(a) Purpose. A final plat of subdivision is submitted to gain final approval of the Council and to release the plat for recording in the office of the County Recorder. For the purpose of this section, final plat shall also mean a replat of a final plat.
(b) Approval Routine. Following installation of all public improvements or on submission of bonds or letters of credit described in Section 1105.11, the subdivider may request final approval by providing a final plat to the Zoning Administrator who shall process the request as follows:
(1) Establish a date for public hearing before the Planning Commission and cause to be published notice of public hearing.
(2) Examine the final plat for compliance with the Master Plan, this Planning and Zoning Code, conditions set forth in the preliminary plat approval, City Engineering Rules and Regulations, and other pertinent ordinances or regulations of the City.
(3) Submit a copy of the plat to the City Engineer for comment and recommendation. The City Engineer shall examine this plat for technical aspects of land survey and also determine that public utilities installed or proposed to be installed are located on property dedicated to the City or on properly described easements. The City Engineer shall submit the results of the plat examination to the Zoning Administrator to be included in his or her report to the Planning Commission.
(4) The Zoning Administrator shall promptly communicate to the subdivider any error or objections found in the plat examination.
(5) Prior to the public hearing, the Zoning Administrator shall provide the Planning Commission with a detailed report on the final plat including the report of the City Engineer. At this time the Zoning Administrator shall also assign each lot within the subdivision with a street address number. The report may also be made available to the subdivider.
(6) Following the Planning Commission public hearing, the Zoning Administrator shall immediately transmit to Council, on behalf of the Planning Commission, a report of the hearing for review at the next regularly scheduled Council meeting or at a special meeting called for such purpose. The report shall include the Planning Commission's recommendation and the vote of each member regarding the recommendation.
(7) The recommendation of the Planning Commission concerning whether a final plat should be approved or rejected shall stand as if being approved by Council, without Council action, except as follows: Council may reject or modify such recommendation by motion of Council, with two-thirds (2/3) vote of the current members of Council concurring thereto. Any rejection or modification by Council must be within thirty (30) days of submission of the plat to the Planning Commission by the applicant. The Planning Commission or Council may reject final plat approval if the plat is in violation of any rule, ordinance, resolution or law, or for other just cause, and such rejection is made in a timely manner. In case of rejection, the Finance Director or the specific Clerk of Council, if any, shall endorse upon the plat the date of submission of the plat to the Planning Commission citing or referencing the rule, ordinance, resolution or law so violated, or the other just cause that resulted in the final plat rejection.
"Date of submission" shall be construed as the date when the Planning Commission is first presented with the plat by the Zoning Administrator for consideration of approval. The Zoning Administrator shall present the plat for approval to the Planning Commission without unreasonable delay.
(8) On receipt of Council approval of a final plat, the Zoning Administrator shall make reproducible copies of the signed final plat and shall have the original recorded in the office of the County Recorder.
(c) Required Information. A final plat of subdivision submitted for consideration of the Planning Commission shall include all the following:
(2) The plat should show concrete monuments placed at all exterior corners of the boundary of the development, at the intersections of all proposed streets and at the point of intersection of all curves.
(3) The final plat shall indicate names for all public streets. Such names shall not be the same or excessively similar to other unrelated streets. Extensions of existing streets shall bear the name of the street so extended. All street names shall be subject to Planning Commission approval.
(4) The final plat shall be provided with a certificate block for dedication of any land proposed to be dedicated or reserved for public use. The certificate shall be as substantially in the form as found in Section 1105.12.
(Ord. 074-10. Passed 12-20-10.)