§ 15-2-2 Stage I - Pre-application conference.
(A) Actions by the subdivider. The subdivider shall meet informally with the Department to present a general outline of his or her proposal, including, but not limited to:
(1) Sketch plans and ideas regarding land use, street and lot arrangements, tentative lot sizes;
(2) Tentative proposals regarding water supply, sewage disposal, surface drainage and street improvements.
(B) Actions by the Department. The Department shall discuss the proposal with the subdivider and advise him or her of procedural steps, design and improvement standards and general plat requirements. Then, depending upon the scope of the proposed development, the Department shall proceed with the following investigations:
(1) Check existing zoning of the tract;
(2) Determine the adequacy of existing or proposed schools, parks and other public spaces;
(3) Inspect the site or otherwise determine its relationship to major streets, utility systems and adjacent land uses and to determine any unusual problems such as topography, utilities, flooding and the like;
(4) Determine the need for preparation and review of a Development Master Plan prior to subsequent consideration of a Preliminary Plat and advise the subdivider if a Development Master Plan is required and to what extent it shall be prepared by the developer and by the Department.
(C) Filing fee. Fees to help offset costs of reviewing development plan reports for water, sewer, drainage, retention, transportation facilities, open space, landscaping and other development plans shall be paid by the subdivider, at the time of filing such plan, in such amount as established by resolution adopted from time to time by the Mayor and Council.
(D) Development Master Plan. The Department shall use the following guidelines in establishing the need for a Development Master Plan: whether the tract is sufficiently large to comprise an entire neighborhood; and whether the tract initially proposed for platting is only a portion of a larger land area, the development of which is complicated by unusual topographic, utility, land use, land ownership or other conditions. The entire land area need not in this case be under the subdivider’s control.
(1) Preparation. The DMP shall be prepared to scale and accuracy, commensurate with its purpose, and shall include:
(a) General street pattern with particular attention to collector streets and future circulation throughout the neighborhood;
(b) General location and size of school sites, parks or other public areas;
(c) Location of shopping centers, multi family residential or other proposed land uses;
(d) Methods proposed for sewage disposal, water supply and storm drainage;
(e) Location of buildings and circulation for condominium developments on all land owned by the subdivider.
(2) Approval. Upon acceptance of general design approach by the Department, the DMP may be submitted to the Board and Council for their consideration. If general approval is given, notice to that effect shall be recorded in the minutes of both bodies and a copy of said minutes transmitted to the subdivider and his or her engineer. If development is to take place in several parts, the DMP shall be submitted as supporting data for each part and shall be kept up to date by the subdivider and the Department as modifications take place. (Prior Code, § 15-2-2) (Am. Ord. 89-829, passed 9-12-1989; Am. Ord. 94-493, passed 4-12-1994)