1111.701 RECORDING PROCEDURES.
   No plat, legal description, deed or other instrument which grants an interest in real estate, shall be recorded with the Geauga County Recorder until the Record Documents have been approved in accordance with the Planning and Zoning Code. The applicant shall cooperate with the Community Development Administrator so that the necessary documents are filed for record in the office of the County Recorder within ten (10) days of Record Documents approval. The approved documents shall remain in the custody of the Community Development Administrator until recorded with the Geauga County Recorder. Costs of recording, and for the Municipal record copies shall be paid by the applicant prior to recording.
   (a)   The recording of instruments dedicating lands or improvements for public use shall comply with the requirements of Section 1111.607 (Record Documents Approval).
   (b)   One (1) additional mylar copy of the Plat of Record or map of a subdivision, Planned Residential Development, condominium or other development, with all required certifications, and signatures, and the date and time of recording shall be provided at the time of recording by the applicant to the Community Development Administrator, for the Municipal records.
   (c)   One (1) additional copy of the document of a lot split or lot consolidation, easement, land reservation or other recorded instrument of real estate, with sufficient space for stamping the date and time of recording, shall be provided by the property owner at the time of recording to the Community Development Administrator for the Municipal records.
   (d)   No plat of subdivision, Planned Residential Development, condominium, lot split, minor subdivision, lot consolidation, or land reservation shall be filed for record in the office of the Geauga County Recorder until it has been approved by the Council, Planning Commission or Community Development Administrator. A recorded plat without the required municipal approvals is invalid, and Council shall direct the Law Director to file a complaint to strike the plat from the records of the Geauga County Recorder.
      (Ord. 2635. Passed 1-13-11; Ord. 3040. Passed 12-13-18.)