Anderson 

Chapter 13.12

PRELIMINARY PLAT

Sections:

13.12.010 Generally.

13.12.020 Procedure on preliminary plat.

13.12.030 Preliminary plat requirements.

13.12.010 Generally. A preliminary plat shall be required for all proposed subdivisions. The preliminary plat shall include all the land under consideration under contig­uous ownership unless separate legal descriptions exist as a matter of record, regardless of whether or not all of the land is intended for immediate development. The purpose of the preliminary plat process is:

A. To provide the planning commission with general information concerning the proposed development;

B. To provide guidelines for the subdivider concerning developmental policies of the city; and

C. To acquaint the subdivider with the platting proce­dure and requirements of the city. (Ord. 108 §1 (part), 1985)

13.12.020 Procedure on preliminary plat. The following procedure shall be followed for preliminary plats:

A. The subdivider will prepare a preliminary layout of his proposed subdivision which shall comply with the requirements of Section 13.12.030 and with other pertinent provisions of this title.

B. To receive consideration at a regular meeting of the commission, the preliminary plat must be filed with the city clerk not less than twenty days prior to the regular meeting.

C. The city clerk shall forward for purposes of infor­mation and comment, one copy of the preliminary plat to the city engineer. The city clerk shall request each agency to which a preliminary plat is referred to submit its comments to the commission within two weeks from the date of mailing. If these comments are not received within two weeks, the commission may consider that the agency not replying favors the approval of the preliminary layout as submitted.

D. The city clerk shall forward for purposes of infor­mation and comment, one copy of the preliminary plat to the affected public utility authorities of the area in which the proposed subdivision is located and one copy to the city engineer. The city clerk shall request each agency to which a preliminary plat is referred to submit its comments to the

commission within two weeks from the date of mailing. If these comments are not received within two weeks, the com­mission may consider that the agency not replying favors the approval of the preliminary layout as submitted.

E.  Following review of the city report and of the pre­liminary plat as to compliance with these regulations, and after negotiations with the applicant for changes in the subdivision plan as the commission considers advisable, the commission shall within thirty days from the regular meeting at which the preliminary plat was first submitted for con­sideration, pass thereon as originally submitted or mod­ified. If the plat is approved the commission shall express its tentative approval or, if disapproved, shall express its disapproval and its reasons therefor.

F. The action of the commission and any conditions of approval shall be noted on two copies of the preliminary plat; one copy shall be returned to the subdivider and the other retained by the city.

G. Conditional approval of the preliminary plat does not constitute approval of the final plat, rather, it should be considered as a guide to the preparation of the final plat. (Ord. 108 §l (part) , 1985)

            13.12.030 Preliminary plat requirements. The prelimi­nary plat should show the following information:

A. The name of the subdivision;

B. A legal description;

C. The name and address of the owner and subdivider and the name of the engineer or land surveyor, if any, of the preliminary plat;

D. The scale shall be one hundred feet to the inch, or five hundred feet to the inch;

E. The date and north point;

F. Topography shall be shown by contour lines of at least five-foot intervals in elevation;

G. The locations, widths and names of all existing or platted streets or other public ways within or adjacent to the subdivision, existing permanent buildings, railroad rights-of-way and other important features such as util­ities, section lines and political subdivision lines;

H. All parcels of land intended to be dedicated for public use or reserved in the deeds for the uses of all property owners in the proposed subdivision, together with the conditions or limitations of the reservations, if any;

I. The layout, numbers and approximate dimensions of proposed lots;

J. The layout, names, widths of proposed streets and alleys and existing and proposed sewer, drainage, public utility and other easements within the subdivision;

K. Space for approval of the commission with addition­al space for date and seal;

L. Existing sewers, water mains, natural watercourses, culverts or other underground structures within the tract and immediately adjacent thereto, with pipe sizes, grades and locations indicated if available. Existing pipelines should also be shown;

M. Intended land use;

N. The location and type of on-site septic and water systems;

O. The names of adjacent subdivisions, or an indica­tion that the adjacent land is not subdivided;

P. A vicinity sketch or key map should be shown on or accompanying the preliminary layout. The scale should not be less than one inch to the mile. The relative location of the proposed subdivision, the principal road systems and section lines should also be shown; and

Q. The distance of all lot lines. (Ord. 108 §l (part), 1985)