(A) Sketch design plan.
(1) Number of copies and graphic media. A minimum of three copies of a sketch design plan shall be submitted. No specific graphic media must be employed.
(2) Scale. Sketch design plans shall be prepared at a scale of one inch equals 100 feet or one inch equals 50 feet.
(3) Plat preparation. It is not required that the sketch design plan be prepared by a registered land surveyor. The subdivider or another individual may prepare this plan so long as it meets the requirements set forth in this section.
(4) Contents required. The sketch design plan shall depict or contain the following information:
(a) A sketch vicinity map indicating the location of the proposed subdivision in relating to neighboring tracts, subdivision, waterways, the intersection of two state maintained roads, and town boundaries;
(b) The boundaries of the entire tract of land from which the division is being made and boundaries of the portion to be divided;
(c) Total estimated acreage to be subdivided;
(d) The estimated number of lots being created and the estimated average lot size;
(e) The existing and proposed uses of land within the subdivision and the existing uses of land adjoining it;
(f) Proposed lot layout;
(g) Name of proposed subdivision, if any, or other identification;
(h) Name, address, and telephone number of property owners;
(i) Book and page number of each deed on record for present owner (last deed in chain of title); and map, if any, of tract being subdivided;
(j) Streets of adjacent, developed, or platted properties;
(k) Zoning classification, if applicable, of the tract being subdivided and the adjacent properties;
(l) Existing and proposed easements, rights-of-way, restrictive of negative covenants;
(m) North arrow; scale denoted in words or figures and bar graph; and
(n) Description of proposed utilities (water, sewerage, storm, or sanitary).
(B) Preliminary approval of final plat.
(1) Number of copies and graphic media. A minimum of three copies of the plat shall be submitted. No specific graphic media must be employed.
(2) Scale. Plats shall be prepared at a scale of one inch equals 100 feet, one inch equals 200 feet, or one inch equals 50 feet.
(3) Certification of proposed utilities. Plats submitted for preliminary approval shall be accompanied by a letter from the County Health Director, or designee, stating that the proposed utility system (water supply and sewage disposal) would feasibly meet existing adopted standards for minimum health safety. In case of situations in which the proposed utility system does not come under the regulatory authority of the County Board of Health, such certification must be provided by the state’s Division of Environmental Management or appropriate state agency. Any major subdivision plat, or portion thereof, not receiving this certification shall be affixed with the below notation (on final plat) prior to receiving the town’s Planning Board signatures of approval:
Note:
The water/sewerage system for this parcel has not received County Health Department/N.C. Division of Environmental Manage Certification for meeting minimum health standards. Such certification must be obtained prior to the use of this parcel for human habitation. |
(4) Certification of proposed public streets. Plats submitted for preliminary approval shall be accompanied by a letter from the state’s Department of Transportation, Division of Highways, District Engineer stating that all proposed streets intended for public use meet minimum design standards for subdivision streets as set forth by the State Secondary Roads Council, in accordance with G.S. § 135-102.6(c). Street dedications which do not meet state standards must be shown as private on plat.
(5) Certification of proposed storm drainage systems. Plats submitted for preliminary approval shall be accompanied by a letter from the District Conservationist, or designee, of the County Soil and Water Conservation District stating that proposed drainage system should provide effective drainage of the area in the proposed subdivision and provide any current soils information available for the property being divided.
(6) Contents required. The plat shall depict or contain the following information:
(a) Name of proposed subdivision and name, address, and telephone number of the owner of the proposed subdivision;
(b) Name of the designer of the proposed subdivision;
(c) Name of the county, township, and state in which the proposed subdivision is located;
(d) A sketch or vicinity map, with scale and north arrow depicting the surrounding areas. The vicinity map is to determine the approximate location of the subdivision and not fix the absolute beginning of said subdivision;
(e) Approximate corporate boundaries, township boundaries, and county lines as appropriate;
(f) Date of plat preparation;
(g) North arrow with indication whether true grid or magnetic and date of magnetic reading;
(h) Scale indicating in words or numbers and bar graph;
(i) Length and bearing of all existing and proposed property lines including the boundaries of all lots being created by the division;
(j) The total number of lots being created by the division and the minimum lot size, lots numbered consecutively, and block numbers, if applicable;
(k) Existing roads, watercourses, marshes, swamps, ponds, lakes, railroads, bridges, culverts, storm drains, and drainage ditches;
(l) Identify adjoining properties and recorded plats;
(m) Description of the proposed utility systems (water and sewage) (i.e., on site well and septic tank, community water and/or stormwater system, public water and/or sanitary sewerage system, and the like);
(n) Proposed drainage systems with an indication of any provisions that are proposed for perpetual maintenance of these systems;
(o) Location of proposed streets, existing and platted streets on adjoining properties and in the proposed subdivision, rights-of-way for streets, pavement widths, and graphic description for all corners and curves and typical street cross-sections. If any street is proposed to intersect with a state maintained road, the preliminary plat shall be accompanied by an application for driveway approval as required by the Department of Transportation Division of Highways Manual on Driveway Regulations;
(p) All public streets delineated as such on the final plat shall have a minimum right-of-way of 60 feet. All private streets, delineated as such on the final plat shall have a minimum width of 30 feet right-of-way unless it is a thoroughfare in which case it shall be a minimum of 60 feet in width. For the purposes of this chapter, all subdivisions must have at least one thoroughfare, and it shall be a street that provides access into the subdivision from the public road if such public road bears S.R., N.C., or U.S. designation;
(q) Site calculations including acreage in total tract being divided, acreage in total parks, and other nonresidential use, approximate linear feet in proposed streets;
(r) Proposed location and size of parks, school sites, or other recreational or open spaces, if any, and statement of their future ownership (dedication) for public use to governmental body, for property owners use to a duly constituted homeowners or community association or for tenants with property remaining in subdivider ownership;
(s) Proposed subdivision containing eight or more acres, must include base flood elevation data;
(t) Any proposed natural buffers, pedestrian, bicycle, or other right-of-way, utility drainage or other easements, their location, width, and purpose;
(u) Any other information considered by either the subdivider or the Planning Board to be pertinent to the review or the plat; and/or
(v) Present zoning classification (when applicable).
(C) Final plat.
(1) Maintenance guarantee. The Planning Board shall secure from all subdivides a letter in which said subdivider shall agree to maintain any required improvements located within said subdivision including roads, drainage ditches, water and sewer systems (where applicable), and any ditches dug in connection with the installation of such improvements. Such letter shall be binding on the subdivider for a period of three years after the satisfactory installation of required improvements. The period of three years shall begin on the date recorded on the Planning Board’s signatures of approval on the final plat and shall run for three years. The subdivider must provide, to the Planning Board, plans for maintenance beyond the three years.
(2) Plat prepared. The final plat shall be prepared by or under the supervision of a land surveyor, licensed and registered to practice in the state.
(3) Number of copies and graphic media. A minimum of three copies of the final plat shall be submitted to the Planning Board for approval. Graphic media must meet the county requirements.
(4) Scale. Final plats shall be prepared at a scale of one inch equals 100 feet, or one inch equals 50 feet.
(5) Certification required. The following signed certificate shall appear on all copies of the final plat which are submitted to the Planning Board for approval:
Certificate of Dedication and Ownership “The undersigned or his agent acknowledge that the land shown on this plat is within subdivision regulation jurisdiction of the Town of Varnamtown and that this plat & allotment is my (our) free act and deed.” -Owner’s signature |
(6) Contents required. The final plat shall depict and contain all of the information required in the preliminary plat per division (B) above. In addition, the final plat shall depict or contain the following information:
(a) Sufficient engineering data to determine readily and reproduce on the ground, every straight or curved boundary line, street line, lot line, right-of-way line, easement line, and setback line including dimensions, bearings, or deflection angles, radii, central angles, tangent distances for the centerline of curved streets, and curved property lines that are not the boundary of curved streets. All dimensions shall be measured to the nearest one-tenth of a foot and all angles to the nearest minute; and
(b) The accurate locations and descriptions of all monuments, markers, and central points.
(Ord. passed 4-8-2013) Penalty, see § 152.999