Any subdivider or developer may apply to the city for a minor subdivision of a tract of land. The city manager, or a designee thereof, must first approve all such applications. At the discretion of the city manager, the city manager may refer the application to the land use review commission for a recommendation. Should any such application be disapproved by the city manager, it may be further processed as provided in chapters 16-16 and 16-20. (Ord. 933 §2, 1992; Ord. 1111 §12, 1995)

Minor subdivision plats will include the following:

(A) The description, location, and dimensions of the tract of land and all lots within the tract.

(B) A scale drawing in black permanent ink of the boundaries of the tract, including a statement of the scale, such as one inch equals one hundred feet, and a graphic scale to permit scaling of reduced or enlarged copies of the original.

(C) Recorded and apparent rights-of-way and easements, including a cross-reference to previously recorded dedications.

(D) All dimensions necessary to establish boundaries in the field.

(E) A statement signed and sealed by a professional land surveyor that the survey was performed by him or her or under his or her direct responsibility, supervision, and checking. If bearings are used, a statement explaining how the bearings were established must be included.

(F) Identify not less than two horizontal ties from corners of the minor subdivision plat to a benchmark acceptable to the city engineer.

(G) A legal description of all monuments, both found and set, which mark the boundaries of the property, and a description of all control monuments used in conducting the survey.

(H) A north arrow.

(I) A subdivision name not duplicating any other subdivision in the city or the county in which the subdivision is located.

(J) A small vicinity sketch showing abutting subdivisions and major streets within one-half mile of the proposed minor subdivision.

(K) The format for a minor subdivision plat shall conform to the requirements of section 16-20-020.

(L) Approval of the plat by the signatures of the director of community development or the deputy director of community development and by the city manager or the assistant city manager.

(M) If required, a signed subdivision agreement.

(N) Payment of required fees.

(O) Payment of recording fees for the county in which the minor subdivision plat will be recorded.

(P) Such drainage and construction plans as may be required by the city engineer.

(Q) The location of any plugged and abandoned oil and gas well and its production site or any former oil and gas production site located within the boundaries of the minor subdivision plat or within 200 feet of such boundaries on abutting property. Minor subdivision plats shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 17-56, B.M.C.

(R) A certificate by an attorney licensed to practice law in the state that the person dedicating easements on the plat to the city owns them in fee simple, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances.

(S) As an alternative to the attorney's certificate required for easement dedications in subsection (R) above, the city may permit the subdivider or developer to provide the city with an owner's title insurance policy, in a form approved by the city and county attorney, insuring the city's title to easements dedicated to the city on the minor subdivision plat. The city and county attorney may approve endorsements to the owner's title insurance policy insuring over title defects. The city and county manager shall determine the value of the easement dedication to the city on the minor subdivision plat to ascertain the amount of the title insurance coverage required by the city. The city may require the subdivider or developer to pay the premium in advance to the title insurance company for the owner's title insurance policy. The minor subdivision plat shall include the
following notation: "No building permit or certificate of occupancy shall be issued for any building or structure within the boundaries of this minor subdivision plat unless and until an owner's title policy has been delivered to The City and County of Broomfield and the premium paid thereon in accordance with the provisions of section 16-22-020(S) of the Broomfield Municipal Code." (Ord. 933 §2, 1992; Ord. 1534 §2, 2001; Ord. 1695 §2, 2002; Ord. 1698 §5, 2002)

The minor subdivision plat shall be accompanied by the following information: for plugged and abandoned oil and gas wells or any former oil and gas production sites either within the boundaries of the minor subdivision plat or within 200 feet of such boundaries on abutting property, the Form 6, the well abandonment report, the plugging verification reports for such wells filed with the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, and any Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission reports regarding former oil and gas production sites. (Ord. 1698 §6, 2002)