Final Plat
Community Planning & Development Services
The filing fee for a Final Plat application is $750.00. Resolution and plat recording fee of $90.00 must also accompany Final Plat Application. Actual review costs exceeding the minimum plat fees will be charged to the applicant prior to approval of the City Commission. Covenants being recorded with the plat will be charged a recording fee as per Meade County. Information and submission requirements follow:
1. Final Plat Application shall be submitted to the Planning Department more than two (2) week before a regular meeting of the Planning Commission. This submission shall consist of an original Final Plat Application and an original Final Plat prepared on 15″ x 26″ mylar.
2. Two (2) mylar originals of the Final Plat may be required if the land being subdivided is located in two (2) counties.
3. The mylar original(s), when submitted, shall include, in permanent black ink, the notarized signatures of the owner(s), and the signatures and seals (if applicable) of the surveyor, the County Treasurer(s), and Official(s) of Equalization or their designees, and the Highway Authority(s).
4. The Application Form (below) must be signed by the subdivider, the landowner(s) (if different than the subdivider), and (if applicable) the subdividers agent. The non-refundable Final Plat Application Fee and recording fees are due and payable at the time of submission of the Application.
5. Additionally the following copies must be submitted for a complete application to be considered:
- (1) Copy of Final Plat and application for proposed subdivision in paper format on a 15"x26" by a Registered Land Surveyor.
- (1) Electronic copy of Final Plat (submitted by disk, e-mail or other approved electronic media).
- (1) Copy of Final plat on 8 1/2" x 11 paper.
Final Plat Procedures:
1. Upon receipt of the Final Plat Application, the Planning Department shall review the Final Plat Application and ensure the Final Plat conforms to the approved Preliminary Plat and that the conditions of approval of the Preliminary Plat have been met. The Planning Commission shall forward a recommendation to approve, approve with conditions, or deny approval of the Final Plat to the City Commission within thirty (30) days of the receipt of the Application, unless the subdivider agrees to an extention of this time frame.
2. The City Commission, at its next regular meeting after the Planning Commission makes its recommendation, shall review the Final Plat Application and the Planning Commission’s recommendation and act upon said recommendation. If the Final Plat is approved by the City Commissioners, the Planning Department shall, within fifteen (15) days of said approval, submit the signed mylar original(s) of the approved Final Plat and the approved subdivision covenants (if covenants are to be applied by the subdivider) to the appropriate Register of Deeds. An additional fee of $30 will apply to Final Plats recorded with covenants of up to 50 pages. For each additional page above 50 the recording fee is $2 per page. A 52 page document would be charged $34. Data on the front and back of a page is considered 2 pages.
3. The City Commissioners, upon approval of the Final Plat and upon receipt from the Public Works Official of a Certificate of Final Completion, may accept the dedication of public infrastructure, right of way, and parks from the subdivider.
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