(A) The final plat shall include the following:
(1) The application on a form approved by the Planning Commission and Council.
(2) Application fee.
(3) Each final plat shall be prepared and signed by a Minnesota Registered Land Surveyor and shall contain all information pursuant to M.S. Chapter 505, including but not limited to the following:
(a) Identification. Same as required for preliminary plat.
(b) Legal description. Same as required for preliminary plat.
(c) Principals. Same as required for preliminary plat.
(d) Boundaries. Same as required for preliminary plat.
(e) Lots and blocks. All lot distances shall be shown on the plat to the nearest hundredth of a foot and all curved lines within the plat shall show central angles, radii, and arc distances.
(f) Monuments. There shall be shown on the plat all survey and mathematical information and data necessary to locate all monuments and to locate and retrace any and all interior and exterior lines appearing thereon.
(g) Existing streets and public uses. Same as required for preliminary plat.
(h) Existing utility easements. Location of easements.
(i) Proposed features. Layout, width, and identification of proposed street rights-of-way, easements, drainage easements, parks, and other property to be dedicated to the public or drainage easement for the common use of property owners within the subdivision.
(j) Dedication. A statement of dedication, signed, acknowledged, and witnessed as required by law for recording conveyances. The dedication shall be in the format as provided by the city or county.
(k) Certificates.
1. Surveyor. A certificate of the surveyor that the plat was made in accordance with this chapter and the laws of Minnesota, that the plat is a correct representation of the survey, that all distances are correctly shown on the plat, that all monuments have been correctly placed in the ground as shown, and that the outside boundary lines are correctly designated on the plat.
2. Owner.
a. A certificate of the owners in substantially the form as follows:
“As owners , we hereby certify that we caused the land describ ed on this plat to be survey ed, divided , mappe d, dedicat ed as represe nted on the plat.”
b. This certificate shall be signed, acknowledged, and witnessed as required by law for recording conveyances.
3. Taxes. A certificate by the County Auditor that all prior taxes have been paid.
4. City Clerk. A certificate by the City Clerk that the plat has been approved by the City Council.
(4) An electric file of the final plat shall be submitted with the application. The file shall be compatible with the city's software and be on a coordinate system utilized by the city.
(5) Reproducible mylars of the final plat, each of which shall contain all of the certifications, signatures (except that of the Mayor, City Clerk and County Recorder), and acknowledgment required to file and record the same in the office of the County Recorder, shall be presented at the final plat approval.
(B) Review of final plat.
(1) Planning Commission consideration. If the final plat is in substantial conformance with the approved preliminary plat, Planning Commission consideration shall not be required. A final plat will not be considered in substantial conformance with an approved preliminary plat if any of the following conditions exist:
(a) Any increase in the area covered by the plat.
(b) Any increase in the number of lots proposed.
(c) Any significant change in street layout.
(d) Failure to meet conditions placed on preliminary plat approval
(2) City Council action on final plat. The City Council shall, within 60 days after the filing of a complete application for approval of a final plat, approve or disapprove the final plat. The reasons for disapproval shall be recorded in the minutes of the City Council and reported to the applicant and Planning Commission by the Zoning Officer. No final plat shall be approved by the City Council unless satisfactory evidence is filed with the city that the final plat is in a form acceptable for recording in the Nobles County Office of the Registrar of Deeds or Registrar of Titles.
(C) Recording final plat. Upon approval by the City Council, the property owner shall record the final plat in the Nobles County Recorder's office as provided by law, and shall provide the city with a reproducible copy of the recorded plat.
(Ord. 989, passed 7-10-06) Penalty, see § 154.99