Ord #248 - 3rd Ser/Amending the code of Ordinances pertaining to subdivisions

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Secs. 82-176-82-199.-Reserved. DIVISION 5. -EXCEPTION Sec. 82-200.-Exception. (a) Upon request,the City Administrator or designee shall,within ten days,certify that the following are excepted from chapter 82 of the City Code: (1) A division of property where all the resulting parcels,tracts,lots or interests will be 20 acres or larger in size and 500 feet in width for residential uses and five acres or larger in size for commercial and industrial uses,or (2) Will create cemetery lots, or (3) Is court ordered, or (4) Is an adjustment of a lot line by the relocation of a common boundary and no new non- conformities are created or an existing non-conformity is increased. (b) Procedure for exempted subdivisions. The owners of such lots to be certified shall file with the City Administrator or designee a certificate of survey of the lots to be divided, and pay the required fee. Such certificate of survey shall show the dimensions of the lots, as measured upon the recorded plan, the area of the lots, all corner elevations, all existing structures, including dimensions to existing and proposed property lines, all visible encroachments, all easements of record, and their proposed division. A written description of the separately described tracts which will result from the proposed division shall be included on the survey. If the proposed certification complies with all of the requirements of this section, it will be approved by the City Administrator or Designee and forwarded to the county for filing. (c) Limitations. The City Administrator or designee shall not certify an adjustment of the lot line involving the same lot or parcel more than once every 365 days. The adjustment may be platted. Secs. 82-201-82-211. -Reserved. ARTICLE IV.-DESIGN STANDARDS AND REQUIRED IMPROVEMENTS' DIVISION 1.- GENERALLY Sec. 82-212.- Special requirements for subdivisions involving public or private improvements. The following provisions apply to subdivisions: (1) Improvements. All public and/or private improvements required by the city to be completed by the subdivider after final plat approval shall be fully set forth in a development contract to be executed prior to final plat approval. All local streets in plats where sewer and water are not available shall be private unless otherwise approved by the city at preliminary plat approval. The city reserves the right to determine whether a road is to be public or private in all areas of the city. All improvements shall meet or exceed the minimum standards as illustrated on the Orono Standard Construction Details, as amended and adopted by the Orono City Council from time to time. (2) Public roads. Public streets and roads will be required to be platted, constructed and dedicated to the city when required by the council consistent with the recommendations of the planning commission and the city staff and the established city practices and design standards.Public roads shall be subject to the conditions of a development contract to be executed prior to final plat approval. Final Draft page 20