§ 22-61. Required information for preliminary and final plats.

(a)

Required information for preliminary plats. The required preliminary plats shall depict, contain or be accompanied by the information indicated below:

- Title block containing subdivision name.

- Location (including township, county and state).

- A bar graph scale and North arrow.

- Name, address, registration number and seal as applicable of the professional land surveyor, land planners, architects, landscape architects, and professional engineers responsible for the subdivision.

- The name of the subdivider or developer.

- The sketch vicinity map with north arrow showing the relationship between the proposed subdivision and surrounding area.

- Estimated corporate limits, township boundaries, and county lines if on the subdivision tract.

- Date of plat preparation.

- The boundaries of the tract to be subdivided, distinctly and accurately represented with all bearings and distances shown and the location of existing boundary lines of adjoining lands, property lines and fifty (50) feet away from the property line into adjoining property land.

- The names of owners of adjoining properties and deed book and page number.

- The names of any adjoining subdivision of record or proposed and under review.

- Front building setback line.

- The zoning classification of the tract to be subdivided and adjoining properties.

- Existing buildings or other structures, water courses, utility and street rights-of-way or easements, railroads, bridges, both on the land to be subdivided and land immediately adjoining.

- All certifications required by this chapter.

- The lots numbered throughout the subdivision in a manner using only numeric symbols. A continuous numbering system shall be used throughout the subdivision. Multiple phases shall maintain continuous numbering system for all phases.

- Ponds or lakes, streams or stream beds and any other natural features affecting the site.

- The location of the special flood hazard area, base flood elevations, and floodway/nonencroachment areas from the county's FIRM maps and/or FIS, if applicable.

- Proposed roads and existing and platted roads on adjoining properties within twenty (20) feet of the subdivision boundary and in within the proposed subdivision.

- Road names.

- Type of road dedication, either public or private; for public roads not dedicated to a municipality engineering drawings and specifications shall be provided to the NCDOT district engineer.

- The locations and dimensions of all utility and other easements, riding trails, if proposed, pedestrian or bicycle paths if proposed, park and open space corridors, school sites (both existing and proposed), areas to be dedicated to or reserved for public use, areas to be used for purposes other than residential with the purpose of each stated.

- Sufficient engineering data to determine readily and reproduce on the ground every straight or curved line, street line, lot line, right-of-way line, and easements line, including dimensions, bearings, or deflection angles. All linear and angular dimensions shall comply with the standards established by the Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors.

- The accurate locations and descriptions of all monuments and markers.

- Right-of-way location and dimensions, pavement widths drawn to scale, approximate grade, design engineering data for all corners and curves, typical road cross sections.

- The plans for utility layouts, if applicable, including sanitary system, storm system and drainage facilities, water distribution lines, natural gas lines, telephone lines, electric lines and other proposed utilities.

- Plans for community water supply and community sewage disposal systems (e.g. package treatment plants), if any.

- Site data including acreage in total tract to be subdivided, acreage in parks, open space, and recreation acres and other nonresidential uses excluding any street right-of-ways, total number of parcels created, total combined acreage of all lots, acreage shown for each lot in the subdivision, linear feet in streets, the name and location of any property or building within the proposed subdivision that is located on the U.S. Department of Interior's National Register of Historic Places.

- A topographic map with contour interval of no greater than ten (10) feet at a scale of no less that one (1) inch equals two hundred (200). Available USGS quadrangle maps may be enlarged or otherwise used to produce this information.

- Location of water point source and all-weather access road, as applicable.

- A statement indicating Rowan County does not guarantee the suitability of any lot for the placement of a sewage disposal and/or water supply system.

(b)

Required information for final plats. The final plats shall depict, contain or be accompanied by the information indicated in the following table:

- Title block containing subdivision name.

- Location (including township, county and state).

- A bar graph scale and North arrow.

- Name, address, registration number and seal as applicable of the professional land surveyor, land planners, architects, landscape architects, and professional engineers responsible for the subdivision.

- The name of the subdivider or developer.

- The sketch vicinity map with north arrow showing the relationship between the proposed subdivision and surrounding area.

- Estimated corporate limits, township boundaries, and county lines if on the subdivision tract.

- Date of plat preparation.

- The boundaries of the tract to be subdivided, distinctly and accurately represented with all bearings and distances shown and the location of existing boundary lines of adjoining lands, property lines of adjoining properties.

- The names of owners of adjoining properties and deed book and page number.

- The names of any adjoining subdivision of record or proposed and under review.

- Front building setback line.

- The zoning classification of the tract to be subdivided and adjoining properties.

- Existing buildings or other structures, water courses, utility and street rights-of-way or easements railroads, bridges, both on the land to be subdivided and land immediately adjoining.

- All certifications required by this chapter.

- The lots numbered throughout the subdivision in a manner using only numeric symbols. A continuous numbering system shall be used throughout the subdivision. Multiple phases shall maintain continuous numbering system for all phases.

- Ponds or lakes, streams or stream beds and any other natural features affecting the site.

- The location of the special flood hazard area, base flood elevations, and floodway areas/nonencroachment zones, from the county's FIRM maps and/or FIS, if applicable.

- Proposed roads and existing and platted roads on adjoining properties within twenty (20) feet of the subdivision boundary and in within the proposed subdivision.

- Road names.

- Type of road dedication, either public or private; for public roads not dedicated to a municipality engineering drawings and specifications shall be provided to the NCDOT district engineer.

- The locations and dimensions of all utility and other easements, riding trails, if proposed, pedestrian or bicycle paths if proposed, park and open space corridors, school sites (both existing and proposed), areas to be dedicated to or reserved for public use, areas to be used for purposes other than residential with the purpose of each stated.

- Sufficient engineering data to determine readily and reproduce on the ground every straight or curved line, street line, lot line, right-of-way line, and easements line, including dimensions, bearings, or deflection angles. All linear and angular dimensions shall comply with the standards established by the Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors.

- The accurate locations and descriptions of all monuments and markers.

- Deed book and page number of any deed restrictions, road maintenance or similar covenants.

- Location of water point source and all-weather access road, as applicable.

- A statement indicating Rowan County does not guarantee the suitability of any lot for the placement of a sewage disposal and/or water supply system.

(Amend. of 2-20-06(2); Ord. No. 7-16-07(2); Amend. of 11-2-09)