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Ordinance No. 0754 09-13-1982� •.p�.�� � �- ; � I•_ AN ORDINAACS aDOPTING 11 PEii CHAPTER 211 ENTITLSD '�T7BDIVISION', 1!!ID REPEALING �.D �APTER 211 �I'II,� PLA1TIIiG OF '1� PRIII�EY CYTY � IN PLS ffi7PIRE14 r � ••��• � The regulations and provisions established by this chapter are for the follaaing purposes: 1. 7b establish standard procedures, requirements, and conditions for the preg3ration, sulxnission and appcaval of land subdivisions within Fridley. 2. Rb sece�re saitisfactory conformity of sud� subdivisions to the land use, the major thoroughfare plan, the official map� zoning and other plans and diapters of this code. 3. Zb assist the orderly, efficient, and integrated develognent of Fridley. 4, 4b prrnwte the health, safety and general welfare of the residents of FYidley and 5. 4b guide the City in the perforn�ance of its f�.mctions and duties, 211.02. Fbr the purpose of this ordinance, words used in the present tense shall � include the future; words in the singular shall include the plural, and the plural the singular; and the word shall is mandatory and not discretionary. �e follaaing definitions shall apply in the interpretation and applicataon of ' ti�is chapter and the follvainq words and terms wherever they occur in this ci�apter aze defined as follows: 1. Auditor's Subdivision. All lands formerly described by complicated metes and bounds descriptions where the Anoka Coimty Auditor has si�lified the description for tax purposes by assicyiing a lot nimiber, 2. City. Any person duly appointed, authorized, delegated or otherwise given the official capacity to act as a representative or agent for the City of Fridley. 3. tbunty Stiuveya�r. �e Anoka Coimty Offioers who euamine or check plats or subdivisions prior to acceptance by the Registrar of Deeds for fSling in Anoka Cow�ty. � ,� �- s. ,� i u 4. Lot, An existing division of land that can be comieyed Without further subdivision. The tetm 'lot' is generally interchangeable with the terms 'parcel' or �tCdCt�• 5. Plat. A map, drawing or d�azt which graphically delineates the boundary of land pazoels Por the purpose of identification and record of title. 7t�e plat is a reoorded legal docianent and must conform to all PSinnesota State Iaws. 6. Plat, l�inal. - �e final �mp� drawing or chart on whida the subdivider's plan of subdivision � is presented ta the City Cnwicil faz apptwal and whid�, if apprwed, will be submitted to the Co�ty Register of Deeds or Re9istraz of Titles. 7. Plat, Preliminary. A preliminaty map, drawing or chart indicating the proposed layout of a subdivision to be submitted to the City Coimcil for their consideration. 8. Registered Land Sucvey A District Court ordered survey of implatted registezed land whidi serves as a prer�,;site for oonveyance of any part thereof. 9. Subdivider. Any person, firm, corporation, �rtnership or association who causes land to be divic3ed, platted or planned into a subdivision for such person or others. 10. 51�bdivision. �e separation of an area, paroel, or tract of land, imder single ownership, into two or more g3rcels, tracts, lots, or long-term leasehold interests where -� the creation of the leasehold interest necessitates the creation of streets� or roads, for zesidential, commercial, industrial, or other use or any combination tl�ereof, except those seg3rations: UU hfiere all the resulting parcels, tracts, lots, or interests will be 20 acres or larger in size and 500 feet in width for residential uses and five acres or larger in size for oononercial and industrial uses; (B) Creating cemetery lots; (C) Resulting from court orders, or the adjustrnent of a lot line by the relocation of a conmon bo�dary. � s� r�• a. �• u�. � No comteyance of land to �hid� �e regulations of this chapter aze applicable ahall be filed or recorded if the land is described in the oonveyance by metes and boimds or by referaice to an tmapprwed zegisteced land survey made after April 21, 1961 or to an iaiapprwed plat made after such regulations become effective. In addition, no land shall be oorrveyed if it is less than a Whole paroel of land as chazged in the tax lists �mless it is apprwed or waived by the Qty. �e foregoing prwision does not apply to a corrveyance if the land described: 1. Yras a sepazate parcel of record April 16� 1952 (date of adoption of subdivision regulations by the City), and is not part of a contiguous � developnent and oorrveyance will not result in a violation of Chapter 205 of the City Oode, or 2, was the subject of a written agreenent to convey entered into prior to April 21, 1961, � 3. Fes a separate �roel of not less than two and one-half acres in area and 150 feet in width on January 1, 1966, or 4, was a separate parcel of not less than five acres in area and 300 feet in width on July 1, 1980, or 5. is a single parcel af oa�¢nezcial ot industrial land of not less than five acres and having a widti� of not less than 300 feet and its conveyance does not zesult in the division of the paroel into two or more lots or parcels, any one of whi� is less than five acres in area or 300 feet in widtl�� or 6. is a single �rcel of rpsidential or agricultural land of not less than 20 acres and having a width of not less than 500 feet and its conveyance does not result in the division of the Fazcel into two oz moze lots oz parcels, any oire of which is less than 20 acres in area ot 500 feet in width. In any case in which canpliance with the foregoing restrictions will create an tmnecessary harclship and failure to oomply does not interfere with the purpose of this ordinance, the City Cotmcil may waive sud� cmnpliance by adoption of a ' resolution to tk�at effect and the conveyance may then be filed or recorded. Any owner or agent of the c�wner of land who conveys a lot or parcel in violation of the provisions of this subdivision shall £orfeit and pay to the City a penalty of not less than 5100 for each lot or �ccel so conveyed. The City may enjoin such conveyance or may recover such penalty by a civil action in any oourt of canpetest jurisdiction. � 211.04. SUBDIViSiONS Aereafter all subdivisions of land as defined herein, made within the City of FYidley, shall be subject to and shall conform to these regulations and other applicable law and shall conform to the land use plan, the ma�or tl�oroughfare plan, the official map, the zoning chapter and other City plans, ordinances, chapters and regulations. 1. Lot S�ilit. �n r� �� � Any existing lot, paroel or tract of land may be subdivided into two or more Farcels by means of a'lot split' when each peroel Within the subdivision can be described as a si�le fractional part of an existing City appr wed plat, Auditoc's Subdivision� ot Registered Land Survey. A subdivision of land whid� cannot be described as a simple fractional part of a larger parcel (i.e. requiras a oa�lex description Whid� irrvolves ti�e use o� angles and degrees as found in descriptions commonly known as 'metes and bounds•) can not be subdivided by a lot split and shall be platted. In addition, all subdivisions whid� create five or more lots or parcels which are 2 1/2 acres or less 3n size shall be platted. When a request for a lot split is sutmitted to the City on City forms� the City shall within twenty-four (24) hours respond to the applimtion on a'certifi�tion of status' form. A. Applicatian Application for a lot split shall be made on forms furnished by the City and shall include a sketch showing: (1) scale and north azrow= t2) dimensions of the propertyi (3) names and locations of ad�aoent streetsj (4) location of any existing structureF �, (5) any other information as may be necessary to determine if the lot split meets the inte�t and requirenents of this ordinanoe. B. Review (1) The proposed lot split shall be informally heard by the Planning Comnission, After considering such things as adjacent land use, traffic g3tterns, zoning regulations, future development, plans for parks, bikeway-walkways, street extensions and other criteria deemed pertinent, the Plannin9 Commission shall recommend to the City Council either apprwal, with or without stipulation, oz disapprwal. (2) After review and recamnenciation application for lot split shall Co�cil. �he City Cotmcil shall app for lot split within sixty (60) days. C. Siirvey and Resolution by the Plannin9 Camnission, the be informally heard by the City rove or disapprove the request If apprwed, the applicant shall then have the land involved in the lot split surveyed. Upon receipt of the required Surveyor's Certificste, the Coimcil shall pass a zesolution apprwing the lot split. If there are ariy discrepancies in the boundaries of the existing land, a copy of the survey shall be filed with the Anoka County Surveyor's offioe. D. Certification and Recording Aftez final apprwal, a certified copy of the resolution approving the lot split and a"cectifi�te of status' focro shall be attached to the notice of approval and forwarded to the applicant. The Iot split, togefiher with a certified copy of the resolution and "certifica tion of status' form, shall thereaf ter be recorded amon9 the records of the I� � 1 County within one hundred eighty (180) days after the date of the resolution, imless a longer period of t3me is granted and pzovided f or recording at the time a� approval. A lot split not reoorded within a period of one himdred eighty (180) days or the apprwed extension time, is deaoed to be one that is not apprwed and suc3i lot split is not entitled to be tecorc3ed; and the same shall not thereafter be recorded except and imless it is presented to ti�e Plannin9 Camnission and Camcil and rrapprwed. E. Divisia� of Taaes � Any lot, parce2, a�r tract of land that is less than a whole parcel of land as charged in the tax Iists must zeceive City Council approval befote there is a division o€ taxes. F. Ap�xoval of Camcii Whenever any lot split is to be made, such subdivision can be made without further platting With approval of the Council if the Council shall find that such subdivision facilitates and does not hinder the transfer and conveyance of the land; does not hinder the making of assessments and keeping of secozds oonnected therewith; that it does not result in the creation of any �roel (within or without the subdivision) of a size in area or frontage which is less than is r�,ired for purposes of construction of a building on such parcel under the zonin9 laws and building regulations of the City; and that the subdivision to be made is not made for the purpose o�f avoiding su�h conditions and restrictions with zespect to the land as mi�t be imposed upon a plat, (Ref. 207) 2. Plat and Registered Iand Suzvey Pzocess. r:�.... . - All subdivisions as defined in Section 211.02(10) shall be platted unless each parcel within the subdivision can be described as a simple fractional g3rt of an existing City appraved Plat, Auditor's Subdivision, � or Registered Land Survey. A si�le description shall not involve the +,� of angles and degcees as found in descriptions commonly known as "metes and boimds•, All subdivisions whidz create five or more lots or g3rcels whi� aze 2 L2 acrPS or less in size shall be platted. B. In General A subdivider shall prep3re a preliminary plat of a subdivision before prep3ring a final plat. The subdivider shall su4nit t2�e preliminary plat together with all cequited accompanying material to the Planning Camnission and shall obtain the tesitative apprwal of the Camnission. �e subdivi8er shall then preg3re a fi.nal plat together with all required acoomp3riying materials and sutxnit them to the Council for approval. The suhdivider shall then obtain approval of the Council and by any othet agencies and officials whose approval is required by law and shall be duly tecorded. � �� 1 � ��, � No oorrveyance of any lot or parcel of land in a subdivision shall be lawful imtil final approval and reoording have occ.urrea. In addition, no permit to erect, alter or repair any building shall be issued until such apprwal and reoording. (Ref. 75). C. Steps (1) Preliminarv Plat Requir�ta A preliminary plat shall be clearly and legibly drawn on a high quality reproduceable and all copies thereof shall be clear and legible. It shall be of such scale as to show clearly all details ' thereof. A preliminary plat together with such accompanying docam�ents shall shaa the followingf (a� �'he bae�ssdary lines and dimensions of the land to be subdivided and ti�e locations of section corners and of existing subdivisions, streets (and street widths) and unsubdivided g3rcels land ownerships) adjoining the proposed subdivision, betwees it and nearest existing street or for such distance beyond as may be required. (b) The proposed general layout, including all proposed streets, alleys, crosswalks through blocks, street widths and proposed names, approximate dimensions of blocks and lots, tentative lot and block nuQnbering and approximate radii of all curves. (c) The �isting and proposed easem�ts and right-of-ways for draina9e, sewerage, utilities, railraad lines, streets. alleys, bikeways, waikways, and any other azeas proposed to be dedicated for public purposes and of any reservations and theiz purposes. (d) �e oorrect location and desi�ation of all wet lands and water channels, water areas, draina9e courses and ditches, and indication of all areas whic3�, before drainage imprwe�nent, are subject to inundation or storm water overflow, with pcoposed � drainage imp�ovement of such a�eas and of swamps, dtainage courses and ditches. (e) A statanent giving the intended excavating, grading and filling of land within the proposed subdivision and the intended removal or destruction of existing trees and other natural ground wver, sufficie�t to meet the requirenents of the City in determining whether a land alteration permit oould be issued in accordanoe with the City Code. (f) Ariy required data and materials not practically shown on the preliminary plat shall be sutanitted on separate sheets, to accomp3ny the plat. (2) Application '�e subdivider shall submit a tracing and three dark line prints of ' the preliminary plat and three copies of doc�anents accompanying the plat to the City. 7Y�e City shall determine whether or not the su4mitted materials are satisfactory as a prelim'v�ary plat. When land to be subdivided abuts a state trunk highway, one additior�al oop� shall be required and shall be sui�nitted to the State Highway Crnmnissioner with the request that such Commissioner's recrnm�endations, if any, should be received within fourteen days after the date submitted, for consideration by the Planning Camnission acting on the glat. � f3) Acti� on Preliminary Plat by Planning Conmi.ssion 7he Planning Cc�nission will meet to consider the plat and proposed improvements by the subdivider and the time and method of installation of imprwenents. (Ref. 75) Not less than ten c3ays before the date of a meeting of the Planning Crnmission, for consideration of a preliminary plat, The City shall do the following: (a) Notify by United States mail the subdivider and the property owners of the propecty within three hundred (300) feet adjoining the land within the plat of the time and place of such hearing. (b) Publish notice of such hearing in the official City news�.aper. At such meeeting, all persons interested shall 6e given an opportunity to make presentations. (4) Preliminazy ReviErr The Planning Commission shall take action on a subdivision • application within 120 days follawing delivery of an application , oompleted in compliance with the requirements set forth in this ordinance, �mless an extention of the ceviea period has been agreed to by the applicant. Action by the Planning Commission shall be tentative approval, disapproval or conditional approval of the preliminary plat, the last being tentative approval conditioned upon cettain modifications as specified. After the Planning Commission's review of the preliminary plat, it shall be recommended to the Coimcil for final action. If the Planning Commission fails to preliminarily approve or disappzove an application within 120 days after it has been sutxnitted, imless an extension of time is arranged with the consent of the subdivider, the application shall be deemed preliminarily approved and upon d�and the City shall execute a certificate to that effect. In this event, ti�e City shall advise the subdivider of any and all reoaim�es�dations as are reasonable and are consistent with these regulations or with an applicable plan in cmnpleting the survey of the subdivision and making the final plat thereof. (Ref. 75) , �^ �� V `1 (5) Final Plat Appli�tim Fbllowing preliminary review of the application by the Planning Camiission, the applicant may request final apprwal by the City, (�t) Requir�nts The final plat shall conform to the preliminary plat as tentatively apprwed or oonditionally approved, including any ra�,;red modifications and to the requirenents herein and any additional r�,;renents of law. When there is more than one sheet, an index sheet shall be attached showing the entice subdivision, includin9 boundary and stceets, at an appropriate sca].e and indicatin9 the se�rate sheets of the f inal plat and tYye srieet nr,a�ber €af eacie. ib1 Suhnitting Final PlBt �e subdivider shall within six months after the date of tl�e Plannin9 Certonission's review of the preliminary plat� sulxnit tl�e final plat together with all rr�rn,;red ac�nying documents to the City. If not filed within the desic�ated six�month period, unless this period is extended by Council, the action of Planning Ca�mission on the preliminary plat shall become null and void. If required i�rwanents are not installed prior to filing, a cash deposit, certified check or surety bond insuring latez installation or a getition to have the City install same and assess cost a9ainst the subdiviser shall accompany the final plat. (c) Aearing on Fir�al Plat ZY�e final plat will be act public hearing tl�ereon� wi City Nc�sFaper at least ten and plaoe thereof. At such appear and be heard. (Ref. (d) Action on Final Plat , ed upon by the Council after holding a th published notice in the official days in advance indicating the time � hearing all persons interested may 75) �e Co�mcil shall apprave or disapprove the f inal plat within sixty �60) days after receiving the final plat. Before the Council apprwes the final. plat, the plat shall oomply with all conditions and requirn�ents of this chapter and all conditions and requiranents upon whic3� preliminary approval is expressly conditioned either through performance or the execution of appropriate agreanents assuring performanoe. If a plat is disapproved by the City, no application for the denied subdivision of land may be submitted for a period of three (3) months following the denial. ' (e) Failure to Finally Appcave or MsapFaove If the Camcil fails to oertify final apprwal within sixty (60) days after the application for f inal plat has been submitted, and if the applicant has complied with all conditions and requiranents of this chapter, the application shall be deemed finally approved, and upon demand the City shall execute a oeztificate to that effect. (fl Slscvey � After apprwal of �e final plat, subdivision to be surveyed, zegistered surveyor in acaor�noe with statutory requiranents and County Platting Autl�ority. , , Iq) Recording the subdivider shall cause the stakad and monumented by a with the r�,; renents herein, with any requirenents of the After approval, the final plat shall be recorded among the recoc ds of the County within one hundced eighty (18Q) days after tl�e date of Coimcil apprwal imless a longer period is 9tanted at the time of approval. A plat not recorded within a period of one hundred eighty (180) days or the apprwed extension time, is deened to be ore that is not apprwed and sucii plat is not entitled to be recorded; and the same shall not thereafter be recorded except and unless it shall have again been presented to the Planning Commission and Council and apprwed for recording. (Ref. 229) (Yil Time FScte�sion A time extension for recording a plat shall be granted upon application duly made to the Council unless the Council f inds after a hearing that the delay and failure to record within the period of time allaaed was without justifiable cause and that the conditions and circiunstances attendant to the land within the plat and in the imnediate surrounding area as is affected therel� are materially and substantially different from those present at the t'une such plat was origi.nally approved and that the plat as made is no longer deemed an appropriate plat with the conditions and circumstances present. In making such determination, the Co�cil can consider among other things any changes in zoning, sizing of lots. location of streets and utilikies in the lands within or adjaoent to said plat and other factors deaned material, and is not limited thereto. (Ref. 229) (i) Appeal to Camcil No final plat of a subdivision shall be apprwed by the Council if the preliminary plat thereof was disapprwed by the Planning Commission except that any subdivider may appeal the Camnission's action on the pteliminary plat to the Council to � J J 1J overrule said action. 72ie Coimcil, as a result of the appeal, m3y elect to oonsider the preliminaty plat and give it apprwal, conditional approval or disappr wal. �he grounds for any refusal to approve a final plat shall be set forth in the prooeedings of the Oamcil and reported to the person or persons applying for su� apprwal. cj) Required sic�atureB No plat of a subdivision shall be filed with the Register of Deec� or accepted for filing unless signed by the Mayor and Mansger or Clerk and unless approved as to survey an� engineering accuracy by the Cotuity Platting authorities. 3. Zero i.ot Lines. A. 7l�e City imy apprwe subdivisions for the development of zero lot line, oonman wall residential structures within R-2 and R-3 zores. �ese lots shall be divided equally as is reasonably possible within the restrictions of the existing guidelines of the Zoning Chapter. B. All other zoning r«�,iranents in the respective districts except f or the set ta3cks along the oarman wall, zero lot line (s) mist be met, C. Sep3rate meters must be provided to each dwelling unit for water, electricity and natuzal gas. In addition, the oonman g3rty wall(s) fire rating shall be one hour for existing structure and two (2) one hour walls for riew wnstruction. D. The aaner of the property to be subdivided shall execute and record at their expense a'Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions' as prwided b3 the City. �e eaid document shall be used to protect the rights of the individual owners sharing the single structure to maintenance, re�ir and construction in case of damage to the original structure. The declarations, covenants, conditions and restrictions shall prwide protection to the property owners and the City on the following objects: ' 1. Buildi.ng and Use Restrictions. 2. Party Walls. 3. Relationships among owners of adjoining living units and arbitration of disputes. E. 7Y�e City shall be a beneficiary to these declarations, covenants, wnditions and restric.tions. 211.Q5. VARIANQ�S Should the Planning CaiIInission or Council find that any of tl�e regulations or r�,;ranc�nts herein are not applicable to a proposed land subdivision or to a preliminary or final plat thereof, or would cause undue hardship, it may permit sud� variations therefran as are not oontrary to the intent and purpose ' of these regulatior�s or other applicable law or arty appli�ble plan or portion thereof. 'h�e nature of the variances to be permitted in a particular case, witY� reasons whythey are deened neoessary, ehall be recorded in the minutes a� t2�e meeting and sF�all be transmitted to the suhdivider. 211.D6. SPFX7AL DLSIItIC15 �e requirene�ts of this d�apter may be modified or excepted 3n the case of special zoning districts established under Chapter 205 of the GYty Wde. 211.07. JleSZIN STADIDi�RL� � A preliminary plat and a final plat slhall be mad�e with such design standards as are applicable thereto, said standarcis being established for the purpose o�f guiding and acmn�nying a 000rdinated, adjusted and harmonious developnent of Fric'fley which will. in acoordance with existing and future needs, best pranote the public health, safety, order, convenience and the general welfare and efficiency and econany in the process of develognent. 7.t�e following desi� standards are hereby established for land subidivisions: 1. I�yout. _ General layout, street pattern, street widths, proposed private and public areas, facilfties and uses, shall confozm to these regulations and other applicable law, and to the City's Canprehensive Plan. 2. Public Dedicatiaa►. As a general rule, �dt subdivision shall be required to dedicate land, or pay into the City fund a cash payment equivalent, for public uses including schools, parks, playgrounds and other public purposes other than public ric�t- of�way, in the follaa9ng manner: Ten (108) percent of all the gross arPa of residential zoned property to be subdivided; three (38) percent of the gtoss area of commercial or ' industrial zored property to be subdivided. Any land dedication in excess of the 108 or 38 requirenent shall be reserved for a period of two years c�ring whicii time the City or other public body may buy such land. Ea addition to the above describec] general rule, the follaaing conditions and requiranents shall also be oamplied with: A. The City may choose to acoept an equivalent amount in cash from the applicant for part or all of ti�e portion required to be dedicated to such public uses ot purposes based on the fair market value of the land no later than at the time of firal apprwal. B. N�y cash Fxiyn�nts reoeived shall be placed in a special fund by the City and used only for the purposes for whic3� the money was obtained. C. 71�e City must reasonahly determine that it will need to acquire that , � �u portion of land, or the �sh equivalent thereo�, for the purposes stated in this section as a result o� apprwal of the subdivision. �e provisions of �is section may be modified if the (Yty Oau�cil determines ti�at indivi�al circim�stances call for ad�ustment, 3. Street Patterns. Street patterns should follow substantially the patterns shown on the land use plan or shall be at least the equal of the plaru�ed �tterns in these respects: �ey shall adequately serve platted lots when developeds they shall intersect e�cisting or planned trunk highways and major thoroughfares at infrequent ' intervals only; they shall not obstruct the ceasonable and desirable developmert of adjoir�inq, imsubdivided lands in conformity with any applicable plans and with ti,ese desic� st.aanci�rds� they shall be such as to discourage throuc� traffic fran using minor streets in the subdivision; and they shall be suited to the topagraphy of �e land, but with their orientation influenced b� walking direction and distance to and from existing and planned parks, playgroimds and schools. 4. Acoess. �e street pattern shall be designed so as to minimize access points and crossings along all railroad and arterial thorouc�far�. 5. Public Streets. All proposed streets shall be offered for dedication as public streets, with no private streets shown. 6. Ric�t Angle Intersection. Streets shall intersect or intercept each other at right angles with variations of not moze than twenty (20o)degrees permitted when considered necessary. 7. Grades. ' Street grades of six (68l peroent shall be wnsidered a desirable maximtnn to be exceeded only whes� required 1� topography or other controlling and physical condition. Grades of all streefis, walks, curbs and gutters shall be approved by the City. 8. Jogs. Jogs in streets shall have center line offsets of 125 feet ot more. 9. Major Streets. �e location, width and alic�vnent of trunk highways and major streets shall conform to the official map, to the major street plan and to any other applicable plans, including State and County highway plans. Width of secondary major thoroughfares, not trunk highways, shall be 60 feet. 1 10. xino� streetB. Wictths of minor residential streets shall be a m;.+i,� of 50 feet. 11. Businesa Streeffi. Widths of streets serving business, industrial, multiple dwelling, i^Gtitutional or public frontage shall be not less than shown on the land use plan or other applicable plan, and when not shown, shall be as specified by the Planning Cam�issionr or by the City acking for the Plannin9 Camnission. 12. �1-De-Sac Streets. � Dead-end or cul-de-sac streets �a11 be na longer than 600 feet with a turn aco�md at the closed end having pzoperty line a�sci curb-line diameters of not less than 1Q0 feet and 80 feet respectively, e�ccept that such mi.nim�nns may be altered when required by topocgaphy or other controlling conditions. 13. Cornets. Property lines at residential street corners shall be rounded on a radius of not less than 10 feet and curb lines on a radius of not less than 20 feet, prwided that greater zadii may be required t� the Planning Commission where deened necessary. 14. Aalf-width 5treets. Aal�'-width streets are not acceptable except as found practically necessary by the Plannin9 Cortanission and only with the assurance of dedication of the other half when adjoining property is subdivided. 15. Corporate Boundary Streets. For protecting the City in develcrping and maintaining streets bordering the corporate limits, where a half-width street dedication is proposed, the subdivider shall furnish one of the following with the prelimix�ary plat: ' A, assurance that the renaining half outside the oorporate limits has or will be dedicated, o� B. a warranty deed for the renaining half outside the corporate limits, or C, an easement fot stceet gucpose, signed by the owners of the pact outside the wrporate limits. 16. Street Namrs. tl�nes of streets whid� aze extensions of existing streets shall be the same, prwided that tiiese and other street names shall be subject to City apprwal. 17. Block I�engths. Residential blocks shall normally be of sufficient width for two tiers of , �� u� lots. Hlock lengths shall be determined by circulation and oti�er needs, With l�gths up to 1,500 feet permissible when aprwed by the Plannin9 Commission. A pedestrian way or crosswalk, not less than 10 feet in width, may be cequired approxu�ately mic�ay in a block that is 700 feet or more in length� or for access to schools, playgrounds, shopping centers and to otl�er areas and facilities. Where residential blocks with lots deeper than 260 feet as propo�ed, a reservation for a future street through the middle of the block longitudinally, �rey be required by the Planning Cmmiissioai. 16. Acoessibility. Fach lot shall be served from a public street satisfactorily foz general accessibility for fire fighting, refuse collection and delivery purposes. 19. Lot Size, �e size of lots shall be as set forth corner lot shall have extta width of 5 adequately fran both streets. Each loi in Chapter 205 of tiie City Code. A feet or more for sethack of a building shall be adequate to prwide sFaoe for the dwelling and all necessary acaessory tuildings. 20. Side Lot Lines. _ Side lot lines shall be at right angles or zadial to street lines, with slight variations �mder difficult conditions permissible� with Planning Commission apprwal. 21. Fac�mn}�. Eas�nents offered for dedication should be shoNm along lot lines where needed foz utility purposes, for drainage, for screen planting or other purposes. Utility easements along rear lot lines will ususally be required unless alleys are prwided with required width being 12 feet for a single easement or for the total of two parallel, adjoining easements on two lots. Minimun width of drainage ease�nents, single or double, shall be 20 feet and screes plantin9 and other ease�nents, single or double shall be 10 feet or such greater width in specific cases as ti�e Planning Crnm�ission shall require. �• •�• rw As a condition precedent to the apprwal of a fina]. plat, the subdivider shall give satisfactozy assurance of the installation of a least the follawing improvements at the subdivider's own expense, within a period of time specified by the Planning Conmission: 1. Grac3e Streets. Grade all streets, and walks to specified grades and surface all streets in acoordance with adopted plans and specifications. 2. Install I7nderground IItilities. Install water mains, storm and sanitary sewers and additional drainage facilities, where any or aI2 are ra�,ired. � , , C 3. Off Street iagxovements. Erect street name signs, sod boulevard areas and plant at least two eatisfactocy street trees on each lot near the front lot line, or in the boulevard area, r+hid�ever is specified by the City. Grades shall be set by the City and i�rw�ents shall be according to previously or hereinafter established standards and specifications by the Council. An eacrow may be prwided in lieu of the installations. 4. Delay of Streets. Where water mains, storm and sanitary sewers and additional drainage facilities are to be instalied, the required street improvements may be c3eferred until aftez sud� installation. 5. Co�t of Imprwc�ment. Zb cover the wst of imExwanents that may not have been oanpleted at the time of filing the final. plat� the subdividez shall: A. futnish cash, Fridley to secure period of time as the City� � a certified check ot a sucety bond, to the City of the perforn�v�ce of such installation by him within a stipulated t� the Coimcil or to cover installation by B, petition the Cow�cil to install sucii imixwenents, the entire cost of which is to be levied and certified as a special assessment, in which case the subdivider shall agree in writing that in the interim between the filing of the final plat and the certification of the special assessment to the County Auditor there will be no transfer of awnership of any part of the property platted without first depositing with the City an amount sufficient to cover the estimated proportionate amount of such assessmert applicable to the lot or parcel of land transferred, 211.09. EFH'EX,'P OF SUBDIVISION APPRS7VAI, , Fbr one year followi.ng preluninary apprwal and for two years following final apprwal, timless the subdividec and the City agree otherwise, no amendment to a comprehensive plan or official control shall apply to or affect the use, - developrnent density, lot size, lot layout or dedication or platting required or permitted by the approved application, fihereafter, pursuant to its regulations, the City may e�ctend the period by agreenent with the subdivider and subject to all applicable performance conditions and requiresnents� or it may require submission of a new application unless substantial physical activity and investment has occurred in reasonable reliance on the approved application and the subdivider will suffer substantial financial damage as a oonsequence of a requiren�nt to sutmit a new application. In wnnection with a subdivision involvinq planned and staged development, the City may by resolution or agreanent grant the rights zeierred to herein for such periods of time longer ti�an two years whidi it determines reasonable and appropriate. 211.10. VACATION OF PI.AT 1. Ar�y plat or any fxirt of a plat may be vacated by the arner of the property � _� �� � �. � � ti- w before the sale of any lot therein, by a written instr�t with a oop� oi the plat atta�ed, declazing the same to be vacated. �di vacation shall require the approval of the City Council in the same manner as foi plate of eubdivisio�s. �e GYty �mcil mmy reject a� sud� instrunent which abridges or destrays ar�y public ric�ts in any af its streets or utility ric�t-of-ways. Sucii an instrunent shall be apprwed and recorded in t2�e same manner as plats or eubdivisions. After being recorded, such insts�nnent Bhall nullify the reoording of H�e plat so vacated and divest all public ric�ts in the streets, and public gzamds and all dedications laid out or described in sud� plat. 2. When lots have been sold, the plat may be vacated as stated above, p�rwided that all the owners of loks in suc3� a plat join in the execution of , such instiun�nt. 3. Platted areas may be replatted, prwided that they follow the provisions this chapter. 211.11. PFiU1LTI +LS Any violation of this chapter is a misd�neanor and is subject to all penalties prwided for such violations imder the prwisions of Q�apter 901 of this code, 211.12. F'EFS �e fee for subdivisions (lot split, plat, or Registezed Land Survey) of land are prwided for in Qiapter 11 of this oode. 211.13. RF�FRAL Section 211 of the Fridley f�ty Code as it existed prior to the adoption of this ordinance is hereb� repealed. 'II�IIS 1�I1T C73APPf.'E2 HAS BEFN OODIFIID AS OF S�TES�II2 13 � 1982. ..�>� �� ��• ►o-� : wr w ' �r •• u x w �: �• •• �� > :'r. .:r F� � �=_`�,U � \_ L � •-. c � � SIDNEY C. IIa1AN — CITY Q,F3t1C Public Aearing: July 12, 1982 First Readix�: July 12, 1982 Second Reading: S�pt�ber 13� 1982 Publish: Septe�nber 22,1982 3/3/17 p ' � -�_,�'�, ' �t�,��%`,�a"".., IAM J. NEE — �