B. - Pre-application conference.

1.

A pre-application conference shall be required prior to submission of a preliminary plat. the applicant shall contact the office of the zoning administrator to schedule the pre-application conference. Preliminary plats may not be submitted for review either prior to or at the pre-application conference.

2.

The purpose of the pre-application conference is to discuss any necessary issues and questions that may be relevant to the subsequent plat application, provided that the requirement for the submission of the preliminary plat is not waived at the pre-application conference. Application requirements as specified in this section shall be reviewed at the pre-application conference.

3.

At the conference, the applicant or its representative may demonstrate and request that one or more application requirements may be waived or modified. The zoning administrator may, at its sole discretion, determine which, if any, requirements are not applicable for subsequent plat submission and may be waived.

4.

At the conclusion of the pre-application conference, the applicant will be provided with a copy of the checklist indicating which, if any, requirements have been determined to be not applicable and may be waived. These shall be referenced and noted as "N/A" on the checklist accompanying the subsequent submission of the preliminary plat.

5.

Preliminary plats which lack information required by this ordinance, the preliminary subdivision plat checklist, and/or the city's design and construction standards shall be deemed to be incomplete and shall be rejected. The checklist shall be deemed "incomplete" if all items are not fully addressed.

6.

Those items which have been determined by the zoning administrator to be not applicable or waived at the pre-application conference shall be noted as "N/A" on the checklist. Those items noted as "YES" indicate that the plat preparer has or will have to fully addressed those items with the subject plat application.