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APPENDIX A-SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE 4-3 3-5. Deferred installation of public improvements. After a plat has been recorded, certain public improvements not otherwise identified for deferral per subsection 5-5-1 of this ordinance may be considered for installation at a point subsequent to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy. Such approval shall only be granted after consultation with the respective departments or agencies charged with operation, acceptance and maintenance of said improvements. Prior to approval, the administrator shall require a fifty ($50.00) dollar fee and a written request from the subdivider or developer which shall identify the justification for the deferral and a committed date for completion of the improvement beyond which subdivision re-approval shall be required for additional deferral. In no case shall any improvement be deferred beyond two (2) years following the issuance of the first building permit for any lot in the subdivision. SECTION 4. PROCEDURE FOR MAKING AND RECORDING PLATS 4-1. Platting required. Any owner or developer of any tract ofland situated within the corporate limits of the City of Martinsville who subdivides the same shall have recorded in the office of the clerk of the circuit court a plat of the subdivision. No such plat or any subdivision shall be recorded until it shall have been approved in accordance with the regulations set forth in this ordinance. No lot shall be sold in any such subdivision before the plat shall have been recorded. 4-2. Draw and certify. Every such plat shall be prepared by a surveyor duly licensed by the State of Virginia, who shall endorse upon each plat a certificate signed by him setting forth the source of the title of the land subdivided, and the place of record of the last acquired from more than one source title. When the plat is of land acquired from more than one source of title, the outlines of the several tracts shall be indicated upon such plat by an insert block, or by means of a dotted boundary line upon the plat. 4-3. Owners statement. Every such plat, or the deed of dedication to which such plat is attached, shall contain in addition to the surveyor's or engineer's certificate a statement to the effect that "the above and foregoing subdivision of (here insert correct description of the land subdivided), as appears in this plat, is with the free consent and in accordance with the desire of the undersigned owners, proprietors, and trustees. The acknowledgements of deeds shall be executed and approved as herein specified, and shall be filed and recorded in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the City ofMartinsville, Virginia and indexed under the names of the land owners signing such statement and under the name of the subdivision. Supp. No. 61 1733