Whenever any subdivision of land is proposed,
before any contract is made for the sale of any part thereof and before
any permit for the erection of a structure in such proposed subdivision
shall be granted, the applicant or his agent authorized in writing
shall apply for and secure approval and endorsement of such proposed
subdivision and such subdivision shall be recorded in the office of
the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
A. Unsuitable sites.
(1) The Town shall not approve the subdivision of land
if from adequate investigations conducted by all public agencies concerned
in accordance with these regulations, it has been determined that
in the best interest of the public, the site is not suitable for platting
and development purposes of the kind proposed. Provisions of this
chapter shall be relied upon to determine suitability.
(2) Land within a one-hundred-year floodplain or known
to be subject to flooding and land deemed to be topographically or
geologically unsuitable shall not be platted for residential occupancy
nor for such other uses as may increase danger to health, life or
property or aggravate erosion. Such land within the subdivision shall
be set aside on the plat for such uses as shall not be endangered
by periodic or occasional inundation or erosion and shall not produce
conditions contrary to the public welfare.
B. Hereafter, all plans for the subdivision of land within
the corporate limits of the Town of Stanley shall be reviewed by the
Town Planning Commission and other Town, state or other officials
as deemed necessary and shall be approved or disapproved by the Town
Council in accordance with procedures specified in these regulations.
The provisions and requirements of these regulations shall apply to
and control all land subdivisions which have not been recorded in
the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for the County
of Page, Commonwealth of Virginia, prior to the effective date of
these regulations; provided, however, that any change in a recorded
plat shall constitute a resubdivision and shall make said plat subject
to any and all of the regulations in this chapter.
Any proposed divider who contends that such
proposed division of land is exempted from the provisions of this
chapter shall submit to the Clerk of the Commission a plat of the
proposed division or other documents or other evidence satisfactory
to the Clerk of the Commission in determining that such proposed division
is exempt. If in the opinion of the Clerk the proposed division is
exempt, such shall be certified on said plat or on the deed of conveyance
by which the property is to be divided and shall be signed by the
Clerk. No person shall record a plat or conveyance for the division
of land without compliance with the provisions of this chapter and
without the Clerk's certificate as required herein.