The final plat to be provided by the subdivider shall meet the following specifications.
(A) The final plat may include all or only a part of the project area portrayed on the preliminary plat which has received approval.
(B) The final plat shall be drawn on new linen tracing cloth, Mylar or other material of comparable stability with waterproof black ink to a scale of not more than 50 feet to one inch, provided that if the resulting drawing would be greater than 36 inches in the shortest dimension, a scale of up to 100 feet to one inch may be used. Six copies or prints shall be provided by the subdivider, with the Mylar or linen original.
(C) All dimensions shall be shown in feet and decimals of a foot.
(D) The final plat shall be prepared under the active and personal direction of a registered state land surveyor, who shall certify that the plat correctly shows the results of his or her survey of the boundaries and platting of parcels within the subdivision.
(E) A suitable border line should be placed on all tracings with a margin of not less than one-half inch on all sides.
(F) The final plat shall portray or present the following:
(1) Accurate boundary lines, with dimensions and bearing or angles, which provide a survey of the tract, closing with an error of closure of not more than one foot to 5,000 feet;
(2) Accurate metes and bounds description of the boundary and the area of the subdivision (see definition of metes and bound description in § 156.021);
(3) Reference to known and permanent monuments and bench marks from which future surveys may be made together with elevations of any bench marks; and the surveyor must, at the time of making his or her survey, establish permanent monuments, set in such a manner that they will not be moved by frost, which mark the external boundaries of the tract to be divided or subdivided and must designate upon the plat the locations where they may be found;
(4) Reference to recorded subdivision plats of adjoining platted land by record name, date and number, shown by medium dashed and two dotted lines;
(5) Accurate locations of all existing and recorded streets intersecting the boundaries of the tract shown by heavy solid lines;
(6) Right-of-way line of streets, easements and other rights-of-way and property lines of lots and other tracts, with accurate dimensions, bearing and curve data, including radii, arcs and chords, points of tangency and central angles;
(7) Name and right-of-way width for each street or other right-of-way;
(8) Location and dimensions of any easement shown by light based lines and a statement of purpose for each easement;
(9) Number to identify each lot or site along with indicating an approved U.S. Post Office E-911 address for each lot and/or building site;
(10) Purpose for which sites, other than residential lots, are dedicated or reserved;
(11) The size (in square feet) of each lot, lot dimensions of each lot, and building or setback lines and dimensions;
(12) Location of all monuments and lot markers;
(13) Certification, before a notary public, by the owners in fee of all property embraced within the final plat, acknowledging the plat to be their free and voluntary act, dedicating to the public use forever the streets and drainage easements shown thereon, dedicating the easements shown thereon for the construction and maintenance of municipal and public utility services, and stating that building lines shown thereon will be referenced to all future conveyances of lots in the subdivision. In addition, the dedication or reservation to the public of any right-of-way lying along any public road adjacent to the boundaries of the plat;
(14) Restrictions of all types which will run with the land and become covenant in the deeds for lots. Restriction lines should be shown by medium dashed lines;
(15) Title or name of subdivision; identification of the portion of the public lands survey in which the subdivision is located; and north arrow, scale and date drawn;
(16) Certification by registered land surveyor and registered engineer with registration numbers and seal affixed to all final documents prepared by the surveyor and engineer;
(17) Certification by registered land surveyor with registration numbers and seal affixed to all final documents prepared by the surveyor. Said certificate shall further certify that no lot is subject to flooding or inundation from internal drainage. If any lot is subject to flooding or inundation then this information must be plainly printed on each plat and recorded on the deeds to all lots so subject. Any lot within 500 feet of said flooding or inundation area shall be considered a flood hazard;
(18) Certificate for sign-off by a village or city within one and one-half miles of their limits;
(19) Certificate that all taxes due have been paid;
(20) Certificate for approval by the Subdivision and Land Use Committee, County Engineer, County Board, IDOT (if applicable), County Clerk and 911 Coordinator (see Appendices B, C, G, H and I);
(21) Soil investigation data and location of test holes when required reserving said location for on-site wastewater disposal; and
(23) If the subdivision street design specifications are the minimum as indicated in § 156.085, the final plat shall include a statement that the streets are not designed to accommodate on street parking.
(Ord. passed 10-14-2003; Ord. passed 11-10-2003; Ord. passed 11-14-2004; Ord. passed 9-11-2007)