The subdivider or developer shall pay a pro rata share of the cost of providing reasonable and necessary sewerage and drainage facilities, located outside the property limits of the land owned or controlled by him or her but necessitated or required, at least in part, by the construction or improvement of the subdivision or development; provided, however, that no such payment shall be required until such time as the governing body or a designated department or agency thereof shall have established a general sewer and drainage improvement program for an area having related and common sewer and drainage conditions and within which the land owned or controlled by the subdivider or developer is located. Each such payment received shall be expended only for the construction of those facilities for which the payment was required, and until so expended shall be held in an interest-bearing account for the benefit of the subdivider or developer; in lieu of such payment other methods of performance guaranty satisfactory to the governing body shall be posted conditioned on payment at the commencement of such construction.

For all subdivisions, all streets shall have, as a minimum, a right-of-way width of 50 feet and a pavement width of 30 feet. These minimum widths may be increased in accordance with specifications directed by Town Council.

All streets and alleys shall be graded to their full width to the cross section and grade approved by the Town Council with embankment slopes lying outside the right-of-way.

The subgrade shall be stabilized in accordance with applicable specifications determined by the Virginia Department of Transportation.

Base material shall be compacted to a minimum depth of six inches with stone, gravel, or other material which meets applicable specifications of the town, and shall be installed to a minimum width of 30 feet for streets and 12 feet for alleys.

Concrete curbs and gutters and adequate subsurface drainage systems shall be installed on both sides of all streets in accordance with applicable specifications of the town. In the case of newly platted streets in a subdivision in which each lot contains one acre or more, curb and gutter are not required but the development plan must provide storm drainage provisions satisfactory to Town Council.

Streets shall be surfaced to a minimum width of 30 feet with a bituminous surface treatment in accordance with applicable specifications of the town.

Concrete sidewalks shall be provided on both sides of all streets.

Privately-owned and maintained streets allowed in townhouse developments, including curbs, gutters, and sidewalks, shall be developed according to standards found in subdivision street standards. (See § 110-709.)

The subdivider shall construct and surface all platted streets. Curbs, and gutters shall be provided for each street. Sidewalks shall also be constructed at the subdivider's expense.

Street alignment and layout. The arrangement of streets in new subdivisions shall make provision for the continuation of existing streets in adjoining areas. The street arrangement must not cause unnecessary hardship to owners of adjoining property when they plat their own land and seek to provide for convenient access to it. Where, in the opinion of the town, it is desirable to provide for street access to adjoining property, proposed streets shall be extended by dedication to the boundary line of such property. Half streets along the boundary of land proposed for subdivision shall not be permitted. Wherever possible, streets should intersect at right angles. In all hillside areas, streets running with contours shall be required to intersect at angles of not less than 60°, unless approved by the Town Council.

Location of concrete monuments. Concrete monuments four inches in diameter or square, with a flat top, shall be set at all streets, at all points where the street line intersects the exterior boundaries of the subdivision, and at right angle points, and points of curve in each street. The top of the monument shall be set flush with the finished grade.

Location of iron pipe monuments. All other lot corners shall be marked with iron pipe not less than 3/4 inch in diameter and 24 inches long and driven so as to be flush with the finished grade. When rock is encountered, a hole shall be drilled four inches deep in the rock into which shall be cemented a steel rod 1/2 inch in diameter, the top of which shall be flush with the finished grade line.

Subdividers shall not be required to set aside land exclusive of street and drainage reservations, without reimbursement by the governing body. The reimbursement by the governing body shall be based on a proportionate share of the:

If a subdivider is required to set aside land for purposes other than streets, drainage, parks, and playgrounds, the subdivider shall retain the ownership of the land, holding it available for conveyance to the subdivision is recorded. If the land is not purchased within the said 18 months, it may be sold as lots for the same purposes for which the subdivision was platted. To facilitate such possible eventual sale of reserved land as separate lots, the subdivider shall show on the final plat, by dotted lines and dotted numbers, the area and dimensions of lots to be created within the boundaries of any such reserve land, and may sell such lots, after the expiration date of the reservation, by lot number, without filing an amended plat.

The Commission shall make certain that lands so reserved shall be divisible in the same manner as the remainder of the subdivision so that the subdivider will not be required to reserve an unusable portion of the subdivision.

Nothing herein shall be construed to mean that land may be set aside for commercial purposes in a residential district, without the land intended for commercial use being zoned appropriately in accordance with the zoning regulations.

It shall be drawn on white paper, or on a print of a topographic map of the property. It shall be drawn to an appropriate scale, i.e., 200 feet to the inch. It shall show the name, location, and dimensions of all streets entering the property, adjacent to the property, or terminating at the boundary of the property to be subdivided. It shall show the location of all proposed streets, lots, parks, playgrounds, and other proposed uses of the land to be subdivided and shall include the approximate dimensions.

Name of subdivision, owner, subdivider, surveyor, or engineer, date of drawing, number of sheets, North point, and scale.

Location of proposed subdivision by an inset map at a scale of not less than one inch equal to 2,000 feet showing adjoining roads, their names and number, towns, subdivisions, and other landmarks.

The boundary survey or existing survey of record, provided that such survey shows a closure with an accuracy of not less than one in 2,500; total acreage, acreage of subdivided area, number and approximate area and frontage of all building sites, existing buildings within the boundaries of the tract, names of owners and their property lines within the boundaries of the tract, and adjoining such boundaries.

All existing, platted, and proposed streets, their names, numbers, and widths; existing utility or other easements, public areas, and parking spaces; culverts, drains, and watercourses, their names and other pertinent data.

All parcels of land to be dedicated for public use and the conditions of such dedication.

Topography at an appropriate interval.

Elevations of existing and proposed ground surface at all street intersections and at points of major grade change along the center line of streets, together with proposed grade lines connecting therewith.

Proposed connections with existing sanitary sewers and existing water supply or alternate means of sewage disposal.

Provisions for collecting and discharging surface drainage and preliminary designs of any structure that may be required. (See § 110-906B.)

Procedure. The Planning Commission and agent shall discuss the preliminary plat with the subdivider in order to determine whether or not the preliminary plat generally conforms to the requirements of this chapter. The subdivider shall than be advised in writing within 45 days, which may be by formal letter or by legible markings on his or her copy of the preliminary plat, concerning any additional data that may be required, the character and extent of public improvements that will have to be made, and the amount of the performance bond which will be required as a prerequisite to approval of the final subdivision plat. In determining the cost of required improvements and the amount of the performance bond, the Administrator shall require a bona fide estimate of the cost of improvements to be furnished by the subdivider.

No guarantee. Approval by the Planning Commission and Administrator of the preliminary plat does not constitute a guarantee of approval of the final plat.

Six months limit. The subdivider shall have not more than six months after receiving official notification concerning the preliminary plat to file with the Administrator a final subdivision plat in accordance with this section. Failure to do so shall make preliminary approval null and void. The Administrator may, on written request by the subdivider, grant an extension of this time limit.

Name of subdivision, ward, town, state, owner, North point, scale of drawing, and number of sheets. If shown on more than one sheet, match lines shall clearly indicate where the several sheets join. A space containing the certificate of approval shall be provided for the use of the approving authority. (See Appendix A.[1])

Location of proposed subdivision by an insert map, at a scale of not less than one inch equals 2,000 feet, indicating adjoining roads, their names and numbers, towns, subdivisions, and other landmarks.

A boundary survey with an error of closure within the limits of one in 5,000 related to the true meridian and showing the location of all monuments and their type of material. The survey may be related to the State Plan Coordinate Grid, if the coordinates of two adjacent sides of the subdivision are shown.

A statement to the effect that the subdivision as it appears on this plat is with the free consent and in accordance with the desires of the owners, proprietors, and trustees, if any, which shall be signed by the owners, proprietors, and trustees, if any, and shall be duly acknowledged before some officer authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds on the form shown in Appendix A.

When the subdivision consists of land acquired from more than one source of title, the outlines of the various tracts shall be indicated by dashed lines, and identification of the respective tracts shall be placed on the plat.

The accurate location and dimensions by bearings and distances with all curve data on all lots and street lines and center lines of streets; boundaries of all proposed or existing easements, parks, school sites, or other public areas; the number and area of all building sites; all existing public and private streets, their names, numbers, and widths; existing utilities, and those to be provided such as sanitary sewers, storm drains, water mains, manholes, and underground conduits including their size and type; watercourses and their names, names of owners and their property lines, both within the boundary of the subdivision and adjoining said boundaries.

All dimensions shown shall meet the standards published by the State Board of Licensing.

The data of all curves along the street frontages shall be shown in detail at the curve or in a curve data table containing the following: delta, radius, arc, tangent, chord, and chord bearings.

A professional engineer or surveyor shall certify all required facilities are designed and built to the requisite standards. (See Appendix A.)

Certify to the governing body that the construction costs have been paid to the person constructing such facilities; or

Furnish to the governing body a certified check, letter of credit, cash escrow, or contract for construction in the amount of the estimated costs of construction or a personal, corporate or property bond, with surety satisfactory to the governing body, in an amount sufficient for and conditioned upon the construction of such facilities.

By instrument in writing agreeing to said vacation signed by all the owners of lots shown on said plat and also signed on behalf of the governing body of the Town in which the land shown on the plat or part thereof to be vacated lies for the purpose of showing the approval of such vacation by the governing body. The word "owners" shall not include lien creditors except those whose debts are secured by a recorded deed of trust or mortgage and shall not any consort of an owner. The instrument filed for record in the clerk's office of any Court in which said plat is recorded.

By ordinance of the Town of Elkton Town Council on motion of one of its members or on application of any interested person. Such ordinance shall not be adopted until after such notice has been given as required by § 15.2-2240 of the Code of Virginia. Said notice shall clearly describe the plat or portion thereof to be vacated and state the time and place of the meeting of the governing body at which the adoption of the ordinance will be voted upon. Any person may appear at said meeting for the purpose of objecting to the adoption of the ordinance. An appeal from the adoption of the ordinance may be filed within 30 days with the Circuit Court having jurisdiction over the land shown on the plat or part thereof to be vacated. Upon such appeal, the Court may nullify the ordinance if it finds that the owner of any lot shown on the plat will be irreparably damaged. If no appeal from the adoption of the ordinance is filed within the time provided or if the ordinance is upheld on appeal, a certified copy of the ordinance or vacation shall be recorded in the Clerk's office of any court in which the plat is recorded.