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§ 220-24. Summary of plat approval procedures.
The principal steps to be taken by subdividers in preparing subdivision plats and securing approval are those enumerated hereafter in this and in following sections:

A. Consult with the City Zoning Administrator and/or the City Clerk/Treasurer concerning platting requirements, including conformity with City plans and regulations and improvements required to be installed by subdividers.

B. Prepare a preliminary plat according to the requirements of § 220-27 and other sections hereof and file copies of the plat and accompanying data with the City Zoning Administrator and/or City Clerk/Treasurer with the prescribed filing fee.

C. Receive the results of Planning Commission action on the plat. The Commission will give tentative approval or give disapproval of the plat, indicating changes to be made in preparing an acceptable final plat and the methods which may be employed by the subdivider to assure satisfaction of requirements, according to § 220-28 hereof.

D. Have the subdivision survey completed and finally staked and monumented by a registered land surveyor and a final plat prepared in conformity with the approved preliminary plat and with other provisions of law and the requirements herein.

E. File the final plat and required accompanying data with the City Clerk/Treasurer for review by the Planning Commission and the City Council. Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).

(1) If satisfactory, the final plat will be approved and a certificate of such approval endorsed on the plat.

(2) The Planning Commission will hold a public hearing not less than 10 days and not more than 30 days from published notice of such hearing, before action on a final plat. Editor's Note: See Ch. 21, Hearings.

(3) The City Council, if it deems indicated, may call an additional public hearing or hearings.

F. File a positive transparent reproduction and two dark-line prints of the approved final plat with the City Clerk/Treasurer, together with such additional reproductions and items as may be required by these and all other rules and regulations applicable.

G. File the approved plat with the County Recorder and the County Auditor in the form required by law, with certified copies of the resolution of the City Council approving it.