Subdivision of property into three (3) or more parcels requires plat approval by the City and recording of an approved plat or replat by the applicant in the Bay County Official Records. This process consists of preliminary plat approval and final plat approval. Once the City has approved a preliminary plat, the applicant must secure a development order from the City prior to commencing development of the property. A final plat must be approved by the City Council prior to the sale of any subdivided property. The final plat must be formatted appropriately for recording, be materially similar to the preliminary plat, and conform to the requirements of F.S. Chapter 177.
A lot split that involves a parcel consisting of two (2) lots, as shown on a validly recorded plat, being split back to the originally platted lots, without any change to their boundaries, may be approved by the City Administrator so long as the lot split would not result in either lot or the improvements located on them being in violation of the City of Mexico Beach Comprehensive Plan or Land Development Code. Other lot split applications shall be processed as described below and may be approved by the City Council only. The City Council may approve a lot split upon finding that it is in the best interest of the City. Lot splits do not require recording of a formal replat.
All requests for a lot split, except as provided above, or subdivision of platted or unplatted property must be presented to the Planning and Zoning Board for recommendation and to the City Council of Mexico Beach for approval/disapproval. These requests must be submitted to the City Administrator for placement on the agendas
for these meetings; all applications and plat documents must be submitted to allow adequate time for placement of required signs and written notifications to adjacent property owners. To qualify for a lot split or plat approval, any resulting lots must meet all the requirements of the City of Mexico Beach Comprehensive Plan and Land Development Codes and must conform to the physical characteristics of the neighborhood where located.
Lots created by lot split or subdivision of an existing lot in a platted or unplatted residential area zoned "Residential - General" or "Residential - Low Density" shall be no more than ten percent (10%) smaller than the median size of all other lots located in the subdivision, on the same street, or neighborhood, as originally platted in a recorded or unrecorded plat, and no less than the minimum lot size sufficient to meet all development design standards in this Code. If a subdivision was developed in phases, the median size of lots shall be determined by the lots in the phase affected by the proposed lot split or resubdivision.
No subdivision of property or lot split shall be platted or recorded for any purpose, nor shall parcels or lots resulting from such subdivision or lot split be sold or offered for sale unless such process and the resulting lots meet all of the requirements of this Land Development Code, the Comprehensive Plan, and other applicable regulations.
No final plat of any subdivision within Mexico Beach shall be filed or recorded by the clerk of the circuit court of the county until it shall have received subdivision approval under the applicable provisions of this chapter and accepted by the Council. Evidence of such approval shall be placed on the plat prior to recording.
(Ord. 711, passed 2-5-2019; Am. Ord. 764, passed -13-2021)