CHAPTER 309 – SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS

309.01   Platting Rules Adopted; Subdivision Defined

309.02   Plat Drawing Requirements

309.03   Terminals and Monuments

309.04   Surveyor’s Statement

309.05   Filing and Drawing Street Profiles

309.06   Certificate of Title to Dedicated Lands

309.07   Reserve Strips

309.08   Street Locations and Widths

309.09   Minimum Street Widths; Use of Alleys

309.10   Use of Intersecting Streets

309.11   Continuation of Existing Streets in New Allotments

309.12   Increased Street-Width Requirements

309.13   Use of Dead-End Streets

309.14   Street Extensions to Unallotted Property

309.15   Acquiring Property for Streets Outside Allotment

309.16   Grade Requirements; Monuments

309.17   Allotment Owner Responsible for Culverts, Bridges, Repaving, Etc.

309.18   Special Improvements for Streets

309.19   Water Connections in Sewerless Districts

309.20   Water and Sewerage Facilities Required for Plat Approval

309.21   Bond for Plat Approval

309.22   Disposition of Approved Plat

309.23   Acceptance of Streets

309.24   Territorial Jurisdiction

309.25   Reserved

309.26   Approval of Nonconforming Lots

309.28   Fee for Plan Review for Lot Splits and Lot Consolidations

Charter reference:
   Alteration of streets by Council, Charter § 174
   Effect of platting, Charter § 172
   Platting Commissioner’s powers and duties, Charter § 171

Cross-reference:
   Street dedication, CO Ch. 307
   Underground electrical wiring required in new subdivisions, CO 521.10

Statutory reference:
   Plat acknowledgement and recording, RC 711.06
   Violation of rules and regulations, RC 711.102

§ 309.01 Platting Rules Adopted; Subdivision Defined

   (a)   The following rules and regulations relative to the platting of land and the dedication of new streets to be shown on such plats heretofore approved by the Platting Commissioner and the Planning Commission are hereby adopted and promulgated.

   (b)   “Allotment” or “subdivision” are used in this chapter synonymously and refer to any subdivision of land into either streets and lots or into lots, and intended to be recorded as a plat.

(Ord. No. 72120. Passed 12-28-25)

§ 309.02 Plat Drawing Requirements

   The plat of a proposed subdivision shall be drawn in ink upon good quality tracing cloth. It shall ordinarily be drawn to either the scale of one (1) inch equals one hundred (100) feet, or one (1) inch equals fifty (50) feet. All dimensions shall be shown in feet and decimals of a foot. The plat shall be complete and consistent in itself as to all measurements. The streets shown on the plat shall be named as required by Chapter 305.

(Ord. No. 72120. Passed 12-28-25)