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<br />the value (market) of the land shall be determined by negotiation between city and <br />developer. Lots created in any manner that are larger than 5 acres or 300 feet in width <br />shall not be subject to dedication of land for public use. A fee according to the current <br />schedule will be charged on every building permit issued pertaining to new housing units <br />forparks and playgrounds. <br /> <br />- (C) Planned unit development. These design standards of this chapter may be <br />modified by the City Council in the case of a plan utilizing an unusual concept of <br />development which meets the requirements of the sbction. The planned unit development <br />provision is intended to encourage original and imaginative subdivision design which <br />preserves the natural amenities of the site and provides for the general welfare of the city. <br />It shall conform to the planned unit development requirements of the city zoning chapter. <br /> <br />(0) Soil tests. The City may require soil tests prior to the final approval of any plat. <br />These soil tests shall consist of test holes to a depth necessary to determine the various <br />types of soil to be encountered before reaching a stable base. The test holes, when <br />ordered by the city authorities, shall be drilled at the expense of the owner or developer <br />and the information disclosed shall be furnished to the City together with a copy of the <br />proposed plat showing the location of each test hole. The information required by the <br />City shall inClude a report as to the various types of soil.encountered and their depths, the <br />level of the groundwater and a seepage test and may include additional information. The <br />number of test holes to be drilled and their location on the property which is proposed to <br />be platted will be as directed by the City or its authorized representative. In questionable <br />cases, the owner shall be required to furnish to the City Council a report from a <br />recognized. engineering laboratory as to the safety and practicability of the use of the area <br />for building construction, including the feasibility for installation of sewage facilities. <br /> <br />(E) Restriction on filing and recording conveyances. <br /> <br />(1) Restriction. State law states that a municipality with adopted subdivision <br />regulations, no conveyance of land shall be filed or recorded if the limd is described in <br />the conveyance by metes and bounds; by reference to an unapproved registered land <br />survey after April 21 , 1961; or by an unapproved plat made after those regulations <br />become effective. <br /> <br />(2) Limits of applicability. The above restrictions do not apply if the land <br />described in the conveyance: <br /> <br />time; <br /> <br />(a) Was a parcel of record on April 1, 1945; <br />(b) Was subject to a written agreement to convey entered into prior to that <br /> <br />(c) Was a separate parcel of not less than 2,S'acres in area and 150 feet in <br />width on January 1, 1966; <br /> <br />(d) Was a separate parcel of not less than 5 acres in area and 300 feet in <br />width on July 1, 1980; <br /> <br />(e) Is a single parcel of commercial or industrial land of not less than 5 <br />acres in area and having a width of not less than 300 feet, and its conveyance does not <br />result in the division of the parcel into 2 or more lots or parcels, any 1 of which is less <br />than 5 acres in area or 300 feet in width; or <br /> <br />6 <br />