[CC 1970 App. B §7.1; Ord. No. 5765 §1, 6-24-2003]
A. After
a plat is approved by City staff, Plan Commission or Board of Aldermen
or recorded in the office of the County Recorder, it may be amended
by a certificate of correction or by an amending plat in the following
cases:
1. To correct plat errors or omissions, which do not affect any property
right. Errors and omissions may include, but not be limited to, lots
and numbers, acreage, street names and identification of adjacent
record plats. Errors must be ascertainable from the data shown on
the approved plat.
2. To make modifications which make any or all of the conditions of
the plat obsolete. These modifications may not impose any additional
burden on the present owner of the property or alter any rights, title
or interest in the real property reflected on the recorded plat.
3. To correct an error in the description of the real property shown
on the plat.
B. The
amended plat or certificate of correction shall be prepared by a registered
civil engineer or licensed land surveyor. The form and contents of
the amending plat shall conform to the requirements of this Chapter.
The certificate of correction shall set forth in detail the corrections
to be made and show the names of the present fee owners of the property
affected by the correction.
C. An
original amended plat or certificate of correction shall be submitted
to the Department of Planning and Development Services for review
and approval. After submittal, the Director of Planning and Development
Services shall review the amended plat or certificate of correction
to verify that the only changes made are those listed above, this
fact shall be certified on the amending plat or certificate of correction.
The Director of Planning and Development Services may determine that
the proposed amendment be subject to the entire approval process at
his/her discretion.
[CC 1970 App. B §7.2; Ord. No. 5765 §1, 6-24-2003]
The amended plat or certificate of correction certified by the
Director of Planning and Development Services shall be filed by the
applicant at his/her sole expense in the office of the County Recorder.
Upon such filing, the original plat shall be deemed to have been conclusively
corrected and shall impart constructive notice of all the corrections
in the same manner as though upon the original plat.
[CC 1970 App. B §7.3; Ord. No. 5765 §1, 6-24-2003]
Amendments to approved plats, which have been approved by the
Director of Planning and Development Services, must be filed and recorded
with the St. Louis County Recorder of Deeds. The applicant must submit
proof of such filing to the City Clerk within thirty (30) days from
the approval date by the Director of Planning and Development Services.
After that time, the Director of Planning and Development Services
may reject such a reapplication in light of new facts and circumstances
relating to the context of the amendment to approved plat.