The final plat shall bear the following certificates. The examples contained within this chapter may be modified by the city to accommodate specific circumstances and conditions determined at the time of preliminary plat review.
Section
Description
§ 21.15.030(D)
Additional Plat Notes by Planning Commission
§ 21.45.020
Required Plat Certificates
§ 21.45.020(A)
Certification of Surveyor
§ 21.45.020(B)
Certification of Ownership and Dedication
§ 21.45.020(C)
Certification of Payment of Taxes
§ 21.45.020(D)
Certification of Approval of the Planning Commission
§ 21.45.020(E)
Certification of Approval by Assembly
§ 21.45.020(F)
Certification of Payment of Local Improvement District
§ 21.45.030
Standard Plat Notes
§ 21.45.030(A)(1)
Private Covenants
§ 21.45.030(A)(2)
Private Access, Utility, and Drainage Easement Maintenance Agreements (§ 21.55.030(A)) (§ 21.55.060(B)) (§ 21.55.140(D) and (F))
§ 21.45.030(A)(3)
Limitation of Habitable Structures Within Floodplain
§ 21.45.030(B)
Development Plat Restriction
§ 21.45.030(C)
Purpose of Plat
§ 21.45.030(D)
City and Borough of Sitka Party to Access/Utility Easements
§ 21.45.030(E)
Subdivisions Developed in Phases
§ 21.55.020
Compliance With Standard Specifications and Subdivision Agreements
§ 21.55.030
Easements
§ 21.55.030(A)
Municipality Party to All Easements
§ 21.55.030(C)(4)
Maximum Access Easement Grade
§ 21.55.030(C)(5)
Grade Verification
§ 21.55.030(E)
Temporary Easements
§ 21.55.060
Maintenance Agreements
§ 21.55.090
Access to Primary and Secondary Roads
§ 21.55.130
Additional Design and Construction Requirements
§ 21.55.130(B)
Street Lighting
§ 21.55.130(G)
Lot Sale Restriction
§ 21.55.140
Island Properties
§ 21.55.140(A)
Private Individual Docks or Mooring Buoys
§ 21.55.140(B)
Construction and Type of Vehicle Usage of Easements
§ 21.55.140(C)
Commission Approval of Location of Easements, Buoys and Binding Plat Notes
§ 21.55.140(D)
Municipality Party to Easements and Binding Plat Notes
(S.G.C. 21.44.010; Ord. 03-1729 § 4, 2003; amended during 3/2015 supplement)
A. 
Certification of surveyor. A certificate signed and sealed by the land surveyor who prepared the plat as follows:
CERTIFICATE OF SURVEYOR
I, __________________ certify that I am a registered land surveyor in the State of Alaska, that this plat is a true and correct representation of lands surveyed by me or under my direct supervision; that the distances and bearings are shown correctly and the error of closure for field traverses does not exceed one part in 5,000; and that all permanent exterior control monuments, all other monuments, and lot corners have been set and staked.
B. 
Certification of ownership and dedication. Where a dedication of land to the public is proposed in the plat, the final plat shall bear a statement of ownership and dedication as follows:
CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP AND DEDICATION
I (we) hereby certify that I (we) (company name) am (are)(is) the owner(s) of the property shown and described hereon and that I (we) (it) hereby adopt this plan of subdivision with my (our) (its) free consent, and dedicate all streets, alleys, walks, parks, and other open spaces to public or private use as noted.
Date
Owner(s)/Company Name
Notary’s Acknowledgement
The above certificate shall be signed by all persons or authorized signers for any company holding any legal or equitable interest in the land being platted or dedicated. The certificate shall be signed before the municipal clerk or a notary public.
C. 
Certification of payment of taxes. The following certificate shall be printed on the final plat:
CERTIFICATE OF PAYMENT OF TAXES
STATE OF ALASKA
)
 
) ss.
FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT
)
I, the undersigned, being duly appointed and qualified, and acting assessor for the City and Borough of Sitka, do hereby certify that, according to the records of the City and Borough of Sitka, the following described property is carried on the tax records in the name of: _____________________ (all owners of record), and that, according to the records in my possession, all taxes assessed against said lands and in favor of the City and Borough of Sitka are paid in full; that current taxes for the year ____________ will be due on or before ___________.
DATED this ___________ day of ___________, _________, at Sitka, Alaska
Assessor
City and Borough of Sitka
 
D. 
Certification of approval of the planning commission. The following form of certification shall be printed on the final plat by the person preparing the plat, to be filled in after approval by the planning commission:
CERTIFICATION OF APPROVAL BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION
I hereby certify that the subdivision plat shown hereon has been found to comply with the subdivision regulations of the City and Borough Planning Commission, and that said plat has been approved by the board by Plat Resolution No. ________________ dated ________________, and that the plat shown hereon has been approved for recording in the office of the district court, ex officio recorder, Sitka, Alaska.
Date
Chairman, Planning Commission
ATTEST:
 
Secretary
 
E. 
Certification of approval by assembly. The following form of certification shall be printed on the final plat by the person preparing the plat, to be filled in after approval by the assembly:
CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL BY THE ASSEMBLY
I hereby certify that the subdivision plat shown hereon has been found to comply with the subdivision regulations of the City and Borough of Sitka, and that said plat has been approved by the Assembly as recorded in Minute Book _________, Page _________, dated _________ and that the plat shown hereon has been approved for recording in the office of the district court, ex officio recorder, Sitka, Alaska.
Date
Mayor
ATTEST:
 
Municipal Clerk
 
F. 
Certification of payment of local improvement district. The following certificate shall be printed on the final plat:
CERTIFICATE OF PAYMENT OF LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
I, the undersigned, being duly appointed and qualified, and acting finance director for the City and Borough of Sitka, do hereby certify that, according to the records of the City and Borough of Sitka, the following described property is carried on the records in the name of: ______________ (all owners of record) ______________ and that, according to the records in my possession, all L.I.D.’s assessed against said lands and in favor of the City and Borough of Sitka are paid in full.
Dated this _________ day of _________, 20______ at Sitka, Alaska.
Finance Director
City and Borough of Sitka
(S.G.C. 21.44.020; Ord. 03-1729 § 4, 2003)
A. 
The final plat shall bear the following information:
1. 
A statement referring to private covenants governing the subdivision, if any, as follows:
Restrictive covenants were recorded _______________, 20_____, at the Recording District under Serial Number ________________.
2. 
A statement referring to private access, utility, and drainage easement(s) maintenance agreements, if any, as follows:
Private maintenance agreement for the access, utilities, and drainage for this plat is recorded _______________, 20_____, at the Recording District under Serial Number ___________________.
3. 
A statement limiting placement of habitable structures, if any portion of the plat depicts areas within the floodplain. The statement, where required, shall read:
No habitable structure may be placed upon any lot that shall have an elevation of the lowest floor, including a basement of less than, at, or above the highest known water elevation to comply with the floodplain provisions.
B. 
Development plat restriction. All major subdivisions or other plats requiring public construction improvements shall contain the following plat restriction which shall conspicuously appear in bold print on the face of the final plat:
NO LOT, TRACT, OR PARCEL WITHIN THIS SUBDIVISION MAY BE CONVEYED BY ______________________ (OWNER) UNTIL SERVED BY ROAD, DRAINAGE, WATER, SEWER, AND ELECTRICITY SERVICE AND SAID IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN INSPECTED, APPROVED, AND ACCEPTED FOR MAINTENANCE BY THE CITY AND BOROUGH OF SITKA, ALASKA OR A SUBDIVISION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND BOROUGH OF SITKA AND THE OWNERS OF THE PARCELS IN THE SUBDIVISION HAS BEEN EXECUTED. THE EXECUTED SUBDIVISION AGREEMENT SHALL SPECIFICALLY LIST THE LOTS THAT MAY BE SOLD PRIOR TO THE INSTALLATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE ROADS AND UTILITIES.
Such a plat restriction may be deleted or disregarded if the developer provides a bond sufficient, in the opinion of the director of public works, to ensure the construction of the required public construction improvements or if the municipality has adopted, by ordinance, a local improvement district to provide such improvements and has issued a notice to proceed to a contractor for that construction project.
C. 
A plat note shall be added which describes the purpose of the plat and describes how this plat relates to the previous plats covering the same property.
D. 
A plat note shall be added that states the city and borough of Sitka is a party to all access and utility easements and the easements shall not be modified or relocated without municipal approval.
E. 
Subdivisions that are developed in phases shall contain final plat documentation describing the nature of public and private improvements, dedications, and other development actions subject to the scheduling of the phases.
F. 
Each plat showing any property that borders on saltwater shall carry a plat note stating:
Publicly owned tidelands adjacent to the properties included on this plat may contain important herring habitat and may be used for a variety of recreational, subsistence, customary, and traditional purposes in accordance with State and Federal laws.
(S.G.C. 21.44.030; Ord. 03-1729 § 4, 2003; Ord. 04-42 § 4, 2004)