House Study Bill 553 HOUSE FILE BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT BILL BY CHAIRPERSON VAN ENGELENHOVEN) Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act requiring the county auditor to evidence approval of the 2 name of a subdivision plat and requiring such statement for 3 filing the subdivision plat with the county recorder. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 5600YC 81 6 eg/sh/8 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 354.6, subsection 2, Code 2005, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 2. A subdivision plat shall have a succinct name or title 1 4 that is unique, as approved by the auditor, for the county in 1 5 which the plat lies. The auditor shall evidence the approval 1 6 of such name or title in a statement that shall accompany the 1 7 plat as provided in section 354.11. The plat shall include an 1 8 accurate description of the land included in the subdivision 1 9 and shall give reference to two section corners within the 1 10 United States public land survey system in which the plat lies 1 11 or, if the plat is a subdivision of any portion of an official 1 12 plat, two established monuments within the official plat. 1 13 Each lot within the plat shall be assigned a progressive 1 14 number. Streets, alleys, parks, open areas, school property, 1 15 other areas of public use, or areas within the plat that are 1 16 set aside for future development shall be assigned a 1 17 progressive letter and shall have the proposed use clearly 1 18 designated. A strip of land shall not be reserved by the 1 19 subdivider unless the land is of sufficient size and shape to 1 20 be of practical use or service as determined by the governing 1 21 body. Progressive block numbers or letters may be assigned to 1 22 groups of lots separated from other lots by streets or other 1 23 physical features of the land. The surveyor shall not assign 1 24 lot numbers or letters to a lot shown within a subdivision 1 25 plat unless the lot has been surveyed by the surveyor in 1 26 compliance with chapter 355. The auditor may note a permanent 1 27 real estate index number upon each lot within a subdivision 1 28 plat. Sufficient information, including dimensions and angles 1 29 or bearings, shall be shown on the plat to accurately 1 30 establish the boundaries of each lot, street, and easement. 1 31 Easements necessary for the orderly development of the land 1 32 within the plat shall be shown and the purpose of the easement 1 33 shall be clearly stated. 1 34 Sec. 2. Section 354.11, Code 2005, is amended by adding 1 35 the following new subsection: 2 1 NEW SUBSECTION. 6. A statement by the auditor approving 2 2 the name or title of the subdivision plat. 2 3 Sec. 3. Section 354.11, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code 2005, 2 4 is amended to read as follows: 2 5 A subdivision plat which includes no land set apart for 2 6 streets, alleys, parks, open areas, school property, or public 2 7 use other than utility easements, shall be accompanied by the 2 8 documents listed in subsections 1, 2, 3,and4, and 6 and a 2 9 certificate of the treasurer that the land is free from 2 10 certified taxes other than certified special assessments. 2 11 EXPLANATION 2 12 Current law requires the county auditor to approve the name 2 13 or title of a subdivision plat. This bill requires that the 2 14 auditor evidence this approval in a statement that must 2 15 accompany the subdivision plat when the subdivision plat is 2 16 presented to the county recorder for recording. 2 17 LSB 5600YC 81 2 18 eg:nh/sh/8