these features and the approximate location of such features within 50 feet of the lot. (This includes properties across streets.)
(19) 
Additional requirements. In the case of a land development, the following additional requirements shall apply:
(a) 
The proposed location of all buildings and other structures.
(b) 
The proposed location of parking areas and parking lots.
(20) 
A copy of the sketch plan checklist for a major subdivision and/or land development, completed and signed by the engineer or other design professional who prepared the plan.
(21) 
A note indicating ownership of the subject tract or proof that the applicant is an authorized agent of the owner.
(22) 
Notes indicating any modifications, waivers, variances, special exceptions and/or conditional uses that are required.
(23) 
Information pertaining to dumps, quarries, sinkholes, bedrock outcrops, toxic waters or other potential hazards or constraints (where applicable).
(24) 
The location of trash storage areas.
(25) 
The location of all fencing, hedges and walls.
(26) 
The location of all lights, street trees and shade trees.
(27) 
The location of any freestanding sign, benches, planters or other site accessories, where applicable.
(28) 
The location of all disabled (handicapped) access and parking.