The applicant must submit a final plat together with the appropriate fee and any supplementary information. The final plat, prepared for recording purposes, must be prepared in accordance with provisions of Minnesota state statutes and Clay County regulations, and such final plat must contain the following information:
A. General Requirements:
1. The final plat must be prepared and certified by a land surveyor who is registered in the state of Minnesota and must comply with the provisions of the law and this title.
2. Name of the subdivision, which must not duplicate or too closely approximate the name of any existing plat recorded in the county or begin with the word "Replat".
3. 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.
4. The location of monuments must be shown and described on the final plat. Locations of such monuments must be shown in reference to existing official monuments on the nearest established street lines, including true angles, and distance to such reference points or monuments.
5. Location of lots, outlots, street rights of way, 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 must be shown. Dimensions must be shown from all angle points of curve to lot lines.
6. Lots must be numbered clearly; blocks are to be numbered, with numbers shown clearly in the center of the block.
7. Total square footage per lot, acreage per block, and total acres in the plat, to be submitted separately from the plat.
8. The exact locations, widths, and names of all streets to be dedicated.
9. Location, purpose, and width of all easements to be dedicated.
10. Scale not less than one inch to one hundred feet (1" = 100') of plat (the scale to be shown graphically on a bar scale), date and north arrow.
11. A written statement from the county or township submitted separately, if the subdivision lies outside the boundaries of the city and is not to be annexed, certifying the following:
a. The road authority, county, township or developer, will assume all responsibility for repair and maintenance of dedicated streets until annexation to the city.
b. The township or county has the capacity for and will provide police and fire protection and on site sewer system and well inspections to ensure property installations.
12. An executed copy of restrictive covenants to be submitted separately from the plat.
13. Statement dedicating all easements as follows: "Easements for installation and maintenance of utilities and drainage facilities are reserved over, under, and along the designated areas marked ‘utility easements'".
14. Statement 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".
15. Legal proof of property ownership for formal chain of ownership review by city attorney.
16. All wetland areas must be delineated and recorded on the plat as per the Minnesota wetland conservation act, and also conform to title 11 of this code.
17. Such other information that may be required by the city. (Ord. 232, 12-2-2002)