14-5-2 PRELIMINARY PLAT
Unofficial copy. It may be out of date. Not legal or zoning advice. Zoning rules change, and only the city or county can say for sure what is allowed on a property. Confirm with the city or county planning department before you buy, sign or build.
The official Wellington code is at https://www.wellingtonutah.gov/land-use-code.html.
Text pulled 2026-10-19 from this source.
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1. GENERAL.
The preliminary plat shall be prepared by a licensed land surveyor at a convenient scale not more than one (1) inch equals one hundred (100) feet, may be prepared in pen or pencil, and the sheets shall be numbered in sequence if more than one (1) sheet is used and shall be of such size as is acceptable for filing in the office of the County Recorder, but shall not be twenty-our by thirty-six (24 x 36) inches or larger. It should be noted that the map prepared for the preliminary plat may also be used for the final subdivision plat and, therefore, should be drawn on tracing cloth or reproducible mylar; preparation in pencil will make required changes and additions easier.
2. FEATURES. The preliminary plat shall show the following:
a. The location of property with respect to surrounding property and streets, the names of all adjoining property owners of record, or the names of adjoining developments; the names of adjoining streets.
b. The location and dimensions of all boundary lines of the property to be expressed in feet and decimals of a foot.
c. The location of existing streets, easements, water bodies, streams, and other pertinent features such as swamps, railroads, buildings, parks, cemeteries, drainage ditches, bridges, as determined by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
d. The location and width of all existing and proposed streets and easements, alleys, and other public ways, and easements and proposed street rights-of-ways and
building set-back lines.
e. The locations, dimensions, and areas of all proposed or existing lots.
f.
The location and dimension of all property proposed to
be set aside for park or playground use, or other public
or private reservation, with designation of the purpose
thereof, and conditions, if any, of the dedication or
reservation.
g. The name and address of the owner or owners of land to be subdivided, the name and address of the subdivider if other than the owner, and the name of the land surveyor.
h. The date of the map, approximate true north point, scale, and title of the subdivision.
i.
Sufficient data acceptable to the City Engineer to
determine readily the location, bearing, and length of
all lines, and to reproduce such lines upon the ground;
the location of all proposed monuments.
j.
Names of the subdivision and all proposed new streets
for approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
k. Indication of the use of any lot (single-family, twofamily, multi-family, townhouse) and all uses other than residential proposed by the sub-divider.
l.
All lots in each phase consecutively numbered.
m. All information required on concept plat should also be shown on the preliminary plat, and the following notation shall also be shown.
1. Explanation of drainage easements, if any.
2. Explanation of site easements, if any.
3. Explanation of reservations, if any.
4. Endorsement of owner, as follows:
____________________ ______________
OWNER
DATE
n. Form for endorsements by Commission Chairman as follows:
Approved by Resolution of the Planning and Zoning Commission._________________________________
o. The lack of information under any item specified herein, or improper information supplied by the applicant, shall be cause of disapproval of a preliminary plat.