(A) Time limitation on filing, specifications and surety.
(1) Application for final approval of a plat shall be made within one year from the date of preliminary approval of the plat by the Plat Committee. The applicant may elect to have final approval of all or a geographic part of parts of the plat, and may delay application for approval of other parts of the plat until a later date or dates beyond one year with the approval of the City Council. Only that part of the plat receiving final approval shall be recorded.
(2) The final plat shall meet the following specifications.
(a) The original drawing of the final plat of the subdivision shall be prepared in ink on tracing cloth or suitable equivalent material to a scale of 50 to one inch; provided that, if the resulting drawing would be over 36 inches in shortest dimension, a scale of 100 feet to one inch may be used. Three black or blue line prints shall be submitted with the original final plat, or, in order to conform to modern drafting and reproduction methods, three black line prints and a reproducible print shall be submitted.
(b) The following basic information shall be shown:
1. Accurate boundary lines, with dimensions and angles, which provide a survey of the tract, closing with an error or not more than one foot in 10,000 feet;
2. Accurate distances and directions to the nearest established street corners or official monuments. Reference comers shall be accurately described on the plat;
3. Accurate locations of all existing and recorded streets intersecting the boundaries of the tract and within 300 feet of the tract;
4. Accurate metes and bounds description of the boundary;
5. Source of title of the applicant to the land as shown by the last entry in the books of the County Recorder;
6. Street names;
7. Complete curve notes for all curves included in the plan;
8. Street lines with accurate dimensions in feet and decimal parts of feet, with angles to street, alley and lot lines;
9. Lot numbers and dimensions;
10. Accurate locations of easements for utilities and any limitations on each easement;
11. Accurate dimensions for any property to be dedicated or reserved for public, semi-public or community use;
12. Building setback lines and dimensions;
13. Locations, type, material and size of all monuments and lot markers;
14. Plans and specifications for the improvements required in these regulations;
15. Restrictions of all types which will run with the land and become covenants in the deeds for lots must appear on the plat or be referenced on the plat;
16. Name of the subdivision;
17. Name and address of the owner and the subdivider;
18. North point, scale and date;
19. Certification of all engineering work by a registered professional engineer and certification of the plat by a registered land surveyor;
20. Certification of dedication of streets and other public property; and
21. Certificates for approval by the City Council, as required.
(B) Final plat approval. Within 60 days from the date of filing of the application for approval of a final plat of a subdivision, or the filing of the last document or other paper, whichever is later, the City Council shall approve or disapprove the plat. Such 60-day period may be extended by mutual agreement between the applicant and the City Council.
(C) Surety for installations and improvements.
(1) (a) As a condition of the final approval of a plat of a subdivision, the applicant shall post a good and sufficient bond with the City Clerk in a penal sum sufficient to cover the estimated cost of the expenditures necessary for the completion of improvement and installations in compliance with these regulations including reasonable inspection fees to be borne by this applicant, the bond shall:
1. Run to the City Council;
2. Be with surety satisfactory to the City Council; and
3. Specify the time for completion of the installations and improvements.
(b) Within 60 days after the conditional final approval by the City Council of a plat of a subdivision, the applicant shall file an estimate prepared by a registered engineer of the expenditures necessary for the completion of improvements and installations in compliance with these regulations including reasonable inspection fees to be borne by this applicant. If the applicant fails to file said estimate within the prescribed time, the City Council may appoint a registered engineer to prepare an estimate of the expenditures necessary for the completion of improvements and installations in compliance with these regulations including reasonable inspection fees to be borne by the applicant and the applicant shall reimburse the city for the expense of the engineer’s estimate. The amount of the surety bond posted by the applicant shall equal the amount of the engineer’s estimate.
(2) In lieu of the surety bond required above, the City Council may permit the depositing of cash or other security acceptable to the Council to complete the installations and improvements.
(Ord. passed - -)