(A) Filing. After the preliminary plat has been approved, the final plat shall be submitted for review as set forth in the subsections which follow. The city may agree to review the preliminary and final plat simultaneously. The final plat shall incorporate all changes, modifications, and revisions required by the city. Otherwise, it shall strictly conform to the approved preliminary plat.
(B) Approval of the Planning Commission. One full size and an electronic copy of the final plat shall be submitted to the Zoning Administrator for distribution to the Planning Commission, the City Council, and appropriate city staff. The city staff shall examine the final plat and prepare a recommendation to the Planning Commission. The nature of Planning Commission recommendation for approval, disapproval, or any delay in decision of the final plat will be conveyed to the applicant within ten days after the meeting of the City Planning Commission at which such plat was considered.
(C) Development agreement. Prior to recording or registering a final plat, the applicant shall have executed a development agreement with the city which controls the installation of all required improvements and assures compliance with all conditions of approval. The agreement will require all improvements and approval conditions to comply with approved engineering standards and applicable regulations.
(D) Approval of the City Council. After review of the final plat by the Planning Commission, the final plat, together with the recommendations of the Planning Commission and the development agreement, shall be submitted to the City Council for consideration. If accepted, the final plat and development agreement shall be approved by resolution, which resolution shall provide for the acceptance of all agreements for basic improvements, public dedication, and other requirements as indicated by the City Council. If disapproved, the grounds for any refusal to approve a plat shall be set forth in the proceedings of the Council and reported to the person or persons applying for such approval.
(E) Special assessments.
(1) When any existing special assessments which have been levied against the property described are to be divided and allocated to the respective lots in the proposed plat, city staff shall:
(a) Estimate the clerical cost of preparing a revised assessment role;
(b) File the same with the County Auditor; and
(c) Make such division and allocation.
(2) Upon approval by the Council of all costs associated with the development and filing of the assessment role, the same shall be paid to the Zoning Administrator before recording the final plat at Wright County.
(F) Street addresses. The city shall assign street names and address numbers.
(G) Recording final plat. If the final plat and development agreement are approved by the City Council, the applicant shall record them with the County Recorder within 120 days after the approval or approval of the final plat shall be considered void, unless a request for a time extension is submitted in writing and approved by the City Council. The applicant shall, immediately upon recording, furnish the Zoning Administrator with a print and reproducible tracing of the final plat showing evidence of the recording. No building permits shall be let for construction of any structure on any lot in the plat until the city has received evidence of the plat and development agreement being recorded by the county and the provisions of the subdivision's development agreement have been satisfactorily met.
(Ord. 111, passed 12-23-97; Am. Ord. 0605, passed 7-25-06; Am. Ord. 0903, passed 10-27-09; Am. Ord. 1603, passed 3-8-16)