The final plat of the subdivision shall comply with the following
general requirements with regard to style and content:
A. It shall be drawn in black India ink on tracing linen or dimensionally
stable plastic film and shall comply with the applicable provisions
of the laws of the State of Maryland relative to the making of plats.
B. It shall be prepared by a registered land surveyor, preferably at
a scale of one inch to 100 feet, but in any case at a scale not less
than one inch to 200 feet, and it shall be drawn on sheets not less
than eight inches by 12 inches and not more than 24 inches by 30 inches
in size, including a margin of 1/2 inch outside ruled border lines.
C. All dimensions and bearings of lines and all areas shall be based
upon a field survey of sufficient accuracy and detail that the data
shown thereon may be reproduced on the ground. All distances and the
length of all lines shall be given to the nearest hundredth of a foot.
Bearings of all lines shall be magnetic bearings referenced to the
date of the plat, and all bearings shall be given to the nearest minute.
All areas shall be given to the nearest square foot.
The final plat shall be legibly and accurately drawn and shall
show the following information:
A. The name under which the subdivision is to be recorded and the subdivision's
location.
B. A legal description of the area being platted.
C. A scale, date, North point and small-scale key map showing the general
location of the subdivision in relation to its surroundings.
D. Distances and bearings for all the boundary lines of the subdivision.
E. The locations and descriptions of all permanent survey monuments,
with coordinates of all monuments.
F. The names and locations of adjacent subdivisions and the locations
of adjoining parcels of unplatted land, with the names of the owners
of record.
G. The locations, dimensions and names of all streets and alleys within
and adjoining the subdivision, with the lengths and bearings of tangents,
the lengths of arcs and radii, internal angles, points of curvature
and any other necessary engineering data.
H. The locations, dimensions and bearings of all lot lines and the area
of every lot or parcel.
I. The building lines along all streets, dimensioned to street lines.
J. The blocks, lettered in alphabetical order, with the lots within
each block numbered in numerical order.
K. The locations, dimensions and purposes of all crosswalkways, easements
and other public ways.
L. The locations, dimensions and purposes of any other property offered
for dedication or to be reserved for acquisition for public use or
to be reserved by deed covenant for the common use of property owners
in the subdivision.
Accompanying the final plat and made a part thereof shall be
the following certificates and statements:
A. A notarized owner's certificate, acknowledging ownership of
the property and agreeing to the subdivision thereof as shown on the
plat, and signed by the owner or owners and any lienholders.
B. A notarized owner's statement of dedication, offering all streets,
alleys and other public ways and public grounds for dedication and
constituting an irrevocable offer to dedicate for a period of not
less than five years from the date of filing the final plat with the
Planning Commission.
Information to be shown on the final plat for subdivisions in
the Rock Hall Critical Area Overlay District shall be as follows:
A. A final tabulation of:
(1)
The total area of the subdivision or parcels to be recorded
in the Critical Area District.
(2)
The total number of lots in the Critical Area District.
(3)
The residential density in the Critical Area District.
B. Accurate outlines (metes and bounds, where required) of any common
or reserved areas or portions of lots to be maintained by covenant,
easement or similar approved instrument in permanent forest cover,
including existing forested areas, reforested areas and afforested
areas;
C. Accurate outlines (metes and bounds, where required) of any areas
to be maintained as permanent wildlife and plant habitat protection
areas;
D. Comments of the Bay Watershed Forester, required when a proposed
development site contains or will contain forest or developed woodland
areas;
E. A habitat protection plan, including the comments to the Maryland
Forest, Park and Wildlife Service, required when a habitat protection
area (not including the buffer) is on or adjacent to the site;
F. A final stormwater management plan;
G. A sediment and erosion control plan; and
H. A planting plan or forest management plan, as applicable.