§ 42-16. Final plat—Application for approval.

(a)

After obtaining approval or conditional approval of the preliminary plat, all construction plans by the city engineer, and within 12 months of the approval date unless further extended by action of the city council, the applicant, if wishing to proceed with the subdivision, shall file an application for approval of the final plat on forms available from the city secretary/treasurer. The application shall be accompanied by a filing fee as currently established or as hereafter adopted by resolution of the city council from time to time for final inspections and review of the final plat, plus an amount which shall reimburse the city for all previous engineering costs of plat approval and drawing review that exceeded the preliminary plat filing fee. The completed application for a final plat shall meet all the requirements of this article and shall be submitted to the city manager at least 45 days prior to the date at which consideration is desired. The official date of the final plat application and the date on which it shall be considered administratively complete, shall be the date upon which the final plat is determined to be in compliance with the general and administrative provisions of this chapter by the city manager. The final plat will then be scheduled for consideration on the first available planning and zoning commission agenda as determined by the date of acceptance for review and the calendar schedule as maintained by the city manager. The application shall also be accompanied by ten copies of the final plat. For final approval, the final plat must comply in all respects with the approved preliminary plat and provide the following information:

(1)

The title, or name, by which the subdivision is to be identified, accompanied by at least a brief general description of the tract embraced; the meridian or north point, and the scale of the map; the name of the surveyor, engineer or other person responsible for the surveys and the plat.

(2)

A definite legal description and identification of the tract being subdivided, sufficient for the requirements of title examination. This may be embodied in the title or shown elsewhere on the plat.

(3)

The boundaries of the subdivided property referenced to the state plan coordinate system or existing subdivision corner shall be indicated on the map in a distinctive manner with complete and accurate field notes of such boundaries; and, the location and designation of all streets, alleys and other areas intended to be dedicated to the public use, with proper dimensions.

(4)

The location of all adjacent streets and alleys, with their names, and the names of adjoining subdivisions.

(5)

Block, lot and street boundary lines. Blocks and lots shall be numbered or lettered. House numbers shall be allocated to lots. Building lines and easements shall be shown and shall be defined by dimensions. The actual width of all streets shall be shown, measured at right angles or radially, where curved.

(6)

All necessary dimensions, including linear, curvilinear and angular, shall be shown, and must be accurate. The linear and curvilinear dimensions shall be expressed in feet and decimals of a foot. The angular dimensions may be shown by bearings. Curved boundaries must be fully described and all essential information given, including the length of tangents, central angle of curve, and the chords and arcs of curve. Block corners, angle points, points of curve and points of intersection of tangents shall be shown as permanently marked on the ground. Complete dimensional data shall be given on fractional lots or tracts.

(7)

Benchmark elevations will be established on at least one block corner of each street intersection and in no case more than 1,000 feet from any other benchmark. These elevations shall be clearly shown on the plat.

(8)

The description and location of permanent survey reference monuments shall be shown. These shall be, other than and in addition to, markers set for block or lot corners. They shall be located in suitable places throughout the subdivision and there shall be at least as many of them as there are blocks in the subdivision, but not less than two in the event there is only one block in the subdivision. The distance between successive monuments along any street or reference line shall not be greater than 1,000 feet.

(9)

A certificate of ownership in fee of all the land embraced in the subdivision or authenticity of the plat and dedication, including all properties intended for public use, signed and acknowledged by all owners of any interest in such land and properties. Acknowledgment shall be in the form required in the conveyance of real estate. Approval and acceptance by all lien holders shall be included. If all block corners have not been staked at the time such final plat is submitted for final approval, the owner's certificate shall include a declaration and agreement that all such corners have been staked or have been contracted to be staked.

(10)

A certificate by the responsible registered professional land surveyor in charge, duly authenticated, that the plat is drawn to scale, is true and correct and in accordance with the determinations of surveys actually made on the ground. If all the block corners in the subdivision have been staked at the time of final approval, the surveyor's certificate shall so declare. The surveyor's certificate shall also state whether or not the tract is within one mile of the city limits, measured in a straight line between nearest points, unless this information is shown in suitable manner elsewhere on the face of the plat.

(11)

All legal restrictions and requirements placed on the approval of the preliminary plat shall be indicated on the final plat.

(12)

Certificates of approval to be signed by the municipal planning commission presiding officer and attested by the secretary, or signed by a majority of the directors.

(13)

The flood zones, boundaries and elevations of all areas located in flood hazard areas as determined by the flood insurance rate maps (FIRM) provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) shall be shown on the final plat.

(b)

The final plat shall conform to the preliminary plat, as approved, and, if desired by the subdivider, may constitute only that portion or phase of the approved development plan that he/she proposes to record and develop at that particular time; provided, that such portion or phase conforms to all requirements of the regulations of this article and to the phasing indicated on the preliminary plat, if any.

(Ord. No. 05-1162, § 9(A), 3-28-2005; Ord. No. 12-1193, § 2, 9-10-2012; Ord. No. 15-1212, § 2(Exh. 1), 7-13-2015)