Sec. 654.109. - Procedure for approval of preliminary and final plat.

Approval of engineering plans shall be obtained in accordance with the Land Development Procedures Manual and the Review Procedures and Standards Manual. (a) Review of the preliminary plat. Three copies of the preliminary plat prepared by a surveyor in accordance with this Chapter, the Land Development Procedures Manual, and F.S. Ch. 177, shall be submitted to the Department. This submission must include both the preliminary plat and the cover sheet with caption and should take place after the review of the preliminary engineering plans has been completed in order to assure that all easements required are known and shown on the plat. Receipts for payment of fees from reviewing agencies shall be provided upon submittal of preliminary plat. A copy of the preliminary plat shall be returned to the developer or his surveyor and two copies shall be retained by the Department. (b) Meaning of a Department approval of preliminary plat. Department approval of the preliminary plat and other required supplemental material shall constitute acceptance of the preliminary plat subject to fulfillment of the requirements of these regulations to the satisfaction of the Director, or his designee. Approval of the preliminary plat and required supplemental material shall be valid for 12 months from the date the Department gives the approval. If the final plat is not submitted to and approved by the Department during the 12-month period, the conditional approvals shall be null and void. Also, note that the reserved capacity as a result of the approved CRC will be forfeited and not available for project use. At the time of re-submittal, a new CRC will be required. (c) Preparation of final plat. The final plat is to be prepared by a surveyor and is to be clearly and legibly drawn in black permanent ink on mylar or approved equal as required for filing for record in the City and in accordance with the design standards and provisions of F.S. Ch. 177, as amended from time to time. Where necessary, the plat may be on several sheets and each sheet shall contain an index delineating that portion of the subdivision shown on that sheet in relation to the entire subdivision. An index or master key map shall be provided. For large subdivisions, the final plat may be submitted for approval or acceptance progressively in contiguous Sections satisfactory to the Director. The final plat shall be at a scale of not more than 100 feet to the inch on a sheet 18 inches by 26 inches. A subdivision including three or more sheets other than the cover sheet shall include a key index map showing the location within the site of all sheets. In addition to the requirements of Section 177.091, Florida Statutes and the Land Development Procedures Manual, all plats shall include the following features: (1) Subdivision name or identifying title and the name of the record owner. (2) Primary control points approved by the Director or description and ties to the control points, to which all dimensions, angles, bearings and similar data on the plat shall be referred. (3) North point, scale, graphic scale and date; and the basis of bearing (desired grid bearing). (4) Tract boundary lines, right-of-way lines of streets and easements and other rights-of-way and property lines of residential dimensions, street names and address numbers, bearings or angles, and radii, arcs and central angles of all curves. Distances are to be accurate to hundredths of a foot and angles to the nearest ten seconds except where this is not feasible due to topographical boundaries. (5) Location of the subdivision with respect to Section lines or a tie to a point of record if Section lines are not readily available. (6) Location of all pertinent reference monuments. (7) The exact names, location and width along the property lines of existing or recorded streets intersecting or paralleling the boundaries of the tract. (8) The exact layout, including street and alley lines and rights-of-way; street bearings and widths (including widths along the lines of obliquely intersecting street); lengths of arcs, radii and points of curvature or chord lengths and bearings; points of tangency or nontangency intersects; easements owned by or rights-of-way provided for public utilities; and lot lines with dimensions in feet and hundredths, if feasible, and with bearings or angles. Street names shall conform to the City system. (9) Lots numbered in accordance with F.S. § 177.091(18). (10) The accurate outline of property which is to be dedicated, reserved or proposed for public use, including easements, and property that may be reserved by covenants in deeds for the common use of the property owners in the subdivision, with the purposes indicated thereon. (11) A reference to recorded subdivision plats of adjoining platted land by record book and page number and plat name, the adjacent portions of which may be shown in outline form. (12) A complete legal description of the land to be subdivided, which legal description shall be the same as that provided in the title certification required in Section 654.110 , Ordinance Code and in Section 177.091(11), Florida Statutes. The legal description shall be approved by the Office of General Counsel. (13) A certification by the surveyor attesting to the accuracy of the survey and the legal description and that the permanent reference monuments have been established according to law and these regulations. (14) Space and form for appropriate certifications and acknowledgement from the Director and the Clerk of the Circuit Court. (15) Unless this requirement is waived by the Director or his or her designee, on the face of the plat an unreserved dedication to the public of streets, highways, alleys, parks, parkways, easements, commons or other public places included within the plat. (16) City Development Number (CDN) assigned to project by Concurrency and Mobility Management System Office. (17) Receipt for payment of filing fee. (Ord. 91-58-147, § 1; Ord. 92-471-327, § 1; Ord. 93-26-47, § 1; Ord. 93-2017-1187, § 1; Ord. 95-412-254, § 1; Ord. 96-499-285, § 2; Ord. 2007-308-E, § 1; Ord. 2013-185-E, § 6)