The procedure for preparation and review of a final plat shall be as follows:
(a) Preparation.
(1) The final plat shall comply with the provisions of the Subdivision Act and these Regulations.
(2) The final plat shall conform substantially to the preliminary plat, as approved, and it may constitute only that portion of the approved preliminary plat which the proprietor proposed to record and develop at the time, provided, however, that such portion conforms to these Regulations.
(3) The proprietor shall submit, as evidence of title, to the Clerk, an abstract of title certified to date with the written legal opinion thereon, or, at the option of the proprietor, a policy of title insurance for examination in order to ascertain whether or not the proper names appear on the plat.
(b) Review.
(1) One mylar copy and fifteen paper prints of the final plat shall be filed by the proprietor with the Clerk, and such sums of money as the governing body may require herein, or by other ordinances or resolutions, shall be deposited. Such final plat shall have been processed in accordance with Act 288 of the Public Acts of 1967, Sections 162 through 165, as amended, prior to submission to the Township for its review.
(2) The final plat shall be reviewed by the Planning and Community Development Department as to compliance with the approved preliminary plat, and by the Municipal Engineer as to compliance with the plans for utilities and other improvements.
(3) The Planning and Community Development Department and the Municipal Engineer shall notify the governing body of their recommendations for either approval or rejection of the final plat within ten days of its date of filing.
(4) The governing body shall review all recommendations and take action on the final plat within twenty days of its date of filing in accordance with the procedures of Act 288 of the Public Acts of 1967, Sections 166 through 167, as amended.
(5) Upon approval of the final plat by the governing body, the subsequent approvals shall follow the procedures set forth in the Subdivision Act.
(6) The placing of required monuments and lot corner markers may be waived by the governing body for a period of one year from the date of approval of the final plat by the governing body, provided that the proprietor shall have delivered to the Clerk cash, a certified check or an irrevocable bank letter of credit running to the Municipality, whichever the proprietor selects, in an amount equal to twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per monument remaining to be placed, plus ten dollars ($10.00) per lot corner marker remaining to be placed. In no case shall said deposit be less than one hundred dollars ($100.00).
Such cash, certified check or irrevocable bank letter of credit shall be returned to the proprietor upon receipt of a certificate by a surveyor that the monuments and markers have been placed as required within the time specified. If the proprietor defaults, the governing body shall promptly require a surveyor to locate the monuments and markers in the ground as certified on the plat at a cost not to exceed the amount of the security deposited and shall pay the surveyor. Any unexpended balance of the deposit shall then be returned to the party from whom it was received.
(7) In lieu of the proprietor having installed improvements, the governing body shall require of the proprietor, as a condition of final plat approval, a deposit in the form of cash, a certified check or an irrevocable bank letter of credit, whichever the proprietor selects, running to the Municipality for the full cost, as estimated by the Municipal Engineer, of improvements required in the Land Development Regulations, other than public streets and street drainage facilities, to ensure the completion of said improvements and facilities within a length of time agreed upon from the date of approval of the final plat by the governing body. The Municipality shall rebate to the proprietor, as the work progresses, amounts of any cash deposits equal to the ratio of the work completed to the entire project.
(8) Five copies of the proposed subdivision restrictions shall be furnished to the governing body.
(Ord. 268. Passed 7-27-81.)