17.10.220 - Specifications for Documents to be Completed

A.

Preliminary Plat Specifications. A Preliminary Plat shall include the following:

1.

General. The Preliminary Plat shall be prepared by a licensed land surveyor at an engineers' scale not more than one (1) inch equals twenty (20) feet, and the sheets shall be numbered in sequence if more than one (1) sheet is used and shall be twenty-four (24) inches by thirty-six (65) inches (24" × 36"). It should be noted that the map prepared for the Preliminary Plat may also be used during the preparation of the Final Plat and, therefore, should be drawn on mylar.

2.

Name.

a.

Name of Subdivision if Property is within an existing Subdivision.

b.

Proposed name if not within a previously plated Subdivision. The proposed name shall not duplicate the name of any Plat previously recorded in Salt Lake County, Utah.

c.

Name of Property if no Subdivision name has been chosen. This is commonly the name by which the Property is locally known.

d.

Name, address, including telephone number and email address, of the professional person(s) responsible for Subdivision design, for the design of Public Improvements, and for surveys.

e.

Proposed names of new Streets, subject to the approval by the Planning Commission.

3.

Ownership. Name and address, including telephone number, of legal Owner or Owner's Agent of the Property, a Property title report, and citation of last instrument conveying any attribute of title to each Parcel of Property involved in the proposed Subdivision, giving grantor, grantee, date, and land records reference.

a.

Citation and documentation of any existing legal Rights-of-Way or easements affecting the Property.

b.

Existing recorded covenants on the Property, if any.

c.

Name and address, including telephone number and email address, of the professional person(s) responsible for Subdivision design, for the design of Public Improvements, and for surveys.

d.

Copy of any environmental report prepared for the Property.

4.

Description. Location of Property by government Lot, section, township, range and county, graphic scale, north arrow, and acres.

a.

Location of Property Lines; existing easements; burial grounds; physical hazards; known geologic hazards; hazardous materials, flood plains, railroad Rights-of-Way; water courses; wetlands; each tree of six (6) inches or more in diameter (measured four (4) feet above ground level), groves of five (5) or more smaller trees, or clumps of oak or maple covering an area of fifty square (50) feet squared, as measured to the canopy dripline; location, width, and names of all existing or platted Streets or other public ways within or immediately adjacent to the Property; and names of adjoining record Property Owners within six hundred (600) feet of any perimeter boundary of the proposed Subdivision.

b.

Location, sizes, elevations, excess capacities, and Slopes of existing sewers, water mains, culverts, other underground Structures, and hydrants within the tract and immediately adjacent thereto; existing permanent Building and utility poles and lines on or immediately adjacent to the Site and utility Rights-of-Way.

c.

Approximate topography, at the same scale as the Preliminary Plat with at least two-(2) foot contour intervals.

d.

The approximate location and widths of proposed Streets.

e.

Preliminary proposals for connection with existing municipal water supply and sanitary sewer systems; and preliminary provisions for collecting, detaining, and discharging surface water drainage.

f.

The approximate location, dimensions, and areas of all proposed and/or existing Lots.

g.

The approximate location, dimensions, and areas of all Parcels of land proposed to be set aside for park or playground Use or other public Use, or for the common Use of Property Owners in the proposed Subdivision.

h.

The location of temporary stakes to enable the Planning Commission and staff to find and appraise features of the Preliminary Plat in the field.

i.

Whenever the proposed Preliminary Plat covers only a part of an Applicant's contiguous holdings, the Applicant shall submit, at the scale of no more than twenty (20) feet to the inch, a sketch of the proposed Subdivision Area, together with its proposed Street and trail system, and an indication of the probable future Street and drainage system of the remaining portion of the tract owned by the Applicant or its affiliates.

j.

A vicinity map showing Streets and other general Development of the surrounding Area. The Preliminary Plat shall show all school and special service district boundary lines.

k.

A plan designating Limits of Disturbance for each Parcel and for Subdivision improvements, such as utilities and roads.

5.

Features.

a.

The location of Property with respect to surrounding Property and Streets, the names of all adjoining Property Owners of record or the names of adjoining Developments, the names of adjoining Streets.

b.

Citation of any existing legal Rights-of-Way or easements affect the Property.

c.

Existing covenants on the Property, if any.

d.

The location and dimensions of all boundary lines of the Property to be expressed in feet and decimals of a foot.

e.

The location of existing Streets, easements, water bodies, streams, and other pertinent features such as swamps, railroads, Buildings, parks, cemeteries, drainage ditches, physical hazards, identified hazardous materials, or bridges.

f.

The location and width of all existing and proposed Streets and easements, Alleys, trails, and other public ways, and easement and proposed Street Rights-of-Ways and Building Setback lines.

g.

The location, dimensions, and areas of all proposed or existing Lots.

h.

The location and dimensions of all Property proposed to be set aside for park, playground, or other public or private reservation, with designation of the purpose thereof, and conditions, if any, of the Dedication or reservation.

i.

The name and address of the Owner or Owners of land to be subdivided, the name and address of the Applicant, if other than the Owner, and the name of the land surveyor.

j.

The date of the map, approximate true north point, scale, and title of the Subdivision.

k.

Sufficient data acceptable to the City Engineer to determine readily the location, bearing, and length of all lines, and to reproduce such lines upon the ground.

l.

Indication of the proposed Use of any Lot (i.e., Single-Family, two-Family, Multi-Family, Townhome) and all non-Residential Uses proposed by the Applicant.

m.

All Lots in each Block shall be consecutively numbered. Reserved Lots shall be lettered in alphabetical order.

n.

The following notation shall also be shown:

i.

Explanation of drainage systems and easements and Dedication of a public right of access to inspect or maintain such systems, if any.

ii.

Explanation of Site easements, if any.

iii.

Explanation of reservations, if any.

iv.

Owners' Dedication, if any, and Owners' consent to record as required by state law.

o.

Any restrictions or requirements necessary to ensure solar access shall be defined.

p.

All utility facilities existing and proposed throughout the Subdivision shall be shown on the Preliminary Plat or on accompanying engineering plans and specifications.

q.

A plan designating Limits of Disturbance or Building Pads and utilities corridors and connections for each Parcel and for Subdivision improvements, such as utilities and roads.

B.

Construction Plan Details.

1.

General. Construction Plans shall be prepared for all required improvements. Plans shall be drawn at a scale of no more than one-(1) inch equals twenty (20) feet, and map sheets shall be of the same size as the Preliminary Plat. The following shall be shown:

a.

Profiles showing existing and proposed elevations along the left and right edges of each road, and center lines of all roads. Where a proposed road intersects an existing road or roads, the elevation along the center line of the existing road or roads within one hundred (100) feet of the intersection shall be shown. Approximate radii of all curves, lengths of tangents, and central angles on all Streets.

b.

Plans and profiles showing the locations and typical sidewalks, drainage easements, irrigation ditches, servitudes, Rights-of-Way, manholes, and catch basins; the locations of Street trees, Street lights, and Street signs; the location, size, and invert elevations of existing and proposed sanitary sewers, storm water drains, and fire hydrants, showing connections to any existing or proposed utility systems; and exact location and size of all water, gas, or other underground utilities or Structures.

c.

Location, size, elevation, and other appropriate description of any existing facilities or utilities, including, but not limited to, existing Streets, sewers, drains, water mains, easements, water bodies or impoundments, streams, and other pertinent features such as wetlands, railroads, Buildings, features noted on the Official Land Use Map or Master Plans, at the point of connection to proposed facilities and utilities within the Subdivision, and each tree with a diameter of six (6) inches or more (measured four (4) feet above ground level), groves of five (5) or more smaller trees, or clumps of oak or maple covering an Area of fifty (50) square feet, as measured to the canopy dripline. The water elevations of adjoining ponds, rivers, or streams at the date of the survey, and the approximate high- and low-water elevations of such ponds, rivers, or streams. All elevations shall be referred to the South Salt Lake City Engineer's or U.S.G.S. datum plane. If the Subdivision borders a pond, river, or stream, the distances and bearings of a meander line established not less than twenty (20) feet back from the ordinary high-water mark of such water ways.

d.

Topography at the same scale as the Preliminary Plat with a contour interval of two (2) feet, referred to sea-level datum. All datum provided shall be latest applicable U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey datum and should be so noted on the Plat.

e.

All other specifications, details, and references required by City Design Standards, Construction Specifications and Standard Drawings, including a Site-Grading plan for the entire Subdivision.

f.

Notation of approval of the Preliminary Plat as follows:

g.

Title, name, address, signature, and seal of professional engineer, and date, including revision dates.

h.

A Limits of Disturbance and revegetation plan.

C.

Final Subdivision Plat Requirements.

1.

General. The Final Plat shall be presented on reproducible mylar at the same scale and contain the same information required for a Preliminary Plat, except for any changes or additions required by the Planning Commission. All revision dates must be shown as well as the following:

a.

Notation of any self-imposed restrictions, and locations of any Building Lines proposed to be established in this manner, if required by the Planning Commission in accordance with these regulations.

b.

All survey monuments erected, corners, and other points established in the field in their proper places. The material of which the survey monuments, corners, or other points are made shall be noted at the representation thereof or by legend. The legend for metal monuments shall indicate the kind of metal, the diameter, length, and weight per lineal foot of the monuments.

c.

Form for endorsements by the Planning Commission Chair, City Mayor, Community Development Director, City Recorder, City Engineer, City Attorney, culinary water authority, sanitary sewer authority, Salt Lake County Health Department (as applicable), all applicable utilities, and other entities as required by the City Engineer and the City Attorney.

2.

Preparation. The Final Subdivision Plat shall be prepared by a land surveyor licensed by the state of Utah. The surveyor shall certify that the survey of the Property described on the Plat is in accordance with U.C.A. Title 17, Chapter 23, Section 17 (1953, as amended) and has verified all measurements and has placed monuments as represented on the Plat.

(Ord. No. 2020-02, § IV(Exh. C), 1-8-2020; Ord. No. 2023-27, § 1(Exh. A), 9-12-2023; Ord. No. 2024-04, § I(Exh. A), 5-8-2024)