02-18-13 Special Meeting of La Porte City Council

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iii. 4.01 (D) Official General Plan The code states that an approved general plan expires after one year if a plat has not been filed and upon written notice to the subdivider. This potentially creates a gray area if the city fails to send the written notice. The general plan should simply expire after one year without notice. Further, this section allows the subdivider to request a one-year extension, but does not stipulate if the extension is automatically approved or if the Commission needs to act to approve the request. iv. 4.03 (C) Preliminary Plats: Effect of Approving Authority Action The code states that an approved preliminary plat expires after one year if a final plat has not been filed and upon written notice to the subdivider. This potentially creates a gray area if the city fails to send the written notice. The preliminary plat should simply expire after one year without notice. Further, this section allows the subdivider to request a one-year extension, but does not stipulate if the extension is automatically approved or if the Commission needs to act to approve the request. v. 4.04 (D) Final Plats: Recordation and Construction of Public Improvements The code states that an approved final plat expires after one year if a construction of the public improvements has not commenced and upon written notice to the subdivider. This potentially creates a gray area if the city fails to send the written notice. The final plat approval should simply expire after one year without notice. Further, this section allows the subdivider to request a one-year extension, but does not stipulate if the extension is automatically approved or if the Commission needs to act to approve the request. Additionally, an alternative should be provided to allow the subdivider to submit a performance bond for completion of the public improvements if they wish to record the plat before the public improvements are completed. vi. 5.01 General Street Standards Table 5-2 (Street Geometric Design Standards) should be moved to the Public Improvement Criteria Manual. vii. 5.01 (J) Alleys The City should consider the practice of continuing to allow new alleys to be platted. Based on the prior complications and cost of maintaining alleys, the provision of alleys, at a minimum, should be at the discretion of the City rather than the developer. viii. 5.04 Building Lines The building line requirements in this section should be consolidated into the Zoning Ordinance to avoid conflicts and the need to cross-reference multiple locations to find the same information. Setbacks applicable to the ETJ should be specifically specified. 24 Planning Department Review Mueller Management/Ron Cox Consulting