9-6-9: DIVISION OF LAND INTO LARGE PARCELS 1 :

 

Step 1	Applicant files application and fee with zoning official.
Step 2	Zoning official determines completeness of application.
Step 3	City council or planning commission acts on tentative map application.
Step 4	Applicant files final map application.
Step 5	Zoning official determines completeness of application.
Step 6	City council or planning commission acts on final map application.
Step 7	Approved map filed with county recorder.

 

   A.   Purpose: The division of land into large parcels allows for the division of large parcels into smaller lots of a specified minimum size.

   B.   Applicability: A map of division into large parcels will be required where each proposed lot of a subdivision is either:

      1.   One sixty-fourth (1/64) of a section as described by a government land office survey; or

      2.   Ten (10) acres in area.

      3.   The proposed division of land into lots or parcels of at least one section or six hundred forty (640) acres in size shall not be subject to these provisions.

   C.   Application:

      1.   Staff Conference: Before any application is made, the applicant is encouraged to confer with the zoning official and staff review committee to discuss, in general, the procedures and requirements for the division of land into large parcels pursuant to these regulations.

      2.   Application: A property owner or his/her designated representative shall initiate a large parcel division request by filing an application with the zoning official and paying the filing fee as determined by the city council. (Ord. 172, 9-24-1996, eff. 10-31-1996)

      3.   Contents: A division of land into large parcels application shall include: (Ord. 382, 8-28-2007, eff. 9-20-2007)

         a.   Completed application forms and the payment of all applicable fees;

         b.   A sufficient number of copies of the proposed map as determined on the application;

         c.   Any attendant documents needed to supplement the information provided on the map, as provided in subsection D of this section.

      4.   Tentative Map: The city council may require the filing of the tentative map for a large project. Applicants may request a waiver on a form filed with the zoning official.

   D.   Contents: A tentative map of division into large parcels shall be so titled, shall be prepared and certified by a professional land surveyor and shall contain the following information:

      1.   The approximate, calculated or actual acreage of each lot and the total acreage of the land to be divided;

      2.   All roads or easements of access which exist, are proposed in the applicable master plan or are proposed by the person who intends to divide the land;

      3.   Each lot must be accessible by road or easement traversable by vehicles suited to the area, unless this requirement is waived by the governing body;

      4.   Any easements for public utilities which exist or which are proposed;

      5.   Any existing easements for irrigation or drainage, and any normally continuously flowing watercourses;

      6.   An indication of any existing road or easement which the owner does not intend to dedicate;

      7.   The name and address of the owner of the land. (Ord. 172, 9-24-1996, eff. 10-31-1996)

   E.   Reserved. (Ord. 382, 8-28-2007, eff. 9-20-2007)

   F.   Tentative Map Approval:

      1.   Consideration: The city council or the planning commission, if authorized, shall consider the application at its next regularly scheduled meeting. Within sixty (60) days of that meeting, the city council shall designate the location and width of any easements for roads and public utilities as shown on the master plan, or, if there is no master plan, designate the location and width of any easements for roads and public utilities which may be reasonably necessary to serve the area to be divided. The city council's opportunity to designate easements expires and is considered waived at the end of the sixty (60) day period.

      2.   Final Map: Following city council approval or waiver, the applicant may file a final map with the city council. Approval or waiver shall be good for one year, after which time a new application must be submitted. Maps that are deemed approved after the sixty (60) days for city council action has passed shall expire one year after they were first scheduled to be reviewed by the city council. (Ord. 172, 9-24-1996, eff. 10-31-1996)

   G.   Application For Land In Large Parcels: The applicant shall submit the following information to the zoning official: (Ord. 382, 8-28-2007, eff. 9-20-2007)

      1.   Forms; Fees: Completed application forms and the payment of all application fees;

      2.   Documents Needed: Any attendant documents needed to supplement the information provided on the map.

   H.   Content Of Land In Large Parcels:

      1.   A map of division into large parcels shall be:

         a.   Titled "map of division into large parcels";

         b.   Filed with the city council or planning commission not later than one year after the date that the tentative map was first filed with the planning commission or governing body or that the requirement of its filing was waived;

         c.   Prepared by a professional land surveyor;

         d.   Based upon an actual survey by the preparer, show the date of the survey or based upon the most recent government survey, and show the date of approval of the government survey and contain a certificate by the preparer that the parcels contain the number of acres shown for each parcel;

         e.   Clearly and legibly drawn in black waterproof India ink upon good tracing cloth or produced by the use of other materials of a permanent nature generally used for this purpose in the engineering profession, but affidavits, certificates and acknowledgments must be legibly stamped or printed upon the map with opaque ink;

         f.   Twenty four inches by thirty two inches (24" x 32") in size with a marginal line drawn completely around each sheet, leaving an entirely blank margin of one inch (1") at the top, bottom and right edges, and of two inches (2") at the left edge along the twenty four inch (24") dimension;

         g.   Of scale large enough to show clearly all details.

      2.   The particular number of the sheet and the total number of sheets comprising the map must be stated on each of the sheets, and its relation to each adjoining sheet must be clearly shown.

      3.   This map must show and define:

         a.   All subdivision lots by the number and actual acreage of each lot;

         b.   All roads or easements of access which exist and which the owner intends to offer for dedication, all roads or easements of access which are shown on the applicable master plan and all roads or easements of access which are specially required by the planning commission or city council;

         c.   Any easements for public utilities which exist or are proposed;

         d.   Any existing easements for irrigation or drainage, and any normally continuously flowing watercourses.

      4.   The map must be accompanied by a written statement signed by the Clark County treasurer indicating that all property taxes on the land for the fiscal year have been paid. (Ord. 172, 9-24-1996, eff. 10-31-1996)

   I.   Reserved. (Ord. 382, 8-28-2007, eff. 9-20-2007)

   J.   Approval:

      1.   The city council or planning commission, if authorized, shall approve, conditionally approve or deny the final map within forty five (45) days of submission of a complete application to the city council.

      2.   If the city council fails to act on the final map within forty five (45) days, it shall be deemed approved unconditionally.

      3.   If the final map is disapproved, the city council shall return the map to the applicant with:

         a.   A statement of the reason(s) for its action; and

         b.   A statement of what changes would be necessary to render the map acceptable.

   K.   Filing:

      1.   Upon approval, the applicant shall file the map with the county recorder. Filing with the county recorder operates as a continuing:

         a.   Offer to dedicate for public roads the areas shown as proposed roads or easements of access, which the city council may accept in whole or in part at any time or from time to time;

         b.   Offer to grant the easements shown for public utilities, which any public utility may similarly accept without excluding any other public utility whose presence is physically compatible.

      2.   The map filed with the county recorder must include:

         a.   A certificate signed and acknowledged by the owner of land consenting to the dedication of the roads and granting of the easements;

         b.   A certificate signed by the city clerk that the map was approved, or the affidavit of the person presenting the map for filing that the time limited for action by the city council has expired;

         c.   A written statement signed by the Clark County treasurer indicating that all property taxes on the land for the fiscal year have been paid.

      3.   After a map has been filed with the county recorder, any lot shown thereon may be conveyed by reference to the map, without further description.

   L.   Recordation Requirements:

      1.   Maps shall be reviewed by the building official and public works director and recorded in the office of the Clark County recorder within thirty (30) days of the date of signature by the public works director or the building official.

      2.   The building official shall convey a copy of the resolution codified herein to the Clark County recorder with a request that no document be recorded wherein the approval is over thirty (30) days old.

      3.   The responsible professional land surveyor shall furnish to the building official a conformed copy of the recorded map or plat within fifteen (15) days after the date of recording. (Ord. 172, 9-24-1996, eff. 10-31-1996)

 

Notes

1	1. See also section 7-3-2 of this code.