(A) The Department shall determine whether the final plat approval application is complete and shall promptly notify the applicant in writing of any deficiencies in the application.
(B) The Plan Commission shall approve or disapprove the final plat and make written findings to support its decision.
(C) If the final plat materially deviates from the approved preliminary plat, the subdivision shall be resubmitted to the Plan Commission for preliminary plat approval. Material deviation includes but is not limited to increase in number of lots; adds, removes or relocates an interior subdivision street; affects a condition of approval of the preliminary plat by the Plan Commission; or would require a waiver of these regulations or negate the basis for a modification that was granted. The following changes to an approved preliminary plat may be incorporated into a final plat or require only a final plat amendment if already approved; minor increase or decrease in the area of a subdivision; addition, removal or reconfiguration of an easement within the subdivision; and removal or reconfiguration of an internal lot line within the subdivision.
(D) Subdivisions involving public improvements or dedication of land to the public require action by the County Board of Commissioners. The Plan Department will place the subdivision on the Board public meeting agenda when the improvements are completed or when the assurances or executed agreements are provided.
(E) After the Plan Commission has granted final approval and after the county has accepted any public dedications, improvements, and/or assurances of performance and maintenance, the Commission’s seal shall be affixed to the final plat and the Secretary or, in the absence of the Secretary, the President shall sign the certificate of final approval.
(F) It shall be the responsibility of the subdivider to file the approved final plat with the County Recorder within 30 days of the date of execution of the certificate of final approval. Failure of the subdivider to file the plat, as herein provided, within 30 days shall constitute a violation of this subchapter.
(BC Ord. passed 1-22-2003; BC Ord. passed 3-26-2003)