[CC 1992 §425.010; Ord. No. 591 Art. I, 3-6-2000]
This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Subdivision
Regulations for the City of Concordia, Missouri.
[CC 1992 §425.020; Ord. No. 591 Art. II, 3-6-2000]
The purpose of this Chapter is to establish rules, regulations
and standards for the preparation, presentation and recording of plats
or replats, for creating additional lots, and for the development
of existing parcels lying within the City limits of Concordia, Missouri.
The rules, regulations and standards shall be administered to insure
orderly growth and development, the conservation, protection and proper
use of land and adequate provision for traffic circulation and extension
of utilities and desirable services.
[CC 1992 §425.030; Ord. No. 591 Art. III, 3-6-2000]
As used in these regulations, the following words shall have
the meanings and references given, unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise. The words "shall" and "must" are always mandatory. The words "should" and "may" are permissive.
The officer designated and authorized by the Board of Aldermen
to enforce the subdivision regulations.
A permanent public service way or right-of-way, dedicated
to public use, other than a street, place, road, crosswalk or easement,
designed to provide a secondary means of access for the special accommodation
of abutting property. To be used primarily in commercially zoned areas.
A unit of property entirely surrounded by public highways,
streets, railroad right-of-ways or other barriers, or combination
thereof.
The Board of Aldermen of the City of Concordia, Missouri.
A line specifically established upon the plat or established
by the zoning ordinance which identifies an area into which no part
of a building shall project, except as provided by the zoning ordinance.
The City of Concordia, Missouri.
The City Clerk of the City of Concordia, Missouri.
A registered professional engineer, registered in the State
of Missouri, duly appointed by the Board of Aldermen to advise the
City on matters relating to engineering, planning and surveying.
The Concordia Planning Commission.
The complete plan, including all of its parts, for the development
of the City prepared by the Commission and adopted by the Board of
Aldermen in accordance with the authority conferred by Chapter 89,
RSMo., as may be amended.
The County of Lafayette, Missouri.
A strip of land dedicated to public use which is reserved
across a block to provide pedestrian access to adjacent areas.
A short street having one (1) end open to public right-of-way
and being permanently terminated on the other end by a vehicle turnaround.
The lands required for the installation of stormwater sewers
or drainage ditches, or land required along an existing natural stream
or watercourse for preserving the channel and providing for the flow
of water therein to safeguard the public against flood damage.
A grant by the property owner for the use of a strip/tract
of land to be used by another party for a specified purpose and extending
for an infinite distance above or below the surface.
The final map of all or a portion of the subdivision which
is presented to the Commission for final approval in accordance with
these regulations and which, if approved, shall be recommended to
the Board of Aldermen for their acceptance and for recording with
the County Recorder of Deeds.
The corporate area of the City of Concordia, Missouri.
A portion of a subdivision, or their parcel of land, intended
as a unit for transfer of ownership.
Any security acceptable to the City which would ensure the
maintenance of any facility planned to be accepted for municipal maintenance
covering the time period from construction or cut-off date of the
performance guarantee until the facility is scheduled to be formally
accepted by the municipality.
Any security which may be acceptable in lieu of requiring
that certain improvements be made before the Board of Aldermen approves
a final plat. Such guarantee may include performance bonds, escrow
agreements, and other similar collateral or surety agreements.
A corporation, firm, partnership, association, organization,
or any other group acting as a unit, as well as a natural person.
The drawings and document described in Article II indicating the proposed layout of the subdivision which is submitted to the Planning Commission for consideration and recommendation to the Board of Aldermen.
A replat is the final platting of a tract or tracts previously
platted and recorded as an official document at the Lafayette County
Recorder of Deeds office. A replat may require the City to vacate
the dedicated rights-of-way, including easements. This vacation must
be an official action of the Board of Aldermen.
A right-of-way, other than an alley, dedicated or otherwise
legally established for the public use, usually providing the principal
means of access to abutting property. A street may be designated as
a highway, thoroughfare, parkway, boulevard, road, avenue, lane, drive,
or other appropriate name. For the purpose of this Chapter, streets
shall be classified as follows:
Arterial and primary streets are those designated for large
volumes of traffic movement. Certain arterial streets may be classified
as limited access roadways to which entrances and exits are provided
only at publicly controlled intersections and access is denied to
abutting property elsewhere.
Collector streets are streets planned to facilitate the collection
of traffic from neighborhood streets and to provide circulation within
neighborhood areas and convenient ways for traffic to reach arterial
streets.
Marginal access streets are those that serve only one (1) side
adjacent to limited access arterial or freeway roadways.
Residential streets are those designed primarily to provide
access to abutting properties.
Any owner, or authorized agent or employee of an owner, who
commences proceedings to effectuate a subdivision of property under
this Chapter either for himself/herself or on behalf of the owner
or any group or association of all owners of such property.
The division of any parcel of land shown as a unit, as part
of a unit, or as contiguous units on the last proceeding transfer
of ownership thereof into two (2) or more parcels, sites or lots,
any of which is less than five (5) acres in area for the purpose,
whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership. Provided however,
that the division or partition of land into parcels of more than five
(5) acres not involving any new streets or easements of access, or
extension of any utilities and the sale or exchange of parcels between
adjoining lot owners, where such sale or exchange does not create
additional building sites, shall not be considered a subdivision;
or
The improvement of one (1) or more parcels of land for residential,
commercial or industrial structures or groups of structures involving
the subdivision and allocation of land as streets or other open spaces
for common use by the owners, occupants or lease holders or as easements
for the extension and maintenance of public sewer, water, storm drainage,
or other public utilities and facilities; provided however, that where
no new streets or roads are involved, division of land for agricultural
purposes where the resulting parcels are more than three (3) acres
or larger in size, divisions of property by testamentary or interstate
provisions, or divisions of property upon court order shall not be
considered a subdivision.
That part of the Comprehensive Plan, now or hereafter adopted,
which includes a major street and roadway plan and sets for the location,
alignment, dimensions, identification and classification of existing
and proposed streets, roadways and other thoroughfares.
A space on the same lot with a building which is open, unoccupied
and unobstructed by structures, except as provided in the Zoning Code.
The official regulations known as the Zoning Code of the
City, which includes a Zoning District Map which divides the area
within the City into districts with regulations and requirements and
procedures for the establishment of land use controls.
[CC 1992 §425.040; Ord. No. 591 Art. IV, 3-6-2000]
A.
All plans,
plats or replats of land creating building lots, hereafter made for
each subdivision or each part thereof lying within the City limits,
shall be prepared, presented and recorded as herein prescribed.
B.
No lot,
tract or parcel of land within any such subdivision shall be offered
for sale nor shall any sale, contract for sale, or option be given
until such subdivision plats have been properly reviewed by the Concordia
Planning Commission and officially approved by the Board of Aldermen
of the City of Concordia, Missouri.
C.
Infrastructure
improvement, such as sidewalks, water distribution system, stormwater
drainage, sewerage collection facilities, gas distribution, electric
service or lighting or grading, paving or surfacing of any street,
shall not be made within any such subdivision by any owner or owners
or by his/her or their agent until the plats for the subdivision and
also the plans for the improvements have been properly reviewed by
the Planning Commission and officially approved by the Board of Aldermen
of Concordia.
D.
Where
a tract of land is proposed to be subdivided in several stages over
a period of years, and the subdivider requests approval in parts,
he/she shall, at the time of submission of the first (1st) part, submit
a plan of the entire tract owned by the subdivider or twenty (20)
acres, whichever may be lesser, to be eventually developed with appropriate
phasing to demonstrate to the Planning Commission that the design
as proposed for the subdivision is feasible. The Planning Commission
may give preliminary approval to the overall plan and final approval
on the parts as submitted from time to time.
E.
The provisions
of this Chapter shall be held to be the minimum requirements necessary
for the subdivision of land in the City.
[Ord. No. 834 §1, 1-22-2008]
The City of Concordia hereby adopts the Public Infrastructure
Standards, which are on file in the City offices, as the minimum specifications
for components of infrastructure. These standards shall set forth
minimum requirements for each element as noted. These standards shall
be used in determination as to acceptance of the City of Concordia
for maintenance of each element of infrastructure prior to acceptance.
