(A) The final plat shall constitute only that portion of the preliminary plat which the subdivider proposes to record and develop at the time; such portion shall conform to all requirements of this chapter.
(B) No final plat shall be approved unless and until the subdivider shall have installed in that area represented on the final plat all improvements required by this chapter (or shall have guaranteed their installation as provided for in § 151.29(B) and all permanent reference points described in § 151.45).
(1) Plat submitted. The subdivider shall submit five copies of the final plat, so marked, to the Staff Planner not less than 20 days prior to the Planning Board meeting, at which time it will be considered for approval. Further, the plat shall be submitted not more than 12 months after the date on which the preliminary plat was approved, otherwise a written extension of this time limit may be granted by the Planning Board on or before the one year anniversary of the approval.
(2) Plat prepared. The final plat shall be prepared by a surveyor or professional engineer licensed and registered to practice in the state. The final plat shall substantially conform to the preliminary plat as it was approved. The final plat shall conform to the provisions of G.S. § 47-30.
(3) Number of copies and graphic media. Eight copies of the final plat shall be submitted not less than 20 days prior to the Planning Board meeting; one additional copy shall be drawn in ink on linen or film suitable for reproduction, and shall bear all the required certifications set forth in division (B)(5) below. The reproducible drawing shall be given to the Staff Planner not later than the date of the Planning Board meeting in which approval is requested.
(4) Size of plat and scale. Final plats shall have an outside marginal size of not more than 18 inches by 24 inches nor less than eight and one-half inches by eleven inches, including one and one-half inch border for binding on the left margin and one-half inch border on each of the other sides. Where size of land areas or suitable scale to assure legibility require, maps may be placed on two or more sheets with appropriate match lines. Final plats shall be drawn at a scale of one inch equals 200 feet, or greater.
(5) Certification required. The following signed and notarized certificates shall appear on the reproducible copy of the final plat which is submitted to the Planning Board by the subdivider:
CERTIFICATION OF OWNERSHIP AND DEDICATION
I hereby certify that I am/we are the owner(s) of the property shown and described hereon, which is located in the subdivision jurisdiction of Rutherford College and that I/we hereby adopt this plan of minor subdivision.
OWNER(S)
DATE ___________________
CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY AND ACCURACY
I, ____________________________, certify that this was (drawn by me) (drawn under my supervision) from (an actual survey made by me) (and actual survey made under my supervision) (deed description recorded in Book ____, Page ____, Book ____, Page ____, etc.) (other); that the error of closure as calculated by latitudes and departures is 1:__: that the boundaries not surveyed are shown as broken lines plotted from information found in Book ____, Page ____; that this map was prepared in accordance with G.S. § 74-30 as amended. Witness my hand and seal this _______ day of ________________, A.D., 20___.
______________________________________
Registered Surveyor or Professional Engineer
______________________________________
License or Registration Number
CERTIFICATE OR APPROVAL OF THE DESIGN
AND INSTALLATION OF UTILITIES, AND OTHER REQUIRED IMPROVEMENTS
I hereby certify that all required improvements have been installed in an acceptable manner and according to the Rutherford College specifications and standards in the ______________ Subdivision or that guarantees of the installation of the required improvements in an amount and manner satisfactory to Rutherford College have been received, and that the filing fee for the plat, in the amount of $__________ has been paid.
______________________________________
Town Clerk
_____________________________________
Date
CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL OF THE DESIGN AND INSTALLATION
OF PUBLIC STREETS:
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS
SUBDIVISION ROAD CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS CERTIFICATION
APPROVED ______________________________
District Engineer
DATE __________
DISCLOSURE AND CERTIFICATION FOR PRIVATE STREETS
All roads in this subdivision are hereby declared private and shall not be maintained by the North Carolina Department of Transportation. The maintenance of all streets and roads on this subdivision shall be the responsibility of and it shall be the responsibility of to bring the roads up to the standards of the North Carolina Department of Transportation Secondary Roads Council before any private streets or roads on this plat are included, at any time after the approval of this plat, into the North Carolina State Maintained Road System.
Subdivider or Agent
CERTIFICATION OF APPROVAL BY ZONING ADMINISTRATOR
I , Zoning Administrator for the Town of Rutherford College, do hereby certify that the property shown meets the minimum standards of the Rutherford College Zoning Ordinance.
Zoning Administrator
Date
CERTIFICATION OF APPROVAL BY REVIEW OFFICER
I, , Review Officer for Rutherford College, certify that the plat to which this certification is affixed meets all the statutory requirements for recording.
Review Officer
Date
(6) Contents required. The final plat shall depict or contain the following information. Plats not illustrating or containing the following data shall be returned by the Staff Planner to the subdivider or his or her authorized agent for completion and re-submission:
(a) The name of the subdivision;
(b) The exact boundary lines of the tract to be subdivided fully dimensioned by lengths and bearings, and the location of intersecting boundary lines of adjoining lines;
(c) Scale denoted both graphically and numerically;
(d) Street names;
(e) The location, purpose and dimensions of areas to be used for purposes other than residential;
(f) The names of owners of adjoining properties and any adjoining subdivisions of records (or proposed and under review);
(g) The location and dimensions of all rights-of-way, utility or other easements, riding trails, natural buffers, pedestrian or bicycle paths, and areas to be dedicated to public use with the purpose of each stated;
(h) Rights-of-way lines and pavement widths of all streets and location and width of all adjacent streets and easements;
(i) Property lines, buildings or other structures, watercourses, railroads, bridges, culverts, storm drains and both on the land to be subdivided and on the land immediately adjoining;
(j) Sufficient engineering data to determine readily and reproduce on the ground every straight or curved boundary line, street line, lot line, right-of-way lines, easement line and setback line; including dimensions, bearings or deflection angles, radii, central angles and tangent distances for the centerline of curbed streets and curbed property lines that are not the boundary of curbed streets. All dimensions shall be measured to the nearest one-tenth of a foot and all angles to the nearest minute;
(k) The accurate locations and descriptions of all monuments, markers and control points;
(l) The blocks numbered consecutively throughout the entire subdivision and the lots numbered consecutively throughout each block;
(m) The deed restrictions or any other similar covenants proposed for the subdivision, if any;
(n) The date of the survey and the plat preparation;
(o) North arrow and declination;
(p) All certifications as required by division (E) above;
(q) The name(s), address(es) and telephone number(s) of the owner(s), registered surveyor(s), land planner(s), architect(s), landscape architect(s) and professional engineer(s) responsible for the subdivision and the registration number(s) and seal(s) of the professional engineer(s) and registered surveyor(s); and
(r) Any other information considered by either the subdivider or the Planning Board to be the pertinent to the review of the final plat.
(1979 Code, § S-3-6) (Ord. passed 6- -1987; Ord. 040124-2, passed 4-1-2024)