§ 6.3. Final plats and data.

The final subdivision plat shall be prepared by a certified civil engineer or land surveyor in ink on an approved durable tracing-medium at a scale of 1" = 100' unless a different scale is approved by general rule for classes of cases or by the planning director in a particular case. All original tracings shall be presented between the following sizes: 8½" × 11½" and 18½" × 24½". Lettering shall be no less than one-tenth inch or 2.54 mm. in height. Lettering and line weight shall be no less than .013 inches or .3302 mm. Letter and line spacing for control pencil drawings shall be no less than .050 inches and for ink drawings no less than .040 inches. When more than one sheet is required, all sheets shall be numbered and of the same size, with match marks to guide preparation if composite maps, and an index map on a sheet of the same size as the sectional maps shall be filed, which shall show, among other things, sectional map numbers, all lot and block numbers, and street names. In addition, a small scale location map showing the property shall be required. The final plat shall show the following data, and shall be completed and processed as indicated:

(a)

Subdivision name, date plat was prepared, graphic scale and north arrow.

(b)

A certificate endorsed by a certified civil engineer or land surveyor indicating source of title of the owner of the land subdivided and place of record of the last instrument in the chain of title. When the plat is of land acquired from more than one source, outlines of the several tracts shall be indicated on the plat. The certificate shall further state that the subdivision is entirely within lands owned by the subdivider and that monuments shown on the plat have been put in place and that their location and character are correctly shown.

(c)

Appropriate legal documents in form for recording.

(d)

Each plat or deed of dedication to which the plat is attached shall contain a statement as follows: "The platting or dedication of the following described land (here insert correct description of the land subdivided) is with the free consent and in accordance with the desire of the undersigned (indicate owners, proprietors and trustees, if any)…" This statement shall be signed by such persons and acknowledged before an officer authorized to take acknowledgement of deeds. When thus executed and acknowledged, such plat, upon final approval and in accord with other provisions specified herein, shall be filed and recorded in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the city.

(e)

On the face of the plat, a place shall be prepared to receive the signature, with date, of the planning director and other affected agencies, which signatures, when affixed, shall indicate approval of the final plat. A 2″ × 3″ box shall be provided in the upper right-hand corner of the first sheet to receive the recording information from the Clerk of the Circuit Court. All required signatures shall be in a durable ink.

(f)

All linear and angular dimensions for locating boundaries of the subdivisions, lots, streets, alleys, public and private easements. Linear dimensions shall be expressed in feet and hundredths of a foot. Angular measurements shall be expressed by bearings. All curve data shall be expressed by a curve table on the face of the plat, each curve being tabulated and numbered to correspond with the respective numbered curves shown on its respective sheet throughout the plat. The curve data shall include the curve number, arc, delta, radius, tangent, chord and the chord bearing. Dimensions, both linear and angular, shall be determined by an accurate control survey in the field which shall be checked for closure and must balance and close within 1 to 10,000. Horizontal control shall be based on the Virginia State Plane Coordinate System, South Zone, NAD 1983/1993 (High Accuracy Reference Network) (HARN). A minimum of two (2) coordinate values must be shown on each sheet of the plat, expressed in U.S. Survey Feet. No plat showing plus or minus distance will be approved. Plan and profile sheets shall be provided on all new streets and underground utilities, as required by Public Works Design Standards Manual or department of public utilities, as approved by the council of the City of Virginia Beach. The director of public works or director of public utilities may require such office and field checks, respectively, as necessary to assure the accuracy of the plat.

(g)

Description and location of all monuments, found or set, shall be shown on the face of the plat and clearly indicated in a legend provided on at least one sheet.

(h)

The boundary of the property being subdivided, names of all proposed streets, and boundaries of all property within the subdivision intended to be dedicated to public use. In resubdivisions of existing recorded lots, existing lot lines shall be shown by dotted lines, resubdivisions by full lines. The map book, deed book, or instrument number reference of the document creating the property being resubdivided shall be specified.

(i)

Exact locations, lengths and bearings of all existing boundary lines of blocks, public grounds, streets, alleys and easements partially or wholly within the property being subdivided and their legal reference.

(j)

Exact locations and widths of all proposed public or private easements, streets and alleys.

(k)

Angles of departure of adjoining property, street and alley lines, with names of abutting recorded subdivisions. Unsubdivided abutting acreage property shall be designated by the names of owners with deed book reference.

(l)

Widths and names of abutting or adjoining roads, streets and alleys, along with the Map Book, Deed Book, or instrument number reference for the existing right-of-way.

(m)

A definite bearing and distance tie shall be shown to existing street intersections where possible and reasonably convenient.

(n)

Exact length and bearing of all lot lines, provided that where lines in any rectangular tier of lots are parallel, it shall be sufficient to mark the bearings of the outer lines thereof.

(o)

Designating symbols for all lots and blocks. If the finished plat consists of one section of a proposed larger subdivision, then the block numbers shall run consecutively throughout the several sections of the entire subdivision and each section shall be designated by letter or number. All lots in each block shall be consecutively lettered or numbered.

(p)

All plats of property abutting on or containing any natural or artificial bodies of water shall show the approximate high water lines, bulkhead and pierhead lines, if officially established, top to bank and toe of slope, and where such lines are intersected by lot or block lines, measurements locating such intersections shall be given along such lot or block lines.

(q)

When any subdivision plat or map is presented for recordation, in addition to the requirements now in effect, there shall be added the source of title of the immediate grantor of the property being added.

(r)

Each final plat in any agricultural district shall contain a statement as follows: "THIS SUBDIVISION IS LOCATED IN AN AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT AND MAY BE SUBJECT TO NOISE, DUST, ODOR, CHEMICAL SPRAYING, AND THE LIKE AS THE RESULT OF THE RAISING OF CROPS AND LIVESTOCK ON NEARBY PROPERTY."

(s)

The tax map reference number or geographic parcel identification number (GPIN #) for each lot and/or parcel being created or referenced by the plat.

(t)

Reserved.

(u)

Every final plat of a subdivision containing any land located in a Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area shall state as follows: "ALL OR A PORTION OF THIS SUBDIVISION IS LOCATED IN A CHESAPEAKE BAY PRESERVATION AREA AND IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY PRESERVATION AREA ORDINANCE."

(v)

Every final plat of a subdivision containing any land located within a Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area shall delineate the boundaries of all resource protection areas, including buffer areas, resource management areas, and reserve sewage disposal drainfield sites as required by Sections 106 and 107 of the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Ordinance [Appendix F].

(w)

Reserved.

(x)

Every final plat with land located within a special flood hazard area shall provide base flood elevations and flood zone designation, per the Floodplain Ordinance (Appendix K) and the FIRM (Flood Insurance Rate Map).

(y)

Effective October 27, 1998, every final plat of a subdivision containing any land located in an aircraft accident potential zone as designated on the geometric specifications and height limitations map and/or in noise zone greater than 75 dB Ldn, 70-75 dB Ldn, 65-70 dB Ldn or less than 65 dB Ldn, as designated on the city zoning map, shall delineate the boundaries of such zones and such plat shall state as follows: "THIS SITE LIES WITHIN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT POTENTIAL ZONE AND/OR NOISE ZONE(S) AND MAY BE SUBJECT TO AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS AND/OR ABOVE AVERAGE NOISE LEVELS DUE TO ITS PROXIMITY TO AIRPORT OPERATIONS. NOISE ATTENUATION MEASURES FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION MAY BE REQUIRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AIRPORT NOISE ATTENUATION AND SAFETY ORDINANCE AND HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS HAVE BEEN IMPOSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 202(b) OF THE CITY ZONING ORDINANCE."

(z)

Every final plat shall contain a note that states the following: "THE MERIDIAN SOURCE OF THIS PLAT IS BASED ON THE VIRGINIA STATE PLANE COORDINATE SYSTEM, SOUTH ZONE, NAD 1983/1993 (HARN). COORDINATE VALUES SHOWN ARE EXPRESSED IN U.S. SURVEY FEET."

(Ord. No. 628; Ord. No. 642; Ord. No. 762; Ord. No. 970, 7-16-79; Ord. No. 1401, 10-8-84; Ord. No. 1595, 4-14-86; Ord. No. 2008, 11-6-90; Ord. No. 2155, 6-23-92; Ord. No. 2224, 5-25-93; Ord. No. 2269, 6-14-94; Ord. No. 2292, 8-23-94; Ord. No. 2421, 9-24-96; Ord. No. 2515, 10-27-98; Ord. No. 2557, 7-13-99; Ord. No. 2572, 2-22-00; Ord. No. 2793, 12-9-03; Ord. No. 2918, 1-31-06; Ord. No. 3089, 6-23-09; Ord. No. 3198, 9-13-11; Ord. No. 3311, 11-26-13; Ord. No. 3621, 6-16-20)

(Ord. No. 628; Ord. No. 642; Ord. No. 762; Ord. No. 970, 7-16-79; Ord. No. 1401, 10-8-84; Ord. No. 1595, 4-14-86; Ord. No. 2008, 11-6-90; Ord. No. 2155, 6-23-92; Ord. No. 2224, 5-25-93; Ord. No. 2269, 6-14-94; Ord. No. 2292, 8-23-94; Ord. No. 2421, 9-24-96; Ord. No. 2515, 10-27-98; Ord. No. 2557, 7-13-99; Ord. No. 2572, 2-22-00; Ord. No. 2793, 12-9-03; Ord. No. 2918, 1-31-06; Ord. No. 3089, 6-23-09; Ord. No. 3198, 9-13-11; Ord. No. 3311, 11-26-13; Ord. No. 3621, 6-16-20)