This chapter shall be known, referred to, and cited as the Subdivision
Ordinance of Mathews County, Virginia.
The quality of life and the economic viability of Mathews County
is dependent on the wise use of its land and other natural resources.
A subdivision significantly impacts these resources through division
and development, the welfare of the community is affected. Therefore,
it is in the interest of the health, safety and welfare of the public
and consistent with sound land use policy, wise resource management
and water quality protection that subdivisions be designed, recorded
and developed in accordance with sound and proper minimum standards.
Accordingly, the objectives of this chapter are:
A.
To clearly establish the procedures, fees and standards that are
required in order to subdivide land in Mathews County;
B.
To provide a procedure which facilitates the division of property,
the marking of property boundaries and the transfer of deeds;
C.
To provide for a coordinated review and approval process for all
of the pertinent and required permits needed for the subdivision;
D.
To ensure that this process includes wastewater disposal and other
appropriate and applicable reviews;
E.
To ensure that purchasers of lots, tracts and parcels of land purchase
a commodity that is accessible and suitable for the intended use;
F.
To ensure that this process includes consideration of water quality
and other environmental and historic factors in conjunction with the
Comprehensive Plan and to provide for efficiency and economy for the
developer and the community in the process of development;
G.
To protect and improve the water quality of the Chesapeake Bay as
intended by the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act;
H.
To ensure adequate provisions for the maintenance and the coordination
of public utilities, roads, easements and other public facilities
and services;
I.
To assure adequate open spaces for recreation, light and air, and
to assure adequate community access to the shoreline;
J.
To ensure proper erosion and sedimentation control, drainage, stormwater
management and flood control;
K.
And, in general, to maintain the integrity and character of Mathews
County.
A.
Whereas, pursuant to § 15.2-2240 et seq. and §§ 55-79.43
through 55-79.103 of the Code of Virginia of 1950 as amended, the
Board of Supervisors of Mathews County, Virginia, is authorized to
adopt regulations to assure the orderly subdivision of land and its
development, to provide for the harmonious and economic development
of the County, for the coordination of streets or roads within subdivision
of land with other existing or planned streets or roads, for adequate
open spaces, for traffic, recreation, light and air, and for distribution
of population and traffic which will tend to create conditions favorable
to health, safety, convenience and prosperity.
B.
Therefore, be it ordained by the Board of Supervisors of Mathews
County, Virginia, that the following regulations are hereby adopted
for the subdivision of land within Mathews County and after the effective
date of this chapter, every owner or proprietor of any tract of land
to which these regulations apply who subdivides such tract as provided
in these regulations shall cause a plat of such subdivision to be
developed and prepared in accordance with these regulations, with
reference to known or permanent monuments, to be made and recorded
in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court, wherein deeds conveying
such land are required by law to be recorded.
