(A) Pursuant to G.S. § 160A-373, no final plat of a subdivision within the jurisdiction of the Town of Fairmont as established in §§ 153.02 and 153.03 shall be recorded by the Register of Deeds of Robeson County until it has been approved by the Fairmont Town Board of Commissioners as provided herein. To secure approval of a final plat, the subdivider shall generally follow the procedures established in this chapter.
(B) The procedure for review and approval of a subdivision plat consists of 3 stages. The sketch design plan is a preliminary drawing submitted to the Planning Board for general compliance with the chapter and a general review of the requirements and design standards of the chapter. Upon the review of the sketch design plan, the developer shall submit a preliminary plat for the Planning Board’s review and approval recommendation to the Town Board which approves the preliminary plat. The final plat must be reviewed and approved by the Planning Board and Town Board before the sale of property can take place.
(C) Plans of group developments for housing, commercial, industrial or other uses, or for any combination of uses shall be submitted in the same manner as other plats for the review by the Planning Board and approved by the Town Board of Commissioners.
(D) Approval of the final plat by the Town Board of Commissioners shall be required before issuance of any building permit for a structure to be erected in a subdivision, except in cases where streets, utilities and other required improvements are to be constructed concurrently with buildings and where a preliminary plat for development has been approved by the Town Board. In those cases, approval of a preliminary plat shall be a sufficient basis for issuance of a building permit. Preliminary approval shall in no way alter the requirement that the final plat be approved by the Town Board of Commissioners prior to the sale of land in the development or the recording of a plat.
(Ord. passed 5-31-1977)