A.
The final plat and supporting drawings and documents
for a proposed subdivision constitute the complete development of
the subdivision proposal and include the recommendations resulting
from the Planning Board review of the preliminary layout, as well
as the detailed layout drawings for the public improvements and utilities.
After public hearing and approval by the Planning Board, this complete
submission along with the performance bond and the general liability
insurance policy, as approved by the local governing body, becomes
the basis for the construction of the subdivision and the inspection
services by the Planning Board and by the Municipal Engineer or other
delegated municipal officer. The plat itself must be recorded at the
County Clerk's office to have legal status. An unrecorded plat is
not a valid basis for site improvements or other commitments which
depend on its design characteristics.
B.
The final plat shall be an accurate survey record
of the properties resulting from the subdivision.
A.
The submission of a final plat (before Planning Board
review) shall consist of the following items:
(1)
Letter of application for final plat approval, Form
A-102, three copies.
(2)
The final plat, six paper prints, endorsed with signed
approval by the State Department of Health.
(3)
The public improvement and utilities plan and profile
drawings, three paper prints.
(4)
Letters directed to the Chairman of the Planning Board
and signed by a responsible official of the lighting agency, water
company or any other utility company or governmental authority or
district which provides necessary utility service and has jurisdiction
in the area, approving each proposed utility installation design,
and a statement as to who will construct the facility so that service
will be available when required in conformity with the provisions
of the filed rate schedule.
(5)
Letter directed to the Chairman of the Planning Board
and signed by a responsible official of the school system, acknowledging
the number of residential lots and indicating the availability of
existing school facilities for the new pupils or any needed new school
sites and facilities that relate to the subdivision area.
(6)
Letter, in appropriate cases, directed to the Chairman
of the Planning Board, signed by a responsible official of the State
Highway Department or the Orange County Superintendent of Highways,
approving proposed construction on state or County rights-of-way,
respectively.
(7)
Deeds of cession (standard law form as established
by the Municipal Attorney), three copies each for all properties,
including street rights-of-way, to be offered for cession to the municipality.
B.
The subdivider or his agent shall submit the final
plat and supporting drawings and documents at the Municipal Clerk's
office at least 15 days prior to a meeting date on which the plat
is to be acted upon. At the same time, if he intends to request any
waiver of the requirements or standards provided for in these regulations
in connection with final plat approval, a statement applying for such
waiver shall be filed with the final plat submission. The Planning
Board shall consider the plat within 30 days of its submission.
C.
The Municipal Clerk shall retain one complete set
of the final plat submission for the municipal records. The remainder
of the final plat submission shall be sent to the Planning Board.
D.
The Municipal Engineer or other delegated municipal
officer shall prepare a performance bond estimate, Form A-103, seven
copies, to be submitted along with his recommendations on the final
plat.
E.
The Municipal Clerk will advertise a public hearing
at least five days prior to the hearing date.
F.
After public hearing, the Planning Board will take
formal action. Such action shall occur within 45 days after final
plat consideration. If the plat is approved, the subdivider shall
carry out the following steps prior to obtaining the Chairman's signature
of approval:
G.
If authorized by the Planning Board, the Chairman
will sign his approval on the final plat and the approved public improvement
and utility plan and profiles, upon receipt of notification that the
required bond and insurance have had the approval of the Municipal
Attorney and that the required inspection fee has been deposited.
H.
After the Planning Board Chairman signs his approval,
the documents shall be distributed in the following manner:
(1)
Subdivider: all original final plat drawings and the
two opaque cloth litho prints. The two opaque cloth litho prints shall
be filed by the subdivider in the Orange County Clerk's office.
(2)
Building Inspector: one final plat paper print.
(3)
Tax Assessor: one final plat paper print.
(4)
Municipal Clerk: one opaque cloth litho print from
the Orange County Clerk's office showing official file data.
(5)
Municipal Engineer or other delegated municipal officer:
one paper print each of the final plat and the public improvement
and utilities plan and profiles.
(6)
Planning Board: one tracing cloth litho print and
one paper print of the final plat and the public improvement and utilities
plan and profiles.
I.
Planning Board approval of a final plat shall not
be deemed an acceptance by the municipality of any street or other
land shown as offered for cession to public use.
A.
Planning Board approval of a final plat shall expire
90 days after the date of the Planning Board resolution authorizing
the Chairman to sign the drawings unless signed and filed in the office
of the Orange County Clerk.
B.
Upon application by the subdivider, the Planning Board
may make a reasonable extension of the approval; provided, however,
that the plat be revised according to any change in regulations or
ordinance applicable to the plat subsequent to the first resolution.
C.
Expiration of an approval shall mean that any further
action will require a new filing fee as well as a review of all previous
findings.
A.
The final plat shall be prepared by a licensed professional
engineer and land surveyor and shall provide the information noted
in this section.
D.
Other notations shall be the same as those required on the preliminary layout, except that the certification that the topography shown resulted from an actual field survey shall be omitted (see § 207-7D).
E.
Key map of the entire subdivision shall be the same as that required on the preliminary layout (see § 207-7E), with the following additions: The final plat area being submitted for approval shall be shaded if it is only one section of the entire subdivision.
H.
Survey data.
(1)
Accurate traverse of subdivision boundary, with true
bearings and lengths of courses.
(2)
Survey tie-in, with true bearings and distances to
the three nearest established street monuments or official monuments.
(3)
Town, Village, country and special district boundaries,
referenced to the subdivision survey by true bearings and distances.
(4)
Radii, internal angles, points of curvature, true
tangent bearings and lengths of all arcs.
(5)
Accurate dimensions to the nearest hundredth of a
foot.
(6)
Monuments.
(a)
Accurate locations of all monuments.
(b)
Existing monuments shall be shown with this
symbol: a rectangle containing six dots, three columns of two each.
(c)
Proposed new monuments or monuments to be reset
shall be shown with this symbol: a blank rectangle.
(d)
One monument shall be located at each corner
and at each general change in direction of the subdivision boundary.
(e)
Two monuments shall be located at the beginning
and end of each curve along one side of the street right-of-way.
A.
The plan and profiles are declared to be an integral
part of the final plat submission.
B.
The performance bond and the inspection service shall
be based on these drawings, the final plat itself, these subdivision
regulations and the municipal specifications for such public improvements
and utilities.
C.
Unless a specific waiver is requested in writing,
the proposed public improvements and utilities shall be considered
to comply specifically with these subdivision regulations and the
municipal specifications.
D.
Basic plan requirements.
(1)
Sheet size shall be either 20 inches by 20 inches
or 20 inches by 40 inches.
(2)
The area covered, scale, title block and other notations shall be the same as for the preliminary layout (see § 207-7).
(3)
Lines of all rights-of-way, easements and similar
conditions.
(4)
Street center-line gradients in percent, indicated
with arrows to establish the direction of flow.
(5)
Critical street center-line grade elevations.
E.
Stormwater drainage system requirements.
(1)
Complete drainage system for the entire subdivision,
with appropriate development stages for each of the final plat sections;
all existing drainage features that are to be incorporated shall be
identified as "existing."
(2)
Boundaries of stormwater runoff watersheds for each
stormwater drain and drainage structure and their areas in acres.
(3)
Open drainage lines (watercourses and ditches).
(4)
All proposed surface drainage structures (e.g., valley
gutters).
(5)
Stormwater sewers.
(6)
All appropriate details and dimensions necessary to
explain the proposed construction clearly, including the type of construction,
material, size, pitch and invert elevations, among other things, in
accordance with good engineering practice.
(7)
Location of all test pits and description of soil
conditions and notation as to level of the water table.
G.
Profile drawing requirements.
(2)
Existing natural grades, typical cross section of
existing or proposed streets, center lines of intersecting roads,
and dimensioned system of survey stations.
(3)
Center-line profile of all proposed streets, with
dimensioning on vertical curves and notation as to gradient and critical
evaluations.
(4)
Invert profile and location of all drainage structures
in street rights-of-way and in drainage easements.
