(A) (1) Prior to submittal of the final plat for review by the County Board of Commissioners, the developer shall have completed the installation of all improvements in accordance with the approved preliminary plat.
(2) The only exception will be asphalt street paving, provided the developer submits an improvement guarantee in accordance with § 155.095.
(B) (1) Upon completion of the installation or an arrangement for the improvements shown on the approved preliminary plat for the whole or in a portion of the subdivision that is acceptable to the Planning Board and County Commissioners, the applicant shall submit a final plat 21 days prior to the regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners showing the areas covered by such improvements. At the same time the final plat is submitted, the developer shall schedule a meeting at the subdivision site with the Subdivision Administrator and the County Engineer to inspect the project for conformance with the approved preliminary plan.
(2) Should the developer opt to provide an improvement guarantee rather than install asphalt street paving at final plat submittal, he or she shall have installed and graded the base materials to provide for positive drainage in accordance with the pavement cross section detail. Roadway shoulders and ditches, lot line swales, outfall ditches and the like shall be graded and grass shall be established in accordance with the approved preliminary plat. Grass shall be mowed so that the Subdivision Administrator and County Engineer can verify construction conforms to the approved preliminary plan.
(C) A final plat for the first phase of subdivision shall be submitted not more than 24 months after the date on which the preliminary plat was approved, otherwise preliminary approval shall be null and void, unless a written extension of this limit is granted by the County Board of Commissioners on or before the 24-month anniversary of the preliminary plat approval. Subsequent phases shall be submitted not more than 24 months after the date of the final plat approval for the prior phase of development, otherwise preliminary approval shall be null and void, unless a written extension of the limit is granted by the County Board of Commissioners on or before the 24-month anniversary of the previous final plat approval.
(D) On application for final plat review, the subdivider shall pay a processing fee to the County Subdivision Administrator in accordance with an approved subdivision fee schedule adopted by the County Board of Commissioners.
(1) The subdivider shall submit four copies of the final plat and ten reduced copies of the subdivision plat, which are eight and one-half inches by 11 inches in size, and one plan digital file.
(2) The final plat shall be reviewed by the Subdivision Administrator for compliance with the endorsed preliminary plan. The Planning Board may appoint an engineer to check the final plat against the subdivision’s actual layout for correctness; charging the costs to the subdivider if the plat is found to be seriously in error.
(a) If the plat is found to be in compliance, the Subdivision Administrator shall transmit the final plat together with his or her recommendations to the County Board of Commissioners for final action.
(b) If the final plat is found not to be in compliance or if changes have been made from the endorsed preliminary plat, the Subdivision Administrator shall notify the subdivider and transmit the final plat to the Planning Board.
(Ord. passed 4-17-1989; Ord. 2, passed 8-17-1992; Ord. 16, passed 1-20-2004; Ord. 20, passed 3-19-2007; Ord. 28, passed 3-1-2010)