(a) Planning Authority. Staff is designated as having exclusive authority to review and approve a Minor Subdivision, pursuant to O.R.C. § 711.131, and to endorse the conveyance of a parcel or parcels of land in a Minor Subdivision with "Approval for Transfer without Plat, No Building Site Approved.” (See, Appendix A).
(b) Submission of Minor Subdivisions. Any person proposing to create a Minor Subdivision shall submit the following to Staff:
(2) A metes and bounds description signed and sealed by a registered surveyor accompanied by a survey drawing that meets the Minimum Standards for Boundary Surveys in the State of Ohio O.A.C. Chapter 4733-37 (See, Appendix A).
(3) Deeds for each of the lots being created.
(c) Requirements for new legal descriptions are as follows:
(1) New legal description shall monument or reference a monument within 100 feet of the place of beginning.
(2) A separate paragraph for each course in the description.
(d) Requirements for Minor Subdivision survey drawings are as follows:
(1) All properties abutting a Minor Subdivision shall show owner's name(s), deed or official record number and page number except for sides bordered by a recorded Major Subdivision in which case the lot number and the plat or cabinet number and page number shall be shown.
(2) Show the permanent parcel number on each parcel(s) being subdivided or consolidated.
(3) Show and describe monumentation used to establish all existing property lines and proposed property lines.
(4) The plat of survey shall be indisputably legible. Acceptable plat sizes are: 11" X 17", 12" X 18", 18" X 24", 24" X 36".
(5) Show acreage to minimum of three (3) decimal places.
(6) Show and reference all visible permanent structures of taxable value as determined by the Fiscal Office, on the newly created parcel or within 100' of the proposed property line and said structures shall be referenced within 0.5 feet to the proposed line. Indicate if there are no structures on the newly created parcel.
(7) Show and reference all visible structures including, septic systems and utilities, both aerial and attached to the ground, causing potential encroachment over the new property lines.
(8) Show easements referenced by the existing deed for the parcel(s) being altered.
(9) A certification stating the proposed Minor Subdivision has been reviewed by County Board of Health or Department of Sanitary Sewer Services, where applicable.
(10) The mylar or paper drawing shall be signed by the Township Zoning Inspector within the last six (6) months to indicate that the proposed Minor Subdivision is in compliance with the Township Zoning Resolution.
(11) The mylar or paper drawing shall be signed by the current property owner.
A. Delineate areas within the 100 year Floodplain and within Floodways as determined from mapping provided by FEMA.
B. Show the location of Riparian Setbacks.
C. Show important natural features including streams, wetlands, steep slopes, etc. as defined in the Codified Ordinance Section 937.05
(e)(2).
D. Show proposed changes to existing natural features, if known.
E. Show other items, or provisions deemed necessary by the Planning Commission.
(e) Action by the Planning Commission. After review by all applicable agencies including, but not limited to the Summit County Engineer, Department of Sanitary Sewer Services, and County Board of Health within seven (7) working days after submission of an application for a Minor Subdivision or within a mutually agreed upon time extension, Staff shall either approve or disapprove the application for transfer without a record plat.
If Staff does not approve the transfer, Staff shall notify the applicant of the reason for disapproval. If Staff approves the transfer without a plat, the conveyance shall be stamped: "Approved for transfer only, no building site approved. Valid for one hundred eighty days from the above date" and dated and signed by the Planning Commission Secretary or representative. The approval shall expire within one hundred eighty (180) days, unless the instrument of conveyances (deed) is recorded in the Fiscal Officer’s Recording Division during said period.
(Res. 2008-026. Adopted 3-17-08; Ord. 2015-555. Adopted 12-14-15; Ord. 2015-561. Adopted 1-25-16; Ord. 2023-339. Adopted 11-27-23.)