The following forms shall be used in platting.
(A) Commission certificate.
UNDER AUTHORITY PROVIDED BY I.C. 36-7-4 ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF INDIANA, AND ALL ACTS AMENDATORY THERETO, AND BY AN ORDINANCE ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MARTINSVILLE, INDIANA. THIS PLAT WAS GIVEN APPROVAL BY THE PLAN COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MARTINSVILLE AS FOLLOWS: Adopted by the Martinsville Plan Commission at a public meeting held on the day of , 20 . Martinsville Plan Commission Primary Approval By: Chairperson Secretary Martinsville Plan Commission Secondary Approval By: |
(B) Surveyor’s certificate.
SURVEYORS SUBDIVISION CERTIFICATION I, Name of Surveyor, an Indiana Registered Land Surveyor, hereby certify that, to the best of my information, knowledge and belief, this plat represents a subdivision of land in accordance with the City of Martinsville Zoning and Subdivision Control Ordinances. That the perimeter of said subdivision was surveyed in accordance with 865 I.A.C. 1-12 and that all information required by said rule, including surveyor’s report, is shown hereon or is given in a separate boundary survey that has been recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Morgan County as Instrument Number . Further, that all monuments required by 865 I.A.C. 1-12 and this chapter have been set or will be set prior to the transfer of any lot in this subdivision. Certified this day of , 20 . SEAL OF SURVEYOR Signature of Land Surveyor |
(C) Dedication of plat and public lands. Each final plat submitted to the Commission for approval shall carry a deed of dedication in substantially the following form:
We, the undersigned owners of the real estate shown and described herein, do hereby certify that we have laid off, platted and subdivided, and do hereby lay off, plat and subdivide, said real estate in accordance with the within plat. This subdivision shall be known as , an addition to . All streets shown and not heretofore dedicated are hereby dedicated to the public. Front and side yard building setback lines are hereby established as shown on this plat, between which lines and the property lines of the street, there shall be erected or maintained, no building or structure. There are strips of ground as shown on this plat and marked “Easement”, reserved for the use of utilities, except transmission lines or main, for the installation of water and sewer mains, pipes, ducts, lines and wires, subject at all times to the proper authorities and to the easement herein reserved. No permanent or other structures are to be erected or maintained upon said strips of land, but owners of lots in this subdivision shall take their titles subject to the rights of the utilities. (Insert similar language for drainage easements.) (If access easements are used a dedication of the access easement to the various lot owners must be given.) (If the subdivision is to have private streets provisions must be made in the covenants for perpetual maintenance of said streets.) (Additional dedications and protective covenants, or private restrictions would be inserted here upon the Developer’s initiative or the recommendations of the Commission; important provisions are those specifying the use to be made of the property and, in the case of residential use, the minimum habitable floor area). The foregoing covenants, (or restrictions), are to run with the land and shall be binding on all parties and all persons claiming under them until January 1, 20 . (A 25-year period is suggested), at which time said covenants, (and/or restrictions), shall be automatically extended for successive periods of 10 years unless changed by vote of a majority of the then owners of the buildings covered by these covenants, or restrictions in whole or in part. Invalidation of any one of the foregoing covenants or restrictions, by judgment or court order shall in no way affect any of the other covenants or restrictions, which shall remain in full force and effect. The right to enforce these provisions by injunction, together with the right to cause the removal, by due process of law, of any structure or part thereof erected, or maintained in violation hereof, is hereby dedicated to the public, and reserved to the several owners of the several lots in this subdivision and to their heirs and assigns.) |
(Ord. 2001-1478, passed 11-19-2001)