[Amended 1-5-2000; 10-6-2025]
The agent appointed by the governing body is hereby delegated to administer this chapter. In so acting, the agent shall be considered the agent of the governing body, and approval or disapproval by the agent shall constitute approval or disapproval as though it were given by the governing body; provided, however, that approval of all final plats requiring a special exception, as delineated in Chapter 170, Zoning, of the Code of Rappahannock County, Code shall be given only by the governing body after review and recommendation by the agent and Commission. The approval of final plats shall be effected by the agent and the Commission after review and recommendations by the Health Department Official and the Highway Engineer.
The agent shall perform his duties as regards subdivision and subdividing in accordance with this chapter, Chapter 170, Zoning, as amended, and all applicable provisions of the Code of Virginia 1950, as amended.
In the performance of duty, the agent may call for opinions or decisions, either verbal or in writing, from other departments in considering details of any submitted plat. This authority by the agent shall have particular reference to the resident Highway Engineer and the Health Department Official.
In addition to the regulations herein contained for the platting of subdivisions, the agent may, from time to time, establish any reasonable additional administrative procedures deemed necessary for the proper administration of this chapter.
[Amended 7-6-1994[1]]
A. 
Approval of any subdivision plat shall not be deemed acceptance by the governing body of any street, public space or utility shown on the plat for the maintenance, repair or operation thereof unless such acceptance is expressly indicated on the final plat. No private or public easement shall be accepted for dedication for public use unless and until such proposed dedication shall first have been formally approved by the governing body (with like acceptance by the Virginia Department of Transportation, where applicable) and evidence of such approval shown on the instrument of record.
B. 
The acceptance of dedication for public use of any right-of-way located within any subdivision which has constructed therein or proposed to be constructed therein any street, curb, gutter, sidewalk, drainage or sewerage system or other improvement financed or to be financed in whole or in part by private funds shall be permitted only if the owner or developer:
(1) 
Certifies to the governing body that the construction costs have been paid to the person constructing such facilities; or
(2) 
Furnishes the governing body a certified check in the amount of the estimated costs of construction or a bond, with surety conditioned upon the construction of such facilities, or a contract for the construction of such facilities and the contractor's bond, with like surety, in like amount and so conditioned.
C. 
Streets shall be constructed in accordance with the provisions of Article V.
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Editor's Note: This ordinance was readopted 12-2-1996.