(A) The owner or proprietor of any tract or parcel of land who shall subdivide the same into two or more parts for the purpose of laying out any addition to the city or any part thereof, or suburban lots, shall cause a plat of such subdivision, with references to known or permanent monuments, to be made, which shall accurately describe all subdivisions of such tract or parcel of land, numbering the same by progressive numbers and giving the dimensions and length and breadth thereof, and the breadth and courses of all streets and alleys established therein.
(B) (1) The map or plat of land within the corporate limits of the city or of any land within the area designated as the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction pursuant to Neb. RS 17-1002 shall designate explicitly the land so laid out and particularly describe the lots, blocks, streets, avenues, alleys and other grounds belonging to such addition.
(2) The lots shall be designated by numbers, and streets, avenues and other grounds, by names or numbers. Such plat shall be acknowledged before some other officer authorized to take the acknowledgments of deeds and shall contain a dedication of the streets, alleys and public grounds therein to the use and benefit of the public, and have appended a survey made by some competent surveyor with a certificate attached, certifying that he or she has accurately surveyed such addition and that the lots, blocks, streets, avenues, alleys, parks, commons and other grounds are well and accurately staked off and marked.
(3) When such map or plat is so made out, acknowledged and certified, and has been approved by the City Council, the same shall be filed and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds and County Assessor.
(Prior Code, § 11-202) (Ord. 728, passed 4-23-2002)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see Neb. RS 18-3304 and 19-916