ARTICLE V. FINAL PLAT

Sec. 20.5-57. Submittal requirements.

The subdivider shall submit to the agent thirteen (13) copies (12 folded, one rolled) of the final plat on blue-line or black-line prints at a scale of one hundred feet (100') to the inch except in cases where the agent has approved an alternate scale. Where more than one (1) sheet is used, sheets shall be numbered in sequence and match-lines shall be provided and labeled. The size of any final plat shall be eighteen inches by twenty-four inches (18" x 24").

The following information for the subdivision or part thereof shall be shown on the face of the final plat:

(a) The name of the subdivision, owner, subdivider, land surveyor, and the date of drawing, number of sheets, graphic (bar) scale and, if applicable, the phase designation. Unless otherwise excepted by the agent, the side line of each sheet shall be a north-pointing (from bottom to top) grid line and labeled as such. If true north is used, the method of determination shall be shown.

(b) The location of the proposed subdivision or part thereof on an inset map at a scale of not less than two thousand feet (2,000') to the inch, showing adjoining roads, their names and state route numbers, towns, subdivisions, watercourses, and other landmarks. Said inset map shall be oriented north.

(c) A boundary survey providing a closure within an accuracy of not less than one (1) in twenty thousand (20,000) or which meets or exceeds Second Order, Class II standards, as determined by the Federal Geodetic Control Committee and contained in the current edition of the publication entitled, Classification, Standards of Accuracy, and General Specifications of Geodetic Control Survey.

(d) The location of any primary geodetic control network monument within the boundaries of the tract or within two (2) kilometers of the property with reference, identification and the X-Y coordinate value in U.S. survey feet or meters.  Show and label the location(s) of the Primary Geodetic Control Monument(s) on the inset (vicinity) map.

(e) All existing, platted and proposed streets and public rights-of-way, their names, numbers and widths (both pavement and right-of-way). The data of all curves along street frontages shall be shown at the curve or in a curve data table and shall contain the following:

(1) delta

(2) radius

(3) arc

(4) tangent

(5) chord

(6) chord bearings

Temporary cul-de-sacs shall be shown and appropriately labeled to show both the permanent and the temporary portions of the right-of-way included.

(f) All utility, public service corporation, and other easements, including landscape, preservation or conservation easements, public areas, and parking spaces. Easements shall be located and dimensioned by bearings and distances with curve data or X-Y coordinate values in U.S. survey feet or meters.

(g) All proposed lots, lot areas, and building setback lines. All lots shall be located and dimensioned by bearings and distances with curve data or X-Y coordinate values in U.S. survey feet or meters.

(h) The location of all approved private sewage disposal systems, including both primary and reserve locations.

(i) The location of major stormwater management ponds or lakes.

(j) The location of any floodplain area as depicted on the flood insurance rate map (FIRM) for the county as published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency including the flood hazard zone designation(s) and elevation(s) and any other information required by the floodplain management area provisions of the zoning ordinance for floodplain areas.

(k) The location of any resource protection area, resource management area and/or watershed management area including delineation of all required buffers and set-backs.

(l) The location of all proposed secondary ground control network monuments.

(m) All parcels of land to be dedicated for public use or for the common use of the property owners.

(n) The parcel identification number assigned to each lot, either within the boundaries of the lot itself or in tabular form.

(o) The certificate of consent and dedication duly signed and notarized by all owners, including trustees, if any, in the format required by section 15.2-2264, Code of Virginia.

(p) The certificate duly signed by a land surveyor setting forth the source of title in accordance with section 15.2-2262, Code of Virginia, and certifying that the monuments and survey markers shown on the plat have been correctly located and installed.

(q) An approval block for the signature of the agent on behalf of the county.

(Ord. No. 05-33, 12/20/05)

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