50-1301. DEFINITIONS. The following definitions shall apply to terms used in this section and sections 50-1302 through 50-1334, Idaho Code. (1) Basis of bearing: The bearing in degrees, minutes and seconds, or equivalent, of a line between two (2) monuments or two (2) monumented corners that serves as the reference bearing for all other lines […]
50-1302. DUTY TO FILE. Every owner creating a subdivision, as defined in section 50-1301, Idaho Code, shall cause a land survey and a plat thereof to be made which shall particularly and accurately describe and set forth all the streets, easements, public grounds, blocks, lots, and other essential information, and shall record said plat. This […]
50-1303. SURVEY — MONUMENTS — ACCURACY. The centerline intersections and points where the centerline changes direction on all streets, avenues, and public highways, and all points, witness corners and reference points on the exterior boundary where the boundary line changes direction shall be marked with magnetically detectable monuments the minimum size of which shall be […]
50-1304. ESSENTIALS OF PLATS. (1) All plats offered for record in any county shall be upon stable base drafting film with a minimum base thickness of 0.003 inches. The image thereon shall be by a photographic process or a process by which a copy is produced using an ink jet or digital scanning and reproduction […]
50-1305. VERIFICATION. The county shall choose and require an Idaho professional land surveyor to check the plat and computations thereon to determine that the requirements herein are met, and said professional land surveyor shall certify such compliance on the plat. Such certification shall not relieve the professional land surveyor who prepared the plat from responsibility […]
50-1306. EXTRATERRITORIAL EFFECTS OF SUBDIVISION — PROPERTY WITHIN THE AREA OF CITY IMPACT — RIGHTS OF CITY TO COMMENT. All plats situate within an officially designated area of city impact as provided for in section 67-6526, Idaho Code, shall be administered in accordance with the provisions set forth in the adopted city or county zoning […]
50-1306A. VACATION OF PLATS — PROCEDURE. (1) Any person, persons, firm, association, corporation or other legally recognized form of business desiring to vacate a plat or any part thereof must petition the city council if it is located within the boundaries of a city, or the county commissioners if it is located within the unincorporated […]
50-1307. DESIGNATION OF TOWNSITE AND ADDITION — NECESSITY OF DISTINCTIVENESS — LIMITATIONS ON RULE. Plats of towns, subdivisions or additions must not bear the name of any other town or addition in the same county, nor can the same word or words similar or pronounced the same, be used in making a name for said […]
50-1308. APPROVALS. (1) If a subdivision is not within the corporate limits of a city, the plat thereof shall be submitted, accepted and approved by the board of commissioners of the county in which the tract is located in the same manner and as herein provided. If the city or county has established a planning […]
50-1309. CERTIFICATION OF PLAT — DEDICATION OF STREETS AND ALLEYS — DEDICATION OF PRIVATE ROADS TO PUBLIC — JURISDICTION OVER PRIVATE ROADS. 1. The owner or owners of the land included in said plat shall make a certificate containing the correct legal description of the land, with the statement as to their intentions to include […]
50-1310. FILING AND RECORDING — RECORD OF PLATS — FILING OF COPY. (1) All approved plats of subdivisions shall, upon the payment of the required fees, be filed by the county clerk or county recorder, and such filing with the date thereof shall be endorsed thereon. The plat or opaque copy thereof shall then be […]
50-1311. INDEXING OF PLAT RECORDS. The said books of "record of plats" shall be provided in the front part thereof with indices, in which shall be duly entered in alphabetical order all maps, plats and diagrams recorded therein, and when so filed, bound and indexed, shall be the legal record of all such maps, plats, […]
50-1312. EFFECT OF ACKNOWLEDGING AND RECORDING PLAT. The acknowledgment and recording of such plat is equivalent to a deed in fee simple of such portion of the premises platted as is on such plat set apart for public streets or other public use, or as is thereon dedicated to charitable, religious or educational purposes; provided, […]
50-1313. DEDICATION MUST BE ACCEPTED. No street or alley or highway hereafter dedicated by the owner to the public shall be deemed a public street, highway or alley, or be under the use or control of said city or highway district unless the dedication shall be accepted and confirmed by the city council or by […]
50-1314. ENFORCING EXECUTION OF PLAT — ASSESSMENT OF COSTS. Whenever the owners of any tract of land have divided and sold or conveyed five (5) or more parts thereof, or invested the public with any right therein, and have failed and neglected to execute and file a plat for record, as provided in sections 50-1301 […]
50-1315. EXISTING PLATS VALIDATED. None of the provisions of sections 50-1301 through 50-1325, Idaho Code, shall be construed to require replatting in any case where plats have been made and recorded in pursuance of any law heretofore in force; and all plats heretofore filed for record and not subsequently vacated are hereby declared valid, notwithstanding […]
50-1316. PENALTY FOR SELLING UNPLATTED LOTS. Any person who shall dispose of or offer for sale any lots in any city or county until the plat thereof has been duly acknowledged and recorded, as provided in sections 50-1301 through 50-1325, shall forfeit and pay one hundred dollars ($100) for each lot and part of a […]
50-1317. VACATION PROCEDURE IN UNINCORPORATED AREAS AND IN CITIES NOT EXERCISING THEIR CORPORATE FUNCTIONS — FILING OF PETITION — NOTICE OF HEARING. Whenever any person, persons, firm, association or corporation interested in any city which if incorporated is not exercising its corporate functions may desire to vacate any lot, tract, private road, common, plot or […]
50-1318. IN ABSENCE OF OPPOSITION — GRANT OF PETITION — RESTRICTIONS. If no opposition be made to such petition or application within the said thirty (30) day period, the board of county commissioners shall vacate the same, with such restrictions as they may deem reasonable and for the public good. History: [50-1318, added 1967, ch. […]
50-1319. IN PRESENCE OF OPPOSITION — CONTINUANCE OF APPLICATION — HEARING — WHEN PETITION GRANTED. If opposition be made thereto, such application shall be heard by the appropriate board of county commissioners or highway district commissioners at a time fixed by said board, at which time, if the objector shall consent to said vacation, or […]
