(A) Two-lot, family and special subdivision review process.
(1) General. A subdivider may apply to the Subdivision Administrator, for a final plat review process for two-lot, family and special subdivisions. The steps in the boxes below correspond with a detailed description of each step of the process below.
(a) Step 1: Applicant submits final plat and applicable documentation.
(b) Step 2: Subdivision Administrator review period.
(c) Step 3: Applicant revision period.
(d) Step 4: Subdivision Administrator final plat approval.
(2) Steps.
(a) Step 1. Applicant submits final plat.
1. The applicant shall submit a final plat in accordance with the requirements set forth in § 153.49 below. The applicant shall also submit with the plat the application, fee and any other documentation required by this section. Two-lot subdivisions do not require an application and fee.
2. The Subdivision Administrator may request reports from the District Health Department, the County Soil and Water Conservation District, and other local, state or federal officials, agencies or consultants as deemed necessary.
(b) Step 2. Subdivision Administrator Review Period.
1. The Subdivision Administrator shall review the plat in accordance with the requirements of this chapter and the Zoning Ordinance (Chapter 154), and any other applicable ordinance. This review shall take not more than ten working days.
2. The Subdivision Administrator may have any other applicable local, state and federal officials, agencies or consultants review the plat. The ten-working day limit may be extended up to 30 days if these agencies have been consulted and the Subdivision Administrator is awaiting a reply.
3. Failure of the Subdivision Administrator to act, in writing, on the plat within the specified response time shall be deemed as a basis for appealing to the Town Planning Board.
(c) Step 3. Applicant revision period. The applicant shall revise the plat in accordance with the Subdivision Administrator's review. All necessary revisions shall be made prior to approval by the Subdivision Administrator.
(d) Step 4. Subdivision Administrator final plat approval. Following successful revision of the Final Plat by the applicant, the Subdivision Administrator shall approve the final plat by obtaining the applicable signatures as required by § 153.49 below.
(B) Two-lot subdivision special requirements. All lots shall conform to the minimum area requirements of the Zoning Ordinance (Chapter 154 of this code of ordinances).
(C) Family subdivision special requirements.
(1) The subdivider shall submit with his or her application for a family subdivision, written evidence that the subdivision is a division of land by a property owner among his or her immediate family, to wit: spouse, children or their lineal descendants or ascendants, or the lineal descendants or ascendants of the property owner as a gift or as a settlement of the property owner's estate.
(2) The family subdivision shall provide that each lot or parcel of land shall have direct access from an existing recorded right-of-way or shall have a recorded right-of-way from a public road. If a grantor has a recorded right-of-way, it must transfer along with the property.
(3) All lots shall conform to the minimum area requirements of the Zoning Ordinance.
(D) Special subdivision special requirements.
(1) If the proposed special subdivision is within a major subdivision as herein defined, then the subdivider shall comply with the review procedures for a major subdivision.
(3) Any lot created for immediate or future development or sale shall conform to the minimum lot requirements of the Zoning Ordinance (Chapter 154 of this code of ordinances).
(Ord. passed 5-17-2007)