Prior to the approval of the final plat, permanent reference points shall have been placed in accordance with the following requirements.
(A) Subdivision corner tie.
(1) At least one corner of the subdivision shall be designated by course and distance (tie) from a readily discernible reference marker. If a corner is within 2,000 feet of a U.S. Coast or geodetic station or state grid system coordinated monument, or town coordinated system, then this corner shall be marked with a monument so designated by computed X and Y coordinates which shall appear on the map with a statement identifying this station or monument to an accuracy of 1:10,000.
(2) When such a monument or station is not available, the tie shall be made to some pertinent and physical object or structure that could not be destroyed.
(B) Monuments. Monuments, complying with the requirements of the current edition of the Manual of Practice for Land Surveying in North Carolina, shall be placed in all subdivisions.
(1) Within each block of the subdivision, at least two monuments designed and designated as control corners shall be installed.
(2) The surveyor shall employ additional monuments if and when required.
(3) All monuments shall be constructed of concrete and shall be at least four inches in diameter or square and not less than three feet in length.
(4) Each monument shall have imbedded in its top or attached by a suitable means a metal plate of non-corrosive material and marked plainly with the point, the surveyor’s registration number, the month and the year it was installed and the word “Monument” or “Control Corner”.
(5) Monuments shall be set at least 30 inches in the ground with at least six inches exposed above the ground unless this requirement is impractical.
(C) Property markers. A steel or wrought iron pipe or the equivalent not less than three-fourths inches in diameter and at least 30 inches in length shall be set at all corners, except those located by monuments. A marker shall also be set at a point of curve, point of intersection, property corner, point of tangency and reference point unless a monument is placed at said points. Additional markers shall be placed where necessary.
(1) Public sites and open spaces.
(a) In subdividing property, due consideration should be given by the subdivider and the Planning Board to the designation of suitable sites for parks, schools and other uses.
(b) Such provision should be indicated on the sketch plan in order that it may be determined when and in what manner such areas will be required.
(2) Access to parks, schools and the like. Streets shall be designed or walkways dedicated to assure convenient access to adjacent parks, playgrounds, schools and other places of public assembly. Dedicated walkways shall not be less than ten feet in width.
(3) Restrictions on the subdivision for residential purposes of land subject to flooding. Lots that are subject to flooding shall not be established in subdivisions for the purpose of creating residential building sites except as herein provided. These areas can be obtained from the County Planning Department. Where the developer proposes to provide a levee or raise the floor elevations above the flood level, an engineering report shall accompany the subdivision application.
(a) If there is any watercourse of any type running through or within 150 feet of the property proposed for subdividing the prospective subdivider shall furnish reasonable evidence to the Planning Board that residential lots within the subdivision will not be flooded.
(b) No proposed residential building lot shown that is wholly subject to flooding shall be approved.
(1979 Code, § S-4-1) (Ord. passed 6- -1987)