The proposed primary plat shall contain the following information:
(A) Name of the subdivision in prominent font;
(B) Scale of plat and north point;
(C) Boundary survey drawing as follows, based on accurate traverses:
(1) Showing angular and lineal dimensions, radii, internal angles, central angles, points of curvature and tangency, lengths of tangents and lengths of arcs.
(2) Showing state plane coordinates and true courses and distances to the nearest official survey monuments which shall accurately describe the location of the plat.
(3) Showing township and section lines accurately, tied to the lines of the subdivision by distances and courses.
(4) Showing municipal corporation lines which are within and/or adjacent to the tract.
(D) Boundary description by section, township and range, together with the legal description.
(E) Exact location, dimensions and names, as applicable, of the following:
(1) Existing and proposed rights-of-way, public ways, and easements, with the label(s) “public right-of-way,” “public way,” “public utility easement,” “public drainage easement,” or “public utility and drainage easement” to be used as they are appropriate.
(2) All existing or proposed streets within and adjacent to the tract, with existing and proposed names. Names of proposed streets shall, where possible, conform to the names of corresponding streets which abut and are to be extended into the subdivision, and except for such extensions, no proposed name shall duplicate that of any other street in the city or the unincorporated areas of Perry County. All street names are subject to the approval of the E911 Committee of the Perry County Emergency Management Agency.
(3) Proposed parks and other open public spaces, and parcels of land to be dedicated or temporarily reserved for public use or set aside for use of the property owners in the subdivision.
(4) Permanent buildings or structures.
(5) In the case of a re-plat, all the descriptive lines of the original plat being vacated shall be shown by dotted lines in their proper position in relation to the new arrangement of the plat, the new plat being clearly shown in solid lines so as to avoid ambiguity or confusion.
(6) Contours of the land as follows:
(a) Where slopes are less than 5%, show vertical intervals of one foot.
(b) Where slopes are between 5% and 10%, show vertical intervals of two feet.
(c) Where slopes exceed 10%, show vertical intervals of five feet.
(d) The courses of all natural drainage, and their 25-year and 50-year events for storm water rate of runoff flow.
(7) Where lands are identified on the city’s or county’s Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), determined by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, as flood hazard areas, the plat shall show:
(a) The elevation of the regulatory flood.
(b) The area subject to inundation by the regulatory flood.
(c) The National Flood Insurance Program Community Number, determined by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, corresponding to the area shown on the plat.
(8) Conditional on the proposed fire suppression utility, a fire insurance rating (1 through 9), certified by an Insurance Service Organization (ISO). Provided a certified insurance rating is not forthcoming then the plat shall show that the fire insurance rating is 9.
(9) Layout and numbering of lots.
(10) Dimensions on all lots, including lines, arcs, and curves.
(11) Building setback lines with dimensions.
(12) Location and dimensions of all easements.
(F) Additional requirements.
(1) Where a right-of-way is to be dedicated as a public right-of-way, but the street thereon is to be a private street, the right-of-way shall be annotated with the following words inscribed within each such separate right-of-way: “public right-of-way - privately maintained street.”
(2) The petitioner shall also provide in the plat for the maintenance of all privately maintained streets by the adjoining property owners, utilizing the following format:
Maintenance of private streets. The streets shown on this plat, which have not been accepted by the Perry County Commissioners or the City of Tell City Board of Public Works and Safety, for maintenance shall be private streets, and the owners of the lots in this plat shall be responsible for maintenance of all such private streets and the adjacent right-of-way except for the utilities or other public improvements located within the right-of-way. Neither the Perry County Commissioners nor the City Board of Public Works and Safety shall be required to maintain, repair or replace any private street in this plat unless and until each such street, to be maintained, has been improved in accordance with the standards of the Perry County Commissioners for a street located outside the city, or the city Board of Public Works and Safety for a street located within the city, and said street has been officially accepted for maintenance by said county or city as appropriate. This covenant shall not be altered or removed except by agreement of the Board of Commissioners of Perry County or the Board of Public Works and Safety of the city, whichever has jurisdiction.
(G) For an unimproved alley and for all easements on the plat, the petitioner shall provide in the plat for the maintenance of all unimproved alleys and all easements by the adjoining property owners, and restrictions on the use thereof, utilizing the following format:
Use and maintenance of easements and unimproved alleys. Within any dedicated right-of-way for an alley, and within any dedicated public utility and/or drainage easement shown on this plat, no structure, building, planting or other material shall be placed or permitted to remain which may damage or interfere with the installation and maintenance of utilities or storm water control, and except for the utilities located within the alley or easement, and except for improvements accepted by the city or Perry County for maintenance. The alley or easement shall be maintained by the abutting property owners. Access to and inspection of all storm water easements by the city and maintenance by the city, if and as necessary, when maintenance is in the opinion of the city inadequate to provide for proper storm water management in the designed improvements, shall be granted, and the county or the city shall, as necessary, require from the owners of the property the reimbursement of all costs for inspecting and/or maintaining easements. This covenant shall not be altered or removed except by agreement of the Board of Commissioners of Perry County or the Board of Public Works and Safety of the city, whichever has jurisdiction.
(H) The private restrictive covenants, if desired for the plat. A notation shall be included stating that none of the terms of the plat, except the private restrictive covenants, shall be changed without the approval of the Advisory Plan Commission of the city and the Board of Public Works and Safety of the city, or the Board of Commissioners of Perry County, whichever governmental unit has jurisdiction over the covenant.
(I) The following certifications, names and signatures, in the order shown:
(1) Property owner(s) names and signatures, with the acknowledgment of a notary public.
(2) Petitioner(s) names and signatures, with the acknowledgment of a notary public if other than the property owner(s).
(3) Signature, registration number and seal of the registered professional land surveyor, or registered professional engineer, preparing the plat.
(4) Signature, registration number and seal of any registered engineer or registered architect required by this chapter.
(5) Primary approval shall be certified by the president and secretary of the Plan Commission, in the following format:
STATE OF INDIANA
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(COUNTY OF PERRY)
We, the undersigned President and Secretary of the Plan Commission of the City of Tell City, Perry County, Indiana, do hereby certify that this plat was given “Primary Approval” by a majority of the members of said Plan Commission at properly constituted meetings held on the following date(s):
Primary Approval: this day of , 20
(Signature), President (Signature), Secretary
(6) Certification of the Perry County sanitarian where any septic system is to be utilized, in the following format:
The Septic System Plan for is approved by the Perry County Health Department this day of , 20
(Name), Perry County Sanitarian
(Ord. 970, passed 3-5-2007)
Statutory reference:
For similar state provisions, see I.C. 36-7-4-702 et seq.