The office of Plat Officer is hereby created and such officer
upon appointment by the Mayor of the Village of Harristown shall serve
for a term of one year and shall be an ex officio member of the Plan
Commission of the Village of Harristown. The duties of the Plat Officer
shall be as follows:
(A) It shall be the responsibility of the Plat Officer to meet with the
developers or other parties wishing to subdivide to explain the intent
and regulations of this Code.
(B) The responsibilities of the Plat Officer shall be to approve and/or
to sign maps, replats, minor subdivisions and major subdivisions in
accordance with the provisions of this Code.
(C) The Plat Officer shall further be responsible for interpreting this
Code and his judgment, subject to review by the Plan Commission, shall
govern in determining which platting processes shall be required,
the minor subdivision, major subdivision or replat.
Plan Commission is the Plan Commission of the Village of Harristown.
It shall be the responsibility of the Plan Commission to review and
make recommendations on all major subdivision plats.
(A) The Plan Commission is hereby empowered to review such plats, and
make recommendations for their approval, rejection or conditional
approval; to recommend dedication of public sites when designated
in the comprehensive plan; to recommend standards for construction
and to recommend any other requirement which is in the interest of
public welfare.
(B) It is further the responsibility of the Plan Commission to hear and
decide appeals where it is alleged that there is an error in any order,
requirement, decision or determination made by the Plat Officer in
the enforcement of this Code and to recommend variances from strict
application of this Code when such variances are in the best public
interest and which will not substantially interfere with the general
overall standards and requirements of this Code.
(C) It is further the responsibility of the Plan Commission to periodically
review and recommend changes in the Code.
The corporate authority is the Village Board of the Village
of Harristown. It shall be the authorized body for approving, conditionally
approving, or denying a subdivision plat.
(A) The corporate authority shall also have the right to adopt or reject
any proposed amendments to the Subdivision Code which the Plan Commission
might submit to it.
The Village Engineer is a duly qualified engineer retained by
the Village Board. It shall be the responsibility of the Engineer
to certify all work completed within a subdivision.
The corporate authority shall not approve any plat until such
report is received, and no plat shall be accepted for final processing
until certified by the Engineer as to improvement or that a proper
bond has been filed.
Recorder of Deeds is the Recorder of Deeds of Macon County.
The Recorder of Deeds shall be responsible for accepting or rejecting
all plats offered for recording in accordance to the provisions of
the Code.
[Amended 11-27-2023 by Ord. No. 23-22]
The Village Clerk is an official of the Village of Harristown.
The Clerk shall keep records of all plats reviewed by the Plan Commission.
Planning staff shall be any qualified land use planner which
the corporate authority may designate to assist them in various Village
plans.
Legal counsel is an attorney retained by the Village of Harristown
as its legal counsel. It shall be the responsibility of legal counsel
to review the bonds for the subdivision improvements.