§ 154.163 PLAT CERTIFICATES AND DEED OF DEDICATION.
   The following forms must be used:
   (A)   Plan Commission certificate.
      Under authority provided by I.C. 36-7, enacted by the general assembly of the State of Indiana, and all acts amendatory thereto, and an ordinance adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Bargersville, Johnson County, Indiana, this plat was given approval by the Bargersville Advisory Plan Commission, as follows:
      Approved by the Administrator of the Department of Development of the Town of Bargersville, Johnson County, Indiana, pursuant to the Bargersville Development Code, on the         day of                         ,           .
      Bargersville Plan Commission
      By:                                                             
      (Name), Director, Department of Development
      (SEAL)
   (B)   Town Council certificate.
      This plat and the acceptance of any public rights-of-way dedicated herein is hereby approved on the          day of                      , 20    , by the Town Council of the Town of Bargersville, Indiana.
                                                              
         (Name), Member
                                                              
         (Name), Member
                                                              
         (Name), Member
   (C)   Registered land surveyor's certificate.
      I,                            , hereby certify that I am a Registered Land Surveyor, licensed in compliance with the laws of the State of Indiana:
      That this plat correctly represents a survey completed by me on                                     , that all the monuments shown thereon actually exist or bond has been posted to cover the later installation of these monuments, and that all other requirements specified herein, done by me, have been met.
                                                                  
         (Name)
         (SEAL)
   (D)   Engineer's certificate.
      I,                         , hereby certify that I am a Registered Professional Engineer or Land Surveyor, as the case may be, licensed in compliance with the laws of the State of Indiana, and that I have inspected during their construction and installation all improvements and installations required for this subdivision, designated specifically as                                              , and that such required improvements and installations have been made and installed according to the specifications heretofore approved therefore.
                                                                 
         (Name)
         (SEAL)
   (E)   Deed of dedication. Each Secondary Plat submitted for approval must carry a deed of dedication in substantially the following form:
      We the undersigned owners of the real estate shown and described herein, do hereby certify that we have laid off, platted, and subdivided, and do hereby lay off, plat and subdivide, said real estate according to the within plat.
      This subdivision must be known and designated as                                  , an addition to Bargersville, Indiana. All rights-of-way shown and not heretofore dedicated are hereby dedicated to the public.
      Front and side yard building setback lines are hereby established as shown on this plat, between which lines and the property lines of the street, there must be erected or maintained no building or structure.
      There are strips of ground shown on this plat and marked "easement", reserved for the use of public utilities for the installation of water and sewer mains, poles, ducts, lines and wires, subject at all times to the proper authorities and to the easement herein reserved. No permanent or other structures are to be erected or maintained upon said strips of land, but owners of lots in this subdivision must take their titles subject to the rights of the public utilities.
      [Additional easement certificates, dedications and protective covenants, or private restrictions would be inserted here upon the applicant's initiative or the recommendations of the Plan Commission, Town Council; important provisions are those specifying the use to be made of the property, rights and authority of grantees, and, in the case of residential use, the minimum living area.]
      The foregoing covenants, or restrictions, are to run with the land and must be binding on all parties and all persons claiming under them until January 1,       , (a 25 year period is suggested), at which time said covenants, or restrictions, must be automatically extended for successive periods of ten years unless changed by vote of a majority of the then owners of the building sites covered by these covenants, or restrictions, in whole or in part. Invalidation of any of the foregoing covenants, or restrictions, by judgment or court order must in no way affect any of the other covenants or restrictions, which must remain in full force and effect.
      The right to enforce these provisions by injunction, together with the right to cause the removal, by due process of law, of any structure or part thereof erected, or maintained in violation hereof, is hereby dedicated to the public, and reserved to the several owners of the several lots in this subdivision and to their heirs and assigns.
         Witnessed our hands and seals this          day of                       ,         .
                                                          
                                                          
         State of Indiana
         Johnson County
      Before me the undersigned Notary Public, in and for the County and State, personally appeared                                    ,                              , and each separately and severally acknowledge the execution of the foregoing instrument as his or her voluntary act and deed, for the purposes therein expressed.
         Witness my hand and notary seal this           day of                         ,       .
         (SEAL)
   (F)   Easement certificate. Each secondary plat submitted for approval must include easement certificates, where appropriate and according to § 154.152.
(Ord. 2022-17, passed 7-19-2022)