HILLSBORO SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE
ORDINANCE NO. 2808-7-77
ARTICLE III
Final Plat Procedure
Section 1. Submission of Final Plat. In order to receive consideration for final plat approval, the applicant shall have the subdivision surveyed and a final plat prepared in substantial conformance with the tentative plat as approved. The subdivider shall submit required copies of the final plat and any supplementary information to the Planning Director, including detailed elevations, color palette, and plot plans as required by Article II, Section 1 (E) (8), unless submitted with the preliminary plat. A list of information required on and materials required for the final plat shall be available from the Planning Department. (Amended by Ord. No. 5780/8-07.)
Section 2. Final Plat Check Fee. At the time of submission of a final plat for approval, an application fee as established by the City Council under Article XI of this Ordinance shall be paid to the City in order to defray the costs of processing the application. (Amended by Ord. No. 4724/11-98; 5314/10-03; and 5595/1-06.)
The purpose for said plat check fee is to defray expenses incurred for conducting subdivision plat checks. The final plat check fee in no way assures approval and cannot be refunded once the plat check has been accomplished. (Amended by Ord. No. 2950/11-78.)
Section 3. Review of Final Plat.
(A) Upon receipt of the final plat, accompanying data and appropriate plat check fee, the Planning Director shall examine the documents to determine that the subdivision as shown conforms to the tentative plat as approved, meets the conditions of approval if conditionally approved and meets zoning ordinance requirements. If he determines there has not be full compliance he shall advise the subdivider and his agent of the changes, corrections and/or additions that must be made and shall afford the subdivider or his agent the opportunity to make such changes, corrections or additions. (Amended by Ord. No. 2950/11-78.)
(B) (Repealed by Ord. No. 2960/11-78.)
(C) If the submittal of the detailed elevations, color palette, and plot plans required by Article II, Section 1 (E) (8), was deferred to submittal of the final plat, a notice of final plat application review shall be sent to property owners within 500 feet of the proposed subdivision, as required in Article II, Section 3. (Added by Ord. No. 2950/11-78, and Amended by Ord. No. 5780/8-07.)
(D) The final plat application shall be reviewed under the same standards and regulations in effect when the preliminary plat application was deemed complete, unless the applicant consents in writing to the application of standards adopted after submittal of the preliminary plat. (Added by Ord. No. 2950/11-78, and Amended by Ord. No. 5780/8-07.)
Section 4. Approval of Final Plat.
(A) A determination by the Planning Director that the final plat conforms with the tentative plat as approved or has met applicable conditions if approved conditionally, and the requirements of this Ordinance have been met, shall constitute authorization for the presiding officer of the Planning Commission to sign the final plat. If the final plat is determined not to conform to the tentative plat as approved, or has not met applicable conditions if approved conditionally, the Planning Director shall provide findings of fact stating the basis for disapproval. The subdivider may then either submit a new plat for consideration or appeal the decision as provided in Article VIII of this Ordinance. (Amended by Ord. No. 5780/8-07.)
(B) Following signature by the presiding officer of the Planning Commission, the Planning Director shall notify the subdivider that the final plat has been approved by the City and forwarded to the County Surveyor for purposes of conducting the plat check in conformance with O.R.S. Chapter 92, and subsequent processing by the County to result in recording of the plat. (Amended by Ord. No. 2950/11-78, and 5780/8-07.)
Section 5. Filing of Final Plat. Recordation of Final Plat. The applicant shall cause the final plat to be recorded at Washington County within the effective tentative plat approval period stated in Article II Section 11(A) of this Ordinance (either two years or as applicable three years with an approved extension).
(Amended by Ord. No. 5780/8-07 and 5894/12-08.)