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RESOLUTION NO. 158
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF.MERIDIAN ESTABLISHING
THAT ALL LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY OF MERIDIAN
INVOLVED IN ZONING AND SUBDIVISION AND DEVELOPMENT MATTERS SHALL BE
PREPARED BY A REGISTERED LAND SURVEYOR; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, Section 11-2-416 C 4 provides that all zoning amendment applications
shall contain a legal description of the property;
WHEREAS, Section 11-2-418 B 3 provides that all conditional use applications
shall contain a legal description of the property;
WHEREAS, Section 11-9-604 C 5 provides that the contents ofahe preliminary plat.
and related information shall be in such form as stipulated by the Commission, however
additional maps and supporting data deemed necessary by the Administrator or the
Commission or Council may also be required;
WHEREAS, Section 11-2-417 B of the Annexation Ordinance it provides that the
application shall be on a form similar to an zoning application and shall include the same
information and any other information deemed appropriate by the Administrator.
WHEREAS, applications have been submitted in zoning and subdivision and
development matters that have not been accurate, have not always been legible, and have
been required to be straighten out by the City staff, rather than the applicant;
WHEREAS, it is the duty of the applicant to submit legal descriptions that are
accurate and capable of being worked with and it is not the City's duty to obtain accurate
information or straighten out legal descriptions.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, IDAHO:
SECTION 1. That in all applications submitted under the Zoning Ordinance or the
Subdivision and Development Ordinance the legal description included in the application
shall be prepared by a Register Land Surveyor; the legal description shall be an original
and not a copy; and if the legal description does not contain a certification from a
Registered Land Surveyor the application shat( not be accepted.
SECTION 2. The effective date of this resolution shall be the date of passage as
set forth below.
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PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND APPROVED BY THE MAYOR OF THE
CITY OF MERIDIAN, this 16th day of August, 1994...
APPROVED:
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