PZ - Checklist - Preliminary Plat WIDIAN Planning Division
PRELIMINARY PLAT Checklist
Submittal Standards
♦ All Applications must be submitted electronically through CITIZEN ACCESS PORTAL
♦ All Drawings/Documents will be submitted electronically through PROJECT DOX
♦ Upload all documents and drawings in the appropriate folders
♦ Upload all documents and drawings per required checklist,as Individual PDF's.
♦ Each checklist item MUST be named according to the naming convention listed below.
♦ All plans must have a space reserved in the upper left corner for City Approval stamps.
♦ Resubmittals must use the EXACT same file name as the original to allow versioning.
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 in a PP Legal Description
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.If you are not the owner listed on
the Recorded Warranty Deed,Affidavit of Legal Interest is required.)
Scaled vicinity map showing the location of the subject property Vicinity Ma
Approval of the proposed subdivision name from the Ada County Surveyor's office Subdivision Name Approval
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)
• 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
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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 Landscape Plan
presentation purposes)include the following items:
• 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,
flood plains,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 landsca in
• 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 *Open Space Exhibit
with the qualified open space requirements specified in UDC 11-3G-3B (Required
for residential plats over 5 acres
Submit a common drive exhibit that depicts setbacks,fencing,building envelope,and *Common Drive Exhibit
orientation of the lots and structures.
Site report of the highest seasonal groundwater elevation prepared by a registered Geotech Report
soils scientist
Conceptual elevations of proposed structures,including building materials 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 *Autocad file
format that complies with the Specifications for Project Drawings found here
Submit a PDF version of the conceptual engineering plans *Public Utility Plan
*Any highlighted checklist item above is required unless pre-authorized by a planner.If it is determined that a checklist
item is not required,list the missing item(s)and planner's name in the project description field in Accela.
Community Development■Planning Division■33 E.Broadway Avenue,Ste. 102 Meridian,Idaho 83642
Phone:208-884-5533 www.meridiancity.org/plannine
(Rev:0411812022)