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Preliminary Plats
A. The preliminary plat application shall be accompanied by eleven (11) black-line or blue-line print paper copies of the preliminary plat. The preliminary plat sheet size shall be twenty-four (24) inches by thirty-six (36) inches. The plat shall be drawn at a scale no greater than one hundred (100) feet to the inch and which is in increments of ten (10) feet.
B. The preliminary plat shall contain the following information:
1. The name of the subdivision, which name shall not duplicate the name of any existing subdivision as recorded in the Stone County Registry.
2. The name(s) and address(es) of the subdivision owner or owners.
3. Date of preliminary plat submittal.
4. Property description of the subdivision.
5. Approximate North arrow and the scale in which the plat is drawn in: feet per inch or scale ratio; and bar graph.
6. A listing of the following information:
a. Total acreage of the subdivision.
b. Total number of lots.
c. The proposed land use.
d. Smallest lot with lot number and area.
e. Largest lot with lot number and area.
7. Vicinity map, showing the location of the proposed subdivision and all streets, roads and municipal boundaries existing within one thousand (1,000) feet of any part of the property to be subdivided.
8. Contours at vertical intervals of five (5) feet. Datum shall be determined by reference to the appropriate U.S.G.S. Topographic Maps.
9. The names and locations of immediately adjoining subdivisions and the names of immediately adjoining property owners.
10. Approximate tract boundaries.
11. The general location and approximate dimensions of any existing street right-or-way intersecting or paralleling the boundaries of the tract, as well as the distance from the center line of adjacent streets to the tract boundaries.
12. The general location and approximate dimensions of any easements existing within or adjacent to the tract boundaries.
13. The location and dimension of all existing streets, roads, public sewers, water mains and feeder lines, gas, electric and oil transmission lines, water courses, detention areas, drainage easements, and other significant features within five hundred (500) feet of any part of the tract to be subdivided.
14. The approximate location and extent of all existing structures and tree masses within the tract.
15. The full plan of development detailing the following information on a single sheet:
a. The location of all proposed and existing streets, roads, easements, parks, playgrounds and other public areas and facilities, sewer and water facilities.
b. Lot lines and the approximate dimensions of all lots and lot numbers in consecutive order.
c. All streets and other areas designated for pertinent facilities, public use or proposed to be dedicated or reserved for future public use, including the conditions of such dedication.
16. All storm sewers and other drainage facilities with the size and material of each indicated and any proposed connection to existing facilities.
17. The location, size and material of any capped sewers, house connections, mains and laterals, and proposed connection to existing facilities.
18. A draft of any proposed restrictive covenants.
19. Records of a title search, indicating any existing covenants on the land to be subdivided. This may be provided as a separate statement.
20. Location of any proposed culverts and bridges.
21. Approximate grade and gradients of each proposed street.

See Forms and Documents for Preliminary Plat Application.