Burkittsville City Zoning Code

SECTION 9

21 Plat Requirements

General Style And Form.
1. Drawing. It shall be legibly and accurately drawn on mylar sheets no larger than 20" x 24" in size, and at a scale of 1" to 50', or 1" to 100', depending upon the size and nature of the subdivision. If more space is needed, additional sheets may be used.
2. Meeting Platting Requirements. It shall conform in all respects to the requirements of Article 66B, Section 5, of the Annotated Code of Maryland, which relates to the making, filing, and recording of plats. Among other things, the Article above requires that plats for recording must be surveyed and certified by a registered surveyor.
3. Title Information.
  1. Subdivision name.
  2. Location by election district, city or county and state.
  3. Names and addresses of the owners of record, the subdivider, and the engineer or surveyor.
  4. Scale, date, and north point.
  5. A map to scale showing location in County and Town.
Graphic Information.
1. Boundaries. Exact boundaries of the area included within the subdivision with dimensions to hundredths of a foot and bearings to half minutes. These boundaries shall be determined by an accurate survey in the field, which shall be balanced and closed with an error of closure not to exceed one (1) in five thousand (5,000).
2. Topography at a two (2) or five (5) foot contour interval.
3. Bearings and Distances. Bearings and distances to the nearest recorded property confers or other monuments which shall be located or accurately described on the plat.
4. Monuments. The accurate locations and descriptions of all permanent monuments. Where applicable and feasible the coordinates of all permanent markers or monuments should be based on the Maryland Coordinate System, (Lambert Conformal Conic Project, adopted by Act of General Assembly 1939, Chapter 628).
5. Adjoining Owners. Names and locations of adjoining subdivisions and the locations and ownership of adjoining unsubdivided property.
6. Adjoining Roads. Exact locations, width, and name of each existing or recorded road or street adjoining or intersecting the boundaries of the tract.
7. Engineering Data. The exact location and width of every road, street, alley, easement, or other public or private way within the tract, with the length and bearing of every tangent, length of arcs, radii, internal angles, point of curvature, and any other necessary engineering data; with the names of such ways, and the purpose of easements or other ways. Accurate location of every lot line with its dimension to hundredths of a foot and bearings to minutes.
8. Street Names. A name must be given to all new streets, drives, and alleys.
9. Setback Lines. Minimum building setback lines on all lots.
10. Numbering. Blocks lettered in alphabetical order, and lots numbered in numerical order.
11. Public Lands. Accurate outlines of any areas dedicated or reserved for public use, or for any other purpose except sale, with the purpose indicated.
12. Lot Area. Accurate area of each lot or parcel, other than public ways.
13. Municipal Lines. Accurate location of the municipal or district line traversing or closely related to the tract.
14. Drainage Lines. Existing and relocated courses of any water courses traversing the tract, with the right-of way or easement lines provided therefore.
Certificates And Other Information.
1. Owner's Certificate. Owner's certificate, signed and notarized, acknowledging ownership of the property and agreeing to the subdividing thereof as shown on the plat; also offering for dedication all streets and other ways and places intended for public use.
2. Engineer's Certificate. Certificate of the surveyor to the effect that the plat represents a survey made by him, that all monuments and pipes indicated thereon actually exist and their locations and descriptions are correctly shown, and certifying compliance with the requirements of these subdivision regulations and other applicable laws.
3. Agencies Approvals. A space shall be provided for Certificate of Approval by the Chairman of the Planning and Zoning Commission. In case any part of the subdivision is located with the jurisdiction of the County, an additional space would be provided for Certificate of Approval by the Chairman of the County Planning Commission.
4. Restrictive Covenants. Restrictive covenants which apply to all areas as shown by the recorded plat shall be referenced as part of the recorded plat.
Approval Period. All approved plats shall remain in force and effect for a period of three (3) years.

Burkittsville City Zoning Code

SECTION 9

21 Plat Requirements

General Style And Form.
1. Drawing. It shall be legibly and accurately drawn on mylar sheets no larger than 20" x 24" in size, and at a scale of 1" to 50', or 1" to 100', depending upon the size and nature of the subdivision. If more space is needed, additional sheets may be used.
2. Meeting Platting Requirements. It shall conform in all respects to the requirements of Article 66B, Section 5, of the Annotated Code of Maryland, which relates to the making, filing, and recording of plats. Among other things, the Article above requires that plats for recording must be surveyed and certified by a registered surveyor.
3. Title Information.
  1. Subdivision name.
  2. Location by election district, city or county and state.
  3. Names and addresses of the owners of record, the subdivider, and the engineer or surveyor.
  4. Scale, date, and north point.
  5. A map to scale showing location in County and Town.
Graphic Information.
1. Boundaries. Exact boundaries of the area included within the subdivision with dimensions to hundredths of a foot and bearings to half minutes. These boundaries shall be determined by an accurate survey in the field, which shall be balanced and closed with an error of closure not to exceed one (1) in five thousand (5,000).
2. Topography at a two (2) or five (5) foot contour interval.
3. Bearings and Distances. Bearings and distances to the nearest recorded property confers or other monuments which shall be located or accurately described on the plat.
4. Monuments. The accurate locations and descriptions of all permanent monuments. Where applicable and feasible the coordinates of all permanent markers or monuments should be based on the Maryland Coordinate System, (Lambert Conformal Conic Project, adopted by Act of General Assembly 1939, Chapter 628).
5. Adjoining Owners. Names and locations of adjoining subdivisions and the locations and ownership of adjoining unsubdivided property.
6. Adjoining Roads. Exact locations, width, and name of each existing or recorded road or street adjoining or intersecting the boundaries of the tract.
7. Engineering Data. The exact location and width of every road, street, alley, easement, or other public or private way within the tract, with the length and bearing of every tangent, length of arcs, radii, internal angles, point of curvature, and any other necessary engineering data; with the names of such ways, and the purpose of easements or other ways. Accurate location of every lot line with its dimension to hundredths of a foot and bearings to minutes.
8. Street Names. A name must be given to all new streets, drives, and alleys.
9. Setback Lines. Minimum building setback lines on all lots.
10. Numbering. Blocks lettered in alphabetical order, and lots numbered in numerical order.
11. Public Lands. Accurate outlines of any areas dedicated or reserved for public use, or for any other purpose except sale, with the purpose indicated.
12. Lot Area. Accurate area of each lot or parcel, other than public ways.
13. Municipal Lines. Accurate location of the municipal or district line traversing or closely related to the tract.
14. Drainage Lines. Existing and relocated courses of any water courses traversing the tract, with the right-of way or easement lines provided therefore.
Certificates And Other Information.
1. Owner's Certificate. Owner's certificate, signed and notarized, acknowledging ownership of the property and agreeing to the subdividing thereof as shown on the plat; also offering for dedication all streets and other ways and places intended for public use.
2. Engineer's Certificate. Certificate of the surveyor to the effect that the plat represents a survey made by him, that all monuments and pipes indicated thereon actually exist and their locations and descriptions are correctly shown, and certifying compliance with the requirements of these subdivision regulations and other applicable laws.
3. Agencies Approvals. A space shall be provided for Certificate of Approval by the Chairman of the Planning and Zoning Commission. In case any part of the subdivision is located with the jurisdiction of the County, an additional space would be provided for Certificate of Approval by the Chairman of the County Planning Commission.
4. Restrictive Covenants. Restrictive covenants which apply to all areas as shown by the recorded plat shall be referenced as part of the recorded plat.
Approval Period. All approved plats shall remain in force and effect for a period of three (3) years.

Burkittsville City Zoning Code

SECTION 9

21 Plat Requirements

General Style And Form.
1. Drawing. It shall be legibly and accurately drawn on mylar sheets no larger than 20" x 24" in size, and at a scale of 1" to 50', or 1" to 100', depending upon the size and nature of the subdivision. If more space is needed, additional sheets may be used.
2. Meeting Platting Requirements. It shall conform in all respects to the requirements of Article 66B, Section 5, of the Annotated Code of Maryland, which relates to the making, filing, and recording of plats. Among other things, the Article above requires that plats for recording must be surveyed and certified by a registered surveyor.
3. Title Information.
  1. Subdivision name.
  2. Location by election district, city or county and state.
  3. Names and addresses of the owners of record, the subdivider, and the engineer or surveyor.
  4. Scale, date, and north point.
  5. A map to scale showing location in County and Town.
Graphic Information.
1. Boundaries. Exact boundaries of the area included within the subdivision with dimensions to hundredths of a foot and bearings to half minutes. These boundaries shall be determined by an accurate survey in the field, which shall be balanced and closed with an error of closure not to exceed one (1) in five thousand (5,000).
2. Topography at a two (2) or five (5) foot contour interval.
3. Bearings and Distances. Bearings and distances to the nearest recorded property confers or other monuments which shall be located or accurately described on the plat.
4. Monuments. The accurate locations and descriptions of all permanent monuments. Where applicable and feasible the coordinates of all permanent markers or monuments should be based on the Maryland Coordinate System, (Lambert Conformal Conic Project, adopted by Act of General Assembly 1939, Chapter 628).
5. Adjoining Owners. Names and locations of adjoining subdivisions and the locations and ownership of adjoining unsubdivided property.
6. Adjoining Roads. Exact locations, width, and name of each existing or recorded road or street adjoining or intersecting the boundaries of the tract.
7. Engineering Data. The exact location and width of every road, street, alley, easement, or other public or private way within the tract, with the length and bearing of every tangent, length of arcs, radii, internal angles, point of curvature, and any other necessary engineering data; with the names of such ways, and the purpose of easements or other ways. Accurate location of every lot line with its dimension to hundredths of a foot and bearings to minutes.
8. Street Names. A name must be given to all new streets, drives, and alleys.
9. Setback Lines. Minimum building setback lines on all lots.
10. Numbering. Blocks lettered in alphabetical order, and lots numbered in numerical order.
11. Public Lands. Accurate outlines of any areas dedicated or reserved for public use, or for any other purpose except sale, with the purpose indicated.
12. Lot Area. Accurate area of each lot or parcel, other than public ways.
13. Municipal Lines. Accurate location of the municipal or district line traversing or closely related to the tract.
14. Drainage Lines. Existing and relocated courses of any water courses traversing the tract, with the right-of way or easement lines provided therefore.
Certificates And Other Information.
1. Owner's Certificate. Owner's certificate, signed and notarized, acknowledging ownership of the property and agreeing to the subdividing thereof as shown on the plat; also offering for dedication all streets and other ways and places intended for public use.
2. Engineer's Certificate. Certificate of the surveyor to the effect that the plat represents a survey made by him, that all monuments and pipes indicated thereon actually exist and their locations and descriptions are correctly shown, and certifying compliance with the requirements of these subdivision regulations and other applicable laws.
3. Agencies Approvals. A space shall be provided for Certificate of Approval by the Chairman of the Planning and Zoning Commission. In case any part of the subdivision is located with the jurisdiction of the County, an additional space would be provided for Certificate of Approval by the Chairman of the County Planning Commission.
4. Restrictive Covenants. Restrictive covenants which apply to all areas as shown by the recorded plat shall be referenced as part of the recorded plat.
Approval Period. All approved plats shall remain in force and effect for a period of three (3) years.