General

  1. Applicant submits complete packet in accordance with the Submittal Checklist
  2. Title Report submitted accurately reflects record documents (including all backup documents and within 60 days of latest submittal)
  3. 8 ½ “ x 11” Reduction
  4. Soils Report
  5. Traffic Study
  6. Drainage Study (as a minimum - Display the overland release points for the 100-year flood, calculate 100-year flood run-off, conveyances path and adequate capacity of existing system)

Notes and Statements

  1. Subdivision Name and Number
  2. Legal Description accurate and adequate
  3. Vicinity Map adequate
  4. Owner Information (name, address, telephone number for owner(s) of record)
  5. Subdivider Information (name, address, telephone number)
  6. Map Preparer (Engineer/Surveyor) Information (name, address, telephone number)
  7. Service Provider Information (name, address, telephone number for all providers)
  8. Zoning Statement, existing and proposed
  9. Acreage Statement (gross acreage of overall subdivision; to thousandth of an acre or to nearest square foot if under 1 acre)
  10. Easement Statement (all known easements have been plotted and accounted for and signed by a Licensed Land Surveyor)

Technical Requirements

  1. Scale adequate
  2. Distinctive boundary line
  3. Boundary line defined sufficiently (bearings, distances, curve data)
  4. Adjoining property properly identified by record information (current assessor parcel number, subdivision name or record owner)
  5. Date, North Arrow, Graphic Scale shown
  6. Legend adequate to determine all terms and symbols used (existing and proposed)

Current Topographic Data

  1. Contour lines adequately portrayed by dashed or screened lines (2 foot intervals if less than 5% slope), identifies any drainage conditions affecting adjoining property
  2. Benchmark and datum statement appropriate
  3. Trees identified by type, circumference and drip line (note if none)
  4. Trees proposed for removal identified (note if none)
  5. Existing structures identified accurately, including square footage, remaining or proposed for removal (may be waived by City Engineer or Planning Director) (note if none)
  6. Stormwater information shown accurately (overflow areas, water course direction, flood zone for each water course, flood zone designation on FIRM)
  7. Existing streets identified (pavement and right-of-way width, grade, name, cross- section)
  8. Existing easements identified and match title report, appropriate notation for vacations
  9. Existing utilities identified and match records (size and location dimensioned to nearest property line/centerline; including sanitary sewers, fire hydrants, water mains, storm drains, street lights, water valves, utility boxes/vaults, overhead utilities on peripheral streets)
  10. Existing railroads and grade crossings identified accurately
  11. Existing wells, abandoned wells and sumps identified accurately (note if none)

Proposed Improvements

  1. Elevation information adequate (minimum 2 foot contours, proposed drainage patterns, spot elevations, proposed pad grades)
  2. Lot layout including approximate dimensions of lots and building
  3. Lots numbered consecutively
  4. Drainage facilities (size, location, elevations of swales, pipes, etc)
  5. Street data (centerline radii of curves, right-of-way width, grades, names, typical sections, private/gated streets noted)
  6. Easements (width and type)
  7. Parks/recreational sites, common areas, open space areas including method of ownership and management)
  8. Utilities including sanitary sewers, fire hydrants, water mains (location and size)
  9. Phasing statement, if applicable
  10. Deviations from City standards noted (if none make a note on the plans)

Vesting Map Requirements (If Applicable)

  1. “Vesting Tentative Map” printed conspicuously on face of map
  2. Grading Plan submitted
  3. Sanitary sewer plans completed and sewer area study submitted
  4. Water plans completed
  5. Storm drain plans completed
  6. Street plans completed 
  7. Landscape plans completed
  8. Geological studies, if required
  9. Drainage Study completed (10-yr and 100-yr) showing HGL at critical locations
  10. Site plans completed, showing setbacks, heights, driveways, landscaped areas, etc)
  11. Engineering calculations and cost estimates for improvement plans submitted
  12. Tree preservation plan submitted
  13. Soils report (prepared by soils engineer) submitted
  14. All other studies, reports, plans, specifications and additional information required by the City Engineer or Planning Director.