Discussion and Review of Tiffin Municipal Code Revisions – Preparation for Setting the Public Hearing — Tiffin City Code - DRAFT

CHAPTER 170 SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS requirements of notice, benefit or value required by State law for assessing improvements. (1) The subdivider’s agreement shall state that subdivider, including its grantees, assignees, and successors in interest, agrees that public services including, but not limited to, street maintenance, snow and ice removal and solid waste collection, will not be extended to such subdivision until the pavement is completed and accepted by the Council by resolution. (2) The subdivider’s agreement shall state: “Plat notes and surveyor’s notes on plats serve to provide notice of how a subdivision is expected to develop. Said notes are not intended to create any vested private interest in any stated use restriction or covenant, or create any third-party beneficiaries to any noted use restriction or covenant. The City reserves the right, in its sole discretion, subject to any applicable public notice and approval process required by law, to alter or amend any plat note, or to sell or vacate any right-of-way, street, alley, park, easement, open area or other land set apart and dedicated for public use within the plat. The City further reserves the right, upon request of the owner or successor in interest, to vacate the plat or relocate any easement, alter lot boundaries or allow said land to be replatted subject to any applicable public notice and approval process required by law.” (3) The subdivider’s agreement may include other conditions peculiar to the subdivision as allowed by law. 170.36 REVIEW; APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL. 1. Upon the filing of the final plat as set forth above, the Clerk shall submit 11 copies of the final plat and the application to the appropriate City departments for review as designated by the City Administrator. 2. Said designee(s) shall examine the application, the plat, the construction plans, and the legal documents to insure compliance with the requirements of the City Code, State law, and the preliminary plat. 3. The costs of the engineering examination of the final plat, construction plans, and any other engineering administration costs and fees incurred in conjunction with the final plat, shall be paid by the subdivider and shall be the actual costs of the engineering examination and review as incurred by the City. 4. Upon completion of said review staff shall recommend approval or disapproval of the plat within 45 calendar days of the date the City received a complete application, or the final plat shall be deemed to be approved by the staff. The owner or subdivider may, however, agree, in writing, to an extension of time. 5. Following staff evaluation, the owner or owner’s representative shall submit a digital version, a transparent reproducible copy and eight prints of the revised final plat with the signatures of the surveyor and the respective utility companies to the Clerk. 6. After receipt of the recommendation of the staff or after the time of any extension, the Council shall, by resolution, approve or disapprove the final plat. The Council must take action on the final plat within 60 calendar days of submission of a CODE OF ORDINANCES, TIFFIN, IOWA - 1856 -