A. The community development department director shall review the preliminary subdivision plat for completeness within five working days of receipt. If the plat does not meet the requirements of KIBC 16.40.020 through 16.40.050, the community development department director shall notify the subdivider and surveyor in writing stating the additional information required.

B. If the community development director accepts the application and submittals as complete and the application meetings the requirements of the code, the application shall be placed on the next regular planning and zoning commission meeting agenda for which the packet deadline has not yet passed.

C. An accepted preliminary plat shall be sent to official review agencies established by the commission for review and comment. In order to be considered in the engineering and facilities department director and community development director’s review and recommendations on the application under subsection D of this section, comment from the review agencies must be submitted in writing to the community development department director nine working days prior to the commission meeting at which the plat will be considered.

D. The engineering and facilities department director and community development department director shall make recommendations and comments in writing to the commission no later than six working days prior to the commission meeting at which the plat will be considered.

E. The commission shall approve or disapprove a plat 60 days after it is filed or shall return it to the applicant for modification or correction, unless the applicant for plat approval consents to an extension of time. The commission shall adopt specific findings of fact and reasons for its action on the plat. The subdivider shall be notified in writing of the action and findings of the commission within five working days.

F. The approval of the preliminary plat shall be effective for 24 months from the date of approval, notwithstanding the provisions of any subsequent change in the subdivision ordinance, zoning ordinance, or zoning districts.

After this time, the preliminary plat shall become null and void unless an extension of time is granted, at the request of the subdivider, by the commission prior to the expiration of the preliminary plat. A time extension will only be granted if a reevaluation of the preliminary plat indicates that conditions are substantially the same as when the preliminary plat was originally approved.

A preliminary plat may include two or more phases; provided, that each phase shall be developed successively and each phase shall be subject to the then-current improvement standards of this title. The commission may require a final plat to be brought before the commission for final review and/or approval as a condition of preliminary approval.

G. All decisions as to approval or disapproval of a preliminary plat by the commission shall be final unless a request for reconsideration or an appeal is brought pursuant to Chapter 16.90 KIBC.

H. The community development department will grant an automatic extension of the preliminary plat approval if the subdivision has been denied access to a public sewer and water system, when access is required as a condition of plat approval. An applicant for an automatic extension must provide documentation of the denial of access to the community development department. An automatic extension is valid until one year after access to the system is permitted. (This subsection is effective from April, 1991.) [Ord. FY2020-02 §6, 2019; Ord. 2004-07 §2; Ord. 93-64 §6, 1993; Ord. 90-15 §2, 1990].