(A) Pre-application meeting required. A subdivision shall only be filed after the petitioner has met with the Administrative Officer, or his or her designee, to discuss the request.
(B) Submission. At least 15 days prior to the regular meeting of the Plan Commission, the subdivider shall submit for final plan approval the original drawing(s) on a material approved by the Town Engineer, at an appropriate scale with the scale clearly indicated and a graphic scale for reference, and five prints of the plat. The secondary plat shall be accompanied by a fee as established in the town Official Fee Schedule.
(C) Materials. The secondary plat shall include:
(1) The name of the subdivision;
(2) The location by section, township and range, and the legal description of the property platted;
(3) The name and certification of the land surveyor preparing or certifying the plat, as set out in the appendices to this chapter;
(4) The scale, shown graphically and numerically, and the date and north arrow;
(5) The boundary of the plat, based on a boundary survey conforming with the Minimum Standards for the Competent Practice of Land Surveying administered by the State Board of Registration of Land Surveyors, as provided in 865 I.A.C. 1-12, having an unadjusted mathematical closure of 1:10,000, with angular and lineal dimensions;
(6) The exact locations, width and name of all streets within and adjoining the plat, and the exact location and width of all alleys and crosswalks;
(7) True angles and distance to the nearest established street lines or official monuments, which shall be accurately described in the plat. Also the locations of the subdivision corner points and the location of the elevation benchmarks;
(8) Municipal, township, county or section lines, or previously platted land accurately tied to the lines of the subdivision by distance and angles;
(9) The radius angle of intersection, tangent length, length of curve, point of curvature and point of tangency for curves, radii, internal angles, points and curvatures, tangent bearings, and lengths of all arcs;
(10) All easements for rights-of-way provided for public services and utilities;
(11) All lot numbers and lines, with accurate dimensions in feet and hundredths;
(12) Accurate location of all monuments;
(13) Accurate outlines of any area, other than public ways to be dedicated, reserved for public or semipublic use with the purposes indicated thereon, and for any areas to be reserved for the use of all property owners;
(14) Building setbacks, accurately shown with dimensions which are not in conflict with the Zoning Ordinance;
(15) Acknowledgment, by the owner and as required by law, of the adoption of the plat and the dedication of streets, other public areas, and utility and drainage easements;
(16) Each secondary plat submitted to the Plan Commission for approval shall carry a certificate signed by the owner after Technical Review Committee and Plan Commission approval but before recording;
(17) A notarized statement indicating that the applicant is the owner of the land to be subdivided and that the subdivision shown on the recording plat is made with his or her free consent;
(18) The proper form for the acceptance of dedications by the Town Council;
(19) The proper form for the approval of the Plan Commission;
(20) Restrictive covenants regulating the use and development of the lots shall be lettered on the secondary plat or made a part thereof, subject to the approval of the Plan Commission. The protective covenants shall include any clause required by this chapter;
(21) A note on the plat as follows: “Dedicated R/W in this subdivision consists of acres; and linear feet as measured along the centerline. Open space in this subdivision consists of acres;” and
(22) The dedicated right-of-way and, if applicable, the planned right-of-way. In the event that neither the dedicated right-of-way, nor the planned right-of-way is known, the apparent right-of-way may be used for a temporary substitute.
(Ord. 121410A, passed 1-11-2011; Ord. 041216-A, passed 4-12-2016)