[R.O. 2012 §405.010; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §43.010]
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BOARD OF ALDERMEN
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SUBDIVISION
For the purpose of interpreting this Chapter, certain terms are defined
as follows:
Board of Aldermen.
A grant by the property owner of the use, for a specific
purpose or purposes, of a strip of land by the general public, utility
companies, or private individuals.
A parcel of land occupied or intended for occupancy by a building together with its accessory buildings, including open space for light and air as required by Chapter 400, Zoning Regulations.
Land which may be dedicated or reserved for acquisition for
general use by the public, including parks, recreation areas, school
sites, community or public building sites, and other lands.
A way for vehicular traffic, whether designated as an avenue,
boulevard, road, highway, expressway, land, alley or other way, and
for the purpose of this Chapter, "streets" are divided into the following
categories:
Major streets and highways are those which are used primarily
for fast or heavy through traffic.
Secondary streets are those which provide for traffic movement
between major streets and highways and local streets including principal
entrance streets of residential developments and streets for circulation
within such developments.
Neighborhood streets are those used primarily to provide direct
access to individual lots and for local traffic movements.
Alleys are passageways affording generally secondary means of
vehicular access to abutting properties and not intended for general
traffic circulation.
Culs-de-sac are neighborhood streets with only one (1) outlet,
sometimes called "dead-end" streets.
The division of a parcel of land into two (2) or more lots,
or other divisions of land; it includes resubdivisions and, when appropriate
to the context, relates to the process of subdividing or to the land
or territory subdivided.
No owner, or agent of the owner, of any land located within
the platting jurisdiction of any municipality, knowingly or with intent
to defraud, may transfer, sell, agree to sell, or negotiate to sell
that land by reference to or by other use of a plat of any purported
subdivision of the land before the plat has been approved by the council
or planning commission and recorded in the office of the appropriate
county recorder unless the owner or agent shall disclose in writing
that such plat has not been approved by such council or planning commission
and the sale is contingent upon the approval of such plat by such
council or planning commission. Any person violating the provisions
of this Section shall forfeit and pay to the municipality a penalty
not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300.00) for each lot transferred
or sold or agreed or negotiated to be sold; and the description by
metes and bounds in the instrument of transfer or other document used
in the process of selling or transferring shall not exempt the transaction
from this penalty. A municipality may enjoin or vacate the transfer
or sale or agreement by legal action, and may recover the penalty
in such action. (§89.450, RSMo.)
[R.O. 2012 §405.040; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §43.040]
The governing body of the City shall not accept, lay out, open,
improve, grade, pave or light any street or lay any utility lines
in any street, which had not attained the status of a public street
prior to the effective date of this Chapter, unless such street corresponds
to the street location shown on an approved subdivision plat or on
an official street map adopted by the Board of Aldermen. The governing
body may accept, lay out, open and improve any street not so platted
after review and comment by the Board of Aldermen on such action.
[R.O. 2012 §405.050; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §43.050]
No building permit shall be issued and no building shall be
erected on any lot in the City unless the street giving access thereto
has been accepted as a public street in accordance with this Chapter,
or unless such street has been accepted as a public street prior to
September 1981.
[R.O. 2012 §405.060; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §43.060]
Whenever a subdivision of a tract of land within the City of
Bloomfield is proposed, the subdivider is urged to consult early and
informally with the Board of Aldermen. The subdivider may submit sketch
plans and data showing existing conditions within the site and in
its vicinity and the proposed layout and development of the subdivision.
No fee shall be charged for the preapplication review and no formal
application shall be required.
[R.O. 2012 §405.070; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §43.070]
A.
Following the preapplication review of a proposed subdivision, the
subdivider shall submit to the Chairman of the Board of Aldermen,
at least fifteen (15) days prior to the next regular meeting of the
Board of Aldermen, the following:
1.
A letter requesting review and approval of a preliminary plat
and giving the name and address of a person to whom the notice of
the hearing by the Board of Aldermen on the preliminary plat shall
be sent;
2.
Five (5) copies of the preliminary plat and other documents, as specified in Section 405.080; and
3.
A preliminary plat filing fee shall be required, as set by City
ordinance.
[R.O. 2012 §405.080; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §43.080]
A.
The Board of Aldermen shall check the plat for conformance to the
rules and regulations of this Chapter and shall afford a hearing on
the preliminary plat, notice of the time and place of which shall
be sent by the Secretary of the Board of Aldermen by registered or
certified mail to the person designated in the letter requesting preliminary
plat review and approval, not less than five (5) days prior to the
date of the hearing.
1.
Thereafter, the Board of Aldermen shall give tentative approval
or disapproval to the preliminary plat. A notation of the action shall
be made on two (2) copies of the preliminary plat, including a statement
of the reasons for disapproval if the preliminary plat is disapproved.
One (1) copy shall be returned to the subdivider or his/her agent
and one (1) copy added to the records of the Board of Aldermen.
2.
Tentative approval of a preliminary plat does not constitute
approval of a final plat. It indicates only approval of the layout
as a guide to the preparation of the final plat. Tentative approval
shall expire and be null and void after a period of one (1) year unless
an extension of time is applied for by the subdivider or his/her representative
and approved by the Board of Aldermen.
3.
If action on a preliminary plat is not taken by the Board of
Aldermen within sixty (60) days of the date of submittal, the preliminary
plat shall be considered approved and a certificate of approval shall
be issued on demand. However, the applicant for approval may waive
this requirement and consent to an extension of time.
[R.O. 2012 §405.090; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §43.090]
The preliminary plat shall be clearly and legibly drawn at a
scale not smaller than one hundred (100) feet to one (1) inch.
[R.O. 2012 §405.100; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §43.100]
Sheet size shall be twenty by twenty (20 x 20) inches, or shall
be the sheet size required by the appropriate county recorder for
recording purposes. If the complete plat cannot be shown on one (1)
sheet of this size, it may be shown on more than one (1) sheet with
an index map on a separate sheet of the same size.
[R.O. 2012 §405.110; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §43.110]
A.
The preliminary plat shall show ground elevations, based on the datum
plane of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey or a datum plane approved
by the City Engineer as follows:
[R.O. 2012 §405.120; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §43.120]
A.
The preliminary plat shall contain the following information:
1.
Title;
2.
Name and address of owner of record and of subdivider;
3.
Proposed name of subdivision and its acreage;
4.
North point and graphic scale and date;
5.
Vicinity map showing location and acreage of subdivision;
6.
Exact boundary lines of the tract by bearing and distances;
7.
Names of owners of record of adjoining land;
8.
Existing streets, utilities, and easements on and adjacent to
the tract;
9.
Proposed design including streets and alleys with proposed street
names, lot lines with approximate dimensions, easements, land to be
reserved or dedicated for public uses, and any land to be used for
purposes other than single-family dwellings;
10.
Block numbers and lot numbers;
11.
Provisions for water supply, sewerage, and drainage;
12.
Minimum building front yard setback lines;
13.
Such street cross-sections and center-line profiles as may be
required by the City Engineer; and
14.
Present zoning classification.
[R.O. 2012 §405.130; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §43.130]
A.
After the preliminary plat of a proposed subdivision has been given
tentative approval by the Board of Aldermen, the subdivider may, within
one (1) year from tentative approval, submit to the Board of Aldermen:
1.
A letter requesting review and approval of a final plat, giving
the name and address of the person to whom the notice of the hearing
by the Board of Aldermen on the final plat shall be sent;
2.
Five (5) copies of the final plat and other documents, as specified in Section 405.060, plus the original which shall be drawn in permanent ink on permanent reproducible material, equal to the standards required by the appropriate county recorder; and
3.
A final plat filing fee and a recording fee as set by ordinance.
[R.O. 2012 §405.140; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §43.140]
A.
The Board of Aldermen shall check the final plat for conformance
with the tentatively approved preliminary plat, and with the rules
and regulations of this Chapter, and shall afford a hearing on the
final plat, notice of the time and place of which shall be sent by
the Board of Aldermen by registered or certified mail to the person
designated in the letter requesting final review and approval, not
less than five (5) days prior to the date of the hearing.
B.
Thereafter, the Board of Aldermen shall approve or disapprove the
final plat. A notation of the action of the Board of Aldermen shall
be made on the original drawing and all copies of the final plat,
including a statement of the reasons for disapproval if the final
plat is disapproved. If action on a final plat is not taken by the
Board of Aldermen within sixty (60) days of the date of submittal,
the final plat shall be considered approved and a certificate of approval
shall be issued on demand. However, the applicant for approval may
waive this requirement and consent to an extension of time.
[R.O. 2012 §405.150; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §43.150]
Upon approval of a final plat, the Board of Aldermen shall have the final plat recorded in the office of the appropriate County Court. The subdivider shall be responsible for the payment of the recording fee at the time of submitting the final plat as provided in Section 405.120.
[R.O. 2012 §405.160; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §43.160]
A.
The final plat shall conform to and meet the specifications of the preliminary plat (Sections 405.090, 405.100, 405.110 and 405.120) with the following additions:
1.
Bearings and distances to the nearest existing street lines
or bench marks or other permanent monuments [not less than three (3)]
shall be accurately described on the plat;
2.
Municipal, County, and land-lot lines accurately tied to the
lines of the subdivision by distance and angles when such lines traverse
or are reasonably close to the subdivision;
3.
Exact boundary lines of the tract, determined by an engineering
field survey, giving distances to the nearest one-tenth (1/10) foot
and angles to the nearest minute, which shall be balanced and closed
with an error closure not to exceed one to five thousand (1,000 to
5,000);
4.
Name of subdivision, exact location, widths, and names of all
streets and alleys within and immediately adjoining the tract;
5.
Street center-lines showing angles of deflection, angles of
intersection, radii, and lengths of tangents;
6.
Lot lines with dimensions to the nearest one-tenth (1/10) foot
and bearings;
7.
Lots numbered in numerical order and blocks lettered alphabetically;
8.
Location, dimensions, and purposes of any easements and any
areas to be reserved or dedicated for public use;
9.
Accurate location, material, and description of existing and
proposed monuments and markers; and
10.
A statement, either directly on the plat or in an identified
attached document, of any private covenants.
[R.O. 2012 §405.170; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §43.170]
An Engineer's or Surveyor's Certification shall be placed directly
on the final plat as follows:
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"It is hereby certified that this plat is true and correct and
was prepared from an actual survey of the property by me or under
my supervision; and that all monuments shown hereon actually exist
or are marked as 'Future,' and their location, size, type, and material
are correctly shown; and that all engineering requirements of the
Subdivision Regulations of the City of Bloomfield, Missouri, have
been fully complied with."
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[R.O. 2012 §405.180; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §43.180]
An owner's certification shall be placed on the final plat as
follows:
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"The owner of the land shown on this plat and whose name is
subscribed hereto, in person or through a duly authorized agent, certifies
this plat was made from an actual survey, that all State, City, and
County taxes or other assessments now due on this land have been paid."
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[R.O. 2012 §405.190; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §43.190]
A.
The City Clerk, or other responsible official shall certify that
the streets, drainage, utilities, and other improvements indicated
on the plat have been completed to proper specifications and per design
standards. Where the required improvements have not been completed,
the City Attorney shall certify that the approved bond, or security,
has been posted to insure their completion.
B.
Where septic tanks are to be used in lieu of public sewerage, the
County Health Officer or local health authority shall certify that
adequate septic tanks have been installed to specifications and that
lot areas shown on the plat are adequate to accommodate individual
septic tanks.
[R.O. 2012 §405.200; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §43.200]
A certification by the owner setting forth the description of
the areas and improvements he/she dedicates to the public and the
extent of the title which he/she is dedicating should be attached
to the final plat. This certificate should be approved as to form
by the City Attorney.
[R.O. 2012 §405.210; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §43.210]
A copy of the ordinance or resolution adopted by the governing
body accepting streets, improvements, easements, and any other property
dedicated by the owner for public use, as indicated on the final plat,
shall be attached to the final plat before recording.
[R.O. 2012 §405.220; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §43.220]
The Board of Aldermen shall include a certificate of approval
of the final plat directly on the plat, as follows:
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"All the requirements of approval having been fulfilled pursuant
to the Subdivision Regulations of the City of Bloomfield, Missouri,
this Final Plat was given final approval by the ______________________
Board of Aldermen effective ______________, 20 _____."
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[R.O. 2012 §405.230; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §43.230]
Land subject to flooding, improper drainage, erosion or that
is, for topographical or other reasons, unsuitable for residential
use shall not be platted for residential use, nor for any other use
that will increase the danger of health, safety, or property destruction,
unless the hazards can be and are corrected.
[R.O. 2012 §405.240; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §43.240]
The name of the subdivision must have the approval of the Board
of Aldermen. The name shall not duplicate or closely approximate the
name of an existing subdivision.
[R.O. 2012 §405.250; CC 1981 §43.250]
Access to every subdivision shall be provided over a public
street.
[R.O. 2012 §405.260; CC 1981 §43.260]
A.
All streets and other features of any Major Thoroughfare Plan of
the City of Bloomfield, Missouri, shall be platted by the subdivider
in the location and to the dimensions indicated on the Major Thoroughfare
Plan adopted by the Board of Aldermen.
1.
When features of other plans adopted by the Board of Aldermen,
(such as schools or other public building sites, parks, or other land
for public uses) are located in whole or in part in a land subdivision,
such features shall be either dedicated or reserved by the subdivider
for acquisition within a reasonable time by the appropriate public
agency.
2.
Whenever a plat proposes the dedication of land to public uses
that the Board of Aldermen finds not required or suitable for such
public use, the Board of Aldermen shall refuse to approve the plat,
and shall notify the governing body of the reasons for such action.
[R.O. 2012 §405.270; CC 1981 §43.270]
The requirements of this Chapter may be modified in the case
of a large-scale community or neighborhood units, such as a housing
project or shopping center which is not subdivided into customary
lots, blocks, and streets, if the development is approved by the Board
of Aldermen and if it is in conformity with the purpose and intent
of this Chapter.
[R.O. 2012 §405.280; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §43.280]
Existing streets shall be continued at the same or greater width,
but in no case less than the required width.
[R.O. 2012 §405.290; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §43.290]
Street names shall require the approval of the Board of Aldermen.
Streets that are obviously in alignment with streets already existing
and named shall be given the name of the existing street. Names of
new streets shall not duplicate or closely approximate those of existing
streets.
[R.O. 2012 §405.300; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §43.300]
Street jogs with center-line offsets of less than one hundred
twenty-five (125) feet shall not be permitted.
[R.O. 2012 §405.310; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §43.310]
Except where topographic or other conditions make a greater
length unavoidable, culs-de-sac, or dead-end streets, shall not be
greater in length than five hundred (500) feet. They shall be provided
at the closed end with a turnaround having a property line radius
of at least fifty (50) feet with an outside pavement radius of at
least forty (40) feet.
[R.O. 2012 §405.320; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §43.320]
Alleys may be required at the rear of all lots used for multifamily,
commercial, or industrial developments, but shall not be provided
in one- and two-family residential developments unless the subdivider
provides evidence satisfactory to the Board of Aldermen of the need
for alleys.
[R.O. 2012 §405.330; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §43.330]
A.
Easements having a minimum width of ten (10) feet shall be provided
along each side of rear lots lines and shall be provided, as required,
for utility lines and underground mains and cables.
B.
Where a subdivision is traversed by a water course, drainageway,
channel, or stream, there shall be provided a stormwater or drainage
right-of-way of adequate width. Parallel streets may be required by
the Board of Aldermen in connection therewith.
[R.O. 2012 §405.340; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §43.340]
A.
The right-of-way width shall be the distance across a street from
property line to property line. Minimum street right-of-way widths
shall be as follows:
[R.O. 2012 §405.350; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §43.350]
[R.O. 2012 §405.360; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §43.360]
Maximum and minimum street grades shall be twelve percent (12%)
and one-half of one percent (0.5%), respectively.
[R.O. 2012 §405.370; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §43.370]
The minimum radii of center-line curvature shall be one hundred
fifty (150) feet.
[R.O. 2012 §405.380; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §43.380]
Between reverse curves, there shall be a tangent having a length
not less than one hundred (100) feet.
[R.O. 2012 §405.390; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §43.390]
Street intersections shall be at right angles when possible.
No street intersections shall be at an angle of less than sixty degrees
(60°), unless required by unusual circumstances.
[R.O. 2012 §405.400; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §43.400]
The curb-line radius at street intersections shall be at least
fifteen (15) feet. Where the angle of street intersections is less
than ninety degrees (90°), a longer radius may be required.
[R.O. 2012 §405.410; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §43.410]
A.
Block lengths and widths shall be as follows:
1.
Blocks shall be no greater than nine hundred (900) feet, nor
less than three hundred (300) feet in length, except in unusual circumstances;
and
2.
Blocks shall be wide enough to provide two (2) tiers of lots
of minimum depth, except where abutting upon major streets or where
other situations make this requirement impracticable.
[R.O. 2012 §405.420; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §43.420]
A.
Residential lots shall meet the lot width and lot area requirements of Chapter 400, Zoning Regulations. In the absence of a Zoning Ordinance, residential lots shall not be less than seventy-five (75) feet wide at the building line.
1.
Residential lots shall have a depth of not less than one hundred
(100) feet and not greater than three (3) times the width of the lot
at the building line, unless unusual circumstances make these limitations
not practicable.
2.
Where individual septic tanks are used, the Health Officer shall
prescribe minimum lot sizes to conform to health standards, which
may be greater than the standards contained herein.
3.
Commercial and industrial lots shall be adequate to provide
service areas and off-street parking suitable for use intended.
4.
Residential corner lots shall have adequate width to meet building
setback requirements from both abutting streets.
[R.O. 2012 §405.430; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §43.430]
All lot lines shall be perpendicular or radial to street lines,
unless not practicable because of topographic or other features.
[R.O. 2012 §405.440; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §43.450]
Each lot shall abut upon a dedicated public street.
[R.O. 2012 §405.450; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §43.460]
Double frontage and reverse frontage lots should be avoided,
except where essential to provide separation of residential development
from traffic arteries or to overcome specific disadvantages of topography
and orientation. A planted screen easement of at least ten (10) feet,
across which there shall be no right of access, shall be provided
along the line of lots abutting such a traffic artery or other in
compatible use.
[R.O. 2012 §405.460; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §43.470]
A.
Prior to the approval of the final plat, an agreement shall be reached
between the subdivider or his/her agent and the City Government with
regard to the installation of any street improvements or utility construction
called for on the subdivision plat. In certain cases, where the City
Government deems necessary, the subdivider shall be required to have
installed by appropriate City agency at his/her expense, or, with
approval of the agency concerned, to install the following street
improvements and utilities:
1.
Streets, including street grading and street ditching;
2.
Sanitary sewer lines and manholes, storm-drainage facilities,
sidewalks (when determined by the Board of Aldermen to be essential
for the safety of pedestrians) and monuments and markers; and
3.
Water mains within the subdivision with connections to each
lot.
B.
All required street improvements, utilities and monuments shall be
built to standards specified by the agency responsible for each. All
utilities to be installed in the streets shall be placed and compacted
prior to paving.
C.
If the required sanitary sewer line cannot be connected to a trunkline
sewer at the time of the development of the subdivision, septic tanks
shall be installed by and at the expense of the subdivider or lot
purchaser for interim use, in conformity with the requirements of
the County Health Department or local health authority.
D.
In lieu of the completion of such work and installations prior to
the final approval of a plat, the Board of Aldermen shall accept a
surety bond providing for and securing to the municipality the actual
construction and installation of such improvements and utilities within
a period specified by the Board of Aldermen and expressed in the bond.
[R.O. 2012 §405.470; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §43.480]
A.
This Chapter may be amended from time to time by the City Government.
However, no amendment shall become effective unless it shall have
been proposed by or shall have first been submitted to the Board of
Aldermen for review and recommendation. The Board of Aldermen shall
have thirty (30) days within which to submit its report. If the Board
of Aldermen fails to submit a report within the thirty-day period,
it shall be deemed to have approved the proposed amendments.
B.
Before enacting an amendment to this Chapter, the City Government
shall hold a public hearing thereon, at least fifteen (15) days' notice
of the time and place of which shall be published in a newspaper of
general circulation in the City.
