(A) Filing.
(1) After the approval of the preliminary plat by the City Council and the fulfillment of the requirements of these regulations, a final plat shall be submitted to the City Council for approval. The final plat shall be drawn in ink on tracing cloth, not to exceed 36 inches by 48 inches in size, and shall be at a scale of 100 feet to the inch. Where necessary, the plat may be on several sheets with an index map insert showing the location of each sheet in relation to the entire subdivision. For large subdivisions the final plat may be submitted for approval progressively in contiguous sections satisfactory to the Plan Commission.
(2) A final plat submitted to the City Council must be approved or disapproved within 30 days after the Council's next regular meeting following the submission.
(3) Upon approval of the City Council, the developer shall record the plat with the Recorder of Ford County within six months. If not recorded within this time the approval shall be null and void.
(4) A print of the final plat, as recorded, will be filed and retained in the offices of the city.
(B) The final plat shall contain the following.
(1) Identification and description.
(a) Name of subdivision.
(b) Location by township, section, range or by other legal description.
(c) Names of owners and certification by a licensed surveyor.
(d) Scale of one inch to 100 feet or larger (shown graphically).
(e) Northpoint.
(f) Date.
(2) Delineation.
(a) Boundary of plat based on an accurate traverse, with angular and lineal dimensions.
(b) Exact location, width and names of all streets within and adjoining the plat, and the exact location and widths of all cross-walks. Proposed street names shall be checked with the proper city officials.
(c) True angle and distances to the nearest established street lines or official monuments (not less than three) which shall be accurately described in the plat.
(d) Municipal, township, county or section lines accurately tied to the lines of the subdivision by distances and angles.
(e) Radii, internal angles, points and curvatures, tangent bearings and lengths of all arcs.
(f) All easements for rights-of-way provided for public services and utilities.
(g) All lot numbers and lines, with accurate dimensions in feet and hundredths.
(h) Accurate location of all monuments, which shall be concrete six inches by six inches by 30 inches with metal pipe or rod cast in center. Permanent stone or concrete monuments shall be set at two corners or angles on the outside boundary. Pipes or other physical markers shall be placed at each intersection of street center lines. All U.S., state, county or other official benchmarks, monuments or triangulation stations in or adjacent to the property shall be preserved in precise position.
(i) Accurate outlines and legal descriptions of any areas to be dedicated or reserved for public use, with the purpose indicated thereon, and of any area to be reserved by deed covenant for common use of all property owners.
(j) Building setback lines accurately shown by dimensions.
(k) Protective covenants which meet with the approval of the Plan Commission shall be made a part of the final plat and filed of record with the County Recorder.
(l) Certification by a registered surveyor to the effect that the plat represents a survey made by him and her and that monuments and markers shown thereon exist as located and that all dimensional and geodetic details are correct.
(m) Notarized certification, by owner or owners or by any mortgage holder on the record, of the adoption of the plat and the dedication of streets and other public areas.
(n) Certifications showing that all taxes and special assessments due on the property to be subdivided have been paid in full.
(o) Proper form for the approval of the City Council with space for signature.
(p) Approval by signature of city, county and state officials concerned with the specifications of utility installations.
(q) Approval by signature of the Plan Commission. Such approval shall be as follows:
I, Chairman of the Paxton Plan Commission, do certify that on this day of , 20 , this plat of subdivision was duly approved by the Plan Commission of the City of Paxton, Illinois.
Chairman
This approval of the final plat shall not be deemed to constitute or effect an acceptance by the public of the dedication of any street or other proposed public way or space shown on the plat.
(Ord. 88-30, passed 8-8-88)