(A) The provisions of R.C. §§ 711.01 to 711.39, inclusive, shall apply to the division of any parcel of land in the village by an instrument of conveyance.
(B) Any instrument of conveyance which if recorded would result in a “subdivision” (as such term is defined in R.C. § 711.001(B)) of land in the village shall be submitted to Village Council for approval in accordance with the standards set forth in R.C. § 711.131 and may only be recorded by the Franklin County Recorder if a properly designated representative of Village Council indicates Council’s approval of such subdivision by noting on the face of the instrument of conveyance: “Approved by Village of Riverlea; No Plat Required.” The designated representative shall also sign his or her name to the notation.
(C) (1) Village Council shall approve no instrument of conveyance which, if recorded, would result in a “subdivision” (as such term is defined in R.C. § 711.001(B)) of land in the village, unless the newly designated parcel created as a result of such instrument conveyance has continuous frontage upon a publicly-dedicated and improved street for a distance that is at least as great as the greater of the following 2 distances: 50 feet, and a distance equal to the arithmetic average of the street frontage of all lots that are both located on the same street and within 500 feet of the outside boundaries of the new lot created by such instrument of conveyance.
(2) As used in this division (C), the term LOT shall mean any of the following:
(a) Any lot or parcel of property, including any reserve, identified for separate conveyance on the original plat of the subdivision of The Van de Boe-Hager Co. Addition No. 11 Known as Riverlea, of record in Plat Book 16, at Page 55, in the Office of the Recorder of Franklin County, Ohio, or if not included within such plat, then as such parcel was separately owned on the date of incorporation of the village;
(b) Any lot or parcel of property separately identified as an individual tax parcel or to which a separate parcel identification number was assigned on the records of the Franklin County Auditor as of June 16, 2008;
(c) All or any part of a street or alley originally identified on the original plat of the subdivision of The Van de Boe-Hager Co. Addition No, 11 Known as Riverlea, of record in Plat Book 16, at Page 55, in the Office of the Recorder of Franklin County, Ohio, but which part of a street or alley has subsequently been vacated and is no longer maintained for public use.
(3) In determining the “arithmetic average” of the street frontage of lots located on the same street for purposes of this division (C):
(a) Only those lots located on the same side of the street as the parcel for which the computation is made is located shall be included;
(b) The term lot shall have the above described meaning even though 1 or more lots, or parts thereof, have been combined into a single tax parcel by the Franklin County Auditor; and
(c) In determining the frontage of corner lots, i.e., lots that border more than 1 street as originally platted, the lot lines along each street shall be extended into the street right-of-way to the point of intersection, and such point shall be used as the corner of the lot for purposes of determining the street frontage of that lot.
(Ord. 714, passed 12-19-1994; Am. Ord. 02-06, passed 6-19-2006; Am. Ord. 03-06, passed 7-10-2006; Am. Ord. 04-2008, passed 10-20-2008; Am. Ord. 03-2014, passed 8-18-2014)