ARTICLE IV PRELIMINARY PLAT AND IMPROVEMENTS

SECTION 28-16 PROCEDURE - It is recommended that before the preliminary plat is submitted for approval, the developer should present to the Plan Director or the City Engineer a sketch plan on a topographic map, showing the proposed layout of streets, lots, and other features in relation to existing conditions and proposed development. The sketch shall also indicate the proposed utilities and street improvements. The Plan Director or City Engineer may submit the sketch plan and their recommendations to the Plan Commission for approval.
SECTION 28-17 PRELIMINARY PLAT, WHERE FILED, EXCEPTION - Five copies of a preliminary plat shall be submitted to the Plan Director or City Engineer at least 10 days before the regular meeting of the Plan Commission. The preliminary plat shall be at a scale of not more than one inch equals 100 feet. Plats containing four lots or less and not new streets or easements may be exempted from the provisions of this ARTICLE upon application to the Commission.
SECTION 28-18 THE PRELIMINARY PLAT SHALL SHOW
  1. 1. The location of the present property lines and section lines, streets, buildings, water courses and other existing features within the area to be subdivided and similar information regarding land immediately adjacent thereto.
  2. 2. The proposed location and width of streets, alleys, lots, building lines and easements.
  3. 3. The title under which the proposed subdivision is to be recorded and the name of the engineer, and/or the registered land surveyor, and the subdivider platting the tract.
  4. 4. Contours referred to sea level datum with intervals of two feet or less shall be required.
  5. 5. The north point, scale and date.
  6. 6. Site data including total acres, number of lots, typical lot dimensions and area, lineal feet in streets, acres in streets, parks and similar public or semi-public areas.
  7. 7. Sketch plans and supporting data setting out the suggested grades or profiles of the streets, the proposed grades and facilities for all required improvements and the subdivider’s proposal to the city for accomplishing their installation in accordance with ARTICLE V hereof. Data regarding all existing sanitary and storm sewers, water mains, culverts, and other underground structures within the tract or on streets immediately abutting thereto; as well as the location and size of the nearest water main and sewer outlet shall be submitted in conjunction with the preliminary plat.
SECTION 28-19 APPROVAL OF PRELIMINARY PLAT - If the Commission shall find that the preliminary plat satisfies the requirements or ARTICLE III, and can conform to all other requirements of this Ordinance, it shall approve said plat. One copy of the approved plat, together with a copy of any comments of the Commission, shall be given to the City Engineer, one shall be retained by the Commission and one-copy findings shall be given to the person offering the proposed plat, together with a certificate of preliminary approval.