This stage includes final design of the subdivision, final engineering of public improvements, submittal of plat and plans by the applicant, plat review by the Site Plan Review Committee and final hearing by the City Council. No plat shall be submitted for final approval by the City Council until plans for all off-site improvements have been approved by the Site Plan Review Committee (SPRC).
(A) Pre-submission requirements.
(1) Zoning. The final plat shall meet all requirements of the zoning district in which it is located, and necessary zoning amendments shall have been adopted by the City Council prior to filing of the final plat.
(2) Preparation of final plat. The final plat shall be in substantial conformance to the approved preliminary plat and be prepared in accordance with this chapter.
(3) Easements. Final plat submission shall include letters signifying approval of utility easements by the public utilities.
(B) Final plat submission. The final plat and four true copies thereof, plus one PDF electronic version shall be filed with the city at least 21 days prior to the City Council meeting at which the case is to be heard. City staff shall record the date of filing. At the time of submission for final plat approval, a final plat and site plan review fee (when required due to conformity with preliminary plat) shall be paid in accordance with the city fee schedule.
(1) The Director shall check the submittal for completeness. If incomplete, it shall be returned to the applicant at the applicant's expense, and the filing date shall be voided. If complete and if the final plat substantially conforms to the approved preliminary plat, the Director shall summarize recommendations for presentation to the City Council.
(2) If, in the opinion of the Director, the final plat does not substantially conform to the approved preliminary plat, the plat shall be presented to the SPRC for its recommendation to the P&Z Commission.
(C) Final plat approval and recordation.
(1) Upon notification from the Director that the plat is in order, the case shall be placed on the agenda of the next regular meeting of the City Council whereupon they shall approve or reject the plat. If City Council rejects the plat for any reason whatsoever, the reasons shall be recorded in the minutes. If City Council approves the plat, the City Clerk shall transcribe a certificate of approval upon the plat, first making sure that the other certificates required in this chapter have been duly executed.
(2) If the plat is approved, the applicant shall secure all required signatures and record two original Mylars of the plat in the Coconino County Recorder's office. The applicant shall pay all recording fees. The applicant shall provide one Mylar original to the city for its records.
(3) All rights-of-way and improvements intended to be dedicated to the city for maintenance and operation shall be constructed and/or installed within the time period agreed upon pursuant to an agreement to install improvements. Dedications and improvements shall not be considered complete until the City Council, upon recommendation of the Director and Public Works Director, accepts such dedications and improvements into the city's street and utility system. If accepted, the City Clerk shall then record such dedications and improvements in the Coconino County Recorder's office. Engineering plans for required improvements must be submitted within 90 days after approval of the final plat.
(D) Information required for final plat submission.
(1) Medium of presentation.
(a) The final plat shall be drawn in India ink on plastic or other non-shrinking material on a sheet or sheets of 24 inches by 36 inches.
(b) The plat shall be drawn to an accurate scale having not more than 100 feet to one inch.
(c) Copies of the final plat shall be reproduced with black ink prints on a white background.
(2) Identification data.
(a) Name of subdivision and location by section, township, range and county.
(b) Name, address and registration number or seal of the registered professional engineer or registered land surveyor preparing the plat.
(c) Scale, north point and date of plat preparation.
(3) Survey data.
(a) Boundaries of the tract fully balanced and closed, showing all bearings and distances, determined by an accurate survey in the field; all dimensions expressed in feet and decimals thereof.
(b) Any exceptions within the plat boundaries located by bearings and distances expressed in feet and decimals thereof, determined by an accurate survey in the field.
(c) Location and description of cardinal points to which all dimensions, angles, bearings and similar data on the plat are referenced; two corners of the subdivision traverse shall be tied by course and distance to separate section or quarter section corners.
(d) Location and description of all physical encroachments upon boundaries of the tract.
(e) Establish and permanently set a minimum of one elevation monument for every 20 acres in the proposed subdivision.
(4) Descriptive data.
(a) Name, right-of-way lines, courses, lengths, width of all public streets, alleys, crosswalks, and utility easements; radii points of tangency, and central angles of all curvilinear streets and alleys and radii of all rounded street intersections.
(b) All drainage ways, designated as such and dedicated to the public.
(c) All utility and public service easements, including any limitations of easements; construction within such easements shall be limited to utilities, landscaping and wood, wire or removable section type fences.
(d) Location and all dimensions of all lots.
(e) All lots numbered consecutively throughout the plat; exceptions and tracts shall be dimensioned and identified by letter or number.
(f) Location of all adjoining subdivisions with date, book and page number of recordation noted, or if unrecorded, so marked.
(g) Any private deed restrictions to be imposed upon the plat or any part thereof, typewritten and attached to the plat and to each copy thereof.
(h) The flood zone as established by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) shall be indicated for each lot or parcel within the proposed subdivision.
(i) Existing and approved future improvements. Required improvements to be shown on the plat may include streets, utilities, stormwater drainage and retention, recreation and open space facilities, survey monuments, landscaping, streetlights, street and traffic control signs, and fencing.
(5) Dedication and acknowledge.
(a) Streets, rights-of-way and public easements. Statement of dedication of all streets, alleys, crosswalks, drainage ways and easements for public purposes by the owners and spouses of the owners; if land to be dedicated is mortgaged, the mortgagee shall also sign the plat. Dedication shall include a written description by section, township and range of the tract. If the plat contains private streets, public utilities shall be reserved the right to install and maintain utilities in the street rights-of-way. The applicant's Design Engineer shall establish required dedication language.
(b) Private utility easements. All easements required to be dedicated to a private utility shall be identified on the plat. The final plat shall contain an offer of dedication for all such easements to the appropriate utility company. Acceptance of such offers shall be the responsibility of the utility company.
(6) Certifications.
(a) Certification by the registered professional engineer or registered land surveyor making the plat that it is correct and accurate, and that the monuments described in it have been located as described.
(b) Certificates of approval by P & Z Commission.
(c) Certificate of approval of the City Council by the City Clerk.
(d) Certification of recordation by the Coconino County Recorder.
(Ord. 692-22, passed 5-11-2022)