"An Act establishing the Department
of Natural Resources as the platting authority
in certain areas of the state; relating to subdivisions and dedications;
and providing for an effective date."
per A.S.
40.15.300 - .380 and A.S.
40.15.900.
PLAT SUBMITTAL
REQUIREMENTS
Minimum Submittal Requirements for plats submitted pursuant
to AS 40.15.300.
A plat submittal for review shall include the following:
A. Two full size paper copies of the plat with
a Title Block including the subdivision name, location
by Section, Township, Range and Meridian and the contact
information for the surveyor submitting the plat.
B. Plat review fees. Per 11 AAC 05.010(13)(E):
(i) First review of a plat depicting 15 or fewer parcels
or tracts, $400 for the first parcel or tract per plat,
and $100 for each additional parcel or tract per plat;
(ii) First review of a plat depicting 16 or more parcels or tracts, $1820 for
the first 16 parcels or tracts per plat, and $20 for each additional parcel or
tract per plat;
(iii) Second review of a plat, no charge;
(iv) Third and each additional review of a plat, the fee set out in (i) or (ii)
of this subparagraph, depending on the number of parcels shown on the plat;
C. A Certificate to Plat from a title company,
current within 90 days of the submittal.
D. Written comments regarding utility easements
within the subdivision from utility companies that
serves the subdivision.
E. Supporting documents: (as necessary)
a) Parent parcel subdivision plat;
b) Deeds;
c) DOT/PF comments;
d) Documentation of legal access to the parent parcel, etc.
F. Lot summaries showing bearings, distances,
parent parcel and individual lot closures with acreage.
Submittals shall be made to:
Platting Officer for the Unorganized Borough
Department of Natural Resources
Division of Mining, Land & Water
550 West 7th Ave., Suite 650
Anchorage, Alaska 99501-3576
The statutory 45 day review period begins upon receipt
of the above at this office.
PLAT
STANDARDS
A. The plat must have a vicinity map,
a minimum of four inches by four inches, with a scale
of one inch representing one mile, in the upper right-hand
corner; the map must show sections, townships and ranges,
boundaries such as national forest or municipal boundaries,
and other prominent physical or natural features such
as roads, lakes, or rivers; the source and year of the
base map used must be indicated;
B. The basis of bearings must be shown
on the plat;
C. North arrow showing magnetic declination;
D. Description of monuments, including
markings, recovered and set;
E. Location description with section,
township, range, and meridian and Recording District
must be shown in the title block;
F. ADNR's General Notes:
- The error of closure of this survey does not exceed
1:5000.
- All bearings shown are true bearings as oriented
to the basis of bearing and the distances shown
are reduced to horizontal field distances.
- The natural meanders of the ordinary high water
(mean high water) line forms the true bounds
of __(parcel
name)__. The approximate line of ordinary
high water (mean high water), as shown, is for
area computations only. The true __(parcel
name)__
corners being on the extension of the sidelines
and their intersection with the natural meanders.
(Use the appropriate nomenclature)
BASIS OF BEARING (for plats based on GPS)
The Basis of Bearing on this plat was determined by a high precision GPS
survey using ____(brand and model)____ receivers differentially
corrected and processed using ___(software name and version)____
software.
G. Certificates (listed below) are all
in this .pdf
file.
PLAT APPROVAL
| ACCEPTANCE OF DEDICATION | CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP
AND DEDICATION | CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP |
CERTIFICATE OF BENEFICIARY | SURVEYOR'S CERTIFICATE [used
on all plats] | TAX CERTIFICATE [use
where applicable] | AFFIDAVIT OF BENEFICIARY
MONUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS 11 AAC 53.680
(a) In a subdivision with five or fewer
lots, the monuments required to be established at controlling
exterior corners include each angle point, each point of
curvature, and any point on the subdivision exterior boundary
that is more than 1,320 feet from a monument. Each monument
at each controlling exterior corner must consist of a minimum
5/8-inch by 24-inch rebar with a minimum two-inch diameter
aluminum cap.
For monuments that are
(1) set
by a survey under this subsection,
(A) the
surveyor shall stamp the cap with the corner identification,
year set, and surveyor's registration number, and shall
orient this information so that it may be read when the
reader is facing north; and
(B) if both
the cap and the pipe are nonferrous metal, the surveyor
shall permanently attach additives with magnetic qualities
at both the top and bottom of the monument; or
(2) recovered,
the surveyor shall
(A) certify
that the existence of controlling exterior corners of the
subdivision has been established in the field; and
(B) show
the current condition, description, and markings of all
recovered monuments.
(b) In a subdivision of more than five
lots, each corner to be monumented must include each angle
point and each point of curvature in the boundary of each
lot in the subdivision. The surveyor shall monument each
interior corner with a minimum 5/8-inch by 24-inch rebar
with a plastic or aluminum cap bearing the surveyor's registration
number.
(c) A surveyor who finds monuments and
accessories in a disturbed condition shall make sufficient
ties to existing monuments of record to properly control
the field location of the parent parcel boundaries. The
surveyor shall return disturbed monuments and accessories
to the original position and condition as nearly as possible
or replace them so as to perpetuate the position.
LEGAL
ACCESS
Legal Access is required to be provided to the
subdivision, and to all lots within the subdivision.
For subdivisions abutting the State Highway System, DNR
will submit copies of the preliminary plat to DOT/PF for
their review and comments. We recommend that the surveyor
submit the preliminary subdivision design to DOT/PF prior
to setting monuments. Under some circumstances DOT/PF may
require the subdivision to be re-designed to limit the
number of access points, to meet minimum sight distances,
etc.
DOT/PF's review will be greatly assisted if topographical
information is provided, including the location of existing
structures and driveways. Inclusion of natural topographical
features such as drainage's and contours, where they
might affect access, will also be useful.
It is the subdivider's responsibility to address DOT/PF's
concerns affecting their ROW's as a condition of plat approval.
FINAL PLAT
SUBMITTAL
After review by DNR, the surveyor shall submit the final plat. (1) the base
sheets must be of good quality linen or mylar at least three mils thick and
must be one of two standard sizes: 18 inches by 24 inches or 24 inches by
36 inches;
-As part of each acknowledgement by a notary, the notary's
seal must be affixed to the original plat and each original
plat copy; the seal should be applied by permanent inked
stamp, as use of embossed seals is not recommended; a notary
may acknowledge more than one signature in a single acknowledgement
so long as the signature date is the same for each signature
and so long as the notary sets out in the acknowledgement
the complete name of each person whose signature is being
notarized
Plat shall be free of tape, repairs, paste-on materials
or other appliques; if these kinds of techniques were used
in plat production, a black line mylar copy may be used
as a new original, so long as the copy maintains the density
of line, clarity of background, accuracy, and other qualities
of a normal original; reproducible mylars duplicated by
ammonia or photostatic process will not be accepted.
The final plat mylar and one blackline print must be submitted
for approval to the department; the print must be made
before any certificates or acknowledgments on the mylar
original are signed and before any official seals are applied;
both the mylar and the print must be signed and sealed
separately in black ink;
With the final plat submittal, the surveyor shall include
an update to the Certificate to Plat, current within 90
days. Ownership and Beneficiary Certificates shall be signed
by all shown on the certificate to plat. Filing fees per
11 AAC 05.010.
FIELD
STANDARDS
Error of closure of the field survey shall not exceed 1:5000. The self checking
field procedures shall support the accuracy requirements.
Determination of boundaries common with the bed of state-owned
waters shall be conducted pursuant to 11 AAC 53.120.
If you have any questions,
contact Eric
Simons at (907) 269-8524 or by email.
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