1. The final plat will have incorporated all, but only, those changes or modifications required or approved by the planning commission or required under BMC 17.18.030(A). If none, it shall conform to the preliminary plat, and it may constitute only that portion of the approved preliminary plat which the subdivider proposes to record and develop at the time; provided, that such portion conforms with all the requirements of this chapter and such portion has been approved by the planning commission for phased final platting under BMC 17.12.100;

2. The subdivider shall submit to the planning commission a certificate to plat covering the land that is to be subdivided;

3. A copy of the letter from the Department of Environmental Conservation approving the sewer and water plans for the subdivision is required;

4. The subdivider shall submit the final plat drawings on disc media in a format specified or approved by the platting officer.

1. Notation that the plat is “final”;

2. A title block which shall be placed on the lower right-hand corner of each drawing of the set comprising the plat. It shall show at least the:

3. North point and a graphic scale;

4. A statement that the subdivision plan has received approval from the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation pursuant to applicable regulations which shall be specified on the plat or that no such approval is required;

5. Each plat of a subdivision filed for record shall contain a certificate of ownership and dedication. The certificate shall be signed in black ink by all persons, including owners, trustees, settlors and trust beneficiaries, lienors, mortgagees and others having any legal, security or equitable interest in the lands subdivided or dedicated, and shall be acknowledged before an officer duly authorized to take acknowledgements of deeds, in the manner in which deeds are required to be acknowledged. If the interest is held by a corporation, it shall be signed and acknowledged by a person authorized by a resolution of the board of directors of the corporation to execute deeds for the corporation or to execute the certificate. If the interest is held by a government agency, it shall be signed by a person authorized by appropriate law to execute deeds for the agency or to execute the certificate. When a person holding a mortgage, lien or other security or equitable interest in the lands has not signed the certificate of ownership, the person may provide a written certification or claim of interest and consent to the subdivision and dedications on the plat. The signature of a person who holds a subsurface estate or interest is not required.

6. A surveyor’s certificate shall be provided in substantially the following form:

Surveyor’s Certificate

I, (surveyor’s name and land surveyor number), on this ________ day of ________, 20___, hereby certify that I am a registered professional land surveyor in the state of Alaska and that this plat represents a survey made by me or under my direct supervision, that the monuments shown on the plat actually exist as described, that all monuments set as a part of this subdivision were set by me or under my direct supervision, and that all dimensional and other details are true and correct to the best of my knowledge.

(Seal and signature)

7. A certificate of approval in substantially the following form for execution by the platting officer shall be provided. The city clerk shall print or emboss the seal of the city of Bethel under the certificate;

Platting Officer’s Certificate

I certify that this subdivision plat has been found to comply with the land subdivision regulations of the City of Bethel, and that the plat has been approved by the platting authority by Resolution number _______, dated ________ 20_____, and that this plat has been approved for recording in the office of the recorder in the Fourth Judicial District at Bethel, Alaska, in which the plat is located.

_________________

City of Bethel Platting Officer

[SEAL OF CITY]

_________________, 20_____

8. In the case of a vacation of publicly dedicated land, the following certificate shall be printed on the plat and signed by the platting officer:

Certificate of Vacation

I hereby certify that the vacation shown herein has been found to comply with the requirements of state law and the subdivision code of the City of Bethel (BMC Title 17), and that said vacation has been duly approved by the platting authority by Resolution number ________, dated _______ ______, 20_____, and has received such approval of the Bethel City Council as is required by statute and city ordinance.

________________________

Platting Officer

__________________, 20_____

9. Within the subdivision, the centerlines of all rights-of-way, lengths and radii of all curves, and the total width of each right-of-way;

10. The exact boundaries of all areas to be dedicated or reserved for public use or for the common use of the property owners. The purpose of the dedication or reservation shall also be set forth if the public use is for a limited purpose;

11. The names of adjacent subdivisions and the lot numbers of adjacent lots. If the adjacent land is not subdivided, it should be so indicated and the land identified by U.S. Survey or other means;

12. The delineation of flood hazard areas;

13. The location of floodplain boundaries, drainageways, undevelopable areas, easements and other conveyances for public purpose, including the book and page where recorded;

14. The centerline and total width of trails, pedestrian ways, alleys, and utility easements;

15. A statement of the city accepting for public use and purpose all dedicated lands and areas shown on the plat, such statement to be signed by the mayor and city clerk;

16. Official seals of the attesting officers and of the land surveyor who surveyed the plat;

17. Locations of all monuments and stakes and a graphic presentation of the designation appearing on the caps of the monuments;

18. Initial point of survey, original or reestablished corners and their descriptions, and actual traverse showing area of closure and all distances, angles and calculations required to determine initial point, corners and distances of the plat. The length and bearing of each lot, block and tract line shall be shown.