Subdividers shall file four copies of every subdivision plat which is intended for recording, which plat shall be prepared by a certified professional engineer or licensed land surveyor, who shall endorse upon each such plat a certificate signed by him setting forth the source of the title of the owner of the land subdivided and the place of record of the last instrument in the chain of title; when the plat is of land acquired from more than one source of title, the outlines of the several tracts shall be indicated upon such plat; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be deemed to prohibit the preparation of preliminary studies, plans or plats of a proposed subdivision by the owner of the land, urban planners, land planners, architects, landscape architects or others having training or experience in subdivision planning and design. No final plat of any subdivision requiring a special exception shall be recorded unless and until it shall have been approved by the governing body in the form of granting such special exception as provided for in Chapter 170, Zoning, of the Code of Rappahannock County.
The Commission shall render a recommendation
on the final plat within 60 days after filing of said plat.
The governing body retains unto itself the authority
of final approval of final plats, which authority it may delegate
to its agent. The Commission's recommendations on each final plat
shall be considered. The governing body or its agent shall indicate
approval or disapproval of all subdivision plats received for consideration
as final plats within 60 days of filing of the same.
A.
The governing body reserves unto itself the right
and authority to vacate, after notice and adoption of an ordinance,
any plat whereon no physical improvements have been constructed within
five years of the date on which the plat was originally recorded.
B.
An appeal from the adoption of the ordinance must
be filed in the Circuit Court of Rappahannock County within 30 days
of said adoption.
A.
Every such plat or the deed of dedication to which
the plat is attached shall contain, in addition to the surveyor's
or engineer's certificate, a statement to the effect that:
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"The above and foregoing subdivision of (here
insert description of the land subdivided) as appears in this plat
is within the free consent and in accordance with the desires of the
undersigned owners, proprietors, and trustees, if any."
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B.
Such statement shall be duly acknowledged before some
officer authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds and, when thus
executed and approved as herein specified, shall be filed and recorded
in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rappahannock County
and indexed under the names of the landowners signing such statement
and under the name of the subdivision.
[Amended 1-3-2007]
A.
Any and all streets that are not constructed to meet
the standards necessary for inclusion in the system of state highways
will be privately maintained and will not be eligible for acceptance
into the system of state highways unless improved to current Department
of Transportation standards with funds other than those appropriated
by the General Assembly and allocated to the Commonwealth Transportation
Board.
B.
In the case of any subdivision containing a private
street not constructed to Department of Transportation standards,
each private street shall be clearly marked as such on the final plat
of any subdivision and the subdivider shall have boldly printed upon
the final plat and included in each deed for property in the subdivision
the following statement:
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"The streets in this subdivision do not meet
the standards necessary for inclusion in the system of state highways
and will not be maintained by the Department of Transportation or
the County of Rappahannock and are not eligible for rural addition
funds or any other funds by the General Assembly and allocated by
the Commonwealth Transportation Board."
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C.
In the case of any subdivision containing a private
street constructed to Department of Transportation standards, but
not intended for inclusion in the system of state highways, each private
street shall be clearly marked as such on the final plat of any subdivision
and the subdivider shall have boldly printed upon the final plat and
included in each deed for property in the subdivision the following
statement:
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"The streets in this subdivision are not intended
for inclusion in the system of state highways and will not be maintained
by the Department of Transportation or the County of Rappahannock
and are not eligible for rural addition funds or any other funds by
the General Assembly and allocated by the Commonwealth Transportation
Board."
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A.
The plat shall not be approved until the subdivider
has complied with the general requirements and minimum standards of
design in accordance with this chapter and has made satisfactory arrangements
for performance bonds, cash or surety bonds to cover the cost of one
year's maintenance in lieu of construction, to the satisfaction of
the agent. Approval of the final plat shall be shown by attaching
a certificate showing review and recommendation of the Zoning Administrator,
the Commission (where applicable), the Health Official, the Virginia
Department of Transportation resident engineer and the approval of
the governing body or its agent.
B.
The subdivider shall record the plat in the office
of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rappahannock County within six
months of final approval; otherwise, the agent shall mark the plat
"Void" and return the same to the subdivider. In no case will the
plat be recorded until approved by the governing body or its agent.
The subdivision plats submitted for final approval by the governing body or the agent and subsequent recording shall be clearly and legibly drawn in ink upon tracing cloth at a scale of 100 feet to the inch on sheets having a size of nine by fifteen (9 x 15) inches. All final plat requirements are subject to any requirements contained in the Chapter 170, Zoning, of the Code of Rappahannock County as may apply. In addition to the requirements of the preliminary plat and those outlined elsewhere in this chapter, the final plat shall include, as a minimum:
A.
The name of the subdivision, magisterial district,
County, state, owner(s), true North point, scale of drawing and number
of sheets. If shown on more than one sheet, match lines shall clearly
indicate where the several sheets join. A blank oblong space at least
three by five (3 x 5) inches shall be reserved for the use of the
approving authority.
B.
The boundary lines of the area being subdivided, to
be determined by an accurate field survey, with bearings shown in
degrees, minutes and seconds to the nearest 10 seconds and dimensions
to be shown in feet to the nearest hundredth of a foot to the accuracy
of one in 10,000 relative to the true meridian. Total acres in each
proposed use, including floodplain, shall be delineated.
C.
The accurate location and dimensions by bearings and
distances, with all curve data on all lots and street lines and center
lines of streets; the boundaries of all proposed or existing easements,
parks, school sites or other public areas; the number and area of
all building sites; all existing public and private streets, their
names, numbers and widths; existing utilities and those to be provided,
such as sanitary sewers, storm drains, water mains, manholes and underground
conduits, including their size and type; watercourses and their names;
and the names of the owners and their property lines, both within
the boundary of the subdivision and adjoining said boundaries. All
plats containing streets to be dedicated to public use shall be accompanied
by a certification from the VDOT Resident Engineer that all highway
specifications have been met.
D.
Certificates signed by the surveyor or engineer, setting
forth the source of the title of the owners of the land subdivided
and the place of record of the last instrument(s) in the chain of
title.
E.
When the subdivision consists of land acquired from
more than one source of title and the outlines of the various tracts
shall be indicated by dashlines, identification of the respective
tracts shall be placed on the plat.
F.
The location and material of all permanent reference
monuments.
G.
The data of all curves along the street frontage,
to be shown in detail at the curve or in a curve data table containing
the following: delta, radius, arc, tangent, chord and chord bearings.
H.
The date and North point.
I.
Private restrictions and their period of existence.
Should these restrictions be of such length as to make their enumeration
on the plat impractical and do not necessitate the preparation of
a separate instrument, reference shall be made thereto on the plat.
