(A) The Land Use Administrator shall approve or disapprove major subdivision final plats. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if and pursuant to §§ 152.040 through 152.062, at the time a conditional use permit or special use permit was issued for a subdivision and if the permit-issuing authority (Board of Adjustment, Board of Commissioners, or Land Use Administrator) requested a review of the final plat, then the permit-issuing authority shall approve or disapprove the major subdivision final plat.
(B) (1) An applicant for a major subdivision plat approval shall submit to the Land Use Administrator a final plat, drawn in waterproof ink on a sheet made of material that will be acceptable to the county’s Register of Deeds office for recording purposes.
(2) If or when more than one sheet is necessary to show the entire subdivision, then all such sheets shall be made the same size, and each such sheet shall show appropriate match marks with appropriate references to the other sheets.
(3) The scale of the plat shall be at one inch equals not more than 100 feet.
(4) The applicant shall also submit five prints of the plat.
(C) In addition to the appropriate endorsements, as provided in § 152.099, the final plat shall contain the following information:
(1) The subdivision’s name (which shall not duplicate the name of any existing subdivision as recorded in the county’s Register of Deeds);
(2) The name of the subdivision owner or owners;
(3) The township, county, and state where the subdivision is located;
(4) The name of the surveyor and his, her, or their registration number as well as the date of survey;
(5) The scale according to which the plat is drawn in feet per inch or scale ratio in words or figures and bar graph; and
(6) All of the additional information required by G.S. §§ 47-30 and 47F-2-101.
(D) Land Use Administrator shall approve the proposed plat unless it is found that the plat (or the proposed subdivision) fails to comply with one or more of the requirements of this chapter, or that the final plat differs substantially from the plans and specifications approved in conjunction with the conditional use permit that authorized the development of the subdivision.
(E) (1) If the final plat is disapproved by the Land Use Administrator, then the applicant shall be furnished with a written statement describing the reasons for the disapproval.
(2) The applicant may appeal the decision pursuant to § 152.115.
(F) Approval of a final plat is contingent upon the plat being recorded within 60 days after the approval certificate is signed by the Land Use Administrator or his, her, or their designee.
(Ord. passed 12-20-2001) Penalty, see § 152.999