APPENDIX B: CERTIFICATES FOR PLATS AND REPLATS
   SURVEYOR’S CERTIFICATE
I, (Name), a Registered Land Surveyor of the State of South Dakota, do hereby certify that I did on or before (Date) , survey that parcel of land described as (Legal description) containing (Size) [and it is in all respects correct].
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      Registered Land Surveyor
   OWNER’S CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
I, (Name), do hereby certify that I am the owner of all land included in the above plat and that the plat has been made at my request and in accordance with my instructions for the purposes (Indicated herein) , and that the development of this land shall conform to all existing applicable zoning, subdivision, and erosion and sediment control laws, ordinances, and regulations. At this time, the zoning of the lots platted herein is as listed below and is subject to the Arterial Street Platting Fee where applicable. The applicable Arterial Street Platting Fee has been paid based on this zoning. Any future rezoning of these lots, which results in the lot or lots having a zoning classification with a higher per acre trip generator, will result in additional Arterial Street Platting Fees pursuant to City ordinance.
   DEDICATION OF LAND FOR PUBLIC USE
I hereby dedicate to the public for public use forever the streets, roads and alleys, parks, and public grounds, if any, as shown on the plat, including all sewers, culverts, bridges, water distribution lines, sidewalks, and other improvements on or under the streets, alleys, parks, and public grounds whether the improvements are shown or not. I also hereby grant easements to run with the land for water, drainage, sewer, gas, electric, telephone, or other public utility lines or services under, on, or over those strips of land designated hereon as easements.
I hereby waive any rights of protest to any special assessment program which may be initiated for the purpose of installation of improvements required by the Subdivision Ordinance of the City of Sioux Falls.
   OWNER’S CERTIFICATE FOR PRIVATE MAINTENANCE OF FACILITIES
I, (Name), also certify that ownership and maintenance of streets, roads and alleys, bike trails, parks and other open space, private drainage easements, drainageways, and detention areas, if any, as shown on the plat, and any improvements thereto, shall be consistent with the agreement per the requirements within § 157.116 except those areas, improvements, or facilities with respect to which an offer of dedication to the public has been accepted by the appropriate public authority. I also hereby grant easements to the public to run with the land for water, drainage, sewer, gas, electric, mutual access easements, telephone, or other public utility lines, or services under, on, or over those strips of land designated hereon as easements.
(Plat Certificate for Private Streets)
If private streets are shown, include:
I further grant and certify that the roadway shown as (Name of private road) is a private roadway easement which is hereby reserved as a permanent unobstructed access. The street or road is for vehicular and pedestrian travel for the purpose of access to the abutting property. It is understood that the owner, their lessees and assignees, have the responsibility with respect to maintaining the private street or road consistent with the agreement per the requirements within § 157.116. The grant is to run with the land. The owners, their lessees and assignees, of the property platted as (Name of subdivision) shall at their own cost and expense keep and preserve the private street at all times in a good condition of repair and maintenance, and clear of snow and other obstructions and neither erect nor permit erection of any improvements of any kind within the private street which might interfere in any way with the property maintenance, use, repair, reconstruction, and patrolling of the private street or road.
If mutual access easements are shown, include:
I further grant and certify that the roadway is a mutual access easement which is hereby created as a perpetual common unobstructed access in favor of the lots abutting on it. The easement is for vehicular and pedestrian travel over the roadway for the purpose of access to the abutting property. The owner, their lessees and assignees, shall maintain the easement area. They shall, at their own expense, keep the easement area in good repair and maintenance and clear of snow and other obstructions. No improvements of any kind may be erected within the easement area which might interfere in any way with the proper maintenance, use, repair, reconstruction, and patrolling of the mutual access easement. This covenant shall run with the land.
If the plat is a condominium or includes common ownership, include:
We hereby set aside Tract x as a common area for the purpose of access to a public way and for parking and loading for Tracts a through z. We further certify that the common areas shall be owned by the owners of Tracts a through z inclusive as tenants in common; and that Tracts a through z shall not be sold, transferred, or otherwise conveyed unless the instrument of conveyance for the Tract being transferred and conveyed also transfers and conveys all of that Tract owner’s interest in Tract x.
If the plat is a replat, include:
I, (Name) , do hereby certify that this replat will not place any existing lot or building in violation of any applicable ordinance, code, regulation, law including but not limited to zoning, building, subdivision, and flood prevention.
I further certify that this platting of the described (New Subdivision Name) does hereby vacate the following platting:
(Legal description of old plat) on file at the Register of Deeds office in Book ________, page ________, the plat, hereby vacated, being situated within described (New Subdivision Name) as surveyed.
Dated this ________ day of ________, 20_____.
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      Name
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA   )
                  : SS
COUNTY OF ________      )
On this ________ day of ________, 20_____, before me, the undersigned officer, appeared (Name), known to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she executed the same for the purposes therein contained.
In witness thereof, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this ________ day of ________, 20_____.
My commission expires: ________
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Notary Public, ________ County, South Dakota
   CITY ENGINEER’S CERTIFICATE - Inside City Limits
I, (Name), City Engineer of the City of Sioux Falls, do hereby certify that this plat has been reviewed by me or my authorized agent and that this plat is recommended for approval. To the extent the platted property lies within the boundaries of the city of Sioux Falls, I hereby verify that access to city streets (direct access or through access easement or agreements) has been approved as provided by city ordinance; this does not constitute approval of the specific design or precise location or such access, and further, does not constitute approval of access to private streets, state or county roads or highways, or any areas outside the boundaries of the city of Sioux Falls.
Signed on this            day of , 20 .
                                                            
         City Engineer
         City of Sioux Falls, South Dakota
   CITY ENGINEER’S CERTIFICATE - Outside City Limits
I, (Name), City Engineer of the City of Sioux Falls, do hereby certify that this plat has been reviewed by me or my authorized agent and that this plat is recommended for approval by the city council. Signed on this ________ day of ________, 20_____.
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         City Engineer
         City of Sioux Falls, South Dakota
   ROAD AUTHORITY CERTIFICATE - Outside City Limits
I, (Name),               ,                          (Title) of the                       (Agency) do hereby certify that this plat and access location has been reviewed by me or my authorized agent and that this plat is recommended for approval.
Signed on this             day of , 20      .
By:                                            
Title:                                          
   CITY DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES CERTIFICATE
I, (Name), City Director of Planning and Development Services of the City of Sioux Falls, do hereby certify that the current zoning is as listed below and that this plat has been reviewed by me or my authorized agent and that this plat is recommended for approval.
 
Current Zoning Classification
Acres
 
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   City Director of Planning and Development Services
   City of Sioux Falls, South Dakota
   CITY FINANCE OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE
I, (Name), the duly appointed, qualified, and acting City Finance Officer of the City of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, hereby certify that the certificates of approval are true and correct including the signature thereon, and that any special assessments which are liens upon the land shown in the above plat, as shown by the records in my office, on this ________ day of ________, 20_____, have been paid in full.
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         City Finance Officer
         Sioux Falls, South Dakota
   COUNTY TREASURER’S CERTIFICATE
I, Treasurer of ________ County, South Dakota, do hereby certify that all taxes which are liens upon any land included in the above (and the foregoing) plats, as shown by the records of my office, have been fully paid.
   Dated this ________ day of ________, 20______.
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      Treasurer of _____________ County,
      South Dakota
   DIRECTOR OF EQUALIZATION
I, Director of Equalization of ________ County, South Dakota, do hereby certify that a copy of the above plat has been filed at my office.
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      Director of Equalization,
      ___________ County, South Dakota
   REGISTER OF DEEDS
Filed for record this ________ day of ________, 20______, at ________ o’clock ________.m., and recorded in Book ________ of Plats on page ________.
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Register of Deeds, __________ County,
      South Dakota
   COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION
*   If the final plat or replat is within the joint platting jurisdiction of Lincoln County, the following certificate shall also be included:
   LINCOLN COUNTY PLANNING
   DIRECTOR'S CERTIFICATION
   I, Planning Director of Lincoln County, do hereby certify that this plat has been reviewed by me or my authorized agent and has been approved.
Approved this _______ day of ____________ 20_____.
_____________________________
Planning Director
*   If the final plat or replat is within the extraterritorial platting jurisdiction of Minnehaha County, the following certificate shall also be included:
   MINNEHAHA COUNTY PLANNING
   DIRECTOR’S CERTIFICATE
I, Director of Planning of Minnehaha County, do hereby certify that this plat has been reviewed by me or my authorized agent and has been approved.
   Approved this ________ day of ________ 20_____.
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   Director of Planning
   Minnehaha County, South Dakota
I do hereby certify that the above certificate of approval is true and correct including the signature thereon.
   Dated this ________ day of ________ 20______.
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   County Auditor
   Minnehaha County, South Dakota
(1992 Code, App. A, § 15A, App. 2) (Ord. 81-08, passed 7-7-2008; Ord. 11-09, passed 1-12-2009; Ord. 22-14, passed 4-1-2014; Ord. 87-18, passed 10-2-2018)