§ 14-4. Plats—General requirements.

Hereafter before any plats may be filed of record or may be approved by the board of county commissioners of Franklin County, the following conditions precedent must be met:

(1)

All plats must comply with section 177.10, Florida Statutes, relative to filing subdivision plats.

(2)

Monuments that are a minimum of four (4) inches by four (4) inches by twenty-four (24) inches reinforced concrete shall be set at all angles and at the beginning and end of all curves and at each block corner of each subdivision. Each lot shall have a wooden or metal stake or pin set at each corner, or references shall be set that definitely fix the location of inaccessible corners.

(3)

Streets or road right-of-way shall be not less than fifty (50) feet for two-way street [sic], nor less than twenty-five (25) feet for one-way street [sic].

(4)

Building restrictions shall provide that no structure, other than utilities, may be erected nearer than ten (10) feet to the right-of-way line of any street or road and each plat shall have building restrictions shown thereon as to its relation to streets or road right-of-way lines.

(5)

New subdivisions must be designed in a manner that will cause their roads and streets to coincide or fit existing dedicated roads or streets. Surface drainage systems must serve adjacent areas in a manner that will not cause damage or create stagnant ponds or any other unsanitary condition.

(6)

Blocks and lots will be numbered numerically in sequence. Lot numbers shall not be duplicated within any given block. Block numbers shall not duplicate the numbers assigned any given block within a subdivision, settlement or group of subdivisions. Block numbers of a new subdivision shall begin with the number first above the last block number assigned to any block within a settlement or group of subdivisions, whether or not it is within an incorporated town or city.

(7)

Streets, roads, parks or other public areas must be given distinctive designations that are in harmony with existing similar facilities, and which do not duplicate or conflict with existing designations.

(8)

All utilities, including, but not limited to, roads, streets, storm or surface drainage, and adequate entry into individual lots, must be provided by the developer, or owners, without cost to the county, as are necessary to permit proper and adequate services to the occupants of the area subdivided.

(9)

Each plat must have indicated thereon an area that is available for use of the occupants of the area platted for the sanitary disposal of garbage and/or other debris.

(10)

Plats submitted to the board of county commissioners for filing must be presented to the board at least one (1) meeting in advance of the date approval is expected, in order to permit sufficient time for an actual field inspection of the area involved.

(11)

Fees for the actual inspection of the sites and for filing as deemed necessary by the board may be fixed by the board, but in no case shall such fees exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per subdivision platted and filed.

(12)

All plat drawings shall be furnished without cost to the county as follows:

a.

One (1) original drawing with india ink on clear transparent linen drawing cloth or equal.

b.

One (1) sepia or other type reproducible print of the original.

c.

Four (4) blue line prints, one (1) on cloth, three (3) on paper.

(Laws of Fla., Ch. 59-1296, § 1)

Editor's note

Former F.S. § 177.10 was repealed by Ch. 71-339, Laws of Fla., which enacted new § 177.011 et seq.