Land Use Code Town of Norwood, Colorado - San Miguel County

Chapter 7: Land Use Code
§ 6.05A – Small Scale Subdivision Procedures
(a) Pre-application conference. Prior to the filing of a small scale subdivision plat, the
subdivider shall meet with the Town Planner or his or her designated agent to acquaint himself or
herself with the requirements of the Town and the relationship of the proposed subdivision to the
comprehensive plan. At such meeting, the application contents, referral agencies, review
procedures, density standards, use and area standards, street requirements, utility service and the
general character of the development may be discussed. At the pre-application conference, the
subdivider may be represented by a land planner, engineer or surveyor. Applicants are encouraged
to meet with the R-2 School District prior to submitting an application for subdivision.
(b) Submittal requirements. The subdivider or owner shall file fifteen (15) copies of an
application requesting small scale subdivision plat approval, a title certificate from a licensed title
company or attorney listing the name of the property owner(s) and all liens, easements and
judgements of record affecting the subject property, and of the small scale subdivision plat. The
application shall include signature of property owner. If the applicant is not the owner of the
property, s/he shall also submit a letter from the property owner designating the applicant as
his/her agent with the authority to represent the application. Such plat shall be accompanied by or
show the following information:
(1) Boundary lines, bearings, monuments and control points. Tract boundary line
sufficient to locate the exact area proposed for subdivision, right-of-way lines of streets,
easements and other rights-of-way, and property lines of residential lots and other sites; with
accurate dimensions, bearings or deflection angles, and radii, arcs and central angles of all
curves shall be placed on the final plat.
The primary control points, or descriptions and “ties” to such control points, to which all
dimensions, angles, bearings, and similar data on the plat shall be referred shall be placed
on the final plat. The area of the subdivision shall be shown.
Location and description of monuments shall be placed on the plat.
(2) Adjacent subdivisions. The name and location of a portion of adjoining
subdivisions shall be drawn to the same scale and shown in dotted lines adjacent to the tract
proposed for subdivisions in sufficient detail to show actually the existing streets and alleys
and other features that may influence the layout and development of the proposed
subdivisions. Where adjacent land is not subdivided, the name of the owner of the adjacent
tract shall be shown. References to recorded subdivision plats or adjoining platted land by
record name shall be placed on the plat.
(3) Intersecting streets. The location of the point of intersection and points of tangency
of street intersections, and the bearing and distance of each street right-of-way center line
shall be placed on the final plat.
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