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33 <br /> <br />3) The receipt of a Final Plat meeting all conditions established by the Planning Commission and <br />all necessary information and materials prepared in accordance with this Ordinance. <br />4) In determining whether a plat shall be finally approved or disapproved, the Board of County <br />Commissioners shall inquire into the public use and interest proposed to be served by the <br />subdivision. It shall determine if appropriate provisions are made for the public health, safety, <br />and general welfare, for open spaces, drainage ways, streets, alleys, other public ways, water <br />supplies, sanitary wastes, parks, playgrounds, sites for schools and school grounds, but its <br />determination is not limited to the foregoing. The Board of County Commissioners shall <br />consider all other relevant facts and determine whether the public interest will be served by <br />the subdivision. If it finds that the proposed plat makes appropriate provisions for the public <br />health, safety, and general welfare and for such open spaces, drainage ways, streets, alleys, <br />other public ways, water supplies, sanitary wastes, parks, playgrounds, sites for schools and <br />school grounds, and that the public use and interest will be served by the platting of such <br />subdivision, and that the proposed plat complies with this Ordinance, such plat shall be finally <br />approved with such conditions as the Board of County Commissioners may deem necessary. <br />If it finds that the proposed plat does not make appropriate provisions, or that the public use <br />and interest will not be served, or that the proposed plat does not so comply with this <br />Ordinance, then the Board of County Commissioners shall disapprove the proposed plat. <br />Dedication of land to any public body may be required as a condition of subdivision approval <br />and shall be clearly shown on the final plat. <br />(i) Final Plat Recordation. Upon approval and certification of a final plat by the Board of <br />County Commissioners, the applicant shall record the approved final plat in the office of <br />the Cass County Recorder of Deeds. <br />Section 5.04 Minor Subdivision Development Standards <br />(a) Lot Requirements. The lots of the Minor Subdivision shall meet all applicable yard and <br />size requirements of the relevant zoning regulations, except that under no circumstances <br />shall the minimum lot size be less than the minimum lot size required by the County <br />Sanitarian. <br />(b) Access and Easements. Access to the lots of the Minor Subdivision shall be determined <br />by issuance of an access permit by the Cass County Highway Department. A single access <br />point granting access to more than one lot is acceptable if appropriate easements across <br />one lot to additional lots or parcels is provided. <br />(c) Drainage and Floodplain: <br />1) All developments with one (1) to four (4) buildable lots may construct and utilize open <br />ditches for storm water conveyance pursuant to this Ordinance. (1) Ditches within the <br />proposed subdivision and along all roads providing access to three (3) or more buildable lots <br />shall have a minimum ditch grade of not less then two and half tenths of one percent (0.25%) <br />with inslope no steeper than five (5) horizontal to one (1) vertical (5:1) and backslope side <br />slopes no steeper than four (4) horizontal to one (1) vertical (4:1) and a minimum ditch <br />bottom of five (5) feet.