Except as provided in this section, no person or entity shall be eligible for any building permits for a residence on any unplatted property located within the Village until the subject property has been platted and conforms with the provisions of this Section.

(Ord. No. 2001-01, § 2, 1-23-01)

Upon request of the property owner or developer and the payment the application fee (as determined from time to time by the Village Council), a preliminary plat shall be reviewed by a building official as designated from time to time by the Village Council and consistent with the authority delegated by the Village of Sea Ranch Lakes Land Development Code. The comments of the building official, however, shall not be binding on the Village Council or be construed to create any right for the developer to rely on said comments. A review of a preliminary plat shall be undertaken at a reasonable time with specific notice to the developer as to what constitutes a reasonable time under the existing facts and circumstances at the time of submission.

(Ord. No. 2001-01, § 2, 1-23-01)

(1)

Application Required.

(a)

Form. Application for plat approval shall be made to the Village Clerk on forms provided by that Village official. An application shall include a lot and parcel analysis, including the following the following information: smallest lot size, residential lot size, average lot size, number of lots, acreage in each lot; and letters from all utilities franchised to operate in the Village relative to the accuracy of proposed easements shown on the plat; the applicable base flood elevation pursuant to the relevant sections of the Land Development Code; Title Certification from a title company licensed in the State of Florida, including a statement of restrictions, reservations, liens and encumbrances; together with any optional studies that may be required by the building official when that building official deems it necessary in order to ascertain the adequacy of public facilities or other matters within the interest of the Village. Each property owner, developer or petitioner filing a plat shall be charged an administrative fee. The fee shall be determined and adopted by the Village Council from time to time.

(b)

Application Fee. An application fee as determined by the Village Council from time to time shall be paid at the time of application. In addition, all costs resulting from the public notice and recording of any document so directed by the Village Council shall be paid by the property owner or developer or petitioner filing the application for plat approval.

(c)

Public Hearing. All final plats shall be submitted to the Village Council for action at a public hearing. No final plat, however, shall be scheduled for said public hearing until the plat and all supporting data required under this section have been received by the Village and reviewed by the appropriate Village officials as designated by the Village Council. At that point, the Mayor may place the final plat on the Village Council Agenda within thirty (30) calendar days.

(d)

Time of Payment. The fixed fee shall be paid upon filing of the application. Recording costs for legal documents and fees for notification as described above shall be paid prior to and as a condition of the Village Council holding a public hearing.

(2)

Notice Required. Public Notice for plat approval shall be provided as follows; Public hearing for Village Council; Fourteen (14) days prior to the public hearing:

(a)

The Village shall provide a legal newspaper advertisement of the proposed plat action as provided for herein.

(b)

The Village shall provide First Class Mail notice of the proposed platting actions to all property owners within the Village of Sea Ranch Lakes to their last known address and the cost associated with mailing the notice to the Village property owners and the publication of a legal advertisement shall be borne solely by the petitioner, developer or property owner seeking the plat approval.

(3)

Administration.

(a)

For the purpose of the efficient administration and coordination of reviewing platting actions for compliance with applicable Codes and consistency with the Village's comprehensive plan, the Mayor is hereby authorized to establish and convene a plat review committee with such members of the Village that he or she deems necessary to accomplish the above purpose.

(b)

The building official retained by the Village of Sea Ranch Lakes shall process applications and coordinate all activities associated with the Land Development Code.

(c)

The building official retained by the Village shall make recommendations on all final plats. Those recommendations shall be in writing and state the reasons for either recommending approval, approval with conditions or denial of the Plat.

(4)

Information Required for Final Plats. The following information shall be required for every plat application submitted to the Village of Sea Ranch Lakes:

(a)

Ten (10) prints of the final plat shall be submitted to the Village Clerk.

(b)

The final plat submitted for approval shall be clearly and legibly drawn in black, waterproof drawing ink upon Mylar drafting film of three one-thousandths (0.003") inches minimum.

(c)

The final plat shall be on sheets of twenty-four (24") inches by thirty-six (36") inches overall with one-half (½") inch borders on three (3) sides and a three (3") inch border on the left. Should the size or shape of the proposed platted area necessitate more than one sheet, each sheet shall be clearly marked as near as possible to the upper right hand corner "Sheet No. ( ) of ( ) sheets". All multiple-sheet plats shall be clearly cross-referenced with the proper sheet number at the match lines and a reasonable portion of the overlapping area shall be shown in outline form. In addition, every sheet shall have placed in the upper right-hand corner outside the border: Plat Book _______, Page _______ for the use of the recorder.

(d)

The final plat shall be on a scale no smaller than one (1) inch equals one hundred (100) feet provided that large plats may be at a smaller scale of sufficient size to show all required detail as determined by the Village engineer.

1)

Subdivision name or identifying title including the section(s), township(s), ranges(s), Village, county and state.

2)

Location sketch showing location of subdivision with respect to section lines and surrounding streets and landmarks.

3)

North point, graphic scale and month and year plat was drawn.

4)

Boundary lines of the property being platted with accurate distances to the hundredths of foot and sufficient angles, bearings, or azimuth to show direction of all lines shall be shown. All bearings, angles or azimuth shall be shown to the nearest second of arc. These boundaries shall be determined by an accurate survey in the field in accordance with minimum technical standards set forth by the Florida Board of Land Surveyors pursuant to F.S. Ch. 472.027.

5)

The exact names, locations and widths along the property lines of all existing or recorded streets intersecting or paralleling the boundaries of the street. The accurate location of all permanent reference monuments as required by F.S. Ch. 177.

6)

The exact layout shall show sufficient survey data to positively describe all bounds of every lot, block, street, street names, alley, easement and all other areas shown on the plat. Curvilinear lots shall show the radii arc distance and central angles or radii, cord and cord bearing or both. Radial lines will be so designated. Direction of non-radial lines shall be indicated.

7)

Lots numbered in numerical order beginning with number one (1) in each block and blocks lettered in alphabetical order, omitting the letters "I" and "O". Parcels or tracts shall be either lettered or numbered.

8)

The accurate outline of all property which is to be dedicated or proposed for public or quasi-public use, including utility easements with the purpose indicated thereon.

9)

A complete description of land intended to be subdivided and the extent and boundaries of the platted area shall be graphically indicated in a clear and understandable manner.

10)

Acknowledgment by the owner or owners and all mortgage lienholders of lands included within the plat and execution of same.

11)

The certificate of the surveyor attesting to the survey and that the permanent reference monuments have been established according to F.S. Ch. 177.

12)

Space and form for the following necessary approvals:

Village Council.

Village engineer, as designated from time to time by the Village Council.

Water management district or improvement district having jurisdiction within the subdivided area. All other approvals required by the State of Florida or Broward County.

13)

Dedication. The plat shall contain an unreserved dedication of all streets, highway, alleys, park or other public places included within the plat. Easements required for utility purposes shall also be shown on the plat. Such dedications must be subscribed to by the legal and equitable owners of said lands and by all persons holding mortgages against said lands. These dedications shall be acknowledged before an officer authorized to take acknowledgments.

14)

Effect of dedication. A plat containing such dedication of any interest in property, when properly recorded, shall constitute a sufficient, irrevocable conveyance to vest in all legal and equitable interest. However, nothing herein shall be construed to create any obligation on the part of the Village to perform any act of construction or maintenance within a dedicated area unless or until that obligation is voluntarily planned and implement by the Village.

(e)

Plat notation. Upon the imposition by the Village Council of any condition upon the approval of a plat, the Village commission may require a note to be placed upon the fact of the plat, prior to the recording of the plat, which sets forth any condition for approval. Said plat notes may include but not be limited to conditions related to site considerations, adequacy of public facilities such as roads, utilities, public schools, or other areas of significance relating to environmental concerns or historic preservation. The language to be used for the note shall be determined by the Village Council at the time of approval of the plat. The applicant shall be responsible for placing the note on the plat, at its sole expense, and shall submit the plat containing the note within thirty (30) calendar days of the Village Council order. The failure by the applicant to place the note on the plat as ordered by the Village Council shall be deemed failure to satisfy the conditions of plat approval pursuant to this ordinance.

(f)

Intergovernmental coordination. The information required by this section is intended to supplement F.S. Ch. 177, on Land Boundaries, Part I Platting. The requirements for platting found in that law and the Broward County Land Development Code are authorized in the Land Development Code by reference as if fully set forth.

(g)

Standards to be met before plat may be approved. No plat shall be approved by the Village Council unless it shows the following:

The plat conforms to all the ordinances and Charter requirement of the Village and the laws of the State of Florida. A dedication to the owners and their successors in title of the individual lots shown of the plat of Sea Ranch Lakes dated April 14, 1956 and filed on May 29, 1956 in Plat Book 40, Page 29 of the Broward County Public Records and for the use of furnishing said owners and their successors with utilities by the owners of the land involved of all streets, avenues, courts, ways, planning areas, parks, bodies of water and alleys for the use of the individual lot owners and other purposes incidental thereto. The effect of this dedication shall be to vest in the owners and successors in title of the individual lots as shown on the aforementioned plat the full, complete and exclusive possession, control and jurisdiction of the streets, avenues, courts, ways, planning areas, parks, bodies of water and alleys and of all trees, shrubbery and other plantings and installations thereon including the wall located on the eastern boundary of the plat for the full width thereof as shown on the plat. It is further provided that the dedication by the owners may be by separate instrument duly executed and acknowledged as required by law and recorded concurrently with the recording of the plat. Accompanying such plat shall be any letters, reports or comments concerning the plat received from Broward County, including but not limited to, staff reports, letters or comments made in connection with the County's preliminary plat review process, and letters, comments or reports from any other pertinent agencies. Furthermore, the applicant shall notify the Village in writing within ten (10) days following receipt of any letters, comments or reports relating to the plat petition from Broward County or any other pertinent agencies.

(h)

Design Standard for Streets and Road. All private roads in residential zoning districts shall be allowed in accordance with the following criteria:

1)

The term roadway shall include the driving lanes, curbing, landscaping strips and sidewalks;

2)

Private roadways shall have a minimum width which is consistent with the original plat of Sea Ranch Lakes filed on May 29, 1956.

3)

The roadway width shall include a minimum of twenty four (24) feet of asphaltic pavement for vehicular and pedestrian traffic.

4)

The roadway pavement shall be constructed of a minimum twelve (12) inches stabilized subgrade (minimum forty (40) LBR) minimum eight (8) inches compacted lime rock base course and a minimum one and one-half (1½) inches asphaltic surface course (in two (2) lifts) no muck or other organic material shall not be allowed in the roadway pavement.

5)

Street lighting shall be provided to deliver an illumination equal to that provided for private roads maintained in the Village. All street lighting shall be approved by the Village Council and/or the Sea Ranch Lakes Beach Club, Inc.

6)

The Village will not approve the plat until the private road has been inspected and approved by Broward County.

7)

Alleyways shall be prohibited.

8)

Easements across lots or centered on rear or side lot lines shall be provided for utilities where necessary and shall be for a width as determined by an engineer employed by the Village.

9)

The design and construction of the street alignment to be constructed within any unplatted area shall be done to insure conformity with the existing roadway system presently in existence in the Village.

10)

A lot arrangement and design shall be such that all lots will provide satisfactory and desirable residential building sites, properly related to topography and to the character of the surrounding neighborhood. The lot dimensions in areas shall conform to the requirements of the regulations of this Chapter. The size of lots shall be consistent with the size of lots located on Chippewa Lane, Winnebago Road (south of Gatehouse Road) and Winona Lane.

(Ord. No. 2001-01, § 2, 1-23-01)

No plat shall be recorded in the public records of Broward County or have any validity whatsoever until it shall be approved in a manner prescribed herein and the final plat shall incorporate all changes or modifications, including notes which constituted conditions of approval, by the Village Council. In the event any such unapproved subdivision is recorded it shall be considered invalid and the Village Council shall institute proceedings to have it stricken from the public records of Broward County, Florida.

(Ord. No. 2001-01, § 3, 1-23-01)

The chief building official shall not issue any building permit for any occupiable structure to be constructed within the Village unless and until said official receives a certification from the Village that the provisions of this section have been met. Prior to and as a condition of securing said certification, the petitioner for plat approval, or the successors in interest, shall file a reproducible Mylar of the duly recorded plat with the Village.

(Ord. No. 2001-01, § 3, 1-23-01)

Prior to recording any plat in the Public Records of Broward county, the petitioner shall provide to the Village engineer a copy of the subject plat reflecting all corrections or modifications which may have been made subsequent to the plat approval by the Village Council.

(Ord. No. 2001-01, § 3, 1-23-01)

The Village engineer shall then review the plat to determine if any revisions or modifications have been made that are contrary to or inconsistent with the approval of the Village Council. After his review, the Village engineer will provide the petitioner with a letter which will either authorize recordation of the revised plat or require that the revised plat be returned to the Village Council.

(Ord. No. 2001-01, § 3, 1-23-01)

The failure to satisfy conditions of approval, whether conditions precedent or subsequent to recordation, shall be reported to the Village Council, and upon notice to the property owner a public hearing shall be held. If the Village Council finds that the conditions have not been satisfied, the Village Council shall take immediate corrective action to ensure compliance.

(Ord. No. 2001-01, § 3, 1-23-01)

The burden is on the property owner to either record the plat within 30 months of Village Council approval or request from the Village Council, prior to expiration, one extension of no more than six months. The burden is also on the property owner to record the plat within the time specified by Broward County. Failure to record within the time specified by either the Village of Sea Ranch Lakes or Broward County shall render the approval of said plat null and void.

(Ord. No. 2001-01, § 3, 1-23-01)