§ 62-2808. Application for construction plans and preliminary plat review and approval.

Applications shall include all of the necessary information and engineering for construction, including, but not limited to, the following requirements and standards of this article. Incomplete application packages will not be accepted for review.

(a)

Submission: All applicants shall make application for subdivision and new roadway construction review by furnishing to the county, two construction packages, including preliminary plat of the proposed subdivision, or one electronic copy. Such construction plans and preliminary plat shall be drawn at a scale of not smaller than one inch equals 100 feet. In the event the subdivision exceeds 100 acres in area, the applicant may submit a preliminary plat at a uniform scale of not smaller than one inch equals 200 feet.

(b)

Design and required information: Construction plans for such subdivision shall be designed in conformity with the general design standards established in this article. All submittals will be made to the county and shall contain the following information:

(1)

Preliminary plat shall be prepared in conformance with F.S. § 177.091(2), (3), (4) through (6), (9) through (11), (14), (15), (18) and contain all conceptual lot dimensions.

(2)

Two signed and sealed copies of a boundary and topographic survey.

(3)

Two copies of stormwater calculations shall be submitted.

(4)

Tree survey, existing tree canopy coverage and landscaping plan as required per landscaping/land clearing ordinance.

(5)

Title block: The title or name of the proposed subdivision, county and state; date of preparation; name and address of the owner of the tract proposed for subdivision; and the name, address, signature, seal and registration number of the surveyor engaged to prepare the preliminary plat.

(6)

North arrow, total acreage, number of lots and delineation of each phase of development.

(7)

Complete legal description: A full and detailed description of the tract showing the township and range in which such tract is situated and the section or part of sections to be platted.

(8)

Vicinity map: A vicinity map insert shall be made part of the construction plans showing the general location of the site using the names and locations of nearby streets and prominent natural or manmade landmarks. Scale shall be sufficient to indicate the zoning and current land use of the property contiguous to the site, including properties separated from the site by a public/private street. Copies of road maps will not be accepted as vicinity maps.

(9)

Existing features: The location, name, width or size of any of the following existing features, both on and immediately contiguous to the subdivision tract: conservation areas, wetlands, platted property lines, streets, sidewalks, bike paths, water courses, railroads, all public and private rights-of-way, public and private easements, parks and other public and private open spaces, bridges and existing facilities across a public or private right-of-way shall be shown with proposed improvements, i.e., landscaping.

(10)

Public and private open spaces including preservation/conservation areas, rights-of-way and easements: The names, locations and widths of all proposed streets, alleys, parks, lakes and waterways, sidewalks, bikeways and other public and private improvements. For any parcel of land located contiguous to natural lakes, streams of the Indian River Lagoon System, the mean high water elevation line shall be depicted on the plan.

When individual onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems are proposed, indicate the mean high water line of tidally influenced surface water bodies and/or the mean annual flood line of permanent nontidal surface water bodies as defined in F.S. § 381.0065.

(11)

Dedications and reservations: All parcels of land proposed to be dedicated or reserved for public and private use, together with the purpose and the conditions or limitations of such proposed dedications or reservations, if any.

(12)

Lot lines and lot numbers and blocks: Lots shall be numbered in consecutive, clockwise order, starting with the numeral one for the first lot in each block. Each block will be lettered and blocks will be separated by rights-of-ways and/or common tracts.

(13)

Lot sizes: The acreage or square footage and dimensions of each lot shall be shown on the plan, either in each individual lot or on a separate table on the face of the plan.

(14)

Water management system: The proposed location and width of ponding, drainage, water retention and maintenance facilities.

(15)

Utilities: The right-of-way and/or easement and the location of water, telephone, electricity, sewage, cable television and other utilities will be identified as practical, and the responsibility of maintenance shall be stated on the subdivision plan.

Individual onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems must be designed in accordance with Chapter 64E-6, Florida Administrative Code.

Two copies of the hydraulic and/or lift station calculations as required by the Water Resources Department criteria for water and sanitary sewerage systems within Brevard County.

(16)

Topography: Elevations based on NGVD of 1929 or NAVD-88 shall be depicted by contour lines of one-foot intervals upon the engineering plans or shall be otherwise provided upon a separate instrument attached to and by reference made a part of such plat. Permanent bench marks shall be established for each subdivision.

(17)

Data as necessary to show the soil and topography is suitable for the proposed uses of the property in the subdivision.

The applicant may be required to provide additional topographic data sufficient to analyze drainage impacts on adjacent properties.

(18)

Data to demonstrate the impact the proposed improvement shall have on prime aquifer water recharge areas, if applicable, and the groundwater table.

(19)

Information about the elevations of the proposed home-sites and roads.

(20)

The applicant may be required to provide a traffic impact analysis report defining the offsite impacts, based on the county concurrency evaluation criteria, of the proposed development and identify the appropriate mitigation measures.

(21)

The applicant may be required to provide such other information including technical data and reports as the county finds reasonably necessary to insure the subdivision shall conform with the requirements of this section and other sections of this article and other applicable laws, ordinances, articles and regulations.

(22)

A certificate of ownership.

(23)

Boundaries of existing wetlands, proposed impacts to wetlands and proposed wetland mitigation plans shall be provided. Copies of any permits previously issued by the St. Johns River Water Management District for the project shall be provided for review.

(c)

Review: The county shall provide agency review comments or approval within ten working days of the receipt of a complete application for the initial submittal. Subsequent submittals will be reviewed within five working days. Instances where the proposed development plan contains a large acreage, number of units, may affect regional resources, or the intensity of the proposed use warrants, the county manager or designee may extend the aforementioned review period to a maximum of 30 calendar days. In those cases, the applicant shall be notified prior to the expiration of the original review period.

(d)

Agency comments: The county will provide the applicant the comments and recommendations of the agencies and advise the applicant of a date for a development review meeting with the applicant to review the agencies' comments and recommendations. The date of the meeting may be set for a time after the expiration of such ten-working-day period. The meeting schedule will be posted at the beginning of each year, and may be amended by the county as needed with proposed meetings on average once every two weeks. To have a project placed on the development review meeting agenda, the complete submittal must be received by close of business prior to the deadline posted for the scheduled meeting. Staff comments will be presented to the applicant or their engineer prior to the meeting.

(e)

Approval: Upon satisfactory completion of such review and approval of the proposed construction plans and plat by the applicable agencies, the construction package shall be approved based upon a consideration of the requirements of this article and other applicable policies, ordinances, articles, laws and regulations and the conditions which affect development within the vicinity of the tract.

(f)

Filing fee: The board reserves the right to establish from time to time by resolution a fee in an amount deemed necessary to reimburse the county, the cost incurred in reviewing and approving plans and plats.

(g)

Time limit: The applicant shall have 24 months from the date of formal submittal in which to obtain approval of the construction plans and preliminary plat. If an applicant has not obtained approval within 24 months the application shall become null and void and the applicant must reapply under the provisions of this article.

(Ord. No. 95-30, § 1, 7-11-95; Ord. No. 01-59, § 1, 10-2-01; Ord. No. 2004-13, § 5, 4-13-04; Ord. No. 10-20, 10-12-10; Ord. No. 17-09, § 5, 5-9-17)