(A) Required. The subdivider, having received approval of the preliminary plat of the proposed subdivision, shall submit a final plat of the subdivision and drawings and specifications of the improvements required therein. The final plat shall have incorporated all changes in the preliminary plat required by the City Planning Commission. Otherwise it shall conform to the preliminary plat, and it may constitute only that portion of the approved preliminary plat which the subdivider proposes to record and develop at the time. The final plat and the supplementary information shall be prepared by a qualified registered engineer or surveyor.
(B) Application for approval. An application for approval for the final plat shall be submitted, together with five copies of the plat and the supplementary information specified, to the City Planning Commission on forms provided by same.
(C) Regulations governing improvements. The final plat drawings and specifications of improvements shall be a set of construction and utility plans prepared by a registered professional engineer. The plans shall include typical sections, plans and profile views, construction details and estimates of quantities. All typical sections and major engineering details to be used on any particular street shall be approved in advance by the City Engineer before completion of the plans. Prior to the granting of approval of the final plat the subdivider shall have installed the minimum required improvements, or shall have furnished a surety or certified check for the amount of the estimated construction cost of the ultimate installation and the initial maintenance of the improvements. Before the surety is accepted, it shall be approved by the proper administrative officials including the City Engineer. The term of the surety shall extend 12 months beyond the completion date of the project.
(D) Form. The final plat shall be legibly drawn in waterproof ink or tracing cloth or other material of equal permanence. It shall be drawn at a scale not less than 100 feet to the inch, and shall be one or more sheets 24 x 36 inches in size. If more than one sheet is needed, each sheet shall be numbered and the relation of one sheet to another clearly shown.
(E) Contents. The final plat shall contain the following information:
(1) Name of the subdivision, location by section, range and township, or by other survey number; date, north point, scale, and acreage.
(2) Name of the professional engineer and/or registered surveyor who prepared the plat and their respective registration numbers and seals.
(3) Plat boundaries, based on accurate traverse, with angular and linear dimensions. All dimensions, both linear and angular shall be determined by an accurate control survey in the field which must balance and close within the limit of one in 10,000.
(4) Bearings and distances to nearest established street lines or other recognized permanent monuments.
(5) Exact locations, right-of-way, and names of all streets within and adjoining the plat, and building setback lines.
(6) Radii, internal angles, points of curvature, tangent bearings, lengths of arcs, and lengths and bearings of chords of all application streets within the plat area.
(7) All easements and rights-of-way provided for public services or utilities.
(8) All lot numbers and lines with accurate dimensions in feet and hundredths. When lots are located on a curve, the lot width at the building setback line shall be shown.
(9) Accurate location and description of all monuments.
(10) Accurate outlines of areas to be dedicated or reserved for public use, or any area to be reserved for the common use of all property owners. The use and accurate boundary locations shall be shown for each parcel of land to be dedicated.
(11) Certification by a registered surveyor to the effect that the plat represents a survey made by him and that the monuments shown thereon exist as located and that all dimensional details are correct.
(12) Notarized certification by the owner or owners of the adoption of the plat and the dedication of streets and other public areas.
(13) Typical sections and complete profiles of streets and other related improvements to be constructed in the proposed subdivision.
(14) The location of and a description of all monuments and pins as specified in § 155.067 of this chapter.
(15) Approval clause - Planning Commission, City Engineer, and City Council.
(16) Easement clause for public utilities.
(F) Supplementary information. The following information shall be supplied in addition to the requirements in division (E) of this section.
(1) If a zoning change is involved, certification from the City Zoning Inspector shall be required indicating that the change has been approved and is in effect.
(2) Certification shall be required showing that all required improvements have been either installed and approved by the City Engineer, and that a bond or other surety has been furnished assuring installation and initial maintenance of the required improvements.
(3) A copy of any restrictions and covenants that the subdivider intends to record with the final plat.
(G) Filing. The final plat shall be filed with the City Planning Commission not later than 12 months after the date of approval of the preliminary plat; otherwise it will be considered void unless an extension is requested by the developer and granted in writing by the City Planning Commission.
(H) Approval. The City Planning Commission shall approve or disapprove the final plat within 60 days after it has been filed. The City Planning Commission approval or disapproval of the final plat shall take into consideration any restrictions or covenants submitted by the developer during the Preapplication Sketch, Preliminary Plat, or Final Plat. Failure of the Commission to act upon the final plat within such time shall be deemed as approval of plat. If the plat is disapproved, the grounds for disapproval shall be stated in the records of the Commission, and a copy of said record shall be forwarded to the subdivider. The Commission shall not disapprove the final plat if the developer has done everything that he was required to do and has proceeded in accordance with the conditions and standards specified in the approved preliminary plat. If disapproved, the subdivider shall make the necessary corrections and resubmit the final plat within 30 days to the Commission for its final approval.
(I) Transmittal of copies. When the final plat has been approved by the City Planning Commission, the original tracing shall be returned to the subdivider, for filing with the County Recorder after all necessary certifications are received.
(Ord. 20-89, passed 6-28-89)