Appendix I. SECONDARY PLAT CERTIFICATES

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La Porte County Secondary Plat Certificates

(a)

Commission Certificate.

Under authority provided by I.C. 36-7-4 enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, and all acts amendatory thereto, and an ordinance adopted by the County Council of La Porte County, Indiana, this plat was given approval by the County of La Porte.

Approved by the La Porte County Plan Commission on:

________
Date
La Porte County Plan Commission

(b)

Surveyor's Certificate.

I, ________________________________________, hereby certify that I am a registered land surveyor, licensed in compliance with the laws of the State of Indiana, that this plat correctly represents a survey completed by me on __________________________, that all the monuments shown thereon will be installed in accordance with the provisions of the Subdivision Chapter, and that their location, size, type, and material are accurately shown.

SEAL
and
Signature _____

(c)

Deed of Dedication. Each secondary plat submitted to the Commission for approval shall carry a deed of dedication in substantially the following form:

We, the undersigned _____________________________________________, owners of the real estate shown and described herein, do hereby certify that we have laid off, platted, and subdivided, and do thereby lay off, plat, and subdivide said real estate in accordance with the within plat.

This subdivision shall be known and designated as _________________________________, an addition to ______________________________. All streets and alleys shown and not heretofore dedicated, are hereby dedicated to the public.

Front and side yards building lines are hereby established as shown on this plat, between which line and the property line of the street, there shall be erected or maintained no building or structure.

There are strips of ground of varying width as shown on this plat and marked "easement," reserved for the use of public utilities for the installation of water and sewer mains, surface drainage, poles, ducts, lines, and wires, subject at all times to the proper authorities and to the easement herein reserved. No permanent or other structures are to be erected or maintained upon said strips of land, but owners of lots in this subdivision shall take their titles subject to the rights of the public utilities.

(Additional dedications and protective covenants, or private restrictions, would be inserted here upon the subdivider's initiative or upon the recommendation of the Commission. Important provisions are those specifying the use to be made of the property and, in the case of residential use, the minimum habitable floor area.)

The foregoing covenants (or restrictions) are to run with the land and shall be binding on all parties and all persons claiming under them until January 1, _______, (a twenty-five (25) year period is suggested), at which time said covenants (or restrictions), shall be automatically extended for successive periods of ten (10) years unless changed by vote of majority of the then owners of the building sites covered by these covenants or restrictions, in whole or in part. Invalidation of any one of the foregoing covenants or restrictions, by judgment or court order, shall in no way affect any of the other covenants or restrictions, which shall remain in full force and effect.

Witness our hands and seals this _________day of ________________, __________.

State of Indiana	)
	) SS:
La Porte County	)

Before me the undersigned notary public, in and for the city and state, personally appeared and each separately and severally acknowledged the execution of the foregoing instrument as his or her voluntary act and deed, for the purpose therein expressed.

Witness my hand and notarial seal this __________ day of _____________, _________.

(d)

County Commissioner's Certificate. This certificate is required whenever a new public right-of-way is established.

Under authority provided by I.C. 36-9-27 et seq., this plat was given approval by the County Commission of La Porte County, Indiana, at a meeting held on the __________ day of _______________, __________.

(e)

Urban Drain Certificate.

The La Porte County, Indiana Drainage Board has approved this subdivision's drainage system as an "Urban Drain" as specified in I.C. 36-9-27 et seq.

This _________ day of ________________ , __________.

___________
La Porte County Surveyor

City of La Porte Secondary Plat Certificates

(a)

Commission Certificate

Under authority provided by chapter 174—acts of 1974, enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Indiana, and all acts amendatory thereto, and an ordinance adopted by the Common Council of the city of La Porte of the county of La Porte, Indiana, this plat was given secondary approval by the Plan Commission of La Porte.

Approved by the La Porte Plan Commission on: _________, 20________.

La Porte Plan Commission

___________
Signature, President

___________
Signature, Secretary

___________
Signature, Plan Director

(b)

Deed of Dedication

Each final plat submitted to the Commission for approval shall carry a deed of dedication in substantially the following form;

We, the undersigned ________________, owners of the real estate shown and described herein, do hereby certify that we have laid off, platted and subdivided, and do thereby lay off, plat and subdivide, said real estate in accordance with the within plat.

This subdivision shall be known and designated as ________________, an addition to ________________. All streets and alleys shown and not heretofore dedicated, are hereby dedicated to the public.

Front and side yard building lines are hereby established as shown on this plat, between which lines and the property lines of the street, there shall be erected or maintained no building or structure.

There are strips of ground ________ feet in width as shown on this plat and marked "Easement," reserved for the use of public utilities for the installation of water and sewer mains, surface drainage, poles, ducts, lines and wires, subject at all times to the proper authorities and to the easement herein reserved. No permanent or other structures are to be erected or maintained upon said strips of land, but owners of lots in this subdivision shall take their titles to the rights of the public utilities.

The foregoing covenants (or restrictions) are to run with the land and shall be binding on all parties and all persons claiming under them until January 1, 20________ (a twenty-five (25) year period is suggested), at which time said covenants (or restrictions) shall be automatically extended for successive periods of ten (10) years unless changed by vote of a majority of the then owners of the building sites covered by these covenants or restrictions, in whole or in part. Invalidation of any one of the foregoing covenants or restrictions, by judgment or court order shall in no way affect any of the other covenants or restrictions, which shall remain in full force and effect.

Witness our Hands and Seals this ________ day of _________, 20________.

State of Indiana

___________
Signature

County of La Porte

___________
Signature

Before me the undersigned Notary Public, in and for the County and State, personally appeared ________________, ________________ and each separately and severally acknowledged the execution of the foregoing instrument as his or her voluntary act and deed, for the purpose therein expressed.

Witness my hand and notarial seal this ________ day of _________, 20________.

___________
Signature

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT WE, __________ as principal and as surety, are firmly bound to the city of La Porte, Indiana in the sum of $________, lawful money of the United States of America for the payment of such sum to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, jointly and severally, by these presents. The condition of the above obligation is such that WHEREAS, (the developer's name) has obtained, according to law and ordinances of the city of La Porte, Indiana, approval of the plat of (name of subdivision), being a Subdivision of La Porte in La Porte County, Indiana, conditioned upon:

(a)

that by (date), the making of certain land improvements to-wit: __________ as more fully described in plans dated ________________ and prepared by ________________ and

(b)

the execution and delivery of this bond.

NOW, if the said (developer) shall in a good and workmanlike manner utilize good materials according to law and ordinances of the city of La Porte, construct said improvements, THEN THIS OBLIGATION shall be null and void, otherwise the same shall remain in full force and effect.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and seal this ________ day of _________, 20________. All such performance bonds should run to the city of La Porte as Obligee.

___________
Principal

___________
Surety

NOTARY CERTIFICATE

STATE OF INDIANA

COUNTY OF LAPORTE

I, ________________, a Notary Public in and for said County, in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that ________________, personally known to me to be the same persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing instrument, appeared before me this day in person and acknowledge that they signed the above instrument as their own free and voluntary act for the uses and purposes therein set forth.

Given under my hand and Notarial Seal this ________ day of _________, 20________.

___________
Notary Public

(c)

Board of Public Works and Safety Certificate (or Other Public Agency)

State of Indiana
County of La Porte

This is to certify that this plat of ________________ annexed hereto was presented to the Board of Public Works And Safety (or other public agency) of the city of La Porte, Indiana this ________ day of _________, 20________ and that it was examined and accepted. It is expressly understood that the land dedications as sited in the subdivision are accepted for public use and administration by the signatures of this board.

___________
President

Attest:

___________
City Clerk

(d)

Surveyors Certificate

I ________________ hereby certify that i am a registered land surveyor, licensed in compliance with the laws of the state of Indiana, that this plat correctly represents a survey completed by me on _________, 20________, that all the monuments shown thereon actually exist, and that the location, size, type and material of said monuments are accurately shown.

Table inset:

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Indiana Registered Professional Land Surveyor No.

City of Michigan City Secondary Plat Certificates

(a)

Commission Certificate

Under authority provided by chapter 174—acts of 1974, enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Indiana, and all acts amendatory thereto, and an ordinance adopted by the Common Council of the city of Michigan City of the county of La Porte, Indiana, this plat was given secondary approval by the Plan Commission of Michigan City.

Approved by the Michigan City Plan Commission on: _________, 20________.

Michigan City Plan Commission

___________
Signature, President

___________
Signature, Secretary

___________
Signature, Plan Director

(b)

Deed of Dedication

Each final plat submitted to the Commission for approval shall carry a deed of dedication in substantially the following form;

This subdivision shall be known and designated as ________________, an addition to ________________. All streets and alleys shown and not heretofore dedicated, are hereby dedicated to the public.

Witness our Hands and Seals this ________ day of _________, 20________.

State of Indiana

___________
Signature

County of La Porte

___________
Signature

Witness my hand and notarial seal this ________ day of _________, 20________.

___________
Signature

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT WE, __________ as principal and as surety, are firmly bound to the city of Michigan City, Indiana in the sum of $________, lawful money of the United States of America for the payment of such sum to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, jointly and severally, by these presents. The condition of the above obligation is such that WHEREAS, (the developer's name) has obtained, according to law and ordinances of the city of Michigan City, Indiana, approval of the plat of (name of subdivision), being a Subdivision of Michigan City in La Porte County, Indiana, conditioned upon:

(a)

that by (date), the making of certain land improvements to-wit: __________ as more fully described in plans dated ________________ and prepared by ________________ and

(b)

the execution and delivery of this bond.

NOW, if the said (developer) shall in a good and workmanlike manner utilize good materials according to law and ordinances of the city of Michigan City, construct said improvements, THEN THIS OBLIGATION shall be null and void, otherwise the same shall remain in full force and effect.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and seal this ________ day of _________, 20________. All such performance bonds should run to the city of Michigan City as Obligee.

___________
Principal

___________Surety

NOTARY CERTIFICATE

STATE OF INDIANA
COUNTY OF LAPORTE

Given under my hand and Notarial Seal this ________ day of _________, 20________.

___________
Notary Public

(c)

Board of Public Works and Safety Certificate (or Other Public Agency)

State of Indiana
County of La Porte

This is to certify that this plat of ________________ annexed hereto was presented to the Board of Public Works And Safety (or other public agency) of the city of Michigan City, Indiana this ________ day of _________, 20________ and that it was examined and accepted. It is expressly understood that the land dedications as sited in the subdivision are accepted for public use and administration by the signatures of this board.

___________
President

Attest:

___________
City Clerk

(d)

Surveyors Certificate

Table inset:

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Indiana Registered Professional Land Surveyor No.

City of Michigan City Minimum Pavement Standards for Residential Subdivision Streets

Minimum Pavements Widths

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Parking One Side: 7-foot parking lane and two 10-foot vehicular travel lanes.
27 feet face to face of curb.

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Parking Both Sides: 7-foot parking lanes each side and two 10-foot vehicular lanes.
34 feet face to face of curb.

Minimum transverse slope of pavement is ¼" per foot.

Flexible Pavement

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Geotextile woven fabric shall be installed under the aggregate base.

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INDOT #53 Compacted Aggregate Base 8"-10"—(See Note)

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Hot Mixed Asphalt Intermediate, Type B, 19.00mm—2 ½"

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Hot Mixed Asphalt Surface, Type B, 9.5mm—1 ½"

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Flexible pavement shall meet the applicable requirements of INDOT Standard Specifications.

Note: The California Bearing Ratio (CBR) of the underlying soil shall determine the required thickness of the aggregate base. Soils with a CBR of 6 and less shall be 10" thick and soils with a CBR greater than 6 shall be 8" thick.

Rigid Pavement

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Geotextile woven fabric shall be installed under the aggregate base.

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INDOT #53 Compacted Aggregate Base—6"

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Portland Cement Concrete Pavement (PCCP)—7"

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PCCP shall meet the applicable requirements of INDOT Standard Specifications.

                    
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