(A) After the effective date of this chapter, no subdivision plat of land within the county’s jurisdiction shall be filed or recorded until it has been submitted to and approved by the County Planning Board, as set forth in this chapter, and until this approval appears on the face of the plat.
(B) The Register of Deeds shall not file or record a plat of a subdivision of land located within the territorial jurisdiction of the county that has not been approved in accordance with these provisions, nor shall the Clerk of the Superior Court order or direct the recording of a plat if the recording would be in conflict with this section.
(C) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Planning Board may approve minor modifications to subdivisions existing prior to the effective date of this chapter (or prior to the date this chapter was adopted as to additional jurisdictional areas) without necessity of public hearing or submission of sketch plans or preliminary plats. Such approval may be granted without formal procedural review by other agencies and without compliance with the provisions of this chapter, if the Planning Board determines the following:
(1) There is no increase in the number of lots proposed compared to the number of existing lots; and
(2) There are no significant negative impacts relating to the proposed alteration over and above impacts likely to be associated with the utilization of the pre-existing lots.
(D) The Office of Register of Deeds of the county shall be authorized to record a plat upon which is designated the following, under signature of the Chairperson or Vice-Chairperson of the County Planning Board:
“This plat is a minor modification of a subdivision existing prior to the adoption of the Subdivision Regulations for the property depicted hereon. In accordance with Section 501 of Article V of the Beaufort County Subdivision Regulations, this plat may be recorded.”
(Ord. passed 1-8-2002)