Subdivision Regulations - Blount County Government

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facilities and any other improvements required (other then utilities)
after final plat approval.
3.03. Maintenance of Improvements.
3.03.1 Maintaining Improvements: The applicant shall be required to maintain all
improvements on any and all land or parcels specified on the final plat,
including the individual subdivided lots, roads, drainage areas, common
areas, and proposed right-of-ways (to be dedicated) until acceptance of
said improvements by the County.
3.03.2 Maintenance Security: The applicant/developer shall be required to file a
maintenance security including labor and material payments with the
Planning Commission, prior to dedication. The security shall be an amount
considered adequate by the Highway Department, upon recommendation
by the Director of County Engineering, and in order to assure the
satisfactory condition and maintenance of the required improvements,
including all lot improvements on the individual subdivided lots, drainage
facilities, and roads (and all improvements in the dedicated right-of ways)
for a period of one (1) year after the date of their acceptance by the
governing body and dedication of same to the County. The maintenance
security shall be accompanied by a three-party agreement between the
developer, guarantor, and county highway department; or other legal
instrument approved by the Attorney for the County Mayor along with the
actual security. The maintenance security shall include all of the
improvements made on private easements, individual lots, roads and
those right-of-ways dedicated to the county, and all drainage
improvements and facilities. In lieu of a maintenance security the Planning
Commission may accept a certificate of Road Guarantee from the road,
drainage, grading or other contractor (for the road and/or drainage portion
only that they have constructed). The maintenance security shall meet the
security terms specified above and shall specify the developer as
responsible should the contractor(s) default. A maintenance security shall
include money to insure collateral damage to existing roadways outside of
the new development, which may be damaged during construction of
improvements, or during the first year of construction (building homes)
within the new subdivision.
3.03.3 Property Owners’ Association (POA): A POA shall be established and
shall be charged with the responsibility to insure future maintenance for all
common area(s), including but not limited to all private roads, common
driveway easements, and drainage facilities in all subdivisions of two or
more lots that exist outside of the publicly dedicated right-of-way. The
POA documentation shall be submitted for review prior to final plat, and a
final executed version shall be recorded in the Register of Deeds office
along with the Final plat. In cases where more than two lots within a
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