Preliminary Plat CHECKLIST V1C � ((IE IA NDN ---
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Planning Division
PRELIMINARY PLAT Checklist
ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY THROUGH CITIZEN ACCESS PORTAL
UPLOAD ALL DOCUMENTS AND DRAWINGS PER THE REQUIRED CHECKLIST,
AS A SINGLE ZIP FILE WITH INDIVIDUAL PDFs
EACH CHECKLIST ITEM MUST BE NAMED ACCORDING TO THE NAMING CONVENTION LISTED BELOW
APPLICATIONS NOT CONTAINING ALL REQUIRED CHECKLIST ITEMS WILL BE DEEMED
INCOMPLETE. INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE PROCESSED
Description
Document
Naming Convention
Narrative fully describing the proposed project:
Narrative
➢ 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.)
Legal description of the subject property (Lot, Block, and Subdivision name if located
PP Legal Description
in a recorded subdivision OR a metes and bounds legal description of the property if not in
a subdivision)
Recorded warranty deed for the subject property
Warranty Deed
Affidavit of Legal Interest signed and notarized by the property owner (If owner is a
Affidavit of Legal Interest
corporation, submit a copy of the Articles of Incorporation or other evidence to show that the person signing
is an authorized agent)
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
Pre-app Notes
conduct a pre -application meeting with the Planning Division )
Neighborhood meeting sign -in sheet (Applicants are required to hold a neighborhood meeting
Neighborhood Mtg
to provide an opportunity for public review of the proposed project prior to the submittal of an
application.)
Approval of the proposed subdivision name from the Ada County Surveyor's
Subdivision Name Approval
office
Preliminary Plat
Pre -plat
The following items must be included on the preliminary 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 onplan)
• 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)
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• 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
Landscape Plan
for presentation purposes) The following items must be included on the
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
• 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
Open Space Exhibit
compliance with the qualified open space requirements specified in UDC 11-3G-
3B
Submit a common drive exhibit that depicts setbacks, fencing, building envelope,
Common Drive Exhibit
and orientation of the lots and structures.
Site report of the highest seasonal groundwater elevation prepared by a registered
Geotech Report
soils scientist
Written confirmation that a traffic impact study or change of use is not required, or
ACHD Email
has been accepted for review by ACHD. Please email Mindy Wallace at
Community Development ■ Planning Division ■ 33 E. Broadway Avenue, Ste. 102 Meridian, Idaho 83642
Phone: 208-884-5533 www.meridiancity.org/planning
(Rev: 0611812020)
planninareviewgachdidaho.M or call 387-6178 for more information
Conceptual elevations of proposed structures, including building materials
I Elevations
For new public utility construction (water, sewer, reclaimed water) applicants are required to submit:
Autocad file of the conceptual engineering plans in PDF format and an AutoCAD
file format that complies with the Specifications for Project Drawings found here
Autocad file
Submit a PDF version of the conceptual engineering plans
Public Utility Plan
Community Development ■ Planning Division ■ 33 E. Broadway Avenue, Ste. 102 Meridian, Idaho 83642
Phone: 208-884-5533 www.meridiancity.org/planning
(Rev: 0611812020)