§ 19-307. The preliminary plat: Requirements for administrative renewal.

A.

Prior to the expiration of a preliminary plat, previously approved by Planning Commission and City Council, the period of validity may be administratively renewed by the Development Committee for one (1) subsequent five-year term upon application by the property owner if the following requirements are met:

1.

The renewal fee of nine hundred dollars ($900.00) is paid upon application for renewal of the preliminary plat.

2.

The preliminary plat to be renewed is identical to the preliminary plat on file or contains only minor amendments.

B.

Submission of plat and site plan. If the preliminary plat to be renewed is identical to the preliminary plat currently on file, resubmittal of copies of the preliminary plat and site plan is not required. If the preliminary plat to be renewed contains minor amendments to the preliminary plat currently on file, the following items must be submitted with the application for renewal for review by the Development Committee: five (5) copies of the preliminary plat that comply with Section 19-303 and five (5) copies of a site plan that comply with the requirements of Section 19-302(2)(c).

C.

All proposed amendments to the preliminary plat currently on file will be reviewed by the Development Committee for a determination of whether the proposed amendments are minor or major as provided herein. Major amendments cannot be approved administratively by the Development Committee and must go through the normal development process described in Section 19-302 and Section 19-304 herein. Minor amendments to the preliminary plat can be administratively approved after a favorable determination by the Development Committee.

D.

Major amendments to the preliminary plat are those that significantly alter the layout and use of the preliminary plat, increase the number of lots by more than ten (10) percent, alter any streets except as allowed in [Subsection] F. below, or significantly alter the design or scope of the preliminary plat.

E.

Changes to parkland location, for either a permanent or temporary park, may be approved administratively by the Development Committee but only upon approval by the Director of Parks and Recreation, or his or her designee. If the Director of Parks and Recreation or his or her designee denies a proposed change in parkland location, the application for renewal of the preliminary plat cannot be approved administratively.

F.

Street alterations may be approved by the Development Committee if necessitated by a request for an increase or decrease in the number of lots, so long as the layout of the streets are not substantially altered. All alterations to streets must conform to adopted public safety and traffic management standards before being approved administratively.

G.

Final plats, submitted after administrative renewal, must comply with all intervening modifications to Chapter 19 to other pertinent City of Norman regulations occurring from the date of approval of the preliminary plat to submission of the final plat for approval. Accordingly, if a preliminary plat is administratively renewed, at the time of renewal, a notation must be placed on the preliminary plat that states: "Approval of the corresponding final plat, when presented to City Council for such approval and acceptance, must comply with any and all intervening modifications to Chapter 19, or other pertinent chapter, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Norman occurring from the date of first approval to the date of submission of the final plat to City Council for approval."

(Ord. No. 0-1213-32, § 1)