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TITLE 15
SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS
Chapters:
15.04 Subdivision Regulations
15.08 Amendments
CHAPTER 15.04
SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS
Sections:
15.04.03 Ordinances repealed
15.04.02 Subdivision regulations
15.04.03 Ordinances repealed Ordinances No. 91 -14, No. 92 -8, No. 93 -8, No. 93 -19,
No. 93 -20, and No. 2002 -1 are hereby repealed. (Ord. No. 2003 -7, Sec. 1.)
15.04.02 Subdivision regulations The Subdivision Regulations for the city of Van Buren
are hereby adopted in whole. (Ord. No. 2003 -7, Sec. 2.)
CHAPTER 15.08
AMENDMENTS
Sections:
15.08.01 Amendments
15.08.01 Amendments
Ord. No. 2008 -23
Article 1, Section 15 of Ord. No. 2003 -7 is amended as follows:
"Subdivision" within the corporate city limits shall mean the division of or the
assimilation of one (1) or more parcels of land into two (2) or more parcels, building sites or
other divisions for sale or building development, and outside the corporate city limits, but within
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the planning jurisdiction, shall mean the division of or the assimilation of one (1) or more parcels
of land into two (2) or more parcels, building sites or other divisions for sale or building
development when any one (1) of the resulting contiguous parcels in the ownership is reduced to
less than five (5) acres. "Subdivision" also included the development of land resulting in the
need for access to lots and parcels, the need to provide or extend utilities, the need to improve
adjacent infrastructure due to insufficient existing capacity and the added demand resulting from
proposed development.
Ord. No. 2010 -18
Article III, Section B is amended as follows:
2. Copies of Final Plat Twenty (20) copies of the final plat shall be submitted to
the Planning commission for review. The final plat shall be drawn at a scale of 1"
100' or larger, and shall be on a sheet size of 18" x 24," 24" x 36," 30" x 42" or
22" x 34." Review copies of final plats may be 11" x 17" if legible. One (1)
copy of the final plat shall be submitted to the Planning Department in a PDF
(Portable Document Format) file.
3. Information in Final Plat
The Plat shall show and contain the following information:
a. Name of Subdivision
b. Boundaries and legal description of property being subdivided. Boundary
survey and legal description of platted property shall be certified and
sealed by a registered Land Surveyor licensed in the state of Arkansas.
c. Nantes and addresses of the owner and developer.
d. Acreage in subdivision tracts.
e. Date, north arrow, and scale.
f. Location and description of all monuments.
g. Location of and names of all streets, highways, alleys, parks, or public
purpose areas, ifany, and easements with dimensions and proper legal
description within the proposed subdivision.
h. Location of all streets, and utility easements and areas for public uses, if
any, to be dedicated.
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i. Dimensions and number of all lots.
j. Bearings in degrees, minutes and seconds of all lot lines and street lines,
as well as a basis on which the bearing system was determined.
{ k. Street curvature characteristics.
1. Dedication of all streets, easements, alleys, parks and other lands for
public use.
m. Certificate of ownership and dedication (as defined in Article VI,
paragraph H).
n. Certificate of approval of Water and Sewer System by the Municipal
Utilities Department.
o. Certificate of approval of streets
p. Certificate of plat acceptance from City Council.
q. Lot addresses shall be noted
r. Geo-referenced data including corner monuments tied to the coordinate
system NAD 1983 StatePlane Arkansas North FIPS 0301 Feet.
Ord. No. 2012-11
1. The modifications to the minimum drainage standards set forth in attachment"A"
hereto are adopted and incorporated. These standards are the Storm Drainage
Standards that are referred to in Ord. No. 2003-7 (Subdivision Regulations) as
amended.
Ord. No. 2019-20 Paragraph (C), Article IV, of the Subdivision Regulations is amended to read
as follows:
1. Size - As referenced in the Van Buren Zoning Ordinance for the Zoning
classification of the proposed development.
2. Area - As referenced in the Van Buren Zoning Ordinance for the Zoning
classification of the proposed development.
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el 3. Width - As referenced in the Van Buren Zoning Ordinance for the Zoning
Classification of the proposed development.
4. Collector or arterial streets -Any lot that includes a single-family dwelling, row
house, or duplex shall not have access along any street designated on the master
street plan as a Principal Arterial, Minor Arterial, Collector Street Class I, or
Collector Street Class II.
5. Corner lots - Single family dwellings, row houses, or duplex lots shall have access
from the lowest classified street according to the street classifications of the
Master Street Plan. If the streets have the same classification, the dwelling unit
may have access to either of the streets.
6. Double frontage lots - When a residential lot has street frontage on the front and
back of the lot, driveway access is permitted on only one (1) street and the access
must be from the lowest classified street as classified on the Master Street Plan.
Ord. No. 2020-25
1. Article V. Section C (Storm Drainage) of the Subdivision Regulations is amended to read
as follows:
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�~.) Storm drainage improvements shall be designed and constructed in compliance with the
x Minimum Drainage Standards, the Public Works Standard Specifications and the
Standard Drawings for Public Works Construction. Each subdivision developer shall
submit an erosion control plan for construction activities and obtain storm water permits
in accordance with federal, state or local ordinances or regulations.
2. Article V, Section D (Curb and Gutter) of the Subdivision Regulations is amended to
read as follows:
Curbs and gutters, shall he designed and constructed in compliance with the Master Street
Plan, Minimum Street Standards, the Public Works Standard Specifications, and Standard
Drawings for Public Works Construction.
3. Article V, Section E Grading(Street and Surfacing) of the Subdivision Regulation is
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Streets shall be designed and constructed in compliance with the Master Street Plan,
Minimum Street Standard, the Public Works Standard Specifications, and the Standard
Drawings for Public Works Construction.
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