[Code 1964, § 26-18]
Along with improvement plans of the subdivision, the subdivider shall have prepared, on linen tracing cloth, a final subdivision plat, made in accordance with the approved preliminary subdivision plat and this chapter. This final subdivision plat tracing shall bear the seal of the registered land surveyor who prepared the plat and shall be accompanied by the deed restrictions of the subdivision. Three (3) prints of the final subdivision plat, the linen tracing and three (3) copies of the deed restrictions shall be filed with the city clerk for transmittal to the planning and zoning commission and board of aldermen.
[Code 1964, § 26-19]
The final subdivision plat shall consist of an accurately scaled plat designating the exact boundaries of the land laid out and specifically defining the lots, blocks, streets, avenues, alleys, public ways or other portions of the land intended to be dedicated for public use or for the use of the purchasers or owners of lots fronting thereon or adjacent thereto.
[Code 1964, § 26-20]
The final subdivision plat shall be drawn to a scale of not more than one hundred (100) feet to the inch from an accurate survey and on one (1) or more sheets whose maximum dimensions shall not exceed twenty-nine (29) by thirty-four (34) inches. If more than two (2) sheets are required, an index sheet of the same dimensions shall be filed showing the entire subdivision on one (1) sheet and the component areas shown on other sheets.
[Code 1964, § 26-21]
Every final subdivision plat and accompanying documents shall show the following:
(1) 
The boundary lines of the area being subdivided with accurate distances and angles. The correct legal description of the property being subdivided shall be shown on the plat or on accompanying certificates.
(2) 
The lines of all proposed streets and alleys, with their widths and names.
(3) 
The accurate outline of any portions of the property intended to be dedicated or granted for public use.
(4) 
The line of departure of one street from another.
(5) 
The lines of all adjoining property and the lines of adjoining streets and alleys with their widths and names.
(6) 
All lots designated by numbers or letters and streets, avenues and other grounds by names, letters or numbers.
(7) 
The location of all easements provided for public use, services or utilities.
(8) 
All dimensions, both linear and angular, necessary for locating the boundaries of the subdivision, lots, streets, alleys, easements and other areas for public or private use. Linear dimensions are to be given to the nearest one one-hundredth of a foot.
(9) 
The radii, arc or chords, points of tangency and center angles for all curvilinear streets and radii for rounded corners.
(10) 
The location of all survey monuments and their descriptions.
(11) 
The name of the subdivision and the scale of the plat, north point of the compass, the name of owner or owners or subdividers.
(12) 
The certificate of a registered land surveyor to the effect that the plat represents an accurate survey made by him, that all monuments shown on the plat are correctly located and that the lots, blocks, streets, avenues, alleys, public ways and grounds and other grounds are well and accurately staked off and marked.
(13) 
Private restrictions and trusteeships and their periods of existence. Should these restrictions or trusteeships be of such length as to make their lettering on the plat impracticable and thus necessitate the preparation of a separate instrument, reference to such instrument shall be made on the plat.
(14) 
Calculations showing the error of linear closure, which error shall in no case be greater than one (1) in five thousand (5,000).
(15) 
Acknowledgement of the owner or owners of the plat, and restrictions including dedication to public use of all streets, alleys, parks or other open spaces shown thereon and the granting of easements required.
(16) 
A receipt or certificate showing that there are no unpaid taxes or assessments upon any part of the area within the subdivision.
(17) 
Certificate of approval by the board of aldermen for endorsement by the city clerk.
[Code 1964, § 26-22]
After review by the planning and zoning commission and approval by ordinance by the board of aldermen, the city clerk shall attest and affix the city seal to the linen tracing of the final subdivision plat and the subdivider shall have it recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds in the county, along with the deed restrictions. Six (6) prints and the linen tracing shall be returned to the city clerk. Thereupon, such plat shall be equivalent to and operate as a deed in fee simple to the city from the owner of all streets, avenues, alleys, public ways and grounds and of such portions of lands as therein are set apart for public and city use.
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Annotation note — After final approval and recordation of a subdivision plat, the city engineer and board of adjustment have no authority to question whether such subdivision meets city standards. Phillips v. Board of Adjustment, 308 S.W. 2d 765.
[Code 1964, § 26-23]
No lot, site or parcel shall be sold from the subdivision of land until the final subdivision plat has been approved by the board of aldermen and recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds in the county.