Sec. 7. Approval and recordation of plats; public notice of review.
(a) Approval of preliminary plat. The city planning commission
and the Albemarle County planning commission shall
indicate approval or disapproval of all subdivisions within
their jurisdiction, received for consideration within thirty
(30) days from the date of the first meeting following the
filing of the preliminary plat. Approval of a preliminary plat
does not constitute a final approval of the plat and shall be
valid for a period of one year, but may be extended by the
planning commission having jurisdiction. For the division of
property into ten (10) lots or fewer, the planning director
is authorized and may approve and sign the plat administratively
for the planning commission, and he (or she) shall be
allowed up to ten (10) days to review and approve or disapprove
same. Thereafter the planning director shall at the next
regular meeting of the planning commission present a list of
those plats reviewed administratively, indicating action taken.
If in the event a plat is disapproved by the planning department,
an appeal may be taken to the planning commission and
such appeal may be allowed at the next regularly scheduled
planning commission meeting.
(b) Approval of final plat. The city planning commission
and the city engineer, the Albemarle County planning commission
and board of supervisors in addition, shall indicate approval
or disapproval of all subdivisions received for consideration
within thirty (30) days from the date of the first
meeting following the filing of the final plat. Approval of
a final plat shall be void unless the approved plat is recorded
within a period of six (6) months. For the division of property
into ten (10) lots or fewer, the planning director is authorized
and may approve and sign the plat administratively
for the planning commission, and he (or she) shall be allowed
up to ten (10) days to review and approve or disapprove
same. Thereafter the planning director shall at the next regular
meeting of the planning commission present a list of those
plats reviewed administratively, indicating action taken. If
in the event a plat is disapproved by the planning department,
an appeal may be taken to the planning commission and such
appeal may be allowed at the next regularly scheduled planning
commission meeting.
(c) Recording. Approved final plats for land lying within
the corporate limits of Charlottesville shall be filed in the office
of the clerk of the corporation court. For land lying in Albemarle
County, the approved final plat shall be filed in the office
of the clerk of the circuit court.
No such plat or subdivision shall be recorded by the clerk
of the court having jurisdiction unless and until it shall have
been submitted to and approved by the planning commission
of the city for property within the corporate limits of the
City of Charlottesville or by the Albemarle County planning
commission and the Charlottesville planning commission as
required by "The Virginia Land Subdivision Law"[5]
for property
without said corporate boundaries and in Albemarle
County. However, plats involving the division of property
into ten (10) lots or fewer may be recorded following administrative
review and approval by the planning director.
(d) Public notice. All plats, both preliminary and final, to
be reviewed and approved by the planning commission, shall
be subject to public notice being given at least five days prior
to the date upon which action is to be taken on the plat. Such
notice shall be in the form of a legal advertisement in a newspaper
of general circulation. (1-21-58, § 35-7; 9-20-71; 1-18-72.)
