§ 5.07 Procedures For Review Of Preliminary Plats

A section of Subdivision Ordinance: Subdivision Ordinance

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5.07 PROCEDURES FOR REVIEW OF PRELIMINARY PLATS

A) The City Clerk, upon receipt of twenty (20) copies of the preliminary plat, shall file one copy in the records of the City, shall retain one copy for public inspection, and shall forward the remaining copies of the plat as provided herein.

B) The City Clerk shall provide copies of the plat to the City Engineer, to the City Attorney, and such other persons as necessary to review the plat; and shall schedule the plat for consideration by the Planning and Zoning Commission.

C) The Planning and Zoning Commission shall examine the plat and the reports of the City Engineer and City Attorney, and such other information as it deems necessary or desirable, to ascertain whether the plat conforms to the ordinances of the City, and conforms to the Community Development Plan and other duly adopted plans of the City. The Planning and Zoning Commission shall, within forty-five (45) days of the filing of the plat with the City Clerk, forward a report and recommendation regarding the plat to the City Council. If such recommendation is to disapprove or modify the plat, the reasons therefor shall be set forth in writing in the report, and a copy of the report and recommendation shall be provided to the subdivider.

**Amended by 2001-250;**

D) The City Council shall examine the plat, the reports of the City Engineer and City Attorney, the report of the Planning and Zoning Commission, and such other information as it deems necessary or desirable. Upon such examination, the City Council shall ascertain whether the plat conforms to the ordinances and standards of the City, conforms to the Community Development Plan and other duly adopted plans of the City, and will be conducive to the orderly growth and development of the City; in order to protect the public health, safety, and welfare. Following such examination, the City Council may approve, approve subject to conditions, or disapprove the plat. If the decision of the City Council is to disapprove the plat, or to approve the plat subject to conditions, the reasons therefor shall be set forth in writing in the official records of the City Council, and such decisions shall be provided to the subdivider. Action on the preliminary plat by the City Council shall be taken within sixty (60) days of the filing of the plat with the City Clerk.

Ordinance 2012-319, adopted March 27, 2013; in effect on publication (publication date not recorded), source page

Confirmed by the city's current text: the 2026 draft recodification (August 2026, not adopted) has the same words (§ 170.29, p. 679). This ordinance's text was consolidated because the later text agrees with it.

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Mar 27, 2013today Ordinance 2012-319 section replaced, text p. 2

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