Chapter 17.25 SPECIFICATION FOR DOCUMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED

Chapter 17.25
SPECIFICATION FOR DOCUMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED

Sections:

17.25.030 Final subdivision plat or major partition map.

17.25.010 Sketch plan.

The following shall be required:

(1) Scale. Sketch plans shall be drawn to a convenient scale of not more than 100 feet to an inch.

(2) Name. The sketch plan shall show the name of the subdivision if property is within an existing subdivision, and if not, it shall show the proposed name which does not duplicate the name of any plat previously recorded.

(3) Ownership. The sketch plan shall show:

(a) Name and address, including telephone number, of legal owner or agent of property, and citation of last instrument conveying title to each parcel of property involved in the proposed subdivision, giving grantor, grantee, date, and land records reference.

(b) Citation of any existing legal right-of-way or easements affecting the property.

(d) Name and address, including telephone number, of the professional person(s) responsible for subdivision design, for the design of public improvements, and for surveys.

(4) Description. The sketch plan shall describe the location of property by government lot, section, township, range and county, graphic scale, north arrow, and date.

(5) Features. The following are the required features of the sketch map:

(a) Location of property lines, existing easements, burial grounds, railroad rights-of-way, watercourses, and existing wooded areas or trees eight inches or more in diameter, measured four feet above ground level; location, width, and names of all existing or platted streets or other public ways within or immediately adjacent to the tract; names and addresses of adjoining property owners from the latest assessment rolls within 250 feet of any perimeter boundary of the subdivision.

(b) Location, sizes, elevations, and slopes of existing sewers, water mains, culverts, and other underground structures within the tract and immediately adjacent thereto; existing permanent building and utility poles on or immediately adjacent to the site and utility rights-of-way.

(d) The approximate location and widths of proposed streets.

(e) Preliminary proposals for connection with existing water supply and sanitary sewage systems, or alternative means of providing water supply and sanitary waste treatment and disposal, preliminary provisions for collecting and discharging surface water drainage, accompanied by tentative approval by the Department of Environmental Quality and other appropriate agencies.

(f) The approximate location, dimensions, and area of all proposed or existing lots.

(g) The approximate location, dimensions, and area of all parcels of land proposed to be set aside for park or playground use or other public use, or for the use of property owners in the proposed subdivision.

(h) The location of temporary stakes to enable city officials to find and appraise features of the sketch plan in the field.

(i) Whenever the sketch plan covers only a part of an applicant’s contiguous holdings, the applicant shall submit, at the scale of no more than 200 feet to the inch, a sketch in ink of the proposed subdivision area, together with its proposed street system, and an indication of the probable future street system and drainage system of the remaining portion of the tract.

(j) A vicinity map showing streets and other general development of the surrounding area. The sketch plan shall show all school and improvements district lines with the zones properly designated. [Ord. 515 § 5.1, 2005].

17.25.020 Tentative plan.

(1) Required. The following shall be required of a tentative subdivision plan or major partition map:

(a) Scale. The plan or map shall be drawn on a sheet 18 by 24 inches in size or a multiple thereof at a scale of one inch equals 100 feet or, for areas over 100 acres, one inch equals 200 feet.

(b) Name. The plan or map shall show the name of the subdivision or partition if property is within an existing subdivision, and if not, it shall show the proposed name which does not duplicate the name of any plan or map previously recorded.

(i) Name and address, including telephone number, of legal owner or agent of property, and citation of last instrument conveying title to each parcel of property involved in the proposed subdivision or major partition, giving grantor, grantee, date and land records reference.

(ii) Citation of any existing legal rights-of-way or easements affecting the property.

(iii) Existing covenants on the property, if any.

(iv) Name and address, including telephone number, of the professional person(s) responsible for subdivision design, for the design of public improvements, and for surveys.

(d) Description. The location of property by government lot, section, township, range and county, graphic scale, north arrow, and date.

(e) Features.

(i) Scale of drawing.

(ii) Appropriate identification of the drawing as a tentative plan or map.

(iii) The locations, widths and names of both opened and unopened streets within or adjacent to the tract, together with easements and other important features such as section lines, section corners, city boundary lines and monuments.

(iv) Contour lines related to some established bench mark or other datum approved by the city engineer and having minimum intervals as follows:

(A) For slopes of less than five percent: show the direction of slope by means of arrows or other suitable symbol together with not less than four spot elevations per acre, evenly distributed.

(B) For slopes of five percent to 15 percent: five feet.

(D) For slopes of over 20 percent: 20 feet.

(v) The location of at least one temporary bench mark within the subdivision or partition boundaries.

(vi) The location and direction of perennial or intermittent watercourses and the location of areas subject to flooding, including informational sources relied on.

(vii) Natural features such as rock outcroppings, marshes, wooded areas and isolated preservable trees.

(viii) Existing uses of the property and location of existing structures to remain on the property after platting.

(ix) The location, width, approximate grades and radii of curves of proposed streets. The relationship of streets to projected streets to assure adequate traffic circulation.

(x) A plan for domestic water supply lines and related water service facilities.

(xi) Proposals for sewage disposal, storm water drainage and flood control, including profiles of proposed drainageways.

(xii) Proposals for the improvements, such as electric lines, natural gas, sidewalks, cable TV, telephone lines, and so on.

(xiii) A donation to the city of all common improvements, including but not limited to streets, parks, sewage disposal and water supply lines, the donation of which shall be a condition of approval of the tentative plan.

(xiv) The location, width and purpose of proposed easements.

(xv) The location and approximate dimensions of proposed lots and the proposed lot and block numbers.

(xvi) Proposed sites, if any, allocated for purposes other than single-family dwellings.

(xvii) Location of existing and proposed access point(s) on both sides of the road where applicable.

(xviii) Distances to neighboring constructed access points, median openings (where applicable), traffic signals (where applicable), intersections, and other transportation features on both sides of the property.

(xix) Number and direction of lanes to be constructed on the driveway plus striping plans.

(xx) All planned transportation features (such as sidewalks, bikeways, auxiliary lanes, signals, etc.).

(xxi) Parking and internal circulation plans including walkways and bikeways.

(xxii) A detailed description of any requested variance and the reason the variance is requested.

(xxiii) The location and design of bicycle parking facilities shall be indicated on the site plan. The development shall include the number and type of bicycle parking facilities required in PRMC 17.20.220.

(xxiv) All site plans (industrial and commercial) shall clearly show how the site’s internal pedestrian and bicycle facilities connect with external existing or planned facilities or systems.

(2) The following may be required at the discretion of the city council. If the information cannot be shown practicably on the tentative plan or map, it shall be submitted in separate statements accompanying the plan or map:

(a) A vicinity map showing existing subdivisions and unsubdivided land ownerships adjacent to the proposed subdivision or partition and showing how proposed streets and utilities may be extended to connect to existing streets and utilities.

(b) Proposed deed restrictions, if any, in outline form.

(c) The location within the subdivision and in the adjoining streets of existing sewers, water mains, culverts, drain pipes and electric lines.

(d) A sketch of a tentative layout for streets in the unsubdivided portion, if the subdivision proposal pertains to only part of the track owned or controlled by the subdivider.

(e) Approximate centerline profiles with extensions for reasonable distance beyond the limits of the proposed subdivision or partition, showing the finished grade of streets and the nature and extent of street construction.

(f) If lot areas are to be graded, a plan showing the nature of cuts and fills and information on the character of the soil. [Amended during 2011 codification; Ord. 515 § 5.2, 2005].

17.25.030 Final subdivision plat or major partition map.

(1) Information Required on Final Plat or Map. The final subdivision plat or partition map shall be presented in india ink on Mylar and shall contain all information, except for any changes or additions required by resolution of the city council, showing on the tentative plan or map. In addition, the following information shall also be shown on the final subdivision plat or partition map:

(a) Reference points of existing surveys identified, related to the plat or map as follows:

(i) Stakes, monuments or other evidence found on the ground and used to determine the boundaries of the subdivision or partition.

(ii) Adjoining corners of adjoining subdivisions or partitions.

(iii) Other monuments found or established in making the survey of the subdivision or required to be installed by provisions of this title.

(b) The exact location and width of streets and easements intercepting the boundary of the tract.

(c) Tract, block and lot boundary lines and street right-of-way and centerlines, with dimensions, bearings, or deflection angles, radii, arcs, points and curvature and tangent bearings. Normal high water lines and the 100-year floodplain for any creek or other body of water. Tract boundaries and street bearing shall be shown to the nearest 30 seconds with basis of bearings. Distance shall be shown to the nearest 0.01 feet. No ditto marks shall be used.

(d) The width of the portion of streets being dedicated and the width of existing right-of-way. For streets on curvature, curve data shall be based on the street centerline. In addition to the centerline dimensions, the radius and central angle shall be indicated.

(e) Easements denoted by fine dotted lines, clearly identified and, if already of record, their recorded reference. If an easement is not definitely located of record, a statement of the easement shall be given. The width of the easement, its length and bearing, and sufficient ties to locate the easement with respect to the subdivision shall be shown. If the easement is being dedicated by the map, it shall be properly referenced in the owner’s certificates of dedication.

(f) Lot numbers beginning with the number “1” and numbered consecutively in each block.

(g) Block numbers beginning with the number “1” and continuing consecutively without omission or duplication throughout the subdivision. The numbers shall be solid, of sufficient size and thickness to stand out and so placed as not to obliterate any figure. Block numbers in an addition to a subdivision of the same name shall be a continuation of the numbering in the original subdivision pursuant to ORS 92.090(1).

(h) Identification of land to be dedicated for any purpose, public or private, to distinguish it from lots intended for sale.

(i) Building setback lines, if required, are to be made a part of the subdivision restrictions.

(j) Explanations of all common improvements required as conditions of approval of the tentative plan, pursuant to PRMC 17.25.020(1)(e)(xiii).

(k) The location and design of all proposed pedestrian and bicycle facilities, including accessways.

(l) The following certificates, which may be combined, where appropriate:

(i) A certificate signed and acknowledged by all parties having any record title interest in the land, consenting to the preparation and recording of the plat.

(ii) A certificate signed and acknowledged as in subsection (1)(l)(i) of this section, dedicating all land intended for public use except land which is intended for the exclusive use of the lot owners in the subdivision, their licensees, visitors, tenants and servants.

(iii) A certificate with the seal of and signed by the city engineer or the surveyor responsible for the survey and final map.

(iv) A certificate of approval signed by the city engineer stating that streets and roads held for private use and indicated on the tentative plan have been approved by the city pursuant to ORS 92.090(3)(b).

(v) Any other certifications now or hereafter required by law.

(2) Supplemental Information Required. The following data shall accompany the final plat or map:

(a) A preliminary title report issued by a title insurance company in the name of the owner of the land, showing all parties whose consent is necessary and their interest in the premises.

(b) Sheets and drawings showing the following:

(i) Traverse data including the coordinates of the boundary of the subdivision and ties to section corners and donation land claim corners, and showing the error of closure, if any.

(ii) The computation of distances, angles and courses shown on the plat.

(iii) Ties to existing monuments, proposed monuments, adjacent subdivisions, street corners and state highway stationing.

(d) A copy of any dedication requiring separate documents.

(e) A list of all taxes and assessments on the tract which have become a lien on the tract.

(f) A certificate by the city engineer that the subdivider or land partitioner has complied with the requirements of this title. [Amended during 2011 codification; Ord. 515 § 5.3, 2005].