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Union Township City Zoning Code

§ 30-21.2

Sketch Plat.

[Ord. No. 85-9, § 2101]
All plats shall be based on accurate information, at a scale of not less than one inch equals 100 feet, and shall show or include the following information, except that the Planning Board may waive any requirement or request additional information where it is clearly appropriate to the particular application:
a. 
Location and Key Map. The entire tract to be subdivided, giving the accurate location of all existing and proposed property and street lines and including a key map at a scale of one inch equals not more than 1,000 feet, showing the entire subdivisions and its relations to all features shown on the official map and master plan located within 1/2 mile of the extreme limits of the subdivision, and the zoning classification of the proposed subdivision and adjacent land.
b. 
Structures. The location of existing houses, buildings, wells, septic systems and other structures, with accurate dimensions from all existing buildings and proposed lot lines.
c. 
Owners. The name of the owner, all adjoining property owners and those across existing or proposed streets as disclosed by the most recent Township tax records.
d. 
Identity. The Tax Map, street, date of revision, block and lot numbers and zone district.
e. 
Streets, Easements, Watercourses and Rights-of-Way. The location of existing or proposed streets, roads, easements, utility services and driveways, public right-of-way, streams, bridges, culverts, drainage ditches and natural watercourses in the subdivisions and within 500 feet thereof.
f. 
Lots. The original and proposed lot layout, lot dimensions, all required setback lines and the lot area of each lot in square feet and acreage. Lots shall be designated by letters for minor subdivisions and by consecutive numbers for major subdivisions until given official lot number designations by the Township.
g. 
Percolation Tests. If individual sewage disposal systems are proposed, the plat shall show the location of all percolation tests and test results, including those that failed, and soil logs. Tests shall have been conducted within the last three years.
h. 
Other Information Required. The date of original preparation and the date of revisions, if any, of the plat, as well as the old name if submitted previously under a different title.
i. 
Performance Standards (If Applicable).
1. 
Net density.
2. 
Open space ratio.
3. 
Impervious surface ratio.
4. 
Dwelling unit mix.
j. 
Natural resources inventory and site capacity calculations, as outlined in § 30-6.3.
k. 
Information Required for Minor Subdivision Plats. If the sketch plat is being submitted for minor subdivisions approval, it shall contain the information required under this subsection and shall be a certified survey map drawn by a licensed New Jersey land surveyor. The plat shall provide for endorsement by the Planning Board Chairman and Secretary. If the plat is to be filed, it shall meet the requirements of the Map Filing Law.