The following statements shall be affixed on the subdivision plat. The Planning Commission may require modifications to these statements. All signatures, except the signatures of City Council, Warren County Auditor, Warren County Recorder, City Engineer and the Planning Commission shall be obtained prior to approval of the subdivision by the Planning Commission and City Council.
(a) Deed reference.
Situated in the City of Mason, Township of __________, County of Warren, State of Ohio and being a subdivision containing ______acres and being (part of) the same tract as conveyed to_________and described in the deed recorded in Deed (Official Records) Book_______Page______, Warren County, Ohio.
(b) Owner’s consent and dedication.
We, the undersigned, being all the owners and lien holders of the lands herein platted, adopt and confirm this plat of subdivision and dedicate the streets, parks or public grounds as shown hereon to the public use forever and hereby dedicate easements shown on the plat for construction, operation, maintenance, repair, replacement or removal of water, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, storm drainage ditches, gas, electric, telephone or other utility lines or services and for the express privilege of removing any and all trees or other obstructions to the free use of the utilities and for providing of ingress and egress to the property for those purposes and are to be maintained as such forever.
(c) Certificate of notary public.
State of Ohio, County of Warren, S.S.
Be it remembered on this____day of_____, (year), before me, the undersigned, a notary public in and for the said county and state, personally came_________(and_________), who acknowledged the signing and execution of the foregoing plat to be their voluntary act and deed.
In testimony whereof, I have set my hand and notary seal on the day and date above written.
___________________
(Signature) ___________________
(Print Name Here)
Notary Public
State of Ohio
My commission expires
(d) Certificate of surveyor.
I hereby certify that this map is a true and complete survey made by me (under my supervision), on (date) and that all monuments and lot corner pins are (or will be) set as shown.
___________________________
(Signature) ___________________________
(Print name and registration number here)
Registered Surveyor
(e) Restrictions on water and sewer easements.
No private improvements of any kind except street trees as required by the Landscape Ordinance shall be made on the right-of-way of easement, which would interfere with access to any proposed street, utility or other service improvement, present or future and the City of Mason shall not be responsible to any present or future owners of the property indicated on this plat for any damage done on the right-of-way or easements to sod, shrubbery, trees, underground pipes, wiring or sprinklers, driveways, or other improvements either natural or artificial by reason of entering for the purpose of construction, maintaining or replacing the improvements.
(f) Restrictions on private drainage easement.
The City of Mason assumes no legal obligation to maintain or repair any “Drainage Facilities Easement” or “100 Year Permanent Drainage Easement” on this plat. The easement area of each lot and all improvements within it shall be maintained continuously by the lot owner within the easements. No structure, planting, fencing, culvert, grading, topsoil or other materials shall be placed or permitted to remain which may obstruct, retard or divert the flow through the water course.
(g) Landscape easement.
All landscaping and amenity improvements located within any landscape easement area shall be maintained by the Homeowners Association (or lot owner) as provided for in the declarations of covenants and restrictions for Homeowners Association or City of Mason Landscape Ordinance. The landscaping and easements are to and for the benefit of the Homeowners Association.
(h) Private drainage easements between lots.
Unless otherwise designated on the record plat, a ten foot wide private drainage easement shall exist along all common lot lines, the common lot line being the centerline of the easement. The declarant for its agent and builders reserves the right to enter upon all lots to establish or reestablish drainage swales, drainage pipe and drainage tile within the easements for the purpose of controlling and directing stormwater to collection facilities.
(i) Restrictions on utility easements.
Easements of the plat, designated as “utility easements,” are provided for the construction, maintenance and operations of poles, wires and conduits, and the necessary attachments in connection therewith; for the transmission of electric, telephone and other utilities; for the construction and maintenance of service and underground stormwater drains, pipelines for supplying gas, water, heat, electric, telephone and other public or quasi-public utility functions together with the necessary lateral connections, and also the right of ingress to and egress from the easements, and to cut, trim or remove trees and undergrowth or overhanging branches within the easement or immediately adjacent thereto. No building or other structures may be built within the easements, nor may the easement area be physically altered so as to:
(1) Reduce the clearance of underground facilities;
(2) Impair the land support of the facilities;
(3) Impair the ability to maintain the facility; and/or
(4) Create hazard.
The above utility easements are for the benefit of all public utility service providers including, but not limited to Duke Energy, Sprint, Time Warner Cable, City of Mason.
(j) Subject to HOA restrictions.
The entire property shown herein and all improvements thereon are subject to the rules, regulations, covenants and restrictions of the Homeowners Association as recorded in Book , Page , of the Warren County, Ohio records and subject to all recorded amendments and supplements to the Homeowners Association documents which may be recorded from time to time.
(k) City of Mason Planning Commission approval.
We, the Planning Commission of the City of Mason, Ohio do hereby approve this plat on this day of , (year) .
PC No.
Chairman
(l) City Engineer approval.
I hereby approve this plat on this day of , (year) .
City Engineer
(m) City Council approval.
I hereby certify that on the day of , (year) , this plat was approved and accepted by Ordinance No. .
______________ ______________
Clerk of Council Mayor
(n) Warren County Recorder.
File No.__________________
Received on this ________ day of _______, (year) at _____ m.
Recorded on this _______ day of ________, (year) at ______m.
Recorded on Plat Book No. ______on Page No. _________.
Fee:__________.
By:
___________ ___________________
Deputy Warren County Recorder
(o) Warren County Auditors transfer.
Transferred in this _______ day of______, (year) .
By:
__________ ___________________
Deputy Warren County Auditor
(Ord. 99-207, passed 1-10-2000)