[Amended 11-24-2008]
Any owner of any tract of land in the City of Franklin, Virginia,
who desires to subdivide the same shall cause a plat of such subdivision
to be made in accordance with the regulations set forth in this ordinance
and in accordance with the Code of Virginia, as amended from time
to time, and shall cause a copy of said plat to be recorded in the
Clerk's office of the Circuit Court of Southampton County.
[Amended by Ord. of 9-9-2002; 11-24-2008]
No such subdivision plat shall be recorded unless and until
it shall have been submitted to and approved by the City of Franklin
Planning Commission (herein called "the commission") except that the
zoning administrator may approve plats of minor subdivisions without
submitting such plats to the commission, provided that such plats
otherwise meet the requirements of this ordinance.
[Amended by Ord. of 9-9-2002]
(a) At the time that a plat of a minor subdivision is presented for approval
by the zoning administrator, a fee of $100.00 plus $5.00 for each
lot in the subdivision shall be paid to the city by the owner of the
property being subdivided.
(b) At the time that a preliminary plat of a major subdivision is presented
for approval by the commission a fee of $100.00 plus $5.00 for each
lot in the subdivision shall be paid to the city by the owner of the
property being subdivided.
(c) At the time that a final plat of a major subdivision is presented
for approval by the commission a fee of $100 plus $5.00 for each lot
in the subdivision shall be paid to the city by the owner of the property
being subdivided.