Appendix B-Subdivision Ordinance - Bedford County, Virginia

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Appendix A3.5Revisions to approved plats.Revisions to approved plats shall be subject to the following:1. Authorization. Permission for minor revisions for correction of errors on approved plats, andwhich do no involve more than ten (10) lots, shall be granted to the certifying surveyor orengineer upon filing with the subdivision agent a statement and revised plat describing thechanges. All other revisions, including, but not limited to, adjustment of boundary lines betweenmore than two (2), but not more than ten (10) lots within the subdivision, vacation of lot lines forthe purpose of combining two (2) or more lots, and addition of easements not subject toapproval by VDOT, shall be submitted on a revised plat prepared in accordance with therequirements set forth in Division 4, Final Plat, of this ordinance. The subdivision agent shallconduct a ministerial review of the changes. Provided such minor revisions of alterations oradjustments do not:a. Result in the creation of new or additional lots;b. Result in lots which violate the Bedford County Code relating to zoning or subdivisions;c. Increase nonconformities; ord. Create nonconforming lots; the subdivision agent shall approve such revised plats forrecordation.2. Staff approval or denial of such minor revisions, alterations or adjustments shall be given withinfive (5) working days of submission by the surveyor or owner.DIVISION 2FAMILY AND MINOR SUBDIVISIONS3.6 Family subdivisions.3.7 Minor subdivisions.3.6Family subdivisions.(a) Family subdivisions shall comply with the following requirements:1. Only one lot is created for transfer by sale or gift to the same family member.2. The subdivider has not previously divided any other land within the county by family subdivisionfor transfer by sale or gift to the same family member.3. Each lot proposed to be created complies with all applicable requirements of the zoningordinance.4. The purpose of the transfer is to provide for the housing needs of the grantee.5. The transfer is not for the purpose of circumvention of the subdivision ordinance.6. For the purpose of this section, the property owner may be a family trust or family partnershipso long as the trustees, beneficiaries and/or partners are composed only by members of theimmediate family of the landowner/subdivider as defined in section 1.4 "definitions"7. The grantee is an immediate family member of the owner or owner(s) as defined in section 1.4"definitions".8. The grantee is at least eighteen (18) years of age and able to hold real estate under the laws ofVirginia.
- CODE OF THE COUNTYAPPENDIX B - SUBDIVISION ORDINANCEARTICLE 3 - PLAN AND PLATDIVISION 2 FAMILY AND MINOR SUBDIVISIONS9. Lots or parcels created through a family subdivision shall be titled in the name of the originalrecipient for whom the subdivision is made for a period of not less than five (5) years. Uponapplication, the director of community development may grant relief to this five-year retentionperiod in cases of severe hardship including foreclosure, death, judicial sale, condemnation,bankruptcy or permanent relocation by the owner out-of-state. Additionally, the director ofcommunity development may approve the transfer of property between eligible family membersas defined in section 1.4 "definitions" within the five-year retention period. Any such reliefgranted by the director shall be in the form of an instrument that the applicant shall recordagainst the parcel in the land records of the circuit court.10. All proposed plats for family subdivision shall include an affidavit which shall be signed by thegrantor and grantee under oath and penalty of perjury that identifies the subdivision as being forthe purposes of conveyance to a qualifying family member and identifies the receiving familymembers and their relationship to the grantor.11. All family subdivisions not fronting on a public road shall provide for the conveyance of a rightof-waytwenty (20) feet in width.12. The corners of all lots created shall be marked with general property monuments.13. A family subdivision plat shall be submitted to the agent for approval and shall conform to therequirements of division 4, final plat, of this ordinance. In addition, a statement that the landhereby being subdivided is in accordance with the provisions of the family subdivision section ofthe Bedford County Subdivision Ordinance.14. The approved family subdivision plat shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of the circuitcourt within six (6) months.15. Prior to the issuance of a building permit on a family subdivision lot not having frontage on astate road, the property owner shall sign and record in the land records an agreement, whichshall be reflected in the chain of title for that lot, stating that the property owner understandsthat:a. The easement of right-of-way serving the lot is private and the road or drive within it shallbe maintained by the benefited property owner(s);b. The road or drive is ineligible for admission into the state secondary road system formaintenance unless it is brought into conformance with the requirements of this subdivisionordinance at no cost to the county or state;c. Until the road is accepted into the secondary road system, state maintenance will not beprovided, and mail service and school bus service may not be available to the property.16. Family subdivisions that do not comply with these requirements shall be presumed to haveintended at the time of approval to circumvent this chapter and shall be deemed to be inviolation and may result in one or more of the following:a. Any action specified in section 1.5, including but not limited to civil remedy and relief andcriminal penalties and fines;b. Vacation of the subdivision;c. Refusal of building permits and other development permits.(Ord. No. O1115-270, 11-15-2006)Bedford County, Virginia, Code of Ordinances Page 11
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