Duluth UDC § 1115.03

1. The Final Plat shall be clearly and legibly drawn at a scale shall be 100 feet to one inch or larger. Sheet size shall not exceed 48 inches by 36 inches. (Note that any sheet larger than 17 inches by 22 inches must be photographically reduced to no more than 17 inches by 22 inches in order to be recorded with the Clerk of the Superior Court.) 2. The Final Plat shall be based on a certified boundary survey delineating the entirety of the property contained within the Final Plat and tied to a point of reference (tie point) with the same degree of accuracy as the boundary survey itself. The survey shall have an accuracy of no less than 1 in 10,000 and shall meet all requirements of Georgia Law regarding the recording of maps and plats. 3. The Final Plat shall substantially conform to the Preliminary Plat and it may constitute only that portion of the Preliminary Plat which the subdivider proposes to record at the time, provided that such portion conforms to the requirements of these Regulations, and said portion is not inconsistent with the public health, safety, or welfare. Any substantial deviation from the approved Preliminary Plat shall require revision and re-approval of the Preliminary Plat. 4. The Final Plat shall contain the following information: a. Name of the subdivision, unit number, Land District, and Land Lot numbers. b. Names, addresses, and telephone numbers of the owner of record and the subdivider if not the owner. c. Names, addresses, and telephone numbers of each professional firm associated with the portion of the subdivision within the Final Plat. d. Date of plat drawing, graphic scale, north point; notation as to the reference of bearings to magnetic, true north or grid north, and indication whether bearings shown are calculated from angles turned. e. Location sketch of tract showing major surrounding features. f. Name of former subdivision if any or all of the Final Plat has been previously recorded. g. Case number and date of approval for any applicable rezoning, Special Use approval, variance or waiver affecting the property. h. Location and dimension of any buffer, landscape strip, special setback, no-access easement, etc., required by this Development Code. i. Boundary lines of the tract, to be indicated by a heavy line, giving distances to the nearest one- hundredth of a foot and bearings to the nearest second. Bearing and distance to a designated tie point shall be shown. The Plat shall have a closure precision of one foot in no less than 10,000 feet. j. Municipal or County jurisdictional lines approximately tied to the lines of the subdivision by distance and angles when such lines traverse or adjoin the subdivision; land lot lines traversing or adjoining the subdivision. k. Locations, widths and names of all streets and alleys within and immediately adjoining the Plat, the location and widths of all internal public crosswalks and all other public rights-of-way. l. Street centerlines showing angles of deflection and standard curve data including radii, length of arcs and tangents between curves, point of curvature (P.C.) and point of tangency (P.T.). m. Lot lines with dimensions to the nearest one-tenth of a foot, bearings to the nearest second, and radii of rounded corners, as necessary to delimit each lot. n. Building setback lines along streets with dimensions. o. When lots are located on a curve or when side lot lines are at angles other than 90 degrees, the lot width measured in accordance with the Zoning Ordinance may be required to be shown, if deemed necessary by the Department for clarity. p. Lots numbered in numerical order and blocks lettered alphabetically. 317 | P a g e Article Eleven. Procedures and Permits q. Location and size of all drainage pipe, location and extent of detention ponds, the location and size of all public water mains and fire hydrants, and the location, dimensions, and purpose of any easements including construction or slope easements if required. r. Location of any areas to be reserved, donated or dedicated to public use with notes stating their purpose and limitations. Location of any areas to be reserved by private deed covenant for common use of all property owners or dedicated to a homeowner's association. s. Accurate location, material, and description of monuments and markers. (Note: All monuments shall be in place prior to approval of the Final Plat.) t. Certificates and statements specified in these Regulations, below. u. All information required under the Georgia Metropolitan River Protection Act for recording of plats, if applicable. v. Extent of the 100-year floodplain and a floodplain chart showing the area within and outside the floodplain for each lot containing any portion of the 100-year floodplain. Origin of the floodplain data shall be indicated. w. Street address numbers and block number designations for street names signs on abutting streets, where appropriate. x. Individual lots shall be designated HLP (House Location Plan), RDP (Residential Drainage Plan) and/or RDS (Residential Drainage Study) if such are required by the Department to be approved prior to issuance of a building permit. y. All other notes or notations as may be required by the Department. z. All fees associated with traffic control devices and street name signs must be paid in full to Gwinnett County Traffic Engineering prior to approval of the final plat, if applicable. 5. If any streets, lands or easements are shown as the Final Plat for dedication to the City of Duluth, a Warranty Deed or deeds transferring title to said streets, lands or easements in fee simple, in a form acceptable to the City, shall be submitted with the Final Plat application. 6. If any lands are shown on the Final Plat for dedication to a Property Owners Association in order to meet minimum park, open space or conservation area requirements of these Regulations, a copy of the deed of transfer for such dedication and a copy of the instrument of incorporation of the Property Owners’ Association shall be submitted with the Final Plat application. 7. Each Final Plat shall bear the following certificates or statements printed or stamped thereon as follows: a. Final Surveyor's Certificate: It is hereby certified that this plat is true and correct as to the property lines and all improvements shown hereon and was prepared from an actual survey of the property made by me or under my supervision; that all monuments shown hereon actually exist on their location, size, type and material are correctly shown. The field data upon which this plat is based has closure precision of one foot in ____feet and an angular error of ____per angle point and was adjusted using ____rule. This plat has been calculated for closure and is found to be accurate within one foot in ____ feet and contains ____ acres. The equipment used to obtain the linear and angular measurements herein was_____. b. Owners Acknowledgement and Declaration: STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY OF GWINNETT. The owner of the land shown on this plat and whose name is subscribed hereto, in person or through a duly authorized agent, acknowledges that this plat was made from an actual survey and dedicates by this Declaration to the use of the public forever all streets, sewer collectors, lift stations, drains, easements, and other public facilities and appurtenances hereon shown, and transfers ownership of all public use areas in fee simple by deed, for the purposes herein expressed. 318 | P a g e Article Eleven. Procedures and Permits _______________________________________ _______________ Signature of Subdivider Date Signed __________________________________________________ Printed or typed name of Subdivider c. Notification of Private Streets. The following statements must be included on any final plat in which the streets are to be held in private ownership: NOTIFICATION OF PRIVATE STREETS. This subdivision is served by private streets The streets designated as “private streets” on this plat are owned and maintained by the Homeowners Association of this development and are not owned or maintained by the City of Duluth. No public funds of the City are to be used to build, repair or maintain these private streets. The owners, purchasers, lenders, heirs, assigns or other parties taking title to or otherwise procuring an interest in any portion of this property are ultimately responsible for such maintenance and repairs, individually or through the Homeowner’s Association. RIGHT OF ACCESS. The streets designated as “private streets” on this plat are subject to an easement that grants the right of vehicular access to every lot served by the street, as well as the right to place and have access to public and private utilities therein by the owners of such utilities. PURCHASERS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. The above statement must be divulged at the scale of any lot within this subdivision and acknowledged by the signature of the purchaser of the lot in order to obtain a house location plan approval, building permit or certificate of occupancy from the City of Duluth. d. A statement of private covenants if any, and if they are brief enough to be put directly on the Plat; otherwise, if covenants are separately recorded, a statement as follows: This plat is subject to the covenants set forth in the separate document(s) attached here-to-dated_______, which hereby become a part of this plat, and which were recorded ______ and signed by the owner. e. Final Plat Approval (TEXT BOX FOR PLATS CONTAINING DEDICATION OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE): The Director of the Department of Planning and Development of the City of Duluth, Georgia, certifies that this plat complies with the Unified Development Code of the City of Duluth, as currently in effect, as well as all applicable conditions of zoning approval; and has been approved by all other affected governmental jurisdictions, agencies and departments, as applicable. The Director hereby accepts on behalf of the City of Duluth the dedication of all public rights-of-way and easements, storm drainage and other public facilities, and the Director hereby acknowledges acceptance of the public water and sewer lines and facilities by Gwinnett County. This plat is approved subject to the provisions and requirements of the Development Performance and Maintenance Agreement for this project dated __________, 20____, along with all associated sureties and warranties executed between the Owner and the City of Duluth. DATED THIS_________DAY OF______________, 20______. __________________________________________________ Director, Department of Planning and Development f. Final Plat Approval (TEXT BOX FOR PLATS WITHOUT DEDICATION OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE): The Director of the Department of Planning and Development of the City of Duluth, Georgia, certifies that this plat complies with he Unified Development Code, as amended, and has been approved by all other affected Governmental Jurisdiction, Agencies and Departments, as 319 | P a g e Article Eleven. Procedures and Permits applicable. This plat is approved subject to the provisions and requirements of the development performance and maintenance agreement (if applicable) executed for this project between the owner and the City of Duluth and/or Gwinnett County. DATED THIS_________DAY OF ____________, 20______. _______________________________________________ Director, Department of Planning and Development g. Public Notice - Drainage. Every Single-Family Residential Final Plat shall contain the following statement: NOTE: The City of Duluth assumes no responsibility for overflow or erosion of natural or artificial drains beyond the extent of the street right-of- way, or for the extension of culverts beyond the point shown on the approved and recorded subdivision plat. Every Final Plat that is not a single-family subdivision shall contain the following statement: NOTE: The City of Duluth assumes no responsibility for overflow or erosion of natural or artificial drains beyond the extent of the street right-of-way, or for the extension of culverts beyond the point shown on the approved and recorded subdivision plat. The City of Duluth does not assume the responsibility for the maintenance of pipes in drainage easements beyond the City right-of-way. h. House Location Plans (HLP). On any Final Plat containing one or more lots for which a House Location Plan approval will be required prior to issuance of a building permit, the following statement shall be included: HLP - HOUSE LOCATION PLAN. A House Location Plan shall be required to be approved by the Planning and Development Department prior to issuance of a Building Permit on those lots labeled “HLP”. A House Location Plan is a scale drawing submitted by the builder at the time of permit application. It is not required that this plan be prepared by a land surveyor or professional engineer. The purpose of this plan is to ensure that the house is properly located on the lot. Please refer to the Duluth Development Regulations for more information and contact the Planning Department for more information. i. Residential Drainage Plan (RDP) or Study (RDS). On any Final Plat containing one or more lots for which either a Residential Drainage Plan (RDP) or Residential Drainage Study (RDS) will first be required prior to issuance of a Building Permit, the following statement shall be included: RDP - RESIDENTIAL DRAINAGE PLAN or RDS - RESIDENTIAL DRAINAGE STUDY. A Residential Drainage Plan or Residential Drainage Study shall be required to be approved by the Planning and Development Department prior to issuance of a Building Permit on those lots labeled “RDP” or “RDS”, respectively. Please refer to the Duluth Development Regulations and contact the Planning Department for more information.