The subdivider, having received approval of the preliminary plat of the proposed subdivision, shall submit a final plat of the subdivision and drawings and specifications of the improvements required therein. The final plat shall have incorporated all changes in the preliminary plat required by the Commission. Otherwise it shall conform to the preliminary plat, and it may constitute only that portion of the approved preliminary plat which the subdivider proposes to record and develop at the time, or the phase(s) of the development which the Commission had requested to be platted as a condition of the preliminary approval. The construction drawings shall be prepared for the entire preliminary plat, even though the subdivision is to be constructed in phases, unless otherwise determined by the Commission. The final plat shall be prepared by a registered surveyor and any drawings and specifications of the required improvements shall be prepared by a registered engineer.
(a) Filing of Application for Approval of Final Plat. The original final plat (major or minor) shall be presented in the Planning Office where the applicant will be requested to sign a standard application for submission. A letter of authorization to represent the property owner(s) concerning all matters involving the Planning Commission, will be requested by the Commission, if the plat applicant is not the legal property owner on record in the County Recorder's Office. For fee see Section 1101.12
(a)(2).
(1) Any final plat requiring Commission approval at a regularly scheduled meeting shall be submitted formally by application in the Planning Office at least seven working days prior to the meeting.
(b) Final Plat Form. The plat shall be drawn with black reproducible ink on linen (tracing cloth) or other suitable material (equal in durability) as determined by the Planning Director or authorized representative at a scale not less than 100 feet to the inch. The minimum plat size shall be 12" x 18" and the maximum 24" x 36". An example of a standard plat form is at the end of Part Three.
(c) Final Plat Contents.
(1) Name of the subdivision, location by section, tract, great lot, township, county, state, north point, number of lots, acreage (lots, street, public land and/or open space,) total acreage and scale.
(2) Printed name along with signature of the registered surveyor who prepared the final plat, which shall include the registration number and seal.
(3) Plat boundaries, properly surveyed in accordance with OAC 4733-37 filed pursuant to Ohio R. C. Chapter 119.
(4) Bearings and distances to nearest established street lines or other recognized permanent monuments.
(5) Exact locations of lots, right of way, and names of all streets abutting the plat.
(6) All easements and right of way provided for public services or utilities, along with all restrictions as requested by the Commission.
(7) Radii, internal angles, points of curvature, tangent bearings, lengths of arcs, and lengths and bearings of chords of all applicable streets within the plat area.
(8) All street right-of-way centerlines along with proper dimensions, bearings, arcs, etc., shall be shown on the final plat.
(9) All lot numbers and property lines with accurate dimensions in feet and hundredths and bearings to seconds. When lots are located on a curve, the lot width at the building setback line shall be shown. Interior lot depth dimensions shall be shown from the street right of way, although the deed may read from the centerline of the road. The street or road right-of-way width shall also be shown.
(10) Accurate survey of areas to be dedicated or reserved for public use, or any area to be reserved for the common use of the property owners. The use shall be shown for each parcel of land.
(11) All proper deed information such as the grantor, grantee, volume, page and date of recording shall be shown. When the real estate being subdivided is being probated, then the appointed administrator, executor, etc., shall sign the survey linen showing the probate case and docket numbers.
(12) A certification by a registered surveyor that the plat is correct, on minor plats that all monuments have been placed, and on major plats that principal boundary monuments have been placed.
(13) A notarized certificate of ownership witnessed by two other persons dedicating the streets, easements and any area reserved or dedicated for public use or common use of the property owners. The signature also guarantees on major plats the placement of monuments by a registered surveyor at all corners and changes in directions of lot lines prior to the sale of any lots. When ownership is in the name of a corporation, etc., two officers shall sign the plat linen.
(14) A certification of approval by the Mahoning County Planning Commission.
(15) A certification of approval by the Mahoning County Board of Health where public water and sanitary sewer systems are not available.
(16) A certification by the Board of Mahoning County Commissioners approving the land, dedicating the existing street right of way.
(17) A certification for transfer by the Auditor of Mahoning County.
(18) A certification for record by the Recorder of Mahoning County.
(d) Planning Commission Meeting. The applicant will be notified as to the date and location of the meeting. The plat owner(s) or authorized representative must attend the Planning Commission meeting, otherwise the Commission will disapprove the Plat application.
(e) Review and Approval of Final Plat. The Commission shall approve, approve conditionally or disapprove the final plat within thirty days unless further time is agreed to by the applicant. Approval or disapproval of the Commission shall be endorsed in writing on the final plat.
(1) The Commission shall send a copy of the final plat by written notice, certified mail, return receipt requested to the clerk of the board of township trustees. Any future duly adopted and passed State amendments to this section will control.
(2) Prior to the endorsement of a major plat, the subdivider (applicant) shall file in the Planning Commission Office, complete drawings of all the improvements as required by the Commission, County Engineer and Sanitary Engineer, signed by the County Engineer and Sanitary Engineer.
(3) The required construction or maintenance guarantee in the amount as determined in writing by the County Engineer, shall be filed in the Planning Commission Office prior to release of the final plat.
(f) Approval Period. The final plat shall be filed with the County Recorder within one year from the Commission meeting date, otherwise the plat shall be considered null and void.
(Ord. 88-1. Passed 6-23-88.)