14-2-5 SIGNING AND RECORDING OF SUBDIVISION PLAT

1. SIGNING OF PLAT a. When a bond is required, the Chairman of the Planning and Zoning Commission and the Administrative Assistant to the Planning and Zoning Commission shall endorse approval on the plat after the bond has been approved by the City Council, and all the conditions of the resolution pertaining to the plat have been satisfied. b. When installation of improvements is required the Chairman of the Planning and Zoning Commission and Administrative Assistant to the Planning and Zoning Commission shall endorse approval on the plat after all conditions of the resolution have been satisfied and all improvements satisfactorily completed. There shall be written evidence that the required public facilities have been installed in a manner satisfactory to the City as shown by a certificate signed by the City engineer and City Attorney that the necessary dedication of public lands and improvements has been accomplished. 2. RECORDING OF PLAT. a. The Chairman will sign the tracing cloth or reproducible mylar original of the subdivision plat and two (2) mylar prints of the subdivision plat. The mylar prints will be returned to the applicant's engineer. b. It shall be the responsibility of the Administrative Assistant to the Planning and Zoning Commission to file the plat with the County Recorder’s Office within thirty (30) days of the date of signature. Simultaneously with the filing of the plat, the Administrative Assistant to the Planning and Zoning Commission shall record the agreement of dedication together with such legal documents as shall be required to be recorded by the City Attorney. 3. SECTIONALIZING MAJOR SUBDIVISION PLATS. Prior to granting final approval of a major subdivision plat, the Planning and Zoning Commission may permit the plat to be divided into two or more sections and may impose such conditions upon the filing of the sections as it may deem necessary to assure the orderly development of the plat. The Planning and Zoning Commission may require that the performance bond be in such amount as is commensurate with the section or sections of the plat to be filed and may defer the remaining required performance bond principal amount until the remaining sections of the plat are offered for filing. The developer may also file in irrevocable offers to dedication for the remaining sections until such sections, subject to any conditions imposed by the Planning and Zoning Commission, shall be granted concurrently with final approval of the plat. In the event of approval of sectionalizing, the entire approved subdivision plat including all sections shall be filed within ninety (90) days after date of final approval with the City clerk's office and such sections as have been authorized by the Planning and Zoning Commission shall be filed with the County Recorder. Such sections must contain at least ten percent (10%) of the total number of lots contained in the approval plat. The approval of all remaining sections not filed with the County Recorder shall automatically expire unless such sections have been approved for filing by the Planning and Zoning Commission, all fees paid, all instruments and offers of dedication submitted and performance bonds approved and actually filed with the Recorder within three (3) years of the date of final subdivision approval of the subdivision plat. (See Section 14-2-3-5) of these regulations.) 4. TIME PERIOD FOR SUBMITTING FINAL PLAT. Any failure to submit a final development plan within one year of the approval of the preliminary development plan shall terminate all proceedings and render the preliminary development plan null and void. In projects that are constructed in successive plats, the submission of final development plans for the plat will continue the validity of the balance of the project for one year from the date of approval of said final plans. This process can be repeated as often as necessary until final plans have been submitted and approved for the proposed project. Failure to submit additional final plans for successive plats within one year at any one point in the process will render the balance of the preliminary development plan null and void. Section 14-3 ASSURANCE FOR COMPLETION MAINTENANCE OF IMPROVEMENTS. Improvements 14-3-6 Issuance of Building Permits and Certificates of Occupancy 14-3-7 Consumer Protection Legislation and Conflicts of Interest Statutes