New Franklin Preliminary Plat: Contents and Submission Procedure ordinance (§ 410.040)

A. An owner who intends to subdivide land into lots for the purposes of sale and/or development or to dedicate land for streets, alleys, parks or other public use shall have prepared by a registered surveyor or a registered engineer a preliminary plat of the land within the subdivision or the section or tract thereof to be developed first, prior to developing the land.

B. As additional sections or tracts of the subdivision are desired to be developed, a preliminary plat of each section or tract shall be filed and all of the provisions of this Chapter shall be observed.

1. Contents. The preliminary plat shall be drawn to a scale of not more than one hundred (100) feet to the inch and shall show or be accompanied by the following information:

a. The location of all existing property lines, north points, scale, adjoining streets and alleys, watercourses, storm sewers, sanitary sewers, water mains, gas mains, culverts or other underground structures and all existing or proposed easements and other existing pertinent features within the area to be subdivided and in the adjoining streets or alleys.

b. The names of all adjoining subdivisions.

c. The proposed lot layout, location and width of all streets and alleys.

d. The title under which the subdivision is to be recorded, the name of the owners of same, including the names of the officers of any corporate owner, and the name of the registered surveyor or registered engineer platting the tract of land to be subdivided.

e. A scaled map of the City, upon which shall be sketched to the scale appearing thereon the correct location of the proposed subdivision and its boundaries.

f. The location and direction of drainage of all watercourses and natural drainage channels.

g. The proposed location of sanitary sewers.

h. All proposed public areas.

i. Each street identified by its proposed street name.

2. Submission procedure.

a. The owner shall submit four (4) prints of the preliminary plat to the Board. One (1) print shall be retained by the Board and three (3) prints shall be referred to the Commission for further study, investigation and recommendation.

b. At their next regular scheduled meeting, the Commission shall review the preliminary plat and notify the owner of the date, time and place of the meeting of the Commission and the owner may appear and be heard.

c. Within sixty (60) days after the submission of a plat to the Commission, the Commission shall approve or disapprove the plat; otherwise the plat is deemed approved by the Commission, except that the Commission, with the consent of the applicant for the approval, may extend the sixty (60) day period. The ground of disapproval of any plat by the Commission shall be made a matter of record.

d. If the Commission conditionally approves the plat, it shall state in writing any revisions, modifications, additions or deletions required of the owner by the Statutes of Missouri and/or Sections of this Chapter before a final plat may be approved. Such revisions, modifications, additions or deletions to the preliminary plat may relate:

(1) To the width and/or alignment of streets,

(2) To the type, capacity and location of sanitary sewer and/or storm sewer facilities,

(3) To the location and capacity of all public utility facilities,

(4) To the location, width and purpose of easements appearing on the preliminary plat or required by the City for public use,

(5) Lot sizes and/or layout, and

(6) To such other matters as, in the opinion of the Commission, may be in the public interest.

e. The Commission shall submit a written report of its action on the plat to the owner and the Board along with a copy of the plat, indicating necessary revisions or modifications. If the owner is aggrieved with the Commission's report, the owner may appeal therefrom to the Board by filing a notice of appeal with the City Clerk and the Chairman of the Commission within ten (10) days from the date thereof.

C. The Board shall conduct a public hearing on the issues in controversy. The Clerk shall give the owner and the Chairman of the Commission at least fifteen (15) days' notice of the time and place of the hearing.

D. At the first (1st) Board meeting following the public hearing, the Board shall declare its findings in writing and enter its order approving, modifying or rejecting the report of the Commission.

E. Approval of the preliminary plat shall authorize the owner to prepare the final plat and complete engineering designs, subject to the provisions of Section 410.050, but such approval shall not constitute an approval of the plat for purposes of recordation or for the sale and/or development of any tract or parcel of land within the area represented by the preliminary plat.