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1004. PROCEDURES FOR FILING AND REVIEW 1004.010. SKETCH PLAN. In order to insure that all applicants are informed of the procedural requirements and minimum standards of this Ordinance and the requirements or limitations imposed by other City Ordinances or plans prior to the development of a preliminary plat, all applicants shall present a sketch plan to the City Administrator prior to tiling a preliminary plat. 1004.011. DEVELOPER'S COSTS. The developer shall pay to the City all expenses incurred by the City relative to the subdivision, whether by plat, registered land survey, or otherwise, which expenses shall include, but not be limited to, expenses for engineering, planning, fiscal, administrative, and legal services. If said expenses are not paid within reasonable time after billing by the City, the City shall certify the same as unpaid against the real property and shall collect the same in the same manner as real estate taxes are collected. The City shall have the option to collect said amounts in a civil action in lieu of certification for collection. 1004.020. PRELIMINARY PLAT. (a) Filing. Five (5) full size copies, one reduced copy no larger than 11" by 17 ", and one electronic digital file copy of the preliminary plat and a list of names and addresses of the owners of property located within three hundred fifty (350) feet of the subject property, accompanied by an abstractor's certificate *, shall be submitted to the City Administrator. The required filing fee as established by City Council resolution shall be paid and any necessary applications for variances from the provisions of this Ordinance shall be submitted with the required fee. The proposed plat shall be placed on the agenda of the next regularly scheduled Planning Commission meeting occurring after ten (10) seventeen (17) days from the date of submission. The plan shall be considered as being officially submitted when all the information requirements are complied with. *Note: When the properties surrounding the subject property include townhouse or condominium development, the applicant may submit a mailing list of property owners obtained from the managers or homeowners association of the townhouse or condominium development. (b) Technical Assistance Reports. The City Administrator shall instruct the appropriate staff persons to prepare technical reports where appropriate, and provide general assistance in preparing a recommendation to the City Council. (c) Review by Other Commissions or Jurisdictions. The City Administrator shall refer copies of the preliminary plat to the Park Board, Watershed District, County, Metropolitan, State or other public jurisdictions for their review and comment, where appropriate and when required. (d) Planning Commission Action. The Planning Commission shall make a recommendation to the City Council. If the Planning Commission has not acted upon the preliminary plat within sixty (60) days from the first meeting at which the request was received, the Council may act on the preliminary plat without the Planning Commission's recommendation. (e) City Council Action. -10-