Subdivision Ordinance-2000

TOWN OF
CHOCOWINITY
Beaufort County
North Carolina
SUBDIVISION
ORDINANCE
ADOPTED
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February 1, 2000

I OFFICIAL SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE
TOWN OF CHOCOWINITY
North Carolina
ADOPTED: FEBRUARY 1, 2000
James H. Mobley, Jr., MAYOR
Joy McRoy, TOWN CLERK
Jeff Haddock, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
' BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
William J. Albritton M.L. Dunbar
' Louise Furman Arlene Jones
1 PLANNING BOARD
Tommy Elks, Chairman
John Thompson, Secretary
Becky Deans Louise Hill
' Joe O'Neal Jesse Powers
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE BY:
The Mid -East Commission
P.O. Box 1787
Washington, North Carolina 27889
[phone]
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Joseph G. Dooley, Jr., Planner -in -Charge, Planning Director / Land Use Administrator
Gail Pinkham, Administrative Assistant
The preparation of this document was financed in part through a grant provided by the North Carolina Coastal Management
Program, through funds provided by the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended, which is administered by the
' Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

ITable of Contents
SECTION I. INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................1
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11. PURPOSE............................................................................................................ 1
12. AUTHORITY........................................................................................................1
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13. JURISDICTION.....................................................................................................
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SECTIONII. GENERAL.................................................................................................
2
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21. DEFINITIONS.......................................................................................................2
22. SUBDMSION......................................................................................................
2
23. ACCEPTANCE OF PUBLIC SERVICES....................................................................
3
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24. COMPLIANCE WITH ZONING ORDINANCE...........................................................
3
25. CONSISTENCY WITH OFFICIAL PLANS................................................................
3
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SECTION III. PROCEDURES FOR THE SUBMISSION AND APPROVAL OF
PLANS........................................................................................................
4
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31. SKETCH PLAN....................................................................................................
32. MINOR SUBDMSION SUBMISSION AND REVIEW PROCESS ........................
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321. Purpose........................................................................................................4
322. Definition.................................................................................................... 5
323. Plat Review................................................................................................. 5
33. MAJOR SUBDIVISION SUBMISSION AND REVIEW PROCESS ...............................
10
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331. Purpose......................................................................................................10
332. Definition..................................................................................................
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333. Submission Requirements for Planning Board (i.e., number of copies, fee,
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and time frame).....................................................................................................11
334. Content of Plat..........................................................................................
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335. Review by Interested Agencies.................................................................
12
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336. Planning Board Review.............................................................................
337. Review by Board of Commissioners.........................................................13
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34. FINAL PLAT......................................................................................................
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341. Submission Required Within Twelve (12) Months..................................14
342. Content of Plat..........................................................................................
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343. Improvements Installed Before Approval.................................................19
344. Bond Guaranteeing Improvements Required............................................19
345. Planning Board Review.............................................................................19
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SECTION IV.
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS ...............................
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41. GENERAL.........................................................................................................
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411.
Design Guides...........................................................................................
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412.
Access Adequacy......................................................................................
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42. STREETS...........................................................................................................
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421.
Design and Layout....................................................................................
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422.
Classification.............................................................................................23
423.
Street Width and Drainage Requirements .................................................
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Table of Contents
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424. Private Streets............................................................................................ 24
425. Construction..............................................................................................25
43. STORM WATER MANAGEMENT........................................................................ 26
431. Design Standards....................................................................................... 26
44. UTILITIES......................................................................................................... 27
441. Water Supply............................................................................................. 27
442. Sewage Disposal....................................................................................... 28
443. Other Utilities............................................................................................ 28
45. OTHER IMPROVEMENTS.................................................................................... 29
451. Survey....................................................................................................... 29
452. Sidewalks.................................................................................................. 29
453. Wheel Chair Ramps.................................................................................. 29
454. Street Signs............................................................................................... 29
455. Shade Trees............................................................................................... 29
46. OTHER REQUIREMENTS.................................................................................... 30
461. Open Spaces.............................................................................................. 30
462. Easements..................................................................................................30
463. Clean-up.................................................................................................... 30
SECTION V. LEGAL PROVISIONS........................................................................... 31
51. ENFORCEMENT.................................................................................................31
511. Register of Deeds...................................................................................... 31
512. Building Inspector..................................................................................... 31
513. Recordation of Deed................................................................................. 31
52. PENALTIES....................................................................................................... 31
53. VARIANCE........................................................................................................31
54. AMENDMENTS..................................................................................................32
55. SEPARABILITY..................................................................................................32
56. ABROGATION................................................................................................... 32
57. EFFECTIVE DATE.............................................................................................. 32
SECTIONVI. FORMS.................................................................................................... 33
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SECTION I.
11. Purpose
INTRODUCTION
SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE
TOWN OF CHOCOWINITY
The purpose of this ordinance is to establish user friendly procedures and standards for
the planned and orderly development and legal subdivision of land within the territorial
jurisdiction of the Town of Chocowinity. It is designed to provide for coordination of streets,
community facilities, utilities, open spaces, water, and sewer quality within proposed
subdivisions and to assure for the provision of streets, utilities, and recreation facilities needed
to service proposed subdivisions and minimize future expenditures by the Town for provision
of these services. It is further designed to orderly distribute population and traffic in a manner
that will avoid congestion and overcrowding and to create and maintain an environment
essential to public health, safety, general welfare and to provide for proper legal description,
monumentation and recording of land that will insure easy identification and permanent
location of real estate boundaries. In addition, this ordinance is designed to encourage the
wise, productive, and beneficial use of the natural resources of the Town, to maintain a
healthy and pleasant environment, and to preserve the natural beauty and resources of the
Town and its territorial jurisdiction.
12. Authority
This ordinance is adopted under the authority and provisions of the General Statutes of
North Carolina, Chapter 160A, Article 19, Part 2, as amended and supplemented.
13. Jurisdiction
The regulations of this ordinance shall apply throughout the Town of Chocowinity and
its Extraterritorial Planning Jurisdiction as now and hereafter established.