16.01.130 Overview of subdivision process.
The following subsections provide a brief overview of the subdivision approval process in Midvale City. This section is not intended to give an exhaustive review of the subdivision process. More specific provisions relating to the approval process are found elsewhere in this title.
A. The applicant and their engineer are responsible for knowing and complying with the provisions of this title.
B. The applicant prepares a preliminary plat. See Section 16.02.030.
C. The applicant completes an application for preliminary plat approval, submits the application, the preliminary plat, required supporting documents, and the applicable fee to the community development department. See Section 16.02.020.
D. The preliminary plat is reviewed by the development review committee to determine if it complies with applicable city ordinances, and the city engineer determines what public improvements are required. See Sections 16.02.040(A) and (B).
E. The planning commission holds a public hearing on the preliminary plat and approves or denies it. See Section 16.02.040(C).
F. If the planning commission approves the preliminary plat, the applicant prepares a final plat, completes an application for final plat approval, and submits the application, the final plat, required supporting documents, and the applicable fee to the community development department. See Section 16.03.020.
G. The final plat is reviewed by the development review committee. See Section 16.03.040.
H. The applicant completes the required improvements or provides the appropriate completion assurance for required improvements. See Section 16.03.050.
I. The development review committee approves the final subdivision plat, and it is signed by appropriate city personnel if it complies with all applicable laws. See Section 16.03.040.
J. If the applicant provided completion assurance, the applicant completes the required improvements within a year. See Section 18.01.020.
K. The city inspects the required improvements, and if they comply with the city’s construction standards and a certificate of occupancy has been issued for a property that relies on said public improvements, then the city accepts the improvements and ninety percent of the completion assurance is released. See Section 18.01.020.
L. If the required improvements remain free from defects through the required warranty period, the rest of the completion assurance is released to the applicant. See Section 18.01.020. (Ord. 2024-01 § 1 (Att. A))