A. Advisory Meeting With City Staff And Other Agencies. Prior to the preparation of the preliminary plat, the subdivider shall submit a sketch plat and consult with the staff of the City of Aurora, utility companies, Board of Education and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources in order to familiarize himself with the standards established in these regulations and the provisions of the Comprehensive Plan affecting land proposed to be subdivided. After the advisory meeting the Planning and Zoning Commission reviews and approves or disapproves the sketch plat with or without changes requested by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
B. Procedure. After approval of the sketch plat by the Planning and Zoning Commission, the subdivider shall submit sufficient copies of the preliminary plat [ten (10) copies and a reproducible copy] and plan and profiles [five (5) copies] for providing streets, curb and gutters, water, sewage disposal and storm drainage/detention which shall be reviewed and approved for compliance with City ordinances by the City staff. The sheet size shall be limited to twenty-four (24) inches by thirty-six (36) inches, unless extreme conditions require a larger size to clearly delineate the proposed subdivision. After submission of the preliminary plat, the Planning and Zoning Director shall transmit copies thereof for review and recommendations to the following:
1. City staff;
2. School district;
3. Each company or public agency furnishing electric, gas, telephone, water or sewer service;
4. Missouri Department of Highways and Transportation - only when Federal and State highways are involved.
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After receiving approval from City staff, the subdivider may then request the Commission to review his/her preliminary plat. Application forms may be obtained from the Planning and Zoning Department. The application shall be accompanied by the required filing fee, the bond or escrow agreement in the form required by this Chapter, and all required permits from Federal, State and local government. The plat shall be reviewed by the Commission at its first meeting following the expiration of fifteen (15) days after the filing of the request to the Commission. A person seeking to subdivide land as a minor subdivision shall file a written statement with the Commission indicating the nature of the transaction. If it is determined that such transaction qualifies as a minor subdivision, the subdivider may not be required to file the preliminary plat data and may proceed with the preparation of the final plat.
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C. Information Required On Preliminary Plat. The preliminary plat shall be drawn to a scale of not greater than two hundred (200) feet to the inch and shall contain the following information:
1. The name of the proposed subdivision and the tract designation of the property as shown on the records of the County on file in the County Recorder's office.
2. The names and addresses and seals (if applicable) of the owner, subdivider, surveyor, landscape architect, engineer and any others who may have prepared the plat.
3. The location of all existing monuments of record.
4. The gross and net acreage of the proposed subdivision; the acreage of streets; and of any areas reserved for the common use of the property owners within the subdivision.
5. The boundary lines of the proposed subdivision; and their bearings and distances, with ties to existing section corners and/or corners or points of legally recorded subdivisions of record within the corporate limits of the City. This data shall be prepared by a surveyor licensed in Missouri.
6. All section lines, United States Survey and township lines, lines of incorporated areas, sewer districts, public water supply and drainage districts, school districts and all other legally established districts.
7. The location, purpose, type and dimension of all streets and easements, existing and/or platted in, and in the immediate adjacent bordering area(s) or subdivisions of the proposed subdivision, the locations of all existing underground utility installations in the proposed subdivision.
8. The proposed location and approximate dimensions of all lots, building lines, easements and improvements thereon and the proposed use of the lot.
9. The areas within the proposed subdivision subject to inundation or stormwater overflow, the subsurface conditions of the property, including the results of any tests made to ascertain subsurface rock, soil and groundwater and the results of soil percolation tests, if individual septic tanks are proposed. This data shall be prepared by a registered professional engineer licensed to practice in the State of Missouri.
D. Supplemental Information Required With Preliminary Plat. The subdivider shall file with the preliminary plat the following:
1. Preliminary plans and profiles shall be submitted [at a scale of no greater than twenty (20) feet to the inch] for: Each proposed street (including grade, width and type of pavement), stormwater drainage, grading and other improvements being proposed. (Preliminary improvement plans for water and sewage disposal systems shall be included as approved.)
2. Whenever part of a tract is proposed to be subdivided and additional portions thereof to be subdivided in the future, a sketch plan of the entire tract shall be submitted.
3. If street lighting is proposed, a map showing the arrangement thereof.
4. All maps shall show the date, scale and north point. Each individual sheet shall be identified with its proper numerical sequence.
5. Any proposed indenture of restrictions, providing for the establishment of a Governing Body of the property owners.
E. Review Of The Preliminary Plat. Within thirty (30) days after submission of all of the data hereinabove required, the Commission shall review and make a report thereon. It shall approve or disapprove the preliminary plat, including the plans and profiles of all improvements. Prior to granting approval of the preliminary plat, the Commission may impose any conditions deemed conducive to the health, safety and welfare of the community. Action shall be noted on two (2) or more copies of the preliminary plat and signed by the Chairman of the Commission. One (1) copy shall be returned to the subdivider, and one (1) copy retained by the Commission for record. If approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission, they shall make a recommendation to City Council for approval. Approval of the preliminary plat shall lapse unless a final plat of all or a portion of the land included in the preliminary plat is submitted to the Commission within one (1) year from the date of the approval of the preliminary plat. A maximum of two (2) year extension of time may be granted by the Commission, upon application to the Commission, by the subdivider and prior to the expiration of the initial approval.
F. Approved Preliminary Plat. Approval of the preliminary plat by the City Council is an authorization to the subdivider to proceed with the development.
See
Section 410.040: Minimum Standards Of Design for more information.
