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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
Obtain a performance bond in the amount of the bond estimate and a general liability insurance policy and submit them to the Municipal Attorney for approval as to form. (See Article V, Performance Bond, and Article VI, General Liability Insurance.)
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.
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.
Municipal Engineer or other delegated municipal officer:
one paper print each of the final plat and the public improvement
and utilities plan and profiles.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
Typical lot layout indicating the location of
the individual system with reference to house and water supply, and
a detailed drawing of the proposed sanitary sewage disposal unit.
Existing natural grades, typical cross section of
existing or proposed streets, center lines of intersecting roads,
and dimensioned system of survey stations.