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A. Application Submittal. Any property owner wishing to subdivide land into 10 or more lots, tracts, sites or divisions, the applicant shall file with the City Community and Economic Development Department one eight-and-one-half-inch-by-11-inch clear plastic reduction, one 11-inch-by-17-inch reduced paper copy, and seven legible paper copies of the preliminary plat map on sheets 18 inches by 24 inches in size. Preliminary plat maps shall include, or be accompanied by, the following:

1. A completed general application form and environmental checklist. Said form and checklist to be obtained from the Community and Economic Development Department.

2. The filing fee required pursuant to the City ordinance adopting building and development related permit fees schedule, and in accordance with the fee schedule available from the Community and Economic Development Department.

3. Names and addresses of all property owners within 300 feet of the subject property, available from the County Assessor’s Office. This requirement may be waived if the City provides the list of adjacent landowners.

4. A vicinity map extending at least 800 feet in each direction from the proposed subdivision, or further if necessary to assist in locating the subdivision. The vicinity map shall be drawn to a scale of one inch equals 800 feet. The vicinity map shall show the following:

a. Street layout in the subdivision;

b. Existing and tentatively approved street layout within 800 feet of the subdivision;

c. Zoning designations within, and adjacent to, the subdivision;

d. All property lines within 800 feet of the subdivision;

e. Streams or watercourses, and public facilities such as schools and parks;

f. All 100-year floodplain and designated shoreline boundaries in, and within 800 feet of, the proposed subdivision;

g. Any other pertinent information that will assist in locating the proposed subdivision.

5. A title block in the lower right corner of the preliminary plat map, showing:

a. The proposed name of the subdivision;

b. The scale of the drawing;

c. The date of the drawing;

d. The name and address of the engineer, surveyor or other individual responsible for laying out the subdivision.

6. A detailed plan of the proposed subdivision drawn to the scale of one inch equals 50 feet. The detailed plan shall clearly show the following information:

a. North arrow;

b. The location, names and right-of-way widths of all existing and proposed streets and driveways within 250 feet of the boundaries of the proposed subdivision;

c. The location, names and right-of-way widths of all proposed streets and their proposed paved width;

d. Lot layout with lot line dimensions, the area in square feet contained in each lot;

e. The location and use of all existing buildings within the proposed subdivision, indicating which buildings are to remain and which are to be removed;

f. The use and approximate location of all buildings within 150 feet of the boundaries of the proposed subdivision;

g. The location, size and use of all contemplated and existing public areas within the proposed subdivision, and a description of the adaptability of the area for uses contemplated;

h. The location, size and kind of public utilities in and adjacent to the proposed subdivision, indicating those utilities which will provide service to the proposed development and their planned location within the subdivision to include any existing easements;

i. Location and disposition of any wells, creeks, drainage courses, drainageways, septic tanks, drainfields, 100-year floodplain boundaries and easements in or within 200 feet of the proposed subdivision;

j. Topography and five-foot contours certified by the engineer or surveyor within the proposed subdivision; or, as an alternative in the case of a partition of one acre or less, elevations at each existing and proposed property corner. One-foot or two-foot contours may be required, at the Community Development Director’s discretion;

k. Topography and at least 10-foot contours outside, but within 200 feet of, the proposed subdivision. The base for such information shall be the National Geodetic Survey (USGS), or other survey approved by the Community Development Director;

l. The location of all significant trees (as defined in the Lakewood Zoning Code) within the proposed subdivision, and for 150 feet beyond the terminus of all dead-end streets. (Individual trees in a stand of five trees or more need not be shown, but the area covered by the stand dripline shall be shown.) For trees outside the subdivision boundaries, the location of said trees may be based on aerial photographs or other methods acceptable to the Community Development Director, and which do not require the applicant to trespass on adjacent property;

m. For all 100-year floodplain boundaries shown on the vicinity map, the elevation of the 100-year flood at the point immediately upstream from the subdivision, and the direction and distance to said point;

n. The location of identified hazards or development limitation areas identified by the City of Lakewood critical areas map;

o. The location of any state shorelines and associated wetlands within the subdivision, as defined by state law and the City of Lakewood Shoreline Master Program.

7. Profiles of all proposed streets within the proposed subdivision, showing grades to which the streets will be built, and the existing groundline of the proposed streets including the probable future extensions of any stub (dead-end) streets for a maximum distance of 150 feet beyond the proposed subdivision boundaries. As an alternative, the preliminary plat map may show topography in two-foot contours within 50 feet of each side of the centerline of all probable future extensions of any stub (dead-end) streets for a distance of 150 feet beyond the boundaries of the proposed subdivision. The contour information shall be certified by a registered engineer or surveyor.

8. Slope analysis indicating areas where existing grades within the subdivision exceed 15 percent, 25 percent and 40 percent. The percentage and area in square feet of the subdivision with slopes of zero to 15 percent, 15 to 25 percent, 25 to 40 percent and 40 percent and above categories.

9. Such additional information as the Community Development Director deems necessary. [Ord. 591 § 22, 2015; Ord. 60 § 1, 1996.]