(A) Where the city is the applicant for or initiates a Record of Survey, or where a Record of Survey involves city land, the Record of Survey shall be recorded in the Aleutian Island Recording District and is subject to review by the Director of Planning. After a preliminary meeting, if desired, with the Director of Planning, the applicant shall submit a specified number of preliminary Record of Survey blue-lines to the Department of Planning for city review. This is in order that agreement may be reached as to the general content of the Record of Survey before beginning preparation of the final Record of Survey. A Record of Survey shall be in conformance with AS 34.65.030.
(1) The purpose of a Record of Survey is:
(a) To clarify and map specific information that is of record, either through plats of record or an identified legal document, such as an easement agreement, indicating the book and page of recording from the Aleutian Island Recording District office; and
(b) To re-establish survey controls, boundaries, locations of improvements, or the alignment of right-of-ways.
(2) The Record of Survey shall be accompanied by a fee prescribed for platting actions.
(B) Notwithstanding other requirements, the Record of Survey shall show:
(1) All requirements of Title 8.08.070 except as those requirements specifically apply to the creation of plats or subdivisions;
(2) A Title Block, including but not limited to:
(a) The title “Record of Survey”;
(b) The existing legal description including lots, blocks, etc., and subdivision names; and
(c) The range, township, section, meridian and recording district;
(3) Original and re-established monuments, all distances and directions required to determine the location of all monuments established during the survey;
(4) When the Record of Survey is based upon a legal document, then said document shall be specifically identified. This statement, as a plat note, must incorporate the filing number or book and page. The note shall state: “This is a deed of record boundary survey of the deed recorded in Book at Page in the Aleutian Island Recording District”;
(5) A plat note stating: “This Record of Survey does not constitute a subdivision as defined by AS 40.15.900(5)”;
(6) If desired, a statement for the signature of the owner of record acknowledging the action of the Record of Survey; and
(7) A signature block stating: “This Record of Survey has been approved for recordation by the City of Unalaska.” This signature block shall be signed by the Director of Planning.
(C) Where city signature is required, the city will be the official agent for recordation in the Aleutian Island Recording District.
(Ord. No. 2001-04, passed 5-8-01; Am. Ord. 2005-09, passed 4-26-05)