[Ord. No. 0145 §I, 6-1-1978]
No plat of a subdivision of land within the City of Appleton
City, Missouri, shall be approved unless that plat is in full compliance
with the provisions of this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 0145 §II, 6-1-1978]
For the purposes of these regulations, certain words and terms
used herein are defined as follows:
EASEMENT
A grant by the property owner to the public, a corporation,
or persons of the use of a strip of land for specific purposes.
IMPROVEMENTS
Grading, sanitary and storm sewers, water main, pavements,
sidewalks, lights, trees, and other appropriate improvements required
to render land suitable for the use proposed.
LOT
Land occupied or to be occupied by a building, or unit group
of buildings, and accessory buildings, together with such yards and
lot area as are required by this resolution, and having its principal
frontage upon a street, or a place approved by the Commission.
PLAT
A map of a land subdivision prepared in form suitable for
filing with the County Recorder's office of record with necessary
affidavits, dedications, and acceptances, and with complete bearings
and dimensions of all lines defining lots and blocks, streets and
alleys, public areas and other dimensions of land.
STREET
Any public right-of-way which affords the primary means of
access to abutting property.
SUBDIVIDER
A person, firm, corporation, partnership, or association
who shall lay out any subdivision or part thereof as defined herein,
either for himself/herself or others.
SUBDIVISION
The division or re-division of land into two (2) or more
lots, tracts, sites, or parcels for the purpose of transferring ownership
or for development, or the dedication or vacation of a public right-of-way
or easement.
[Ord. No. 0145 §III, 6-1-1978; Ord. No. 05-03 §1, 4-13-2005]
A. The plat
shall contain the information herein specified and comply with the
following requirements:
1. Description and delineation.
b. Location
of subdivision by section, township and range, or by other legal description.
c. Names
of the owner of the subdivision.
d. Date
of preparation; scale not to exceed one hundred (100) feet to the
inch and north point (designated as true North).
2. Existing conditions.
a. Boundary
line of proposed subdivision indicated by solid heavy line and the
total acreage encompassed thereby.
b. Location,
width and names of all existing or prior platted streets or other
public ways, railroads, utility rights-of-way, parks, other public
spaces, permanent easements, and section and corporation lines within
and adjacent to the subject tract.
c. Boundary
lines of adjacent tracts of unsubdivided or subdivided land, showing
ownership.
3. Proposed subdivision plan.
a. Layout
of streets showing location and width of streets and easements.
b. Layout
of lots showing dimensions and bearings or angles of lines.
c. Parcels
of land intended to be dedicated or temporarily reserved for public
use and/or set aside for use for property owners in the subdivision.
d. Build
setback lines showing dimensions (minimum of twenty (20) feet for
front yard and five (5) feet for side yard on a corner lot).
e. Easements
for public utilities where alleys are not provided (total easement
width of ten (10) feet).
f. The
minimum lot size shall be sixty-two hundred (6,200) square feet. The
lot width shall not be less than sixty (60) feet at the building line.
4. Other information disclosed on the plat.
a. Certification
by a licensed land surveyor to the effect that the plat represents
a survey made by him/her and that monuments and markers shown thereon
exist as located, and that all dimensions and geodetic details are
correct.
b. Certification
by owner, or by any mortgage holder of record, of the adoption of
the plat and the dedication of streets and other public areas. Owner's
and/or mortgage holder's signature to be notarized.
c. Proper
form for the approval by the Board of Aldermen, and space for signature
of the Presiding Officer and attested by City Clerk. No plat of a
subdivision shall be recorded unless and until it has been submitted
and approved by the Board of Aldermen in accordance with the regulations
set forth in this regulation.
d. To
defray partially the costs of any notification and administration
procedures, there shall be paid to the City Clerk at the time of submission
of the original plat a fee sufficient to cover all recording and other
fees. No action of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen shall be valid
until the fee has been paid to the City Clerk. This fee will be charged
on all plats, regardless of the action taken, whether the plat be
approved or disapproved.
e. The
original and seven (7) prints of the final or record plat of the subdivision,
or of any part of a larger subdivision, shall be submitted to the
Board of Aldermen by the developer together with a written request
for approval. The final plat shall be on linen tracing cloth or similar
durable material. The plat shall be drawn at a scale of one hundred
(100) feet to the inch or less. Said scale shall be indicated on the
plat graphically. The final plat, to be placed on record at the County
Recorder's office, shall be accompanied by a separate statement signed
by the owner and subdivider stating the following:
(1) Plans and specifications for all improvements shall be approved by
the Board of Aldermen of the City of Appleton City prior to being
submitted to the State regulatory agencies for approval.
(2) The owner and subdivider wherein they agree to make and install the improvements provided for in Sections
405.040 and
405.050 in accordance with the plans and specifications accompanying the final plat and following the appropriate approvals of the State regulatory agencies; and that all such improvements shall be inspected during the course of construction by an authorized representative of the City of Appleton City, appointed by the City Board of Aldermen.
(3) No construction shall be commenced on any building located within
the subdivision plat prior to recording of the final plat with the
County Recorder's office.
(4) Utility and street construction shall be completed and approved prior
to the occupying of any structure.
[Ord. No. 0145 §IV, 6-1-1978]
A. Sewers. Sanitary sewers shall be installed to serve all
properties in the subdivision, and such installation shall be done
prior to the final paving of streets and roads within the subdivision
as hereinafter provided.
B. Water Mains. Water mains shall be installed to serve all
properties within the subdivision and shall be in place prior to the
final paving of streets and roads within the subdivision. The water
main shall extend to the limits of the street construction.
C. Sewers
and water mains installed in any subdivision hereinafter built or
developed within the City of Appleton City, Missouri, shall be of
dimensions as directed by the Board of Aldermen.
[Ord. No. 0145 §V, 6-1-1978; Ord. No. 05-03 §1, 4-13-2005]
A. All street
rights-of-way within any subdivision in the City of Appleton City,
Missouri, shall be fifty (50) feet wide with a street width of twenty-eight
(28) feet, covered with a twenty-four (24) foot slab of asphalt paving.
All ditches shall be graded and backsloped.
1. All
streets shall have at least a four (4) inch rock base, with at least
two (2) inches of coarse rock, and at least two (2) inches of fine
rock over the coarse rock. The asphalt shall consist of a prime coat
and a sealer coat with chips or better.
2. The
builder shall arrange for the placement of the sewer lines and water
mains before the streets are final graded and paved.
a. The
developer shall build and install all sewer lines and water mains
in accordance with the approved plans and specifications at no expense
to the City. Construction shall not commence without written permission
of appropriate Sewer and Water Committee.
b. Prior
to or contemporaneous with the commencement of any construction or
development on any lot within the subdivision, the subdivider, building
contractor or lot owner shall provide adequate access to the property
line, properly graded and drained.
c. Each
lot within the subdivision shall be served by sewer lines or laterals
extending to the property line and by water services extended to the
property line.
[Ord. No. 0145 §VI, 6-1-1978]
Any provision of this Chapter may be waived by resolution of
the Board of Aldermen of the City of Appleton City, Missouri, as to
any development which is in progress on the effective date of this
Chapter, June 1, 1978. For development to be deemed "in progress"
prior to the effective date of this Chapter, June 1, 1978, it shall
be necessary that the subdivider shall have prepared and submitted
to the Board of Aldermen a preliminary plat of the proposed subdivision
and to have commenced some work on the proposed subdivision. Subdivisions
which shall be in the planning stage only shall not be deemed "in
progress".