(A) Compliance with other laws. All subdivisions and lots created under this chapter must comply with all applicable local and state laws.
(B) Suitability of land. Land which has been determined by the Planning Board on the basis of engineering or other expert surveys to pose an ascertainable danger to life or property by reasons of its unsuitability for the use proposed shall not be platted for that purpose unless and until the subdivider has taken the necessary measures to correct or eliminate those problems. A specific problem area that the Planning Board will examine carefully is development in flood prone areas. In those areas, development shall be in accordance with acceptable floodplain development principles.
(C) Conformity to existing maps or plans. The location and width of all proposed roads shall be in conformity with official plans or maps of the town.
(D) Name of subdivision. The name of a subdivision shall not duplicate nor closely approximate the name of an existing subdivision within the town’s jurisdiction.
(E) Contour map. If, in the opinion of the Planning Board, the topographic or drainage characteristics of the land to be subdivided warrant special consideration, the subdivider shall submit to the Planning Board a contour map of the specified interval.
(F) Sedimentation pollution control. In order to prevent soil erosion and sedimentation pollution of streams, springs, flat water bodies or other drainage networks, the subdivider shall comply with all requirements of the State Sedimentation Pollution Control Act of 1973, G.S. Chapter 113A, Article 4, and any locally adopted sediment control ordinance.
(Ord. passed 1-4-2000)