1. The subdivider, upon completion of all improvements required by this Ordinance, or upon posting of a bond, shall file with the Commission the Final Plat for approval. The plat must conform in every respect with the requirements specified in this Ordinance. The subdivider shall submit the Final Plat no later than one year after approval of the Preliminary Plat. A Final Plat may be a portion of a larger subdivision for which a Preliminary Plat had been previously approved.
2. The subdivider shall submit eight (8) paper copies of the Final Plat, in blue or black print, including one 11 x 17 reduced, reproducible copy, as well as a digital copy, with a formal request for approval. They shall also include two copies of all covenants or restrictions pertaining to the plat.
3. Requirements of the Final Plat. The Final Plat shall be drawn to a scale of 100 feet or less to the inch and shall clearly show the following features and information:
A. Legal description of the property, including reference to two section corners within the United States public land survey system.
B. All plat boundary lines with lengths of courses to hundredths of a foot and bearings or angles based on an accurate survey in the field.
C. The exact locations and the widths along the property lines of all existing or recorded streets or roads intersecting or paralleling the boundaries of the tract.
D. Bearings and distances to the nearest established survey lines or other official monuments, which monuments shall be located or accurately described on the plat.
E. The accurate location and material of all permanent reference monuments. Such monuments shall be reinforced concrete cylinders or rectangular prisms, no less than 4 inches in diameter or square, and 24 inches long, located at each corner of the subdivision. Other markers shall be steel rods, no less than one-half inch in diameter and 24 inches in length, located at all street corners, lot corners, at all points where street lines intersect the plat boundary lines, and at angle points and points of curve in each street. Any pins disturbed by construction or grading shall be accurately reset.
F. The exact layout including:
(1) Street and alley lines – their names, bearings, angles of intersection and widths (including widths along the line of any obliquely intersecting street);
(2) The lengths and curve data of all arcs, radii, points of curvature and tangent bearings;
(3) All easements and purposes of easements or rights-of-way, when provided for or owned by the city of public utilities (with the limitation of the easement rights definitely stated on the plat);
(4) All lot lines with dimensions in feet and hundredths, length of all arcs for each lot, lengths and bearings of all chords for each lot, and enough angles, bearings and dimensions to provide a mathematical closure of each lot.
G. Lots numbered in numerical order, blocks numbered in numerical order; parks, open areas, school property, other areas of public use, or areas within the plat set aside for future development shall be assigned a progressive letter, with the proposed use clearly designated.
H. The accurate outline of all property which is offered for dedication for public use, and of all property that may be reserved by covenant in the deeds for the common use of the property owners in the subdivisions with the purpose indicated thereon.
I. Front yard setback lines as established by zoning regulations need not be shown. Lines of future streets or roads as shown on the adopted transportation plan and those setback lines stipulated in deed restriction shall be shown on the adopted transportation plan and those setback lines stipulated in deed restrictions shall be shown.
J. Private restrictions, if any;
(1) Boundaries of each type of use restriction;
(2) Other private restrictions for each restricted section of the subdivision.
K. Name of the subdivision and name or number of the largest subdivision or tract of which the tract being subdivided forms a part.
L. Names and locations of adjoining subdivisions.
M. Names and addresses of the owner or owners of record, the subdivider, and of the registered Iowa Land Surveyor who prepared the plat.
N. North point, scale and date.
O. Certification by a Registered Iowa Land Surveyor, who prepared the plat to the effect that the plat represents a survey made by that person, that all monuments indicated thereon actually exist and that their location, size and material are correctly shown.
P. All certificates required by law, including certificate of title showing ownership of the tract of land included in the subdivision and certification by the County Treasurer that all taxes have been paid.
Q. A legend showing definition of pertinent symbols appearing on the plat.
4. The City Engineer or a registered engineer approved by the Commission and Council will review the Final Plat and plans and specifications for improvements. The Engineer shall report to the Commission that the improvements have been made in accordance with approved plans and specifications and that the Final Plat meets the requirements of the regulations, or the engineer shall specify any errors or short-comings of the plat. When no improvements are involved and the requirements of the regulations have obviously been met, the Commission may have the option of review of the plat, without engineering review.
5. The City Engineer will check the Final Plat and specifications for improvements. If found satisfactory, one reproducible copy shall be forwarded to the Commission, with a certificate showing that:
A. The technical details of the plat itself have been checked and found satisfactory;
B. All required improvements have been satisfactorily completed or, in lieu thereof, a surety bond has been posted, assuring their installation.
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