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Article 2: Procedures <br /> Section 2.14: Minor Subdivisions <br /> <br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 2-47 <br /> <br />(1) The applicant shall submit a reproducible mylar original of the Final Plat to the <br />Planning Director for endorsement within one year of Final Plat approval. <br />(2) The Planning Director may grant an extension of this time limit to one-year from <br />the original date of expiration if the applicant files an extension application in <br />accordance with Section 2.2. <br />(3) The Planning Director shall obtain all required certification signatures and shall <br />endorse approval of the approved Final Plat on a reproducible mylar original after <br />all other certification signatures have been obtained. The Planning Director shall <br />prepare the Declaration of Restrictions. <br />(4) The Planning Director shall notify the applicant when all required certification <br />signatures have been obtained and County Attorney review is complete. The <br />applicant shall then make an appointment with the Planning Director to have the <br />approved plat and any associated documents necessary to assure conformance <br />with regulations recorded in the Officer of the Register of Deeds. The approved <br />plat and any associated documents must be recorded within 90 days after the <br />Planning Director's endorsement of approval. <br />(5) The Planning Director shall accompany the applicant to the Register of Deeds <br />Office to ensure the approved plat and any required documents are recorded in <br />the correct order and to fill in the book and page references, where applicable. <br />Documents shall be numbered in the order they are to be recorded. The order is <br />as follows: <br />(a) Approved plat <br />(b) Road Maintenance Agreement, if required <br />(c) Declaration of Restrictions <br />(d) Homeowners/Property Owners’ Association documents, if required <br />(6) If the approved plat is not recorded within the specified time period, the plat is <br />void. <br />(7) Any plat or portion thereof not receiving final plat approval within the time period <br />set forth in (5) above shall be null and void except under the following conditions: <br />(a) The subdivision is built in sections or phases, and a phasing plan was <br />approved as part of the Preliminary Plat; <br />(b) The period between the approval date of the Preliminary Plat and the <br />approval date of the Final Plat for the first phase does not exceed one <br />year; and <br />(c) The period between the approval date of the Final Plat of the first <br />phase and the approval date(s) of the Final Plat(s) of any subsequent <br />phase(s) does not exceed the time limits specified in the phasing plan <br />of the Preliminary Plat. If no phasing plan is indicated, then the period <br />between Final Plat approvals shall not exceed six months. <br />(7)(8) If a phasing plan for construction of the subdivision is approved, the expiration <br />date of the Preliminary Plat shall be governed by the time period(s) approved as <br />part of the phasing plan. <br />(8)(9) The Planning Director may extend the deadline for recordation provided the <br />applicant can demonstrate a good faith effort to comply with the deadline, but for <br />reasons beyond his/her control, fails to meet the requirements for recordation <br />within the specified period. <br />(9)(10) All final plats shall conform to drawing specifications and certification <br />requirements for Final Plats contained in Section 7.14.3 of this Ordinance. <br /> 139