Planning Commissioners' Procedures Manual - Hamilton County, Ohio

5.3 GENERAL PROCEDURES FOR MAJOR SUBDIVISIONS
5.3.1 Sketch Plan. If an applicant for a major subdivision submits an application for Sketch Plan
approval as provided for in Section 4.2.2, the Subdivision Administrator first makes a
determination of completeness pursuant to Section 5.1.3. If the application is complete,
the Subdivision Administrator reviews the Sketch Plan and briefs the applicant in writing on
issues and areas of concern which should be addressed during the Preliminary Subdivision
Plan procedures.
5.3.2 Subdivision Administrator Distribution of Applications For Review. If an applicant submits a
Preliminary Subdivision Plan, Improvement (Construction) Plans or Final (Record) Plat, as
provided for in Section 4.2.2, the Subdivision Administrator, shall first make a determination
of completeness pursuant to Section 5.1.3. If the application is complete, the Subdivision
Administrator, within five (5) working days, distributes such plan or plans to the C.E.,
M.S.D., C.W.W., D.P.W., The applicable Township Zoning Administrator or County Zoning
Administrator in the case of Final Record Plats (for review of lot size, frontage, width, and
building setback), and such other regulatory offices and agencies as are necessary to
obtain a proper review.
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Following their review, each office and agency listed above sends a copy of the
Preliminary Subdivision Plan, Improvement (Construction) Plans or record plat, as
the case may be, marked with needed corrections, to the developer's engineer.
In situations where all or part of the proposed subdivision cannot be served by
public sanitary sewer systems, as determined by the M.S.D., the latter will so notify
the Subdivision Administrator, who will refer the matter to the Hamilton County
Board of Health for its review and recommendation. The County Board of Health
will also review sanitary disposal systems for single family subdivisions with less
than ten (10) lots and for all two family and three family dwellings. The staff of the
County Board of Health will review the proposed sanitary disposal systems and
advise the developer's engineer accordingly.
In situations where the proposed subdivision cannot be served by existing public
water mains, as determined by the Cincinnati Water Works within the County Water
Area, C.W.W. will notify the Subdivision Administrator who will refer the matter to
the Hamilton County Board of Health for its review and recommendation. The staff
of the County Board of Health will review alternative water sources and advise the
developer's engineer accordingly.
Upon receiving back from the developer's engineer the necessary revisions to the
plan(s) in response to their respective comments/corrections, the reviewing offices
and agencies will either disapprove the plan(s) and return them to the developer's
engineer for further revision, or approve them.
Upon approval of the required revisions by the reviewing offices and agencies, each
so notifies the Subdivision Administrator in writing. In the case of the Zoning
Administrator, acknowledgement of approval shall be by the transmittal of a
stamped, signed, and dated print of the plat marked "Approved as to lot size,
frontage, width and building setback."
5.3.3 Subdivision Administrator Report and/or Certification. Upon receipt by the Subdivision
Administrator of the written approvals of the reviewing offices and agencies, the Subdivision
Administrator in the case of a Preliminary Subdivision Plan, prepares a written report (the
"Regulatory Compliance Report") to the Planning Commission which references the
conclusions of the reviewing offices and agencies and sets forth the Subdivision
Administrator's recommendations. In the case of Improvement (Construction) Plans or a
Final Plat, the Subdivision Administrator, on the basis of the reports received from the