(a) The subdivider, having received approval of the preliminary plat of the proposed subdivision, shall submit a final plat of the subdivision and drawing and specifications of the improvements required therein. The final plat shall have incorporated all changes in the preliminary plat required by the Planning Commission. Otherwise, it shall conform to the preliminary plat, and it may constitute only that portion of the approved preliminary plat which the subdivider proposes to record and develop at the time. The final plat and the supplementary information shall be prepared by a professional engineer or surveyor.
(b) The final plat shall be legibly drawn in waterproof ink on a mylar sheet at a scale of not less than fifty feet to the inch and shall be on sheet twenty-four by thirty-six inches or twenty-four by eighteen inches in size. If more than one sheet is needed, each sheet shall be numbered and the relation of one sheet to another shall be clearly indicated.
(c) The final plat shall contain the following information:
(1) Name of subdivision, date, north arrow with basis of bearing, scale, both graphic and numerical, acreage to thousandths (.001) of acre, and deed book and page references;
(2) Names and addresses of the owner and the professional engineer and/or surveyor who prepared the plat and appropriate registration numbers and seals;
(3) Plat boundaries of the tract to be subdivided shall show the type of marker at each corner of the tract as well as ties to two permanent markers of an adjoining tract. The total area of the subdivision, including streets, shall be shown to the nearest thousandths (.001) of an acre. All distances shall be shown to hundreths (.01) of a foot and all bearings shall be shown to one- half minutes. Any variation between recorded and measured dimensions shall be shown on the plat;
(4) The proposed subdivision shall be tied to any public horizontal control station that is located within 500 feet of the tract that is subdivided. The error of closure shall not exceed one in 7,500;
(5) Accurate location and widths of all rights of way and names of all streets within and adjoining the plat and building setback lines;
(6) Radii, internal angles, points of curvature, tangent bearings and length of arcs of all applicable streets within the plat area;
(7) Location and/or statement of adequate outlet for storm water as approved by the City Engineer;
(8) Accurate location and widths of all easements and rights of way for public sewers and utilities;
(9) Layout, numbers and dimensions of each lot. The dimensions of each lot shall be shown to one hundredth (.01) of a foot and bearings of each lot line shall be shown to one-half minutes;
(10) Accurate locations and the types of permanent monuments as approved by the City Engineer;
(11) Accurate outlines of areas to be dedicated or reserved for public use or any area to be reserved for the common use of all property owners. The use and accurate boundary location shall be shown for each parcel of land to be dedicated;
(12) Any restrictions and covenants shall be shown on the final plat;
(13) Certification by a registered surveyor and/or professional engineer to the effect that the plat represents a survey made by him and that monuments therein exist as located and that all other dimensional details are correct;
(14) Certificate of ownership and general dedication shall be indicated on the plat as follows:
(I, We) the undersigned, (owner, owners) of the property shown hereon, adopt this as (my, our) plan of the Subdivision and hereby dedicate the roads, rights of way, easements, parks and other open spaces as shown and otherwise indicated to the public use forever, and certify that (I am the owner, we are the owners) in fee simple of the property and that any portion of such subdivision that is dedicated to public use is not encumbered by any mortgages or liens.
(15) The names of record and ownership of all abutting tracts and/or lots by deed book and page reference and the plat book reference of all abutting plats.
(d) In addition to the requirements to the final plat in subsection (c) hereof, the following requirements shall also be a part of the acceptance of the final plat by the Commission:
(1) The final plat drawings and specifications of improvements shall be a set of reproducible construction drawings, general block grading plans and utility plan prepared by a professional engineer.
(2) The construction plans shall indicate typical sections, plans and profiles, construction details and estimates of quantities. All typical sections and major engineering details to be used on any particular street, including utilities, shall be approved by the City Engineer and the Sanitary Board before the completion of the plans.
(3) In the event that the construction plans have been approved and the construction of improvements have been completed or in the final stages of completion, as built construction drawing of the improvements, including all public utilities, shall be submitted to the City Engineer for his approval for that portion of the subdivision that is proposed to be accepted as the final plat of the subdivision. The "as built"construction drawing shall show the location, size and type of material of all improvements installed by the subdivider.
(4) Prior to the granting or approval of the final plat by the Commission, the subdivider shall have installed the minimum required improvements or shall have provided to the City a performance bond, and/or a certified check and/or escrow account for the subdivision for the amount of the estimated construction cost of the ultimate installation of improvements as indicated on the construction plans as approved by the City Engineer. The proposed method of assuring the quality of the improvements shall be approved by the City Attorney and the Commission prior to the acceptance of the final plat.
(5) The improvements contained in the final plat, as submitted to the Commission, shall be constructed within a reasonable time as determined by the Commission but shall not exceed two years from the initiation of construction of the improvements. The Commission shall have the option of granting a time extension upon the expiration date of the time granted by the Commission for the completion of the proposed improvements. A written notice to proceed shall be submitted to the subdivider prior to any installation of improvements by the City Engineer.
(6) All required improvements shall be maintained in a satisfactory condition by the subdivider during any interim period between the construction of such improvements and the final acceptance of the improvements by the City.
(7) No changes or alterations in right-of-way lines, easements or lot lines, shall be made after the acceptance of the final plat and/or during the construction of the proposed improvements without the approval of the Commission or the Commission staff.
(8) Upon the written recommendation of the City Engineer, the Commission may release no more than ninety percent (90%) of the amount of surety upon the completion of a portion of the subdivision improvements prior to the final acceptance of the subdivision. The amount of remaining surety is to be negotiated and is contingent upon the amount and quality of installed improvements, as determined by the City Engineer.
(Ord. 0-129. Passed 9-8-81.)