Sec. 4.01 RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT: It is recommended that the developer contact the staff of the Commission to discuss the general practicability of the proposed subdivision or resubdivision and the type of layout being considered. Adequate professional advice should be secured by the developer for the platting of land.

Sec. 4.02 INFORMATION SKETCH: The developer may submit a sketch of the proposed subdivision to the Committee for recommendations prior to any formal submission of the subdivision or resubdivision. This step does not require an application or fee.

Sec 4.03 PROCEDURE AND REVIEW OF SUBDIVISIONS/RESUBDIVISIONS:

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1. Public hearing before Planning Commission (within 65 days of submission ).

2. Commission action (within 65 days of public hearing).

3. [Amended 9/8/98] Extension of the public hearing and/or action dates may be granted as allowed by Section 8-26d. C.G.S.

4. Submission of formal surety, easements, and/or deeds required, as conditions of approval.

5. Filing map on Norwalk Land Records.

Sec. 4.14 CONTENT: Final submissions shall consist of the Final Subdivision/ Resubdivision Layout as described in Sec. 4.16.

Sec. 4.15 FEE: [Amended 1/24/79, 10/14/97, 10/10/2003, 4/21/2006] A fee for processing the application and inspecting improvements shall accompany the application. Such fee, paid by check or postal money order payable to 'Treasurer, City of Norwalk' shall be a minimum of two hundred dollars $200.00 per lot, or parcel. A thirty dollar ($30.00) State land use fee will be added to all applications. Legal notice fees shall be the responsibility of the applicant who will be billed for the payment of Legal Notice fees directly by the publisher of such notice.

When a public hearing is required, applicants shall be responsible for payment of three (3) legal notices to the publisher of such notices. Two notices will advertise the application's public hearing date and one will advertise the Commission's action on the application.

Sec. 4.16 FINAL LAYOUT: [Amended 9/16/87] The final subdivision/resubdivision layout shall be drawn on a plan acceptable to the Town Clerk for filing on the Norwalk Land Records and submitted together with:

Five (5) prints of the subdivision/resubdivision layout.

Three (3) prints of the road and drainage profiles.

Sec. 4.17 Following submission of any necessary changes in the subdivision or resubdivision plan the Committee shall review the layout and schedule the subdivision or resubdivision for Public Hearing.

Sec. 4.18 PUBLIC HEARING AND NOTICES: [Amended 9/16/87, 5/2/90] No plan of subdivision or resubdivision shall be acted upon by the Commission without a public hearing. Notice of the public hearing shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Norwalk at least twice at intervals of not less than two (2) days, the first not more than fifteen (15) days, nor less than ten (10) days and the last not less than two (2) days prior to the date of such hearing, and by sending a copy thereof by registered or certified mail to the applicant. The applicant shall notify by certified mail return receipt requested at least fifteen (15) days prior to the public hearing, the owners of land abutting and across the street from the proposed subdivision or resubdivision.

When a condominium is located across the street or abuts the subject proposal, notification may be sent to the President and Secretary of the Condominium Association in lieu of the individual unit owners.

[Amended 9/8/98] The name of the owners shall be taken from the latest Tax Assessor records. The notification form in Appendix D shall be used. At this hearing the subdivider or resubdivider or his agent and all other parties whose interest may be affected by the proposed subdivision or resubdivision, shall be heard.

Sec. 4.19 PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION; Following review of the Final Plan and any changes required therein, and a public hearing, the Commission shall approve, modify and approve, or disapprove any subdivision or resubdivision application or maps and plans submitted therewith.

Sec. 4.20 NOTIFICATION: Notice of the decision of the Commission shall be published in a newspaper having a substantial circulation in the City of Norwalk and addressed by certified mail to the subdivider or resubdivider within fifteen (15) days after such a decision is rendered.

Such notice shall be a simple statement that such application was approved, modified and approved, or disapproved, together with the date of such action.

Sec. 4.21 FAVORABLE: [Amended 9/8/98] In the case of approval by the Commission, the record map shall be held by the Commission pending the submission of any required surety bond or the proper completion of the required improvements within ninety (90) days after the effective date of Commission action, submission of any required written easement or quit claim deeds to the City of Norwalk, and the Corporation Counsel's approval thereof, and compliance with any other condition required by the Commission.

Sec. 4.22 WAITING PERIOD: Subdivisions or resubdivisions disapproved by the Commission shall not be submitted for reconsideration until six (6) months from the date of disapproval has elapsed.

Sec. 4.23 APPROVAL AND FILING OF EASEMENTS: Before the approved subdivision or resubdivision can be filed, all required easements and deeds shall be submitted to the Commission which shall forward the originals to the Corporation Counsel. The Corporation Counsel will examine the documents and map, and if he or she deems it necessary, will confer with the developer or their attorney. Upon approval, the Corporation Counsel will initial the original documents and return them to the Commission. The original documents and the record map shall be recorded at the same time in the office of the Town Clerk at the expense of the developer or their agent.

Off-site easements of any kind shall be submitted with a copy of the map to the Corporation Counsel for approval. Suggested easement forms are available at the office of the Planning Commission.

Sec. 4.24 SUBMISSION OF SURETY: [Amended 9/16/87] Surety to guarantee the proper completion of public improvements required in a subdivision, or resubdivision, must be submitted to the Commission and approved by the Corporation Counsel prior to filing an approved map in the Norwalk Land Records. The required surety form is shown in Appendix F and Appendix H and is available at the Commission office.

Sec. 4.25 FILING MAP IN LAND RECORDS: [Amended 9/8/98] All approved subdivision or resubdivision plans shall be filed in the office of the Town Clerk and any plan not so filed within ninety (90) days of the expiration of the appeal period under section 8-8 CGS, shall become null and void, except that the Commission may extend the time for such filing for two (2) additional periods of ninety (90) days and the plan shall remain valid until the expiration of such extended time. No such plan shall be filed by the Town Clerk until its approval has been endorsed thereon by the Chairman or Secretary of the Commission.

Sec. 4.26 "AS-BUILT" DRAWING AND RELEASE OF SURETY: Before the release of any surety insuring the proper installation of the required improvements, "As-Built" drawings shall be submitted to the Planning Engineer. Two (2) copies, showing the location of all improvements, as constructed in both plan and profile shall be submitted.

Following a finding that the improvements have been properly constructed and after the Common Council has accepted the street offered for dedication, the Commission may release the subdivider or resubdivider from his obligation under the surety.

Sec. 4.27 WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION: Any application for a subdivision, or resubdivision, may by withdrawn at any time, by the developer, their agent or their successor, by filing with the Commission a formal request, in writing and returning the map, if it has been approved, to the Commission for cancellation.

An approved subdivision or resubdivision map which has been filed in the land records may not be withdrawn.