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An application to subdivide land shall be submitted in accordance with the application submittal procedures as stated in MMC 17.72.020 through 17.72.070 and shall be reviewed and approved under the following procedure: A subdivider shall prepare a tentative plan together with improvement plans and other supplementary material required to indicate his general program and objectives, and shall submit 25 copies of the tentative plan and supplementary data to the planning director’s office. The tentative plan need not be a finished drawing, but shall show pertinent information to scale in order that the review body may properly review the proposed development. Additionally, condominiums shall be processed under the provisions of ORS 100. All subdivision developments shall comply with the requirements of the Oregon Fire Code.

A. Scale. The tentative plan shall be drawn on a sheet 18 by 24 inches in size at a scale of one inch equals 50 feet, or a reasonable engineer’s scale for the sheet size. A smaller sheet size may be used provided that all required information is legible and is approved for use by the planning department.

B. General Information. The following general information shall be shown on the tentative plan:

1. Proposed name of subdivision. No plan of a subdivision shall be approved which bears a name which is the same as, similar to, or pronounced the same as a word in the name of any other subdivision in the same county, except for the words “town,” “city,” “place,” “court,” “addition,” or similar words, unless the land platted is contiguous to and platted by the same party that platted the subdivision bearing that name or unless the party files and records the consent of the party that platted the subdivision bearing that name. All plats must continue the block numbers of the contiguous subdivision plat of the same name last filed;Date, north arrow, and scale of drawing;

2. Appropriate identification clearly stating the plan is a tentative plan;

3. Location of the subdivision sufficient to define the location and boundaries of the proposed tract;

4. Names and addresses of the owner(s), subdivider, engineer, and surveyor;

5. In the event the subdivider plans to utilize the provisions of ORS 92.060 as pertains to “Delayed Monumentation,” he shall notify the County Surveyor and planning commission and report said fact on the tentative plan;

6. A subdivision guarantee report issued by a title insurance company in the name of the owner(s) of the land, showing all parties whose consent is necessary and their interest in the premises and all encumbrances, covenants, and other restrictions pertaining to the subject property.

C. Existing Conditions. The following existing conditions shall be shown on the tentative plan:

1. The location, 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, city boundary lines, and monuments;

2. The direction of slope by means of arrows or other suitable symbol;

3. The location of at least one temporary bench mark, on established city datum, within 200 feet of the plat boundaries;

4. The location and direction of water courses, and the location of areas subject to flooding on a probability frequency one percent or greater;

5. Natural features such as rock outcroppings, marshes, wooded areas, and isolated preservable trees. Areas noted in the comprehensive plan, Volume I Background Element, Chapter VII, The parks and recreation and Open Space Master plan (1999), as potential open space lands should be identified;

6. Existing uses of the property, including location of existing structures to remain on the property after platting.

D. Proposed Plan of Subdivision. The following information shall be included on the tentative plan:

1. The location, width, names, approximate grades, and radii of curves of streets. The relationship of streets to any existing streets and to any projected streets as shown on the McMinnville Comprehensive Plan Map 1980, as amended, or as identified in the McMinnville comprehensive plan text and transportation system plan, or as may be suggested by the planning commission in order to assure adequate traffic circulation;

2. The location, width, and purpose of easements;

3. The location and approximate dimensions of lots and the proposed lot and block numbers;

4. Sites, if any, allocated for purposes other than single-family dwellings, such as multiple-family dwellings, parkland, open space common areas, etc.

5. Access. As required by the Oregon Fire Code, a minimum of two access points is required when more than 30 one-family or two-family dwellings or 100 multi-family units are being served.

E. Partial Development. If the tentative subdivision plan pertains to only part of the tract owned or controlled by the subdivider, the requirements of MMC 17.53.090 (future development plan) shall apply.

F. Explanatory Information with Tentative Subdivision Plan. The following information shall be required by the planning commission or staff and if it cannot be shown practicably on the tentative plan, it shall be submitted in separate statements accompanying the tentative plan:

1. A vicinity plan, showing existing subdivisions and unsubdivided land ownerships adjacent to the proposed subdivision, and showing how proposed streets and utilities may be extended to connect to existing streets and utilities;

2. Proposed deed restrictions, if any, in outline form;

3. The location of existing sewers, water mains, culverts, drain pipes, and electric lines and elevations of sewers at points of probable connections within the subdivision and in the adjoining streets and property;

4. Special studies of areas which appear to be hazardous due to local conditions such as inundation or slippage;

5. Contour lines related to an established bench mark on city datum 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: two feet;

c. For slopes of 15 percent to 20 percent: five feet;

d. For slopes of over 20 percent: 20 feet.

G. Supplemental plans with Tentative Subdivision Plans. Any of the following plans may be required by the planning commission or staff to supplement the plan of subdivision:

1. Approximate center line and right-of-way profiles with extensions for a reasonable distance beyond the limits of the proposed subdivision showing the finished grade of the streets and the nature and extent of street construction. Where any cut or fill will exceed three feet in depth, a cross section of the road shall also be submitted.

2. Proposals for storm water drainage and flood control, including profiles of proposed drainage ways.

3. If lot areas are to be graded, a plan showing the nature of cuts and fills exceeding five feet, and information on the character of the soil. (Ord. 4920 §4, 2010).