16.03.030 PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION PLAT REQUIREMENTS

The following information is required for the subdivision of all lands located within Cache County. The applicant may be required to provide other information as required by the Director of Development Services, Planning Commission, and/or County Council necessary to evaluate the proposed subdivision. A. An application for a subdivision, provided by the Director, completed and signed by the owner(s), or authorized agent of the owner(s), of the land parcel(s) proposed to be subdivided. B. A preliminary subdivision plat shall be prepared by a licensed land surveyor in pen and the sheets shall be numbered in sequence if more than one sheet is used or required by the Director. C. The preliminary subdivision plat shall show the following: 1. The layout or configuration of the proposed subdivision at a scale of no more than one inch equals one hundred feet (1" = 100'), or as recommended by the Director; 2. Located at the top and center of the subdivision plat the proposed name of the subdivision and the section, township, range, principal median, and county of its location; 3. A title block, placed on the lower right hand corner of the plat showing: a. Name and address of owner(s) of record; and b. Name and address of the licensed land surveyor responsible for preparing the preliminary plat; and c. Date of preparation of the preliminary subdivision plat, and any revision dates; 4. Signature blocks prepared, as required and provided by the county, for the dated signatures of the Planning Commission Chair, Deputy County Surveyor, County Attorney, County Recorder and Bear River Board of Health Director; 5. North arrow, graphic and written scale, and the basis of bearings used; 6. Bearings shall be shown to the nearest second; lengths to the nearest hundredth foot; areas to the nearest hundredth acre; 7. Tabulation of the number of acres in the proposed subdivision, showing the total number of lots, and the areas of each lot; 8. A vicinity map of the site at a minimum scale of one inch equals two thousand feet (1" = 2,000'); 9. Surveyed boundary of the proposed subdivision; accurate in scale, dimension, and bearing; giving the location of and ties to the nearest two (2) existing government control monuments. This information shall provide data sufficient to determine readily the location, bearing, and length of all lines and the location of all proposed monuments. The names of all adjoining property owners shall be shown; 10. A legal description of the entire subdivision site boundary; 11. All existing monuments found during the course of the survey (including a physical description such as "brass cap"); 12. Identification of known natural features including, but not limited to, wetlands as identified by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, areas which would be covered in the event of one hundred (100) year floods, all water bodies, floodways and drainage ways, slopes exceeding twenty percent (20%) and slopes exceeding thirty percent (30%), and any other natural features as required by the Director, Planning Commission, or County Council for the entire or a portion of the subdivision site, including a tabulation of the acres in each; 13. Identification of known manmade features including, but not limited to, high voltage power lines, high pressure gas lines, hard surfaced roads, road easements, road rights-of-way, bridges, culverts and drainage channels, field drains, existing water and sewer trunk lines, all utility easements, railroads and railroad easements, irrigation ditches, canals and canal easements within and adjacent to the subdivision site as required by the Director, Planning Commission, or County Council for the entire or a portion of the subdivision site; 14. The location and dimensions of all existing buildings, existing property lines and fence lines; 15. The location with name and parcel number of all existing platted lots within, or contiguous to the subdivision site; 16. All lots, rights-of-way, and easements created by the subdivision with their boundary, bearings, lengths, widths, name, number, or purpose, shall be given. The addresses of all lots shall be shown. All proposed new roads, whether public or private, shall be numbered, as provided by the Development Services Department, with the coordinates to proposed connections to existing county roads being shown; 17. All existing and proposed roadway locations and dimensions, including the width of the driving surface and the rights-of-way, with cross sections of all proposed roads. All proposed roads shall be designed to comply with the adopted road standards of Cache County; 18. Location and size of existing and proposed culinary water and sewer lines and/or, the location of all wells proposed, active and abandoned, and springs used for culinary water and the location of all septic systems and drain fields, as applicable, and the location of fire hydrants, and secondary water facilities if proposed as required by the Director, Planning Commission, or County Council for the entire or a portion of the subdivision site shall be shown; 19. Proposed storm water drainage system for both surface and flood water, including any drainage easements and natural drainage ways, indicating how the flow will be altered with the proposed development; 20. Layout of proposed power lines, including the source and connection to the existing power supply, together with the location of existing and proposed bridges, culverts, utilities, utility easements, and any common space or open space areas including the location and dimensions of all property proposed to be set aside for public or private reservation, with designation of the purpose of those set aside, and conditions, if any, of the dedication or reservation; 21. Located on the preliminary plat, or separate map, the identification of the minimum building setback lines for each lot shall be shown; 22. An indication of the use for all proposed lots including required plat notes identifying agricultural protection areas, and other proposed or required protective and restrictive covenants; 23. Endorsement on the plat by every person having a security interest in the subdivision property that they are subordinating their liens to all covenants, servitudes, and easements imposed on the property; 24. All monuments erected, corners, and other points established in the field in their proper places. The material of which the monuments, corners, or other points are made shall be noted. The legend for metal monuments shall indicate the kind of metal, the diameter, and length of the monuments; 25. A letter or other written form of consent by the owner including a reference to the named subdivision and the dedication of public ways or spaces, as required. This shall be signed, dated, and notarized; 26. A surveyor's certificate showing the name and registration number of the land surveyor responsible for making the final plat, and certifying to the plat's accuracy. A simple subdivision may not require a full survey, but instead may be completed through a metes and bounds determination. A waiver form shall be approved by the Cache County Recorder, the County Surveyor (or their representative), and the Director; 27. Any subdivision notes as required by the Director. An approved list of all possible notes and their applicability shall be maintained by staff. D. A title report for the property proposed to be subdivided provided by a title company within thirty (30) days of the date of subdivision application. E. A development phasing schedule (if applicable) including the sequence for each phase, approximate size in area of each phase, and proposed phasing of construction of all private and public improvements. F. A tax clearance from the Cache County Treasurer indicating that all taxes, interest and penalties owing for the property have been paid. G. The names and addresses of all owners of record of real property within three hundred feet (300') of the parcel of land proposed for subdivision, including the names and addresses of the holders of any known valid mineral leases. H. Payment of the non-refundable administrative processing fee, and a refundable preliminary plat application fee. See Consolidated Fee Schedule for amount of fee.