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The following development regulations are available for download in PDF format. Click on an underlined link to open the document in a new window. You must have Adobe Reader installed to view or print the documents.

  TABLE OF CONTENTS  
  ARTICLE I - APPLICABILITY 1-1
1 SHORT TITLE 1-1
2 AUTHORITY AND ENACTMENT CLAUSE 1-1
3 JURISDICTION 1-1
4 PURPOSE 1-1
5 SUITABILITY OF THE LAND 1-2
6 AMENDMENTS 1-3
7 VIOLATIONS AND PENALITIES 1-3
8 APPEALS TO DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS 1-3
9 SEPARABILITY AND VALIDTY 1-3
10 INTERPRETATION AND CONFLICT 1-3
11 REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES 1-4
12 EFFECTIVE DATE 1-4
13 APPLICATION OF ORDINANCE 1-4
14 TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS 1-4
  14-1. Major Subdivision. 1-4
  14-2. Minor Subdivisions. 1-4
  14-3. Platting Actions. 1-5
15 DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL REQUIRED 1-5
16 APPLICATION OF PROCEDURES TO SUBDIVIDE 1-5
17 PLATS EXEMPTED FROM STANDARD PROCEDURES 1-5
  ARTICLE 2 - PROCEDURES 2-1
1 GENERAL 2-1
2 REVIEW PROCEDURES FOR MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS 2-1
  2-1. Consultation and Sketch Plan. 2-1
  A. General 2-1
  B. Review 2-1
  2-2. Development and Application for Approval. 2-2
  A. General 2-2
  Submission Requirements. 2-2
  B. Review 2-2
  C. Approval 2-3
  2-3. Final Plat and Application for Approval 2-3
  A. General 2-3
  B. Review 2-3
  Minor Changes. 2-4
  C. Approval 2-4
3 REVIEW PROCEDURE FOR MINOR DEVELOPMENTS 2-5
  3-1. General. 2-5
  3-2. Submissions. 2-5
  3-3. Review Procedure. 2-5
  3-4. Letters of Certification 2-5
  3-5. Minor Developments Lacking Adequate Public or Private Improvements 2-6
  3-6. Recording the Minor Development Plat 2-6
  3-7. Revisions to Minor Developments. 2-6
  3-8. Additions to a Minor Development 2-6
  3-9. Minor Developments on Adjacent Parcels 2-7
  3-10. Streets within Minor Developments 2-7
4 PLATTING ACTIONS 2-7
  4-1. General 2-7
  4-2. Parcel Splits 2-8
  4-3. Boundary Surveys 2-8
  4-4. Estate Plats and Family Transfers 2-9
  4-5. Court Orders 2-9
  4-6. Combination of Lots 2-9
  4-7. Lot Reconfigurations 2-9
  4-8. Mortgage Plats Lease Parcels Land Contract Sales Parcels 2-10
  4-9. Easements 2-10
  4-10. As-Built or Record Plans 2-10
  4-11. Conceptual Phasing Plats for Group Developments 2-11
  4-12. Closing Plats for Group Developments 2-11
  4-13. Cemetery Lots 2-11
5 STREET NAMING REVIEW PROCEDURE 2-12
  5-1. Proposed Street Names on Proposed Roads 2-12
  5-2. Proposed Street Name Changes 2-12
  ARTICLE 3 - SUBMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS 3-1
1 SKETCH PLAN 3-1
2 DEVELOPMENT PLAN 3-1
3 FINAL PLANS/PLAT 3-1
4 PLATTING ACTIONS 3-1
5 CERTIFICATIONS 3-1
6 LETTERS OF AGENCY 3-2
7 REGULATORY PERMITS AND AUTHORIZATIONS 3-2
  7-1. General. 3-2
  7-2. Development Plan. 3-2
  7-3. Additional Regulatory Permits and Authorizations 3-2
  ARTICLE 4 - DESIGN STANDARDS 4-1
1 GENERAL 4-1
2 STREETS 4-1
  2-1. Public and/or Private Road Rights-of-Way 4-1
  2-2. Relation to Adjoining Street System 4-1
  2-3. Retrofitting Existing Public or Private Road Rights-of-Way 4-2
  2-4. Street Hierarchy 4-2
  2-5. Trip Generation 4-2
  2-6. Roadway Design Criteria 4-2
  A. Development Intensity Paving Width and Improvements 4-2
  B. Roadway Design Speed and Posted Speed 4-3
  C. Roadway Geometric Design Criteria 4-3
  D. Grades 4-3
  E. Dead-End Streets 4-3
  F. Private Street and Reserve Strips 4-3
  G. Medians and Traffic Control Islands 4-4
  H. Intersections 4-4
  I. Intersection Spacing 4-4
  J. Tangents 4-5
  K. Drainage 4-5
  L. Street Names 4-5
3 LOT LAYOUT 4-6
  3-1. Blocks. 4-6
  3-2. Lots. 4-7
  A. General 4-7
  B. Frontage 4-7
  C. Minimum Size 4-7
  D. Shape of Lots 4-8
  E. Setbacks 4-8
4 PUBLIC USE AND SERVICE AREAS 4-8
  4-1. Public Open Spaces 4-8
  4-2. Easement for Utilities 4-8
  4-3. Water Supply and Sewerage Connections 4-9
  4-4. Community Assets 4-9
  4-5. Fire Protection 4-9
5 FLOOD PRONE AREA 4-9
6 LARGE TRACTS OR PARCELS 4-9
7 GROUP HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS 4-10
  7-1. Mobile Home Parks 4-10
  7-2. Planned Development Districts 4-10
  ARTICLE - IMPROVEMENT STANDARDS 5-1
1 GENERAL PROVISIONS 5-1
  1-1. Conformance 5-1
  1-2. Commencement 5-1
  1-3. Access 5-1
  1-4. Inspection 5-1
  1-5. Final Plat Approval 5-1
  1-6. Changes in the Approved Plans and Specifications 5-2
2 REQUIRED IMPROVEMENTS 5-2
  2-1. Monumnets 5-2
  2-2. Storm Water Management 5-2
  2-3. Roadway Improvements. 5-3
  A. General 5-3
  B. Grading 5-3
  C. Pavement Standard 5-4
  D. Curbs 5-4
  E. Shoulders Side Slopes and Ditches 5-4
  2-4. Utilities and Services 5-5
  A. General 5-5
  B. Water Supply Systems 5-5
  C. Sanitary Sewers 5-5
  D. Street Name Signs 5-5
  E. Off-Site Extensions 5-5
3 FINANCIAL GUARANTEES 5-6
  3-1. General 5-6
  3-2. Submittal 5-6
  3-3. Acceptance of Financial Guarantees 5-7
  3-4. Extensions 5-7
  3-5. Reductions 5-8
  3-6. Release of a Financial Guarantee 5-8
  ARTICLE 6 - DEFINITIONS 6-1
1 INTERPRETATION OF CERTAIN TERMS OR WORDS 6-1
2 MEANINGS 6-1
  APPENDIX A - TABLE  
1 SUMMARY OF MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR STREETS BASED ON DESIGN CRITERIA  
2 SUMMARY OF MAXIMUM GRADES FOR VERTICAL ROADWAY ALIGNMENT DESIGN  
3 STREET HIERARCHY DEFINITION  
4 TRIP GENERATION RATES BY MAJOR LAND USE CATEGORIES  
5 ALTERNATIVE DEAD-END CONFIGURATIONS  
6 SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS  
  APPENDIX B - CERTIFICATE  
1 IRREVOCABLE LETTER OR CREDIT FOR PERFORMANCE  
2 LETTER OF AGENCY  
3 PLATTING CERTIFICATES  
4 PLATTING CERTIFICATES  

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