§ 6.1. Preliminary plats and data—Generally.

The preliminary plat shall be at a scale of not less than one inch equals one hundred (100) feet and may be of one or more sheets as necessary. The plat shall include or be accompanied by the following:

(a)

Name of subdivision (not duplicating the name of an existing subdivision), names and addresses of owner(s) of record, subdivider and person or firm responsible for preparation of preliminary plat, date of drawing, number of sheets, north point and scale.

(b)

A boundary survey or survey of record, including map book and page reference, deed book and page reference, or instrument number, locating and identifying adjacent or abutting streets (existing or platted), subdivisions, unsubdivided parcels, easements, water areas, and the like, and all visible monuments.

(c)

Location and identification of existing features and improvements within the tract, including streets, structures, water areas by type (including areas in marsh or subject to frequent inundation), wooded areas, easements, installed utilities and other important details. Information on soil and subsoil conditions shall be provided in the form and manner indicated in the Public Works Design Standards Manual. Plats of tracts abutting on or containing natural or artificial bodies of water shall show the approximate high water lines, bulkhead and pier, head lines if officially established, and top of bank and toe of slope.

(d)

Location and identification of proposed uses within the tract.

(e)

Location, identification and widths of proposed streets, alleys and easements.

(f)

Location of proposed water mains, sanitary sewers, and storm sewers and catch basins, with indication of proposals for disposal of surrounding drainage if other than or in addition to storm drains.

(g)

Lot lines, with dimensions. Where sewerage is to be by septic tanks or similar devices, percolation test results may be required for each lot or selected lots at locations indicated by the director of public health. Where groundwater levels or soil conditions may lead to difficulties with proposed septic tanks or with structures, the director of public health or the director of planning or his designee may require test results on subsurface soil and groundwater conditions for each lot or selected lots indicated by such officials.

(h)

Location and dimensions of all parcels proposed to be dedicated or reserved for public use or common use by occupants of the subdivision, with conditions or restrictions, if any, of such dedication or reservation.

(i)

Private restrictions, if any, proposed to be included in deeds.

(j)

Topographic map of a suitable scale and contour interval, as determined by the Planning Director, where a grading and drainage plan is required by the Public Works Design Standards Manual, as approved by the council of the City of Virginia Beach. Vertical control shall be based on North American Vertical Datum (NAVD) of 1988.

(k)

Location and identification of existing graves and objects or structures marking a place of burial.

(l)

Where Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas lie within a subdivision, the preliminary plat shall, unless waived by the planning director, delineate the boundaries of all resource protection areas, resource management areas, intensely developed areas and reserve sewage disposal drainfield sites as required by Sections 106 and 107 of the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area Ordinance [Appendix F].

(m)

Where floodplains lie within a subdivision, the preliminary plat shall delineate the boundaries of all floodways and special flood hazard areas as required by the Floodplain Ordinance (Appendix K) of the City of Virginia Beach.

(n)

Where wetlands are within a subdivision, the preliminary plat shall identify and delineate the location of all such wetlands.

(o)

Reserved.

(Ord. No. 1904, 8-14-89; Ord. No. 2008, 11-6-90; Ord. No. 2155, 6-23-92; Ord. No. 2377, 3-26-96; Ord. No. 2402, 6-25-96; Ord. No. 2666, 10-23-01; Ord. No. 2793, 12-9-03; Ord. No. 2918, 1-31-06; Ord. No. 3198, 9-13-11; Ord. No. 3311, 11-26-13; Ord. No. 3339, 4-22-14, eff. 7-1-14; Ord. No. 3621, 6-16-20)

(Ord. No. 1904, 8-14-89; Ord. No. 2008, 11-6-90; Ord. No. 2155, 6-23-92; Ord. No. 2377, 3-26-96; Ord. No. 2402, 6-25-96; Ord. No. 2666, 10-23-01; Ord. No. 2793, 12-9-03; Ord. No. 2918, 1-31-06; Ord. No. 3198, 9-13-11; Ord. No. 3311, 11-26-13; Ord. No. 3339, 4-22-14, eff. 7-1-14; Ord. No. 3621, 6-16-20)