The final plat shall be prepared and completed within one year following the approval given on the preliminary plat or construction plans. If the final plat has not been filed within this period, the preliminary plat shall be deemed null and void. Time extension, for good cause, may be granted as provided under section 18.12.060. (Ord. 789 § 1 (part), 1974: prior code § 11-1.14(a))

A. In preparing the final plat, all surveying work shall be made by or under the supervision of a surveyor, and shall meet all requirements for any subsequent recordation.

B. If the final plat, following approval by the director, is to be filed with the land court for recordation, it shall comply with all requirements specified under the rules of the land court for land court subdivisions. The scales and sheet sizes utilized on this drawing shall be the same as required under section 18.12.070, and dedication or other written material shall be submitted on supplemental sheets. (Ord. 789 § 1 (part), 1974: prior code § 11-1.14(b))

The following information shall be shown on the final plat and supplemental sheets in addition to any other information required to be shown thereon under provisions of any state statute or county ordinance:

A. Date, northpoint and scale of drawing;

B. Legal description of the tract boundaries, except file plans and land court plans;

C. Name and address of the owner or owners, subdivider, and the surveyor who prepared the plat;

D. Approved street names on dedicable streets;

E. Reference points of existing surveys identified, related to the plat by distances and azimuths, and reference to a field book or map as follows:

1. All stakes, monuments, or other evidence found on the ground and used to determine the boundaries of the subdivision,

2. Adjoining corners of all adjoining subdivisions,

3. Boundary lines and grants within and adjacent to the plat,

4. Whenever the county has established the centerline of a street, adjacent to or within the proposed subdivision, the location of this line and monuments found or reset,

5. All other monuments found or established in making the survey of the subdivision or required to be installed by provisions of this title,

6. Tract boundary lines, right-of-way lines and centerlines of streets; lot and block lines with dimensions, azimuths or deflection angles and radii, arcs, points of curvature and tangent azimuth shall be shown,

7. The width of the portion of streets being dedicated, the width of any existing right-of-way and the widths each side of the centerline. For streets and curvature, all curvature, all curve data shall be based on the street centerline and, in addition to centerline dimensions, shall indicate thereon the central angle,

8. All easements denoted by fine broken lines, clearly identified and if already on record, its recorded reference; if any easement is not definitely located of record, a statement of such easement. The widths of the easement and the lengths and azimuths of the lines thereof and sufficient ties thereto to definitely locate the easement with respect to the subdivision shall be shown. If the easement is being dedicated by the map, it shall be properly referenced in the owner’s certificates of dedication,

9. Lot and block identification shall be according to good surveying practices,

10. Land parcels to be dedicated for any purpose, public or private, to be distinguished from lots intended for sale and their use indicated,

11. All lots, previously identified in the preliminary plat as lots upon which dwelling units to be marketed as affordable housing are to be built, shall be identified,

12. Minimum building setback lines, where not otherwise fixed by a building code or county ordinance,

13. The following certification may be combined where appropriate:

a. A certificate signed and acknowledged by all persons vested with record title in the land subdivided consenting to the preparation and recording of the plat when required by the director, provided that no consent is required by any person having any nongovernmental easement, lease or license affecting the land subdivided, provided further that the director shall not approve any subdivision that causes any lot to be landlocked on the land subdivided or any adjacent land,

b. A certificate signed and acknowledged as set forth in subsection E13a of this section, when dedicating all parcels of land shown on the final map and intended for any public use except those parcels which are intended for the exclusive use of the lot owners in the subdivision, their licensees, visitors, tenants, and servants,

c. A certificate with the seal of, and signed by, the surveyor responsible for the survey and final draft,

d. All certificates now or hereafter required by law. All control of access lines adjacent to existing limited access state highways shall be denoted by the state highways division standard symbol of semicircles on the control of access line;

14. All writing, including signatures on the final plat shall be made in black India ink. (Ord. 2518 § 1, 1996; Ord. 1873 § 9, 1989: Ord. 789 § 1 (part), 1974: prior code § 11-1.14(c))

The following data shall be submitted with the final plats:

A. A complete title report issued by a licensed title company showing all persons vested with record title in the land subdivided whose consent is required by section 18.12.030(E)(13)(a) of this chapter;

B. Five copies of any deed restrictions or covenants applicable to the subdivision;

C. Written proof that all taxes and assessments on the tract are paid to date; and

D. Statement regarding water system to be installed. If the proposed subdivision will be served by the County’s water system, the subdivider shall provide a receipt of payment of a water meter reservation from the department of water supply verifying that the subdivision will receive water source and service from said department. Should a private water system be proposed, the subdivider shall provide written verification of a long term, reliable supply of water from the director of the department of water supply in accordance with chapter 14.12 of this code. (Ord. 3502 § 5, 2007: Ord. 2721 § 1, 1998; Ord. 789 § 1 (part), 1974: prior code § 11-1.14(d))

In the case of a subdivision which involves no streets, drains, or utilities, the preliminary plat may be approved by the director for recordation, provided the preliminary plat meets all of the requirements of a final plat. (Ord. 789 § 1 (part), 1974: prior code § 11-1.14(e))

A. The subdivider shall submit to the director ten copies of the final plat prepared in conformity with these regulations. For good cause, the director may grant to the subdivider an extension of time within which he may file such final plat; provided, that the subdivider has made an application in writing to the director for such purpose at least fifteen days before the expiration of the one-year period.

B. The time of filing of the final plat shall be taken to mean the time at which the same, together with all required data, is received by the director. The director shall indicate the date of filing on all copies of the final plat and accompanying data. (Ord. 789 § 1 (part), 1974: prior code § 11-1.15)

After the final plat and other data are filed, the director shall transmit copies of the final plat and other data to the director of public works, the director of water supply, the sanitary engineer, and the district engineer for review. Final plat shall be examined as to whether it is substantially similar to the approved preliminary plat, that the plat is technically correct, as well as to verify the information on the final plat by entering upon the respective subdivisions. If there are any errors or omissions, the subdivider shall be advised by the director within twenty days of filing of the changes or additions that must be made and afforded an opportunity to make corrections. Where only minor corrections are required, the director may grant approval on condition that those minor corrections are made and the final plat is resubmitted within seven days. (Ord. 789 § 1 (part), 1974: prior code § 11-1.16(a))

A. Upon final approval of improvements according to or upon entry into an agreement according to section 18.20.180, subdivider may apply for approval of the final plat for recordation.

B. If the director disapproves the plat, the grounds for disapproval shall be filed in the records of the office of the department of planning, and a copy forwarded to the subdivider. No plat shall be disapproved by the director without affording the subdivider a hearing thereon. Upon final approval, the director shall stamp three copies of the final plat, as follows:

“Subdivision Number __________ Approved For Recordation with the Bureau of Conveyances and Department of Taxation, State of Hawaii.”

C. Such approval shall bear the signature of the director. The office of the planning department shall then retain one copy of the final plat, forward one copy of the final plat to the state tax office, and one copy of the final plat to the subdivider. The approval of the final plat by the director shall not be deemed to constitute or effect an acceptance by the county of the dedication of any street or other easement or way shown on the plat.

D. No change in a subdivision, or in the plan of a subdivision, already approved, shall be made without the approval of the director.

E. Land shall not be offered for sale, lease, or rent in any subdivision, nor options or agreements for the purchase, sale, leasing, or rental of land made until approval for recordation of the final plat is granted by the director.

F. The approval for recordation of the final plat by the director shall not relieve the subdivider of the responsibility for any error or errors in the dimensions or other discrepancies. Such errors or discrepancies shall be revised or corrected upon request to the satisfaction of the director. (Ord. 789 § 1 (part), 1974: prior code § 11-1.16(b))