HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Advance payment of recording fees for plats of subdivisions RESOLUTION NO. 03-398
A RESOLUTION TO REQUIRE ADVANCE PAYMENT OF
RECORDING FEES FOR DOCUMENTS PERTAINING TO
APPROVAL OF PLATS OF SUBDIVISIONS
BE IT RESOLVED,by the City Council for the City of Ames, Iowa:
Section One. The recording fees for any and all documents to be filed,by the City Clerk,for
record with a county recorder with respect to the approval of a plat of subdivision or plat of survey
for land in the City of Ames, or for land within two miles of the border of the City of Ames, shall
be paid to the Ames City Clerk prior to the Ames City Council taking action with respect to the
proposed plat.
Section Two. With respect to recording multi-page development agreements pertaining to
public improvements and other matters associated with development of a proposed subdivision, a
single page Memorandum of Agreement shall be used to avoid a recording fee: for more than one
page. The recording fee for the Memorandum of Agreement shall be paid to thr City CIerk prior to
the agreement documents being presented to the City Council for action.
Section Three. With respect to the agreements for assessment of public improvements,and
the agreement pertaining to rural water service required for approval of a plat of land outside the City
but within two miles of the City border, both agreements must be signed by the land owner and
recording fees paid to the City Clerk prior to the matter of approval of the Froposed plat being
submitted to the City Council for action.
Section Four. The recording fee for a full or partial release of an agreed on assessment lien
shall be paid to the City Clerk prior to the execution of the document of release:.
Adopted this 14th day of October. 2003.
Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ted Tedesco, Mayor
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