(A) Filing. The owner or subdivider shall submit a final plat, together with any necessary supplementary information. The original and four copies of the final plat, which dimensions shall be 24 inches by 30 inches, shall be submitted. One of the four copies shall be on reproducible medium and will be retained by the City Engineer.
(B) Information. The final plat shall contain the following:
(1) Preparation. The final plat prepared for recording purposes shall be prepared in accordance with provisions of state statutes and applicable city and county regulations;
(2) Name of subdivision. Names shall not duplicate or too closely approximate the name of any existing subdivision. Below the proposed name of any subdivision, the name and that portion of any existing plat or subdivision heretofore recorded in the county, of which the proposed subdivision or plat is a part, shall be described;
(3) Location. Location by section, township, range, county and state, and including descriptive boundaries of the subdivision, based on an accurate traverse, giving angular and linear dimensions which must mathematically close. The allowable error of closure on any portion of a final plat shall be one foot in 7,500 feet;
(4) Location of monuments. Locations of the monuments shall be shown in reference to existing official monuments or the nearest established street lines, including true angles and distances to the reference points or monuments. Permanent markers shall be placed at each corner of every block or portion of a block, points of curvature and points of tangency on street lines, and at each angle point on the boundary of the subdivision. A permanent marker shall be deemed to be a steel rod or pipe, half an inch or larger in diameter extending at least three feet below the finished grade. In situations where conditions prohibit the placing of markers in the locations prescribed above, offset markers will be permitted. The exact location of all markers shall be shown on the final plat, together with accurate interior angles, bearings and distances. Permanent monuments shall be placed at all quarter section points within the subdivision or on its perimeter;
(5) Streets, public highways and the like. Location of lots, streets, public highways, alleys, parks and other features, with accurate dimensions in feet and decimals of feet, with the length of radii and/or arcs of all curves, and with all other information necessary to reproduce the plat on the ground shall be given. Dimensions shall be shown from all angle points and points of curve to lot lines;
(6) Boundary lines. Boundary lines and description of boundary lines of any areas other than streets and alleys which are to be dedicated or reserved for public use shall be given;
(7) Numbering. Lots shall be numbered clearly. If blocks are to be numbered or lettered, these shall be shown clearly in the center of the block;
(8) Developer’s information. Name and address of developer and surveyor making the plat shall be given;
(9) Scale of plot. Scale of plat (the scale to be shown graphically and in fee per inch), date and north point shall be given; and
(10) Dedications.
(a) Statement dedicating all easements as follows: easements for installation and maintenance of utilities and drainage facilities are reserved over, under and along the strips marked “utility easements”; and
(b) Statements dedicating all streets, alleys and other public areas not previously dedicated as follows: streets, alleys and other public areas shown on this plat and not heretofore dedicated to public use are hereby so dedicated.
(C) Certifications required on final plats.
(1) Notarized certification by owner, and by any mortgage holder of record, of the adoption of the plat and the dedication of streets and other public areas;
(2) Notarized certification by a registered land surveyor, to the effect that the plat represents a survey made by him or her and that the monuments and markers shown therein exist as located and that all dimension and geodetic details are correct;
(3) Certification showing that all taxes and special assessments on the property have been paid in full; and
(4) Space for certificates of approval to be filled in by the signatures of the Chairperson of the Planning Commission, the Mayor, City Administrator and City Engineer.
(a) The form of approval of the Planning Commission is as follows:
Approved by the Planning Commission of the City of Fergus Falls this day of , . Signed: Chairperson Attest: Secretary |
(b) The form of approval by the City Council is as follows:
Approved by the City of Fergus Falls, Minnesota, this day of , . Signed: Mayor Attest: City Administrator |
(c) The form of approval by the City Engineer is as follows:
Approved by the City Engineer, City of Fergus Falls, Minnesota, this day of , . Signed: |
(d) The form for approval by county authorities shall be as required.
(D) Supplementary documents and information.
(1) A complete set of street profiles showing grade lines as constructed; and
(2) Copies of any private restrictions affecting the subdivision or any part thereof.
(2002 Code, § 7.76) (Ord. 325, effective 12-11-1965; Ord. 49, Third Series, effective 1-1-1981; Ord. 25, Fourth Series, effective 12-15-1991)