This section shall apply to minor subdivisions, major subdivisions and PUDs.
(A) The preliminary and final plats shall depict, contain or be accompanied by the information indicated in the following table.
(B) A “Yes” indicates that the information is required; where a “No” appears, the information shall not be required.
(C) Preliminary plat information shall only be required for major subdivisions.
Information | Preliminary Plat | Final Plat |
Information | Preliminary Plat | Final Plat |
Title block containing: | ||
-Subdivision name | Yes | Yes |
-Name of subdivider | Yes | Yes |
-Location (including township, block numbers as shown on the county index map, county and state) | Yes | Yes |
-Date or dates survey was conducted and plat prepared | Yes | Yes |
-A bar graph, scale and north arrow | Yes | Yes |
-Name, address, registration number and seal of the registered land surveyor and/or professional engineer who drew the plat | Yes | Yes |
-A sketch vicinity map with north arrow showing the relationship between the proposed subdivision and surrounding area | Yes | Yes |
-Corporate limits and subdivision jurisdiction lines if on the subdivision tract | Yes | Yes |
-The boundaries of the tract or portion thereof to be subdivided, distinctly and accurately represented with all bearing and distances shown | Yes | No |
-The exact boundary lines of the tract to be subdivided, fully dimensioned by lengths and bearings, and the location of existing boundary lines of adjoining lands | No | Yes |
-The names of owners of adjoining properties | Yes | Yes |
-The names of any adjoining subdivisions of record or proposed and under review | Yes | Yes |
-Minimum building setback lines | Yes | Yes |
-The zoning classifications, if any, of the tract to be subdivided and adjoining properties | Yes | Yes |
-Existing buildings, or other structures, watercourses, railroads, bridges, culverts, cemetery plots, storm drains, both on the land to be subdivided and land immediately adjoining | Yes | Yes |
-Proposed lot lines, lot and block numbers, and appropriate dimensions of each lot | Yes | Yes |
-The lots numbered consecutively throughout the subdivision with exact dimensions and areas | Yes | Yes |
- Marshes, swamps, rock outcrops, ponds or lakes, streams or stream beds and any other natural features affecting the site | Yes | Yes |
-The exact location of any flood hazard area, floodway and floodway fringe areas from the county’s FEMA maps, if applicable | Yes | Yes |
The following data concerning streets: | ||
-Proposed streets | Yes | Yes |
-Existing and platted streets on adjoining properties and in the proposed subdivision | Yes | Yes |
-Street rights-of-way, locations and dimensions | Yes | Yes |
-Pavement widths | Yes | Yes |
-Approximate grades | Yes | Yes |
-Design engineering data for all corners and curves | Yes | Yes |
-Typical road cross sections | Yes | Yes |
-Street names | Yes | Yes |
-Type of streets dedication; all streets must be designated either “public” or “private”. Where public streets are involved which will not be dedicated to the town, the subdivider must submit the following documents to the State Department of Transportation District Highway Office (NCDOT) for review: a complete site layout, including any future expansion anticipated; horizontal alignment indicating general curve data on site layout plan; vertical alignment indicated by percent grade and vertical curve length on site plan layout; typical section indicating the pavement design and width and the slopes, widths and details for either the curb and gutter or the shoulder and ditch proposed; drainage facilities and drainage areas | Yes | Yes |
-Subdivision street disclosure statement indicating: if streets are public or private; and if private, who will maintain private streets in subdivision, and also that all lots will have right of access to any private street in the subdivision | No | Yes |
-Where streets are dedicated to the public, but not accepted by NCDOT before lots are sold, a statement explaining the status of the street in accordance with § 152.074 | No | Yes |
-If any road is proposed to intersect with a state-maintained road, the subdivider shall apply for driveway approval as required by NCDOT’s Manual on Driveway Regulations | No | Yes |
The location and dimensions of all: | ||
-Utilities and other easements | Yes | Yes |
-Parks and recreation areas with specific type indicated | Yes | Yes |
-School sites (both existing and proposed) | Yes | Yes |
-Areas and/or lots to be used for purposes other than residential with the purpose of each stated | Yes | Yes |
-Street lights | Yes | Yes |
-Street trees | Yes | Yes |
-The future ownership (dedication or reservation for public use to governmental body, for owners to duly constituted homeowners’ association, or for tenants remaining in subdivider’s ownership) of recreation and open space lands | Yes | Yes |
Site calculations including: | ||
-Acreage in total tract to be subdivided and area in each lot | Yes | Yes |
-Total number of lots created | Yes | Yes |
-Linear feet of streets in subdivision | Yes | Yes |
-The name and location of any property or buildings within the proposed subdivision or within any contiguous property that is located on the U.S. Department of Interiors National Register of Historic Places | Yes | Yes |
-Sufficient engineering data to determine readily and reproduce on the ground every straight or curved line, street line, lot line, right-of-way line, easement line and setback line, including dimensions, bearings or deflection angles, radii, central angles and tangent distance for the center line of curved property lines that are not the boundary lines of curved streets. All dimensions shall be measured to the nearest one hundredth of a foot and all angles to the nearest minute | No | Yes |
-The accurate locations and descriptions of all survey monuments, markers and control points | No | Yes |
-A copy of the erosion control plan submitted to the State Department of Natural Resources and Community Development for approval, (if applicable) | Yes | No |
-A topographic map with contour intervals of no greater than five feet at a scale of no less than one inch equals 200 feet, (if applicable) | Yes | No |
-A copy of the County Health Department’s Soil Site Evaluation of the subdivision, (if applicable) | Yes | No |
-Any additional information required as a result of changes in federal, state or local ordinances | Yes | Yes |
-Septic tank disclosure statement (per § 152.075) | No | Yes |
(Ord. passed 1-16-2001)