Title 18 - Unified Development Ordinance

18.140.270 Final Plats -- Contents and Submission Requirements

1. A.
   Final plats shall be drawn to a scale of one inch to 100 feet, or at such other scale acceptable to Director of Planning and Development Services. Seven copies of the final plat shall be submitted in support of the application. The final plat shall contain the following information:

   1. 1.
      North arrow and scale.
   2. 2.
      Legal description.
   3. 3.
      The name of the subdivision and adjacent subdivisions.
   4. 4.
      A system of lot and block numbers in orderly sequence.
   5. 5.
      The names of streets which shall conform to the existing pattern.
   6. 6.
      A boundary survey of third order surveying accuracy (maximum closure error one in 5,000) with bearings and distances referring to section or fractional section corners or other baseline shown on the plat and readily reproducible on the ground.
   7. 7.
      The dimensions, in feet and decimals of feet, of setback lines along front and side streets and the location and dimension of all necessary easements, including, but not limited to, those specified in Section 18.460.235.
   8. 8.
      Certification of dedication of all streets, highways and other rights-of-way or parcels for public park or other public use, signed by the owners and all other parties who have a mortgage or lien interest in the property.
   9. 9.
      A statement on the plat concerning utility easements as follows:

      An easement or license to enter upon, locate, construct, use and maintain or authorize the location, construction or maintenance and use of conduits, water, gas, sewer pipes, poles, wires, drainage facilities, irrigation systems, ducts and cables, and similar facilities, upon, over and under these areas outlined and designated on this plat as "Utility Easement" or "U/E" is hereby granted to the City with subordinate use of the same by other governmental entities and public utilities as may be authorized by state law to use such easement for said purposes. Utility easements shall be kept clear of obstructions that impair the strength or interfere with the use and/or maintenance of public utilities located within the easement.

   10. 10.
       A statement on the plat concerning drainage easements as follows:

       An easement or license to enter upon, locate, construct, use and maintain or authorize the location, construction, maintenance or use of conduits, surface drainage facilities, subsurface drainage facilities, and similar facilities, upon, over and through those areas outlined and designated on this plat as “Drainage Easement” or “D/E” is hereby granted to the City. Drainage easements shall be kept clear of obstructions that impair the strength or interfere with the use and/or maintenance of storm drainage facilities.

   11. 11.
       A statement on the plat concerning prior easement rights as follows:

       The undersigned proprietor of said property shown on this plat does hereby dedicate for public use and public ways and thoroughfares, all parcels and parts of land indicated on said plat as streets, terraces, places, roads, drives, lanes, parkways, avenues and alleys not heretofore dedicated. Where prior easement rights have been granted to any person, utility or corporation on said parts of the land so dedicated, and any pipes, lines, poles and wires, conduits, ducts or cables heretofore installed thereupon and therein are required to be relocated, in accordance with proposed improvements as now set forth, the undersigned proprietor hereby absolves and agrees to indemnify the City from any expense incident to the relocation of any such existing utility installations within said prior easement.

   12. 12.
       Location and elevations of the 100-year floodplain for all lots thereby affected shall be shown and shall include calculations.
   13. 13.
       Tracts or easements designating location of fencing/screening for R-1, R-1A and R-2 subdivisions adjacent to thoroughfares or super-collectors, unless there is a separate tract designated as a hike/bike trail, consistent with the approved preliminary plat.
   14. 14.
       Certification by a registered land surveyor to the effect that the plat represents a survey made by him or her.
   15. 15.
       Name and address of landowner.
   16. 16.
       Name and address of the land surveyor preparing the plat.
   17. 17.
       Date of preparation of the plat.
   18. 18.
       Signature block for appropriate City officials.
2. B.
   The following items shall be submitted in support of the application for final plat approval:

   1. 1.
      Documentation assuring permanent responsibility for the maintenance of the fence/screening tracts or easements.
   2. 2.
      Assurances of adequate public facilities as required by Section 18.100.070. Where development on septic tanks has been approved, the results of septic tank percolation tests performed by a licensed engineer or competent professional testing company shall be submitted. If such tests indicate that the public health, safety and general welfare will be adversely impacted, the applicant shall submit a second study which indicates what measures or alternative sanitary waste treatment will take place. In any event, the Planning Commission may deny the final plat or portion thereof if adequate measures cannot be provided to safely handle sanitary waste with the use of septic tanks on each lot.
   3. 3.
      Upon request by the City, a current title report (less than 90 days old) together with legible copies of all pertinent exception documents, or a copy of a current American Land Title Association (ALTA) survey, or both.
   4. 4.
      Calculation documents containing the following data: coordinates of the plat boundary; square feet of each lot, tract and right-of-way; and the unadjusted error of closure of the field traverse that established the plat.

(History: Ord. ZRR-2843 §1, 2010; ZRR-2748 §1, 2008; ZRR-2698 §2, 2007; ZRR-2343 §26, 2002; ZRR-2219; ZRR-1725; ZRR-1637)

Effective on: 1/1/1901