(A) Final plat required. Final plats require review and approval through a Type II review prior to recording with Washington County. The applicant shall submit an application for final plat approval within 4 years of the approval of the preliminary plat. A professional land surveyor licensed by the State of Oregon shall prepare the final plat, which shall conform to O.R.S. Chapter 92.
(B) Final plat approval process and criteria. The City Planning Official shall approve, approve with conditions, or deny a final plat application. The decision shall be based on findings of compliance with all of the following approval criteria:
(1) The final plat is consistent in design (e.g., number, area, dimensions of lots, easements, tracts, right-of-way) with the approved preliminary plat, and all conditions of approval have been satisfied;
(2) All public improvements required by the preliminary plat have been installed and approved by the city, or applicable service provider if different than the City of Banks, or are otherwise bonded with a financial guarantee in a form or amount acceptable to the City Attorney;
(3) The streets and roads for public use are dedicated without reservation or restriction other than reversionary rights upon vacation of any such street or road and easements for public utilities;
(4) All required streets, access ways, roads, easements, and other dedications or reservations are shown on the plat;
(5) The plat and deed contain a dedication to the public of all public improvements, including but not limited to streets, public pathways and trails, access reserve strips, parks, water, and sewer facilities, as applicable;
(6) As applicable, the applicant has furnished acceptable copies of covenants, conditions and restrictions (CC&R's); easements, maintenance agreements (e.g., for access, common areas, surface water facilities, parking, and the like); and other documents pertaining to common improvements recorded and referenced on the plat;
(7) Written verification from clean water services that sanitary sewer service is provided to every lot depicted on the plat and the development conforms to applicable surface water management and storm drainage requirements; and
(8) The plat contains an affidavit by the surveyor who surveyed the land, represented on the plat to the effect the land was correctly surveyed and marked with proper monuments as provided by O.R.S. Chapter 92, indicating the initial point of the survey, and giving the dimensions and kind of such monument and its reference to some corner approved by the Washington County Surveyor for purposes of identifying its location.
(Ord. 2021-08-02, passed 10-12-2021)