(a) Requirements.
(1) The final plat shall be made by a registered professional surveyor who shall affix his or her signature and seal to the usual certificate stating the scale of the plat, the correctness of his or her survey and calculations and that permanent monuments will be set at points so indicated. The title of the plat shall show the name of the subdivision, the name of the owner, the original township and lot in which it is located, that the allotment is in the City, the date when signed by the surveyor, the proper acceptance clauses to be signed by the owner, pursuant to subsection (b)(7) hereof, and evidence of notarization as hereinafter provided.
(2) The final plat shall be made in India ink on good quality tracing cloth, and a duplicate tracing shall be furnished to the City Engineer.
(3) The final plat shall be made to the scale of one inch equals fifty feet, shall be complete and consistent in itself as to all measurements and shall show all survey data, both as to monuments and courses used to define the outlines of the land allotted.
(b) Procedure.
(1) The final plat shall be submitted to the City Engineer. If he or she finds that all the requirements of subsection (a) hereof have been complied with, he or she shall forward the same to the Commission.
(2) If the Commission finds that all the requirements of subsection (a) hereof have been complied with and that all conditions imposed by it in its preliminary approval have been met, it shall approve the final plat and send it to Council.
(3) The owner shall deposit with the City funds in the amount fixed by the City Engineer for all costs and expenses incurred or to be incurred for approval of the preliminary plat and the final plat. Fees of the City Engineer shall be based on the current ordinance governing fees and rates of compensation for the City Engineer.
(4) If Council finds that all the above-mentioned requirements and conditions have been met, it shall, by resolution, approve the final plat for record only, and the owner shall be entitled to rely on the action of Council that upon compliance with the relevant provisions of Chapters 1020, 1024, 1040 and 1044 of the Streets, Utilities and Public Services Code, and Chapter 1468 of the Building and Housing Code, Council will approve the final plat and accept the dedication of streets. The acceptance of the dedication clause shall not be signed by the Clerk of Council until the City Engineer and the Public Works Committee of Council have certified that the owner has complied with the conditions of the relevant provisions of such chapters, and Council has, by resolution, approved the final plat for record and acceptance of the dedication of streets. Bond is required as set forth in Section 1242.05.
(5) All actions by both the Commission and Council shall be made a matter of their minutes at that meeting.
(6) The Commission and Council may waive the requirement of accepting the plat for record and accept the streets for dedication when the public need for the street is immediate, when improvement thereof by an owner may not be carried out because there is multiple abutting ownership and improvement by such group is not practical, or similar circumstances making record acceptance of dedication impracticable.
(7) Clauses for the transfers, and in the order required in the subdivision plat, shall be as follows:
A. This subdivision or plat is accepted by the owner or owners and the streets shown therein (name such streets) are dedicated to public use.
B. This plat is approved by the Engineer.
C. This plat is approved by the Planning Commission.
D. This plat is approved by Council and the streets therein are accepted for record purposes only. (Not used when subsection (b)(6) applies.)
E. The streets herein are accepted for dedication.
F. Grant of and acceptance of easement clauses, as required.
Appropriate signature lines shall be provided after each of the aforesaid clauses. Grant, plat acceptance and dedication clauses by owners shall provide for notarization of the owner's signature. Easement grant clauses for underground improvements shall, when practicable, provide for a restriction against construction of improvements or change of grade except for sidewalks, pavements, turf or minor landscaping which shall be replaced expeditiously by the City when disturbed for maintenance.
(Ord. 1964-150. Passed 6-16-65.)