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Every final plat submitted for approval must conform to the requirements listed in subsections A through L of this section. The final plat must show the certification statements listed in subsections M through T of this section, with appropriate signatures and seals before the subdivision is approved and recorded.

A. The plat must consist of one or more pages of a size acceptable to the town council. The plat must be clearly and legibly drawn on stable base polyester film or equivalent approved material. All drawing and lettering must be in permanent black ink, or an approved equivalent.

B. The perimeter of the subdivision must be drawn with heavier lines than appear elsewhere on the plat. The scale must be 100 feet equals one inch, unless the town planner approves another scale. A marginal line must be drawn completely around each sheet, leaving an entirely blank margin of three inches on the left side and one inch on the remaining sides.

C. The name of the subdivision, the graphic scale, and the north point must be clearly shown.

D. The map of the subdivided land must be accurate and be based upon a complete survey by a licensed surveyor.

E. All section, township, municipal and county lines lying within or adjacent to the subdivision must be clearly shown.

F. The location of all monuments or other evidence used as ties to establish the subdivision’s boundaries, and all permanent monuments with linear dimensions, must be clearly shown.

G. The boundary of the subdivision with complete bearings and linear distances must be clearly shown.

H. The length and bearings of all straight lines and the radii arcs and semi-tangents of all curves must be clearly shown.

I. The length of all lot lines, together with bearings and other data necessary for the location of any lot line in the field, must be clearly shown.

J. The location, right-of-way width, pavement width, centerline and name or number of all streets and alleys within and adjoining the subdivision must be clearly shown.

K. Numbers assigned to all lots, indication of the acreage and/or square footage of each lot, and letters assigned to all blocks within the subdivision must be clearly shown. The town will provide a house address system; provided, however, that an index system will be shown on the plat to allow assignment of house numbers by the town.

L. Notations of any survey discrepancies must be clearly shown.

M. Legal description and owner’s statement.

Know all men by these presents that I, or we, the undersigned owner, or owners, in fee simple and encumbrances of the land hereby platted, declare that the subdivision as described by the following legal description has been made with the free consent and in accordance with the desires of the owner, or owners:

______________

______________

Name of owner

Name of owner

State of Washington)

) SS

County of Pierce)

This is to certify that on the _____ day of _____, A.D., _____, before me the undersigned, a Notary Public, personally appeared _______________, to me known to be the person(s) who executed the foregoing dedication and acknowledged to me that _______________ signed and sealed the same as _______________ free and voluntary act and deed for the use and purpose mentioned.

Witness my hand and official seal the day and year above written. _______________ NOTARY PUBLIC in and for the State of Washington, residing at ___________.

N. Dedication.

Know all men by these presents that I, or we, the undersigned, owner(s) in fee simple of the land hereby platted, hereby declare this plat and dedicated to the public forever all roads, easements, and right-of-way over and across any lots or lots where water might take a natural course, and the original reasonable grading of the roads and rights-of-way shown hereon.

Following the original reasonable grading of the roads and right-of-way shown hereon, no drainage waters on any lot or lots may be diverted or blocked from their natural course so as to discharge upon any public rights-of-way or to hamper proper drainage. Any enclosing of drainage waters in culverts or drains or rerouting thereon across any lots, as may be undertaken by or for the owner of any lot, must be done by and at the expense of the owner.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have set our hands and seals.

O. Registered land surveyor’s certification.

I, a registered land surveyor, do hereby certify that the plat of _____________ is based on actual survey and subdivision of Section ______, Township ______ North, Range______ East, that the distances and courses and angles are shown thereon correctly and that proper monuments have been set and lot block corners staked on the ground as shown on the lot.

___________________________

Registered Land Surveyor

P. Treasurer certification.

I certify that all property taxes on the land described hereon have been fully paid to and including the year _______.

_____________________________

Pierce County Treasurer

Q. Utilities department approval.

I, the Utilities Department for the town of South Prairie, Washington, have reviewed the plat and have found it to comply with the provisions of the approved preliminary plat and the requirements and standards of the Town’s subdivision ordinance, and therefore recommend approval on this ______ day of ________, _______.

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_______________

Town Engineer

Utilities Department

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Fire Chief

R. Town council approval.

The Town Council has reviewed the final plat for compliance with the approved preliminary plat requirements and standards of the Town’s subdivision ordinance, and required letters of recommendations and approve the subdivision on this ______ day of _______, _____.

_____________________________

Mayor

ATTEST:

_____________________________

Town Clerk-Treasurer

S. Assessor approval.

Examined and approved this ______ day of _______, _____.

_____________________________

Pierce County Assessor

T. County officer of records certificate (to be signed at the time of recording the approved final plat).

Filed for record at the request of _______________, this ______ day of _______, _____ at _______________ minutes past __________ o’clock __ M, and recorded in Volume ______ of plats, on page ______, recorded of Pierce County, Washington.

_____________________________

Pierce County Auditor

_____________________________

Deputy Auditor

[Ord. 378 § 2 (Exh. 1), 1999.]