Sec. 32-22. Administrative changes to recorded plat.
A. Any material change to a recorded subdivision plat, including but not limited to changes to legal descriptions of the land included in the subdivision boundaries, requires that the plat be re-recorded.
B. Minor changes may be accomplished without re-recording the subdivision plat, through a Certificate of Correction or Change.
1. Allowable minor change items.
a. Engineering errors.
(1) Change is an obvious engineering error and not a design error, and
(2) Change does not change or relocate any parcel or easement boundary or line, or change the legal description or the land area which is included in the subdivision.
b. Name change, including but not limited to change in the names of subdivisions, streets or places.
2. Procedure—Name change initiated by owner(s).
a. Owner (or his representative) shall file the requested changes in writing with all necessary back-up information with the required fee.
b. The Certificate of Correction or Change shall state the following information:
(1) The corrections and/or changes requested;
(2) The date that the plat was recorded;
(3) The docket and page number of the plat which is to be modified;
(4) Written consent to the correction or change by the current owners of record of all of the property affected by the correction or change (as shown by a title report furnished by the owner and prepared within 30 days prior to the filing of the Certificate of Correction or Change);
(5) Signature line for approval by the Deputy Planning and Development Director; and
(6) Line for signature by a representative of the City Law Department approving the form of the certificate.
c. The developer or his representative shall have the certificate recorded in the Office of the Maricopa County Recorder. A copy of the recorded certificate shall be filed in the Office of the City Clerk and a copy shall be returned to the Department before the City may act on the changes (if action by the City is required).
3. Procedure—Change initiated by City of Phoenix.
a. Planning and Development Deputy Director or designee prepares the Certificate of Correction stating the following information:
(1) The corrections requested;
(2) The date that the plat was recorded;
(3) The docket and page number of the plat which is to be modified;
(4) Written notification by certified mail of the correction to the owner(s) of record of all of the property affected by the correction (as shown by the City Clerk Department property record book);
(5) Owner(s) shall have seven days to request a hearing before the City Council if they oppose the correction;
(6) Signature line for approval by the Deputy Planning and Development Director, or designee;
(7) Line for signature by a representative of the City Law Department approving the form of certificate.
b. The Deputy Planning and Development Director or designee shall have the certificate recorded in the Office of the Maricopa County Recorder. A copy of the recorded certificate shall be filed in the Office of the City Clerk and a copy shall be returned to the Planning and Development Department before the City may act on the changes (if action by the City is required). (Ord. No. G-3588, § 2; Ord. No. G-4387, § 1, 2001; Ord. No. G-4593, § 1, 2004; Ord. No. G-5590, § 1, 2011; Ord. No. G-5707, 2012)