(A) Council approval required. No subdivision plat shall be recorded unless approved by the Town Council. Streets, easements and other public improvements shall be dedicated as required.
(B) Time limit. Within 12 months of approval by the Council, the owner/subdivider shall provide all required materials and demonstrate that all conditions of plat approval have been met. The plat will then be presented to the Planning and Zoning Director for recording.
(C) Re-submittal of final plat. When a final plat, construction plans and all required supporting documents are acceptable to the Town Engineer, and the Planning and Zoning Director, the subdivider upon notice thereof shall deposit with the Planning and Zoning Department, 3 reproducible sets of the final plat (1 each for the town, subdivider and County Recorder) as per form of final plat requirements and completely executed by:
(1) All parties required to sign or endorse the same for the purpose of passing a good and sufficient title to the public rights-of-way, easements and parcels offered for dedication and to join in the subdivision of the property; and
(2) The land surveyor (R.L.S.) preparing the plat and any and all other parties required to execute certificates thereon, other than the required town signatures.
(D) Additional submittal requirements following Town Council approval. The following items are required to be submitted following Council approval and before the subdivision plat will be recorded by the town:
(1) Fee. The fee for recording the final plat and accompanying deed restrictions and any ratification or pertinent documents is required to be paid by the subdivider once the final plat is approved by the Town Council and the subdivider has addressed the stipulations of approval and the plat is ready for recording. If the recording fee is submitted in the form of a check, it must be made payable to the Mohave County Recorder;
(2) ADRE questionnaire. A copy of the developer's completed subdivision questionnaire to the Arizona Real Estate Commissioner shall be submitted prior to approval for lot sales. Prior to the recordation of a final plat, the subdivider shall submit to the Planning and Zoning Director the final, approved public report for the subdivision, as submitted to the Arizona Department of Real Estate;
(3) Conditions, covenants and restrictions. The subdivider shall also submit a copy of the subdivision's deed restrictions before any lots are sold;
(5) Taxes. No subdivision final plat shall be recorded unless all current and back taxes, and any other type of assessments, have been paid in full by the property owner of the land being subdivided, and written evidence of the payment has been received by the Planning Director within 30 working days prior to the recordation of the plat.
(E) Signatures and recordation. After receiving the properly executed final plat for recording, together with the materials evidencing that all of the stipulations of Council approval have been satisfied and necessary recording fees have been provided, the Planning and Zoning Director or designee shall obtain necessary signatures from town representatives and cause the final plat to be recorded by the town.
(Ord. 2007-2, passed 5-29-2007; Am. Ord. 2014-02, passed 12-15-2014)