(A) Purpose. The final plat is that instrument which becomes the official accurate, permanent record of the division of land. It shall conform to the preliminary plat. The final plat shall be clearly and legibly drawn on reproducible material and shall be certified as hereinafter provided. It may include all or only a portion of the area of the approved preliminary plat. No subdivision plat may be recorded and no lot therein may be sold until a final plat has been signed and recorded. Any plat not clearly and legibly drawn shall be rejected.
(B) Physical size. As required by Johnson County.
(C) Scale. The final plat shall be drawn to a scale of one inch equal to 100 feet or one inch equal to 50 feet; provided, that under special conditions, a smaller or larger scale may be accepted when prior approval of the Public Works Director has been obtained.
(D) Final plat.
(1) The final plat shall contain the following information:
(a) Title or name of subdivision, written and graphic scale, north arrow, date of plat and key map to reference existing or proposed streets or highways;
(b) Location of the subdivision by city, county and state;
(c) Primary control points or descriptions and ties to such control points, to which dimensions, angles, bearings and similar data on the plat shall be referred. At least one corner of a subdivision shall be tied by course and distance to one or more of the following:
1. A corner of the survey or tract or original corner of the original survey in which the property is located;
2. A corner of a platted lot; or
3. A block corner or subdivision corner of an adjacent or nearby platted subdivision.
(d) A metes and bounds description of the tract, tract boundary lines, right-of-way lines to streets, easements and other rights-of-way, property lines and building setback lines. The descriptions shall reference all field markers as either found or set by the surveyor. Description shall include size of subdivision in acres and square feet, official name of subdivision, abstract references, name of current owners, date of previous transfer and volume and page of previous transfer;
(e) Adequate relocation data in order to reproduce the subdivision on the ground. All lot corners, right of way and inflection points shall be field marked by a public surveyor registered in the state. The markers shall be at least five-eighths inch iron rods, six feet: deep or five-eighths-inch iron rods embedded to a depth of three feet in concrete (six-inch minimum diameter). All markers shall be flagged with surveying marking tape;
(f) Approved name and right-of-way width of each street as measured from center line;
(g) Locations, dimensions and purposes of any easements or other rights-of-way;
(h) Identification of each lot or site and block by letter or number;
(i) Boundary lines, dimensions and names of open spaces to be dedicated for public use or granted for the private use and private maintenance of the inhabitants of the subdivisions;
(j) Reference to recorded subdivision plats of adjoining platted land by record name, County Clerk’s volume and page numbers and reference by record name of ownership of adjoining unplatted property;
(k) Total number of lots and total acreage contained in the subdivision and the area, in square feet, of each lot; and
(2) The final plat shall also include reproducible acknowledgment, endorsements and certifications which includes the following:
(a) A certificate of ownership giving a metes and bounds description of the property, dedication of all streets, alleys, parkways and parks where donated to the city, and dedication or reservation of all easements and drainage ways to the public use (signed and acknowledged before a notary public by the owner of the land) shall appear on the face of the plat or on the index sheet of the plats where two or more sheets are required;
(b) Surveyor’s certificate which states that all information shown is based on a field survey performed under the direction of the surveyor and accurately represent the property. The statement must include date, signature and current Texas registration seal of the surveyor. The certificate of the surveyor to be placed on the plat shall be worded as shown below.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
That I, _____________________________________________, do hereby certify that I prepared this plat from an actual and accurate survey of the land and that the corner monuments shown thereon were properly placed, under my personal supervision, in accordance with the subdivision regulations of the City of Godley, Texas.
Signed: ____________________________________________________
(Name and Title)
(c) Planning and Zoning Board approval certificate with signature blank for Chairperson, including date of approval (may not be necessary for some replats);
(d) City Council approval statement with blank for Mayor’s signature and date of acceptance; and
(e) Notary certificates’ and seals for owner’s signature and dedications.
(3) The final plat shall include, as attachments, all engineering plans and specifications for any public improvements to be incorporated into the subdivision as a part of the development. Such shall include, but not be limited to, all streets, sidewalks, storm drainage system and appurtenances, water and sewer systems and appurtenances and the like. The plans shall be stamped, signed and dated by the design engineer. The engineer shall be currently registered for the design in the state.
(4) Developer shall provide a copy of the deed restriction certification statement.
(5) Tax statement: at the time the developer files the final plat with the Public Works Director, the developer shall (when required to do so) also file a certificate showing that all taxes have been paid on the tract to be subdivided and that no delinquent taxes exist against the property.
(Ord. 11-5-98, passed 11-5-1998)