PZ - Preliminary Plat
Planning Division
PRELIMINARY PLAT ■ Application Checklist
Community Development Planning Division 33 E. Broadway Avenue, Ste. 102 Meridian, Idaho 83642
Phone: 208-884-5533 Fax: 208-888-6854 www.meridiancity.org/planning
(03/27/2020)
Project name: File #:
Applicant/agent:
APPLICATION WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED
UNLESS ALL ITEMS ON THE CHECKLIST ARE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY.
All applications are required to contain one copy of each of the following with the applicable
naming convention:
Applicant
(√) Description Document
Naming Convention
Staff
(√)
Completed and signed Development Review Application Development Review Application
Narrative fully describing the proposed project:
Address whether or not a variance will be requested
with respect to any provision of the ordinance
describing the particular provision, the variance
requested, and the reason thereof
Development features and/or commitments by the
applicant
Description of any covenant or deed restrictions that
support the proposed development. (e.g., larger rear
setback to buffer adjoining properties, etc.)
Narrative
Legal description of the subject property (Lot, Block, and
Subdivision name if located in a recorded subdivision OR a metes
and bounds legal description of the property if not in a subdivision)
PP Legal Description
Recorded warranty deed for the subject property Warranty Deed
Affidavit of Legal Interest signed and notarized by the
property owner (If owner is a corporation, submit a copy of the Articles of
Incorporation or other evidence to show that the person signing is an authorized
agent)
Affidavit of Legal Interest
Scaled vicinity map showing the location of the subject
property
Vicinity Map
Pre-application meeting notes (All applications that require a public
hearing are required to conduct a pre-application meeting with the Planning
Division )
Pre-app Notes
Neighborhood meeting sign-in sheet (Applicants are required to
hold a neighborhood meeting to provide an opportunity for public review of
the proposed project prior to the submittal of an application.)
Neighborhood Mtg
Commitment of Property Posting form signed by the
applicant/agent
Commitment of Property Posting
Address/Parcel Verification Request must be submitted via
the following URL:
https://citizenportal.meridiancity.org/CitizenAccess/Default.
aspx
Once verified, insert the Address Verification Record ID
(LDAV #) here ______________.
LDAV
Fee (The fee will be assessed once all checklist items are
verified.) (Please call Planning Division to calculate correct
fee. Applications with incorrect fees will not be accepted)
Community Development Planning Division 33 E. Broadway Avenue, Ste. 102 Meridian, Idaho 83642
Phone: 208-884-5533 Fax: 208-888-6854 www.meridiancity.org/planning
(03/27/2020)
Note: Only one copy of the above items need be submitted when submitting multiple applications
Applicant
(√) Description Staff
(√)
Approval of the proposed subdivision name from the Ada
County Surveyor’s office
Subdivision Name Approval
Preliminary Plat - The following items must be included
on the preliminary plat:
Pre-plat
• Date, scale, north arrow, and proposed subdivision
name (Do not use numbers in preliminary plat names.)
• Section location and county (situate statement)
• Name, address and phone number of owner(s),
applicant, and engineer, surveyor or planner who
prepared the preliminary plat
• Proposed site(s) for parks, playgrounds, schools,
churches or other public uses
• Proposed common area lots and/or landscape
easements
• Streets, street names, rights-of-way and roadway
widths, including adjoining streets or roadways
(details on plan)
• Proposed and existing lot lines and blocks showing
scaled dimensions and numbers of each
• Legend of symbols
• Minimum residential house size (for R-2 and R-4
zones only)
• Contour lines shown at 5’ intervals where land
slope is greater than 10% and at 2’ intervals where
land slope is 10% or less, referenced to an
established benchmark, including location and
elevation
• Any dedications to the public and easements
together with a statement of location, dimensions
and purposes of such
• Floodplain boundary as determined by FEMA or
measures to amend this boundary
• Stub streets to provide access to adjacent
undeveloped land or existing roadways
• Block faces not more than seven hundred fifty feet
(750’) in length for residential districts, and five
hundred feet (500’) in the TN-C and TN-R
districts, without an intersecting, street or alley,
except as allowed in UDC 11-6C-3F.3
• Cul-de-sac lengths not in excess of 500’
Landscape Plan - (We encourage you to also submit at least
one color version for presentation purposes) The following
items must be included on the landscape plan:
Landscape Plan
• Date, scale, north arrow, and project name
• Names, addresses, and telephone numbers of the
developer and the person and/or firm preparing the
plan
• Existing natural features such as canals, creeks,
drains, ponds, wetlands, floodplains, high
groundwater areas, and rock outcroppings
Community Development Planning Division 33 E. Broadway Avenue, Ste. 102 Meridian, Idaho 83642
Phone: 208-884-5533 Fax: 208-888-6854 www.meridiancity.org/planning
(03/27/2020)
• Location, size, and species of all existing trees on
site with trunks 4 inches or greater in diameter,
measured 6 inches above the ground. Indicate
whether the tree will be retained or removed
• A statement of how existing healthy trees proposed
to be retained will be protected from damage during
construction
• Existing buildings, structures, planting areas, light
poles, power poles, walls, fences, berms, parking
and loading areas, vehicular drives, trash areas,
sidewalks, pathways, stormwater detention areas,
signs, street furniture, and other man-made
elements
• Existing and proposed contours for all areas steeper
than 20% slope. Berms shall be shown with one-
foot contours
• Sight Triangles as defined in 11-3A-5 of this
ordinance
• Proposed landscaping
• Proposed screening structures
• Calculations of project components to demonstrate
compliance with the requirements of this ordinance,
including:
Width of street buffers, lineal feet of street
frontage, and number of street trees
Residential subdivision trees
Acreage dedicated for common open space
Number of trees provided on common lot(s)
Mitigation for removal of existing trees
Submit an electronic version of an open space exhibit that
demonstrates compliance with the qualified open space
requirements specified in UDC 11-3G-3B
Open Space Exhibit
Submit a common drive exhibit that depicts setbacks,
fencing, building envelope, and orientation of the lots and
structures.
Common Drive Exhibit
Site report of the highest seasonal groundwater elevation
prepared by a registered soils scientist
Geotech Report
Written confirmation that a traffic impact study or change of
use is not required, or has been accepted for review by
ACHD. Please email Mindy Wallace at
planningreview@achdidaho.org or call 387-617 for more
information
ACHD Email
Conceptual elevations of proposed structures, including
building materials
Elevations
Electronic Submittal
Autocad file of the conceptual engineering plans in PDF
format and an AutoCAD file format that complies with the
Specifications for Project Drawings found at:
https://meridiancity.org/land/Auto%20CAD%20Standards%
202018.pdf
Autocad file
Submit a PDF version of the conceptual engineering plans Public Utility Plan
THIS APPLICATION WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED COMPLETE (NOR WILL A PUBLIC HEARING BE SCHEDULED) UNTIL STAFF HAS
RECEIVED ALL REQUIRED INFORMATION.
Community Development Planning Division 33 E. Broadway Avenue, Ste. 102 Meridian, Idaho 83642
Phone: 208-884-5533 Fax: 208-888-6854 www.meridiancity.org/planning
(03/27/2020)
COMMITMENT OF PROPERTY POSTING
Per Unified Development Code (UDC) 11-5A-5D, the applicant for all applications requiring a
public hearing (except for a UDC text amendment, a Comprehensive Plan text amendment
and/or vacations) shall post the subject property not less than ten (10) days prior to the hearing.
The applicant shall post a copy of the public hearing notice of the application(s) on the property
under consideration.
The applicant shall submit proof of property posting in the form of a notarized statement and a
photograph of the posting to the City no later than seven (7) days prior to the public hearing
attesting to where and when the sign(s) were posted. Unless such Certificate is received by the
required date, the hearing will be continued.
The sign(s) shall be removed no later than three (3) days after the end of the public hearing for
which the sign(s) had been posted.
I am aware of the above requirements and will comply with the posting requirements as stated in
UDC 11-5A-5.
Applicant/agent signature Date
Community Development Planning Division 33 E. Broadway Avenue, Ste. 102 Meridian, Idaho 83642
Phone: 208-884-5533 Fax: 208-888-6854 www.meridiancity.org/planning
(03/27/2020)
AFFIDAVIT OF LEGAL INTEREST
STATE OF IDAHO )
)
COUNTY OF ADA )
I, ,
(name) (address)
,
(city) (state)
being first duly sworn upon, oath, depose and say:
1. That I am the record owner of the property described on the attached, and I grant my
permission to:
___________________________,
(name) (address)
to submit the accompanying application(s) pertaining to that property.
2. I agree to indemnify, defend and hold the City of Meridian and its employees harmless
from any claim or liability resulting from any dispute as to the statements contained
herein or as to the ownership of the property which is the subject of the application.
3. I hereby grant permission to City of Meridian staff to enter the subject property for the
purpose of site inspections related to processing said application(s).
Dated this day of , 20
(Signature)
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me the day and year first above written.
(Notary Public for Idaho)
Residing at:
My Commission Expires: