11-1-15: FINAL PLAT:

   A.   When Required. All major subdivisions, resubdivisions, minor subdivisions, and dedications shall require final plat approval. The final plat approval process is administrative. Applications shall be made in accordance with requirements shown in Table 1.

Table 1

Application Requirements

REQUIREMENT	MINOR SUBDIVISION	MAJOR SUBDIVISION
		Preliminary Plat	Construction Plans	Final Plat
Pre-application review with staff	Recommended	Required
Application form completed		Required	Required	Required
Letter requesting approval with name, address, and phone of applicant		Required
Number of copies of plat	4	8	8	10
Filing fee per schedule	Required	Required	Required	Required
Description of type of water supply and sewerage system and utilities to be provided	Required	Required	Required	Required
Soil test for each lot proposed for on-site septic tank and drainfield	Required	Required	Required	Required
Data on existing conditions		Required
Hydrological or other engineering study	Per City Engineer		Required
Subdivision entrance monument and landscaping elevation/plan			Required
Warranty deed for the dedication of streets and other public places				Required
Written approval from electric utility company regarding installation of service points and street lights				Required
As-built drawings of public improvements				Required
Subdivision improvement guarantee				Required
Certificate of title	Required			Required
Plat Certificates	Required			Required

 

   B.   Criteria for Approval. The City Administrator may grant final plat approval if the following conditions, as applicable, are met.

      1.   The Planning Commission and City Council has previously approved a preliminary plat of the proposed subdivision, if required (not required for minor subdivision).

      2.   Where new improvements are involved in the subdivision, construction plans have been approved by the City Administrator, all improvements have been installed and inspected by the City Administrator, and subdivision improvement guarantees as required by this ordinance have been submitted.

      3.   The final plat meets all applicable requirements of this ordinance.

      4.   A complete final plat application has been submitted, including all supporting materials required by this ordinance for final plats.

The City Administrator shall consider final plats and applications that meet the above-referenced conditions a ministerial action of approval. Denial of a final plat shall be permitted only upon specific findings that one or more of the above-referenced criteria have not been met.

Table 2

Plat and Plan Requirements

REQUIRED INFORMATION (Required to be on the plat or construction plans)	Preliminary Plat	Construction Plans	Final Plat
Scale (minimum)	1"=100 feet	1"=100 feet	1"=100 feet
Sheet size (maximum)	24" x 36"	24" x 36"	18" x 22"
North arrow and graphic engineering scale	Required	Required	Required
Reference to north point (magnetic, true north, or grid north)			Required
Proposed name of subdivision or project and phases, if any	Required	Required	Required
Vicinity map	Required	Required	Required
Total acreage of the property being subdivided	Required	Required	Required
Name, address, and telephone of owner of record	Required	Required	Required
Name, address and telephone of subdivider	Required	Required	Required
Name, address and telephone of preparer of plat	Required	Required	Required
Date of plat drawing and revision date(s), if any	Required	Required	Required
Exact boundaries of the tract to be subdivided by bearings and distances, tied to one or more benchmarks	Required	Required	Required
Names of owners of record of all abutting land	Required	Required	Required
Municipal, County and land lot lines inside the property or within 500 feet.	Required	Required	Required
Existing buildings and structures on or encroaching on the tract to be subdivided	Required	Required	Not Shown
Existing streets, utilities and easements on and adjacent to the tract	Required	Required	Required
Environmental conditions (streams, wetlands, watershed protection districts, flood hazard areas, river corridor boundaries, etc.)	Required	Required	Required
Block boundaries lettered and each lot numbered consecutively counterclockwise without repetition	Required		Required
Dimensions and acreage of all lots	Approximate	Approximate	Exact
Locations of streets, alleys, lots, open spaces, and any public use reservations and/or common areas	Required	Required	Required
Right-of-way widths and pavement widths for existing and proposed streets	Required	Required	Required
Locations, widths and purposes of easements		Required	Required
Street centerlines showing angles of deflection, angles of intersection, radii, and lengths of tangents and arcs, and degree of curvature and curve data		Required	Required
Acreage to be dedicated to the public			Required
Street names	Recommended	Required	Required
Street mailing address for each lot			Required
Topography	Per City Administrator	Per City Administrator	Not Shown
Minimum front building setback lines for all lots	Required	Required	Required
Location and description of all monuments			Required
Certificate of ownership and dedication			Required
Plat recording and signature block			Required
Plat Certificates: survey, owner, health department (see text)			Required
Signature block for City Council, City Clerk, and City Administrator approval	Required		Required
Land surveyor’s stamp, certificate, signature, including field survey and closure statement		Required	Required
Statement of and reference to private covenants		Recommended	Required
Schedule of construction for all proposed projects with particular attention to development planned for the first year	Required	Required

 

   C.   Approval Certificate. Upon approval of the final plat, a certificate, stamped directly on the plat, shall state:

   “Pursuant to the Land Subdivision Regulations of the City of Marlow, Oklahoma, and all requirements of approval having been fulfilled, this final plat was given preliminary approval by the Marlow City Council on ______________________, 20______, and final approval by the City Administrator and it is entitled to recordation in the Clerk’s Office, Stephens County.

   ________________________________

   City Administrator”

   D.   Additional Plat Certificates. In addition to information required by Table 1 to be supplied on a final plat, each final plat shall contain the following certificates.

   Surveyor’s Certificate. A certificate by a surveyor directly on the final plat as follows:

   “It is hereby certified that this plat is true and correct and was prepared from an actual survey of the property by me or persons under my supervision; that all monuments shown hereon actually exist or are marked as “future,” and that their location, size, type and material are correctly shown; and that all engineering requirements of the Subdivision Regulations of City of Marlow, Oklahoma, have been fully complied with.

      By:___________________________________________

      Registered Oklahoma Land Surveyor No.:__________”

   Owner’s Certificate. A certificate by the owner directly on the final plat, signed in an appropriate manner as follows:

   “The owner of the land shown on this plat and whose name is subscribed hereto, in person or through a duly authorized agent, certifies that this plat was made from an actual survey, and that all State, City and County taxes or other assessments now due on this land have been paid. Said owner donates and dedicates to the public for use forever the public street right-of-ways as shown on this plat.

            ___________________________________________

            Owner

   Signed, sealed and delivered

   in the presence of:

   ___________________________________

   Witness

   ___________________________________

   Notary Public”

   Health Department Approval Certificate.

   “This final plat has been approved by the Stephens County Health Department as being consistent with applicable state and local environmental health requirements.

      ____________________________________

      Director, Stephens County Health Department”

   E.   Distribution of Recorded Final Plat. The final plat is a source of essential information to tax officials, public safety officials, and utility officials, among others. The City Administrator shall be responsible for ensuring that each agency listed in this subsection receives a copy of the final recorded plat with assigned addresses:

      1.   The City Clerk

      2.   The County Tax Assessor

      3.   The County Health Department

      4.   The County 911 Coordinator

      5.   The City Public Works Department

   At the discretion of the City Administrator, additional agencies or persons may be added to the above list. (Ord. 437, - -2020)