§ 16-51. Contents.

To prevent undue hardship on the subdivider through possible required plat revisions, a preliminary plat of the proposed subdivision at a scale not smaller than one hundred (100) feet to the inch shall first be submitted to the planning and zoning commission in duplicate and shall give the following information:

(1)

The subdivision name, the names and addresses of the owners and of the designer of the plat, who shall be a competent engineer, architect, landscape architect, or land surveyor.

(2)

Date, approximate north point, and a graphic scale.

(3)

The location of existing and platted property lines, streets, buildings, water courses, railroads, sewers, bridges, culverts, drainpipes, water mains and any public utility easements. The names of adjacent subdivisions.

(4)

The names, locations, widths, and other dimensions of proposed streets, alleys, easements, parks and other open spaces, reservations and lot lines.

(5)

Statement of proposed street improvements, including a contour map, shall be furnished where terrain might affect the location of streets; and profiles of all streets showing natural and finished grades drawn to a scale of not less than one (1) inch equals one hundred (100) feet horizontal and one (1) inch equals twenty (20) feet vertical when required by the planning and zoning commission.

(6)

Preliminary sketch plans or proposed utility layouts (sewer, water, gas, and electricity) showing feasible connections, where possible, to existing and proposed utility systems.

(Code 1955, § 19A-13(a))