Any owner or developer of any tract of land situated within the Town 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 of the County of Louisa. No such plat of subdivision shall be recorded unless and until it shall have been submitted, approved and certified in accordance with the regulations set forth in this chapter. No lot shall be sold or conveyed in any such subdivision before the plat shall have been recorded.
Every such plat shall be prepared by a surveyor or engineer, duly licensed and certified by the State 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 of record of the last instrument in the chain of title. When the plat is of land acquired by more than one source of title, the outlines of the several tracts shall be indicated upon such plat, with an inset block or by means of a dotted or dashed boundary upon the plat.
Every such plat or a deed of dedication to which the plat is attached shall contain, in addition to the surveyor's or engineer's certificate, a statement to the effect that "the above and foregoing subdivision of (here insert the correct description of the land subdivided or the name given the subdivision and its location) as appears in this plat is with the free consent and in accordance with the desire of the undersigned owners, proprietors and trustees, if any" and shall be signed by the owners, proprietors and trustees, if any, and shall be duly acknowledged before some officer authorized to take acknowledgment to 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 of the County of Louisa and indexed under the names of the land owners, proprietors and trustees, if any, signing such statement and under the name of the subdivision; provided, however, that if the plat is attached to and recorded with a deed of dedication of the subdivision duly signed and acknowledged for recordation by such owners, proprietors and trustees, if any, showing such desire and consent by them, such certificate shall not be required upon the face of the plat.
No person shall subdivide any tract of land located within the Town as defined herein except in conformity with the provisions of this chapter.
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 contract, the provisions of this chapter shall control.
No change, erasure or revision shall be made on any preliminary or final plat or on 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.
There shall be a charge for the examination and approval or disapproval of every subdivision plat viewed by the agent. At the time of filing of the preliminary plat, the subdivider shall deposit with the agent checks payable to the Treasurer of the Town in the amount of $25 per subdivision plat and $1 for each lot if the subdivision contains five or more lots.