The following types of plats shall be exempt from the review of the requirements of this chapter, but shall comply with G.S. § 160D-802 and other listed contents:
(A) Combination/recombination. The combination or recombination of portions of previously subdivided and recorded lots where the total number of lots is not increased and the resultant lots are equal to or exceed the standards of the county as shown by the regulations prescribed by this chapter, shall be exempt.
(B) Divisions greater than ten acres. The division of land into parcels greater than ten acres where no street right-of-way dedication is involved shall be exempt.
(C) Public acquisitions/right-of-way. The public acquisition by purchase of strips of land for the widening or openings of street shall be exempt.
(D) Lots of record not platted. Lots of record which were recorded by a deed in the County Courthouse prior to the adoption of this chapter may have a plat prepared and recorded.
(E) Cemetery lots. Individual cemetery plots may be platted and recorded that do not meet the minimum lot size requirement of the zoning district in which it exists; however, the cemetery shall comply with the applicable zoning district regulations.
(F) Utility easements/lease agreements. Utility easements shall be shown on subdivision plats as required by this chapter; however, utility easements and utility lease agreements for distribution boxes or structures shall be exempt from the subdivision regulations.
(G) Conservation easement. Conservation easement.
(H) Estate exclusion. A voluntary partition or subdividing of land made for dividing the estate of a descendant among his or her heirs, whether the descendant died testate or intestate. In the event of a transfer or division of an estate in which interior parcels do not abut a public road, each such parcel must have an approved access to a public road with a minimum of a 50-foot right-of-way.
(I) Division of single tract. The division of a tract in single ownership whose entire area is no greater than two acres into not more than three lots, where no street right-of-way dedication is involved and where the resultant lots are equal to or exceed the standards of the county, as shown in its subdivision.
(J) Expedited review. The county may provide for expedited review of specified classes of subdivisions. The county may require only a plat for recordation for the division of a tract or parcel of land in single ownership if all of the following criteria are met:
(1) The tract or parcel to be divided is not exempted under division (B) above.
(2) No part of the tract or parcel to be divided has been divided under this section in the ten years prior to division.
(3) The entire area of the tract or parcel to be divided is greater than five acres.
(4) After division, no more than three lots result from the division.
(5) After division, all resultant lots comply with all of the following:
(a) All lot dimension size requirements of the applicable land-use regulations, if any;
(b) The use of the lots is in conformity with the applicable zoning requirements, if any;
(c) A permanent means of ingress and egress is recorded for each lot.
(K) Every exempt plat shall contain the following specific information:
(1) An accurately positioned north arrow coordinated with any bearings shown on the plat. Indication shall be made as to whether the north index is true, magnetic, North Carolina Grid ("NAD 83" or "NAD 27"), or is referenced to old deed or plat bearings. If the north index is magnetic or referenced to old deed or plat bearings, the date and the source (if known) the index was originally determined shall be clearly indicated.
(2) The azimuth or course and distance of every property line surveyed shall be shown. Distances shall be in feet or meters and decimals thereof. The number of decimal places shall be appropriate to the class of survey required.
(3) All plat distances shall be by horizontal or grid measurements. All lines shown on the plat shall be correctly plotted to the scale shown. Enlargement of portions of a plat are acceptable in the interest of clarity, where shown as inserts. Where the North Carolina Grid System is used, the grid factor shall be shown on the face of the plat. If grid distances are used, it must be shown on the plat.
(4) Where a boundary is formed by a curved line, the following data must be given: actual survey data from the point of curvature to the point of tangency shall be shown as standard curve data, or as a traverse of bearings and distances around the curve. If standard curve data is used the bearing and distance of the long chord (from point of curvature to point of tangency) must be shown on the plat.
(5) Where a subdivision of land is set out on the plat, all streets and lots shall be accurately plotted with dimension lines indicating widths and all other information pertinent to reestablishing all lines in the field. This shall include bearings and distances sufficient to form a continuous closure of the entire perimeter.
(6) Where control corners have been established in compliance with G.S. §§ 39-32.1 through 39-32.4, as amended, the location and pertinent information as required in the reference statute shall be plotted on the plat. All other corners, which are marked by monument or natural object, shall be so identified on all plats, and where practical all corners of adjacent owners along the boundary lines of the subject tract, which are marked by monument or natural object, shall be shown.
(7) The names of adjacent landowners, or lot, block, parcel, subdivision designations or other legal reference where applicable, shall be shown where the surveyor could determine them.
(8) All visible and apparent rights-of-way, watercourses, utilities, roadways, and other such improvements shall be accurately located where crossing or forming any boundary line of the property shown.
(9) Where the plat is the result of a survey, one or more corners shall, by a system of azimuths or courses and distances, be accurately tied to and coordinated with a horizontal control monument of some United States or state agency survey system, such as the North Carolina Geodetic Survey where the monument is within 2,000 feet of the subject property. Where the North Carolina Grid System coordinates of the monument are on file in the North Carolina Office of State Budget and Management, the coordinates of both the referenced corner and the monuments used shall be shown in X (easting) and Y (northing) coordinates on the plat. The coordinates shall be identified as based on "NAD83", indicating North American Datum of 1983, or as "NAD 27", indicating North American Datum of 1927. The tie lines to the monuments shall also be sufficient to establish true north or grid north bearings for the plat if the monuments exist in pairs. Within a previously recorded subdivision that has been tied to grid control, control monuments within the subdivision may be used in lieu of additional ties to grid control. Within a previously recorded subdivision that has not been tied to grid control, if horizontal control monuments are available within 2,000 feet, the above requirements shall be met; but in the interest of bearing consistency with previously recorded plats, existing bearing control should be used where practical. In the absence of grid control, other appropriate natural monuments or landmarks shall be used. In all cases, the tie lines shall be sufficient to accurately reproduce the subject lands from the control or reference points used.
(10) A vicinity map (location map) shall appear on the plat.
(Ord. passed 6-7-2021)