(A) Signing of plat.
(1) When installation of improvements is required prior to recordation of the final plat, there shall be written evidence that:
(a) The city engineer has signed a certificate stating that all of the required public facilities have been installed in a manner satisfactory to the city;
(b) The city attorney has stated that the necessary dedication of public lands and improvements has been accomplished; and
(c) The zoning administrator has confirmed that all conditions of the resolution have been satisfied.
(2) When installation of improvements is not required prior to recordation of the final plat, there shall be written evidence that:
(a) The city engineer has determined the appropriate amounts for security of the required public facilities have been provided in a manner satisfactory to the city;
(b) The city attorney stating that the necessary dedication of public lands and improvements has been accomplished; and
(c) The zoning administrator has confirmed that all conditions of the resolution have been satisfied.
(3) The chairperson of the Planning Commission shall endorse approval on the final plat after appropriate documents listed above have been made. The chairperson will sign the tracing cloth or reproducible mylar original of the final subdivision plat and two sepia prints of the final subdivision plat The sepia prints will be returned to the applicant’s engineer.
(B) Recordation of plat. It shall be the responsibility of the zoning administrator to file the final plat with the Chisago County recorder’s office within ten business days of the date of signature. Simultaneously, with the filing of the final plat, the zoning administrator shall record the developer’s agreement and any dedication together with legal documents as shall be required to be recorded by the city attorney.
(C) Sectionalizing major subdivision plats. Prior to granting final approval of a major subdivision plat, the City Council may permit the plat to be divided into two or more sections and may impose conditions upon the filing of the sections as it may deem necessary to assure the orderly development of the plat. The City Council may require that the developer’s agreement and security be in an amount as is commensurate with the section or sections of the plat to be filed and may defer the remaining amount of the security until the remaining sections of the plat are offered for filing. The sections must contain at least 30% of the total number of lots contained in the approved preliminary plat. The approval of all remaining sections not filed with the county recorder’s office shall automatically expire unless the sections have been approved for filing by the Planning Commission, all fees paid, all instruments and offers of dedication submitted and developer’s agreements, security and performance bonds, if any, approved and actually filed with the county recorder’s office within three years of the date of final subdivision approval of the subdivision plat.
(Ord. passed 1-23-2001)