(A) Requirements.
(1) Contents.
(a) The final plat prepared for recording purposes shall be prepared in accordance with all provisions of law.
(b) Name of subdivision; names shall not duplicate or too closely approximate the name of any existing subdivision in the city.
(c) Location by section, township, range, county and state, and including descriptive boundaries of the subdivision, based on an accurate description, giving angular and linear dimensions which must mathematically close. The allowable error of closure on any portion of a final plat shall be 1 foot in 7,500 feet.
(d) The location of monuments shall be shown and described on the final plat. Locations of the monuments shall be shown in reference to existing official documents or the nearest established street lines, including true angles and distances to the reference points or monuments. Permanent markers shall be placed at each corner of every lot and block or portion of a block, at points of curvature and points of tangency on street lines, and at each angle point on the boundary of the subdivision. A permanent marker shall be deemed to be a steel rod or pipe, ½ inch or larger in diameter extending at least 3 feet below the finished grade. In situations where conditions prohibit the placing of markers in the locations prescribed above, offset markers will be permitted. The exact location of all markers shall be shown on the final plat, together with accurate interior angles, bearings and distances. Permanent monuments shall be placed at all quarter section points within the subdivision or on its perimeter. (Ord. 82, 5th Series, eff. 7-30-1997)
(e) Location of lots, public highways, alleys, parks and other features with accurate dimensions in feet and decimals of feet, with the length of radii and arcs of all curves, and with all other information necessary to reproduce the plat on the ground. Dimensions shall be shown from all angle points and points of curve to lot lines.
(f) Boundary lines and description of boundary lines of any areas other than streets and alleys which are to be dedicated or reserved for public use.
(g) Lots shall be numbered clearly. If blocks are to be numbered, or lettered, these shall be shown clearly in the center of the block.
(h) Name and address of developer and surveyor making the plat.
(i) Scale of plat (the scale to be shown graphically and in feet per inch), date and north point.
(j) Statement substantially as follows dedicating all easements: easements for installation and maintenance of utilities and drainage facilities are reserved in strips marked “utility easements,” together with a right-of-way over and across the same.
(k) Statement substantially as follows dedicating all streets, alleys, and other public areas not previously dedicated: streets, alleys, and other public areas shown on the plat and not heretofore dedicated to public use are hereby so dedicated.
(2) Certificates required.
(a) Notarized certification by owner and by any mortgage holder of record.
(b) Notarized certification by a registered land surveyor to the effect that the plat represents a survey made by him or her and that monuments and markers shown therein exist as located and that all dimensions and geodetic details are correct.
(c) Certification showing that all taxes and special assessments due on the property have been paid in full.
(d) Space for certificate of approval to be filled in by the signatures of the Mayor and the City Administrator. The form for approval by county authorities as required.
(3) Supplementary documents and information.
(a) A complete set of street profiles showing grade lines as constructed.
(b) Copies of any private restrictions affecting the subdivision or any part thereof.
(B) Procedure.
(1) Filing. The owner or subdivider shall submit a final plat, together with any necessary supplemental information. The original and 4 copies of the final plat shall be filed with the City Administrator, 1 of the 4 copies shall be on a reproducible medium.
(2) Consideration by the Planning Commission.
(a) The final plat shall be submitted to the City Administrator at least 10 days prior to the Planning Commission meeting at which the same shall be considered. The City Engineer or City Administrator shall prepare a report thereon setting out whether or not the final plat is in substantial agreement with the preliminary plat, if any, and if not, in which particulars it varies therefrom, and whether or not it conforms to the requirements of law, and that the final plat meets all the conditions attached to the final approval of the preliminary plat.
(b) The Planning Commission shall consider the final plat at a regular, special or adjourned meeting.
(c) The Planning Commission shall have the authority to recommend approval or disapproval of the final plat. If it shall determine that it cannot approve it unless certain conditions are attached, it shall by findings setting forth the conditions for approval and forthwith send a copy of such to the subdivider and all further action on the plat shall be suspended until the subdivider shall respond thereto; provided that if no further action is taken by the subdivider within a period of 3 months from the date of the adoption of the conditions, the plat shall be deemed to be disapproved.
(d) Final action by motion on the final plat shall be communicated forthwith to the subdivider by the Secretary of the Planning Commission, and a copy of the findings shall be sent to the Council, together with the plat, and such other data as the Commission shall determine.
(3) Consideration by the Council.
(a) Upon the adoption of the motion of approval or disapproval by the Planning Commission, the final plat shall come before the Council for review.
(b) If the Council is not satisfied with the final plat as presented, it may:
1. Disapprove the same;
2. Set forth the conditions and requirements as it shall require to be fulfilled before the same is approved; or
3. Refer the same to the Planning Commission for such further action as it shall determine. Upon the referral, the Planning Commission shall act thereon at the next meeting and report back to the Council no later than 45 days after the action of the Council.
(c) If the Council shall determine to accept the plat, it shall by resolution so determine, and the resolution shall provide for the acceptance of all streets, alleys, easements or other public ways, parks, and other spaces dedicated to public purposes.
(d) The action of the Council finally determining the matter shall be communicated by the City Administrator to the subdivider, and if the plat be disapproved, the City Administrator shall set forth the reasons given by the Council for the determination.
(4) City Attorney’s approval. Before any such final action shall be taken, the plat and abstracts of title shall be referred to the City Attorney for his or her examination and opinion both as to title and proceedings, together with the date for hearing thereon which shall afford sufficient time for his or her examination, preparation of opinions, and publication of the necessary notice of hearing.
(5) Hearing. After the City Attorney’s examination of title and proceedings, he or she shall prepare a notice of time and place for a public hearing thereon, which notice shall be published once in the official newspaper at least 10 days prior to the date of hearing. At the public hearing before the Council all persons interested in the plat shall be heard and the Council may thereafter approve or disapprove the plat but failure of the Council to act on the application within 60 days is deemed approval. The grounds for disapproval shall be set forth in findings served upon the subdivider.
(1998 Code, § 11.06)