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Article 2: Procedures 77 <br /> Section 2.14: Minor Subdivisions <br /> (d) County Attorney, <br /> (e) Orange County Environmental Health, <br /> (f) Orange County Erosion Control, <br /> (g) Orange County Engineering, <br /> (h) Public Utility Companies, and <br /> (i) Orange County Department of Environment, Agriculture, Parks and <br /> Recreation (DEAPR). <br /> (4) Reviewers shall provide a certification to the Planning Director of the suitability, <br /> provisional suitability, or unsuitability of the proposal. Recommendations of the <br /> reviewers may be incorporated as conditions of approval of the subdivision. <br /> (5) The Planning Director shall take action on an application solely on his/her <br /> findings as to compliance with applicable regulations and conditions and shall <br /> either: <br /> (a) Approve the application; or <br /> (b) Approve the application with conditions; or <br /> (c) Deny the application. <br /> (6) The Planning Director shall notify the applicant of the action in writing. <br /> (C) Action Subsequent to Approval <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 /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 2-53 <br />