(a) The final plat and accompanying documents shall either on the plat or in accompanying schedules referenced on the plat show:
(1) The name of the subdivision, the scale of the plat, points of the compass, and the name of the owner or owners of subdivision.
(2) The boundary lines of the area being subdivided with accurate distances and angles. The correct legal description of the property being subdivided shall be shown on the plat. The area of each lot and the area of the dedicated rights-of-way shall also be noted on the plat or accompanying schedule.
(3) The lines of all proposed streets and alleys with their widths and names of all streets.
(4) The accurate outline of any portions of the property intended to be dedicated for public use, with the purpose indicated thereon.
(5) The lines of all adjoining property and the lines of adjoining streets and alleys with their widths and the names of all streets.
(6) All lot lines together with an identification of all lots. Lots must be identified by number.
(7) The location of all easements provided for public use services, or utilities.
(8) All dimensions, both linear and angular, necessary for locating boundaries of the subdivision lots, streets, alleys, easements, and other areas for public or private use. Linear dimensions are to be given to the nearest one-hundredth of a foot.
(9) The radii, arcs, or chords, tangent distance, length and bearing of chords, points of tangency, and central angles for all curvilinear streets.
(10) The certificate of a registered surveyor attesting the accuracy of the survey and the correct location of all monuments shown.
(11) Should private restrictions and trusteeships and their periods of existence be of such length as to make their lettering on the plat impractical and thus, necessitate the preparation of a separate instrument, reference to such instrument shall be made on the plat and such documents shall accompany the plat during the approval and recording process.
(12) Calculations showing the error of linear closure which error, shall, in no case be greater than one in 10,000.
(13) Acknowledgment of the owner to the plat, and restrictions including dedication to the public use of all streets, alleys, parks, or other open spaces shown thereon and the granting of easements required and a notarized certification of the same shall appear on the plat.
(14) Certification by the County Auditor that there are no unpaid taxes of assessment upon any part of the area of the subdivision.
(15) Space for signatures of the owners of the property, the Chairperson of the Commission, Council, the County Recorder, the County Auditor and Notary Public.
(b) The final plat shall be submitted to the Commission for a recommendation to the Council to approve, disapprove, or approve with conditions. After such recommendation, the Zoning Inspector shall certify such recommendation to the Council, and the Council shall then give its approval, disapproval or conditional approval of said plat.
(c) The final plat as approved by the Council shall be filed in the office of the Recorder and Auditor of the County, within three months of the date of Village Council approval. If said final plat is not recorded within three months, the approval of the Council of the final plat shall be null and void. A plat of any subdivision submitted for approval must be approved or disapproved within thirty days after submission. If the plat is neither approved or disapproved within such period of time, it is considered approved, and in such cases, upon written demand, the fact of such failure to take action on such final plat shall be indicated in writing thereon within the prescribed time. In the event of disapproval of a plat, the proper body must enter upon its record the reason for such disapproval. Two copies of the recorded plat, one of which shall be on mylar, shall be returned to the Municipality and kept on file for future reference.
(d) No plat of any subdivision shall be entitled to be recorded in the office of the Recorder of the County or shall have any validity until it has been approved in the manner prescribed herein. It shall be unlawful for the County Recorder to record any plat of a subdivision within the jurisdiction of the Municipality until the plat has been approved as required herein and such approval has been endorsed in writing on the plat.
(Ord. 1166. Passed 9-24-01.)