(A) Signing of plat.
(1) When an escrow deposit or bond is required, the Chairperson of the Commission and the Zoning Officer shall endorse approval on the plat after the escrow deposit or bond has been approved by Council, and all the conditions of the resolution pertaining to the plat have been satisfied.
(2) When installation of improvements is required, the Chairperson of the Commission shall endorse approval on the plat after all conditions of the resolution have been satisfied and all improvements satisfactorily completed. There shall be written evidence that the required public facilities have been installed in a manner satisfactory to the city as shown by a certificate signed by the City Engineer and City Attorney that the necessary dedication of public lands and improvements has been accomplished.
(B) Recording of plat.
(1) The Chairperson and Zoning Officer shall sign the tracing cloth or reproducible Mylar original of the subdivision plat and two sepia prints of the subdivision plat. The sepia prints shall be returned to the applicant’s engineer.
(2) It shall be the responsibility of the applicant to file the plat with the County Clerk’s office within 30 days of the date of signature. Simultaneously with the filing of the plat, the Zoning Officer shall record the agreement of dedication together with such legal documents as shall be required to be recorded by the local government attorney.
(C) Sectionalizing major subdivision plats. Prior to granting final approval of a major subdivision plat, the Commission may permit the plat to be divided into two or more sections and may impose such conditions upon the filing of the sections as it may deem necessary to assure the orderly development of the plat. The Commissioner may require that the performance bond be in such amount as is commensurate with the section or sections of the plat to be filed and may defer the remaining required escrow deposit or performance bond principal amount until the remaining sections of the plat are offered for filing. The developer may also file irrevocable offers to dedicate streets and public improvements in the sections offered to be filed and defer filing offers of dedication for the remaining sections until such sections, subject to any conditions imposed by the Commission, are granted concurrently with final approval of the plat. In the event of approval of sectionalizing, the entire approved subdivision plat including all sections shall be filed within 90 days after the date of final approval with the City Clerk’s office and such sections as have been authorized by the Commission shall be filed with the County Clerk. Such sections shall contain at least 10% of the total number of lots contained in the approval plat. The approval of all remaining sections not filed with the County Clerk shall automatically expire unless such sections have been approved for filing by the Commission, all fees paid, all instruments and offers of dedication submitted and performance bonds approved and actually filed with the Recorder of Deeds within three years of the date of final subdivision approval of the subdivision plat.
(Ord. passed 2-2-2010)