(A) The City Administrator, or his or her designee, may, upon petition of the property owner or developer, approve and issue an amending plat which is signed by the applicants only unless otherwise required to the contrary and which is for 1 or more of the purposes set forth in this section, and this approval and issuance shall not require notice, hearing, or approval of other lot owners.
(B) This section shall apply only if the sole purpose of the amending plat is:
(1) To correct an error in any course or distance shown on the prior plat;
(2) To add any course or distance that was omitted on the prior plat;
(3) To correct an error in the description of the real property shown on the prior plat;
(4) To indicate monuments set after death, disability, or retirement from practice of the surveyor charged with responsibilities for setting monuments;
(5) To show the proper location or character of any monument which has been changed in location or character or which originally was shown at the wrong location or incorrectly as to its character on the prior plat;
(6) To correct any other type of scrivener or clerical error or omission as previously approved by the City Council; these errors and omissions may include, but are not limited to, lot numbers, acreage, street names, and identification of adjacent recorded plats;
(7) To correct an error in courses and distances of lot lines between 2 adjacent lots where both lot owners join in the application for plat amendment and neither lot is abolished, provided that this amendment does not attempt to remove recorded covenants or restrictions and does not have a material adverse effect on the property rights of the other owners in the plat;
(8) To relocate a lot line in order to cure an inadvertent encroachment of a building or improvement on a lot line or on an easement;
(9) To relocate 1 or more lot lines between 1 or more adjacent lots where the owner or owners of all the lots join in the application for the plat amendment, provided that this amendment does not:
(a) Attempt to remove recorded covenants or restrictions; or
(b) Increase the number of lots.
(10) To make necessary changes to the prior plat to create 6 or fewer lots in the subdivision or addition or a part of the subdivision or addition covered by the prior plat if:
(a) The changes do not affect applicable zoning and other regulations of the city;
(b) The changes do not attempt to amend or remove any covenants or restrictions; and
(c) The area covered by the changes is located in an area that the Council has approved, after a public hearing, as a residential improvement area.
(Ord. 487, passed 7-18-2000; Am. Ord. 737, passed 7-20-2016) Penalty, see § 155.999