Subdivision Regulations - Blount County Government

9-01-06
SECTION 5 Specifications For Documents To Be Submitted
In addition to the specifications set forth in this Section, all documents
submitted for review must meet the minimum standards as set forth in the
Rules of Department of Insurance Division of Regulatory Boards, Board of
Examiners for Land Surveyors Chapter 0820-3 ”Standards of Practice”
and any amendments thereto.
5.01. Preliminary Plat:
Preliminary plats submitted to the Planning Commission, prepared in pen
or pencil, shall be drawn to a convenient scale of not more than one
hundred (100) feet to an inch and shall show the following information:
5.01.1 Name:
(a) Name of subdivision if property is within an existing subdivision.
(b) Proposed name if not within a previously platted subdivision. The
proposed name shall not duplicate the name of any plat previously
recorded.
(c) Name of property if no subdivision name has been chosen. (This is
commonly the name by which the property is locally known.)
5.01.2 Ownership:
(a) Name and address, including telephone number of developer and the
name and address of the current property owner as recorded or otherwise
documented if different than the developer.
(b) All plats shall show the name of the current legal owner(s) if different
than the person(s) developing the property; at listed By Tax Assessor for
Blount County.
(c) Citation of any existing legal rights-of-way or easements affecting the
property.
(d) Reference to existing covenants on the property, if any.
(e) Name and address, including telephone number, of the professional
person(s) responsible for subdivision design, for the design of public
improvements (engineers) and for surveys.
5.01.3 Description: Location of property by tax map and parcel number.
5.01.4 Features: The preliminary plat shall show the following:
(a) Location sketch map showing the relationship of the subdivision site to
the surrounding area.
(b) The location of property with respect to the surrounding property and
streets, the names of all adjoining property and streets, the names of all
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