16-20-010 PRELIMINARY PLAT: REQUIREMENTS

A. The preliminary plat shall comply with the following requirements: 1. Description. In a title block located in the lower right hand corner of the sheet shall appear the following: a. The proposed name of the subdivision; b. The location of the subdivision including the address and the section, township and range; c. The names and addresses of the owner, the subdivider if other than the owner and the surveyor of the subdivision; d. Date of preparation, scale (logical to the size of the project) and north point. 2. Existing Conditions. The preliminary plat shall show: a. The location of the nearest benchmark and all monuments used in the legal description; b. The boundary of the proposed subdivision and the acreage included; c. All adjoining property under the control of the subdivider, even though only a portion is being subdivided. Where the plat submitted covers only a part of the subdivider’s tract, a sketch of the prospective street system of the unplatted parts of the subdivider’s land shall be submitted, and the street system of the part submitted shall be considered in the light of existing master street plans or other planning commission studies; d. The location, width and names of all existing streets within two hundred fifty feet of the subdivision and of all prior platted streets or other public ways, railroad and utility rights-of-way, parks and other public open spaces, permanent buildings and structures, houses or permanent easements and section and corporation lines, within and adjacent to the tract; e. The location of all wells, proposed, active and abandoned, and of all reservoirs within the tract and to a distance of at least two hundred fifty feet beyond the tract boundaries; f. Existing sewers, water mains, fire hydrants, culverts or other public facilities or infrastructures within the tract and to a distance of at least two hundred fifty feet beyond the tract boundaries, indicating pipe sizes, grades, manholes and exact location; g. Existing ditches, canals, natural drainage channels, storm drainage and open waterways; h. Existing right-of-way and easement grants of record for underground and other facilities together with all other encroachments affecting this property. i. Boundary lines of adjacent tracts of un-subdivided land, showing ownership where possible; j. Contour at vertical intervals of not more than one foot. High-water levels of all watercourses, if any, shall be indicated in the same datum for contour elevations. k. The location of any and all flood plains within 250 feet of property boundary lines. 3. Proposed Plan. The preliminary plat shall show: a. The layout of streets, showing location, widths and other dimensions of (designated by actual or proposed names and numbers) proposed streets, crosswalks, alleys and easements; b. The layout, numbers, typical dimensions and lot size in acres; c. Parcels of land intended to be dedicated or temporarily reserved for public use or set aside for use of property owners in the subdivision; d. All utility lines and fire hydrants; e. Easements for water, sewers, drainage, utility lines and other purposes; f. Typical street cross-sections and grades for proposed streets; g. A plan by which the subdivider will handle storm water drainage for the subdivision. h. Any other matter reasonably required by the City and determined to be necessary by the City Staff. 4. Copies of any agreements with adjacent property owners relevant to the proposed subdivision shall be presented to the planning commission with the preliminary plat. (Ord. 2002-04, 2002)