Explain the subdivision plotting process?
First, the Planning Commission and the Board review and grant tentative approval of a preliminary plat – a conceptual plan with schematic utility, lot and road layouts. Next the Board reviews and grants final approval of a preliminary plat – detailed plan that has completed engineering plans and outside agency permits for utilities, wetlands, soil conservation and roads. (This allows construction of utilities and roads to proceed). Once construction is complete, or securities for the proposed improvements have been provided to the township and the county, the Board may approve the final plat, which is then reviewed by the County and State Plat Board, and recorded. This permits the sale of lots and, in the case of residential subdivisions, construction of homes to begin.
