A.
Any owner or developer of any tract of land situated within the County
who subdivides the same shall cause a plat of such subdivision, with
reference to known or permanent monuments, to be made and recorded
in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court. No such plat of subdivision
shall be recorded unless and until it shall have been submitted, approved,
and certified by the agent in accordance with the regulations set
forth in this chapter. No lot shall be sold in any such subdivision
before the plat shall have been recorded. No building permit will
be issued to any prospective developer of any tract, parcel, etc.,
if the property was illegally subdivided after the effective date
of this chapter and its amendments. A building permit may be issued
if the noncompliance requirements are met. It shall be the responsibility
of the agent to check with the Clerk's office monthly to assure compliance.
B.
In the event a plan for subdivision is disapproved by the agent,
the subdivider may appeal to the governing body which may then override
the recommendation of the agent and approve said plat.
Every such plat shall be prepared by a surveyor, duly licensed
by the Commonwealth of Virginia, who shall endorse upon each plat
a certificate signed by him setting forth the source of the title
of the land subdivided, and the place for record of the last instrument
in the chain of title. When the plat is of land required from more
than one source of title, the outlines of the several tracts shall
be indicated upon such plat, within an inset block, or by means of
a dotted boundary line upon the plat.
Every such plat, or the deed of dedication to which the plat
is attached, shall contain, in addition to the surveyor's certificate
a statement to the effect that "the above and foregoing subdivision
of (here insert correct description of the land subdivided), as appears
in the plat, is with the free consent and in accordance with the desire
of the undersigned owners, proprietors, and trustees, of any," which
shall be signed by the owners, proprietors, and trustees, and shall
be duly acknowledged before some officer authorized to take acknowledgments
for deeds, and when thus executed and approved as herein specified
shall be filed and recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit
Court, and indexed under the names of the landowners signing such
statement and under the name of the subdivision.
No person shall subdivide any tract of land that is located
within the County except in conformity with the provisions of this
chapter.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
This chapter bears no relation to any private easement, covenant,
agreement or restriction, nor is the responsibility of enforcing such
private easements, covenants, agreements or restrictions implied herein
to any public official. When this chapter calls for more restrictive
standards than are required by private contracts, the provisions of
this chapter shall control.
No changes, erasures or revision shall be made on any preliminary
or final plat, nor any accompanying data sheets after approval of
the agent has been endorsed in writing on the plat or sheets, unless
authorization for such changes has been granted in writing by the
agent.
[Amended 6-29-2004]
There shall be a charge for the examination and approval or
disapproval of every plat received by the agent. At the time of submitting
for approval any plat required by this chapter, the subdivider shall
deposit with the agent a check, made payable to "Treasurer of Amelia
County," in amounts required by the fee schedule maintained in the
agent's office. After holding public hearings as required by the Code
of Virginia of 1950, as amended, the fee schedule may be amended from
time to time to cover reasonable administrative costs incurred in
the administration of this chapter.
