1109.03 FINAL PLAT REQUIRED.
The subdivider, having received approval of the preliminary plat, shall submit a final plat of the subdivision and drawings and specifications of the improvements required therein. The final plat shall have incorporated all changes in the preliminary plat required by the Planning Commission. Otherwise, it shall conform to the preliminary plat, and it may constitute only that portion of the approved preliminary plat which the subdivider proposes to record and develop at the time. The final plat shall bear the seal of a surveyor and the supplementary information shall bear the seal of an engineer.
(a) Preparation.
(1) Final plat form. The final plat shall be legibly drawn in waterproof ink on mylar or other material of equal permanence. It shall be drawn at a scale of not less than 100 feet to the inch. If more than one sheet is needed, each sheet shall be numbered and relation of one sheet to another clearly shown. The signatures of all approval authorities shall be in waterproof, permanent ink.
(2) Board of Health review. Within the City's three-mile extraterritorial jurisdiction, all final plats shall be reviewed and approved by the Hancock County Board of Health prior to being signed by the chairman of the City Planning Commission and filed with the Hancock County Recorder. The subdivider shall provide an appropriate space on the final plat for the Board of Health to certify its approval thereof.
(3) Regulations governing improvements. The final plat drawings and specifications of improvements shall include a set of construction and utility plans, including typical sections, plans and profile views, construction details and estimates of quantities. All typical sections and major engineering details to be used on any particular street shall be approved in advance by the City or County Engineer before completion of the plans.
Prior to the granting of approval of a final plat, the subdivider shall have installed the minimum required improvements, or shall have furnished a surety or certified check for the amount of the estimated construction cost of the ultimate installation and initial maintenance of the improvements. Before surety is accepted, it shall be approved by the proper administrative officials.
(4) Final plat contents. The final plat shall contain the following information:
A. Name of the subdivision, location by section, range and township, or by other survey number; date, north point, scale and acreage; acreage shall be indicated by section and/or corporation boundaries.
B. Name and address of the subdivider, and the engineer who prepared the plat and appropriate registration number and seal.
C. Plat boundaries based on accurate traverse, with angular and lineal dimensions. All dimensions, both linear and angular, shall be determined by an accurate control survey in the field which must balance and close conforming to minimum standards for boundary surveys in the State, Ohio R.C. 4733-37.
D. Bearings and distances to nearest established street lines or other recognized permanent monuments.
E. Exact locations, right of way and names of all streets within and adjoining the plat, and building setback lines.
F. Radii, internal angles, points of curvature, tangent bearings, lengths of arcs and lengths and bearings of chords of all applicable streets within the plat area.
G. All easements and rights of way provided for public services or utilities.
H. All lot numbers and lines with accurate dimensions in feet and hundredths. When lots are located on a curve, the lot width at the building setback line shall be shown.
I. Accurate location and description of all monuments and survey markers.
J. Accurate outlines of any area to be reserved for the common use of all property owners. The proposed use and accurate locations shall be shown for each parcel of land to be dedicated.
K. A copy of any restrictions and covenants the subdivider intends to include in the deeds to the lots in the subdivision.
L. Certification by a surveyor to the effect that the plat represents a survey made by him and that the monuments shown thereon exist as located and that all dimensional details are correct.
M. Notarized certification by the owner or owners of the adoption of the plat and the dedication of streets and other public areas.
N. Typical sections and complete profiles of streets and other related improvements to be constructed in the proposed subdivision shall accompany the final plat. If any part of the plat is located in a flood hazard area, a grading plan demonstrating compliance with Section 1111.06 shall also be provided.
P. Appropriate approval certification blanks for the chairman of the City Planning Commission, the City Engineer and the Clerk of Council. If the plat is located outside the City, the City Engineer and Clerk of Council certifications are not required, but blanks shall be provided for the Hancock Regional Planning Commission, the County Board of Health and the County Engineer.
(b) Final Plat Review.
(1) Application for approval of final plat. An application for approval for the final plat shall be submitted to the Planning Commission on forms provided by the Commission, together with five (5) copies of the plat and any supplementary information specified. This material shall be submitted at least twenty-one (21) days prior to the date of any regular Commission meeting, which date shall be considered the date of filing.
(2) Approval of the final plat. Following review by the Planning Commission Staff, the Commission shall approve or disapprove the final plat within thirty (30) days after it has been filed. Failure of the Commission to act upon the final plat within such time shall be deemed as approval of the plat. If the plat is disapproved, the grounds for disapproval shall be stated in the records of the Commission, and a copy of such record shall be forwarded to the subdivider. The Commission shall not disapprove the final plat if the developer has done everything that he was required to do and has proceeded in accordance with the conditions and standards specified in the approved preliminary plat. If disapproved, the subdivider may make the necessary corrections and submit the final plat to the Commission for its reconsideration. If a plat is refused by the Commission, the subdivider may file a petition within ten (10) days after such refusal in the Court of Common Pleas seeking reconsider of the action of the Commission. When the final plat has been approved by the Commission, the original tracing shall be returned to the subdivider for filing with the County Recorder after all necessary certifications are received.
(Ord. 2023-115. Passed 12-19-23.)