10-21-16: - SMALL SUBDIVISIONS; SPECIAL PROVISIONS:

A preliminary plan shall be required for all small subdivision submittals, based on the criteria listed below: A.

For single-family dwelling, two-family dwelling, and townhome subdivisions, the applicant's preliminary plan submittal must be reviewed by the administrative land use authority, i.e., the planning commission, for recommendation to the city planning staff committee, and thereafter the preliminary plan must be reviewed for approval by the city planning staff committee.

B.

For multiple-family residential subdivisions, commercial subdivisions, or manufacturing use subdivisions, the preliminary plan must be reviewed by the planning commission for recommendation to the city council, and thereafter the preliminary plan must be reviewed for final approval by the city council.

C.

Approval of the final plan shall be authorization for the applicant to sell lots within the subdivision covered by the preliminary plan by metes and bounds, and the requirements of a final plan shall be waived. When final plans are not required, the applicant shall provide such improvements on existing streets within the subdivision as shall be required by the city council. Final plans may not be required where all the following conditions exist:

1.

The subdivision consists of not more than ten (10) lots.

2.

The subdivision does not require the dedication of any land for street or other public purposes.

3.

The subdivision is not traversed by the mapped lines of a proposed street or a street to be widened as shown on the major street plan.

4.

Each of the lots in the subdivision meets the frontage, width and area requirements of this title.

(1985 Code § 19-40-11, amd. Ord. 977, 1-2-2024; amd. Ord. 988, 11-6-2024)