(A) Within six months after receiving approval of the preliminary plat, the subdivider shall file with the agent a final subdivision plat in accordance with this chapter. Failure to do so shall make the preliminary approval null and void. The agent may, on written request by the subdivider, grant a one-time, six-month extension.
(B) The subdivision plat submitted for final approval and subsequent recording shall be clearly and legibly drawn, at a scale and sheet size acceptable to the County Clerk of the Circuit Court. The final plat shall conform to any approved site plan for the subdivision and include the following.
(1) Drainage. The drainage easements necessary for the conveyance of stormwater. The drainage easements shall match the approved plans.
(2) Water and sewer. The waterline and sanitary sewer easements necessary for the conveyance of public water and sewer.
(3) Approval space. A blank space, three inches by five inches, reserved for the use of the approving authority.
(4) Certificates of title. Certificates signed by a surveyor or engineer, setting forth the source of title of the owners of the land subdivided and the place of record of the last instrument in the chain of title.
(5) Owner’s statement. A statement as follows: “The platting or dedication of the following described land (insert a correct description of the land being subdivided) is with the free consent and in accordance with the desire of the undersigned owners, proprietors, and trustees”.
(6) Identification of tracts. When the subdivision consists of land acquired from more than one source of title, the outlines of the various tracts shall be indicated by dashes and the identification of the respective tracts shall be placed on the plat.
(7) Streets, public uses, utilities. Includes:
(a) The accurate location and dimensions by bearings and distances with all curve data on all lots and streets;
(b) Boundaries of all proposed or existing easements;
(c) Parks;
(d) School sites;
(e) All existing public and private streets, including names, numbers, and widths;
(f) Existing utilities, and those to be provided, such as sanitary sewers, storm drains, water mains, manholes, and underground conduits, including sizes and types;
(g) Watercourses and names; and
(h) Names of owners and the property lines, both within the boundary of the subdivision and adjoining such boundaries.
(10) Wetlands. If the subdivided property contains wetlands and/or resource protection areas, there shall be a note on the plat which states the following: “Wetlands and land within resource protection areas shall remain in a natural and undisturbed state except for those activities and uses allowed by 9 VAC § 10-20-130 of the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area designation and management regulations.”
(1998 Code, § 54-206) (Ord. passed 9-5-2017) Penalty, see § 156.999