§ 50-556. Generally.

(a)

Approval by board of county commissioners. Before a plat is offered for recording, it shall be approved by the appropriate boards, commission, or departments as provided for in this article, and evidence of such approval shall be placed on such plat. If not approved, the board of county commissioners shall return the plat to the land surveyor. However, such examination and approval for conformity to this article by the appropriate boards, commission, departments and board of county commissioners shall not include the verification of the survey data.

(b)

Dedication and approval.

(1)

Every plat of a subdivision proposing streets must contain a dedication by the developer. The dedication shall be executed by all developers and mortgagees having a record interest in the lands subdivided, in the same manner in which deeds are required to be executed.

(2)

When a tract of land has been subdivided and a plat thereof bearing the dedication executed by the developers and mortgagees having a record interest in the lands subdivided and the approval of the board of county commissioners has been secured and recorded in compliance with this article, all streets, alleys, easements, rights-of-way, and public areas shown on such plat, unless otherwise stated, shall be deemed to have been dedicated to the public for the uses and purposes stated thereon. However, nothing in this article shall be construed as creating an obligation upon the board of county commissioners to perform any act of construction or maintenance within such dedicated areas except when the obligation is voluntarily assumed thereby.

(c)

Erection of buildings. No building shall be erected on a lot or parcel of land within the area, nor shall any building permit be issued therefor, unless the street giving access to the lot or parcel on which such building is proposed to be placed has been accepted and opened as a public street, has otherwise received the legal status of a public street, has been accepted by the board of county commissioners and is shown on a recorded subdivision plat, or is a private street approved by the board of county commissioners or available for use by the public; or is an easement as defined in section 50-1.

(d)

Multiple jurisdictions. When a plat lies within the boundaries of more than one governing body, two plats shall be prepared and each governing body shall have exclusive jurisdiction to approve the plat within its boundaries unless the governing bodies having such jurisdiction agree that one plat is mutually acceptable.

(e)

Name of subdivision. Every subdivision shall be given a name by which it shall be legally known. Such name shall not be the same or in any way so similar to any name appearing on any recorded plat in the county as to confuse the records or to mislead the public as to the identity of the subdivision by the same developer or his successors in title; except, however, that a replat of all or part of an existing plat will include the original subdivision name as a part of the title. Every subdivision's name shall have legible lettering of the same size and type, including the words "Section," "Unit," "Amended," etc., the name of the subdivision shall be shown in the dedication and shall coincide exactly with the subdivision name.

(f)

Platted street reversion. The reversion of platted streets shall be in accordance with F.S. § 177.805.

(g)

Qualifications of person making survey and plat certificates. Every subdivision of lands made within the provisions of this article shall be made under the responsible direction and supervision of a state registered land surveyor who shall certify on the plat that the plat is a true and correct representative of the lands surveyed, that the survey was made under his responsible direction and supervision, and that the survey data complies with all the requirements of F.S. ch. 177. The certification shall bear the signature, registration number, and the official seal of the land surveyor.

(h)

Title certification. Every final plat of a subdivision submitted to the county commission shall be accompanied by a title certification by an attorney-at-law licensed in the state, or a title insurance company confirming that the lands as described and shown on the plat are in it as shown on the plat and that the developer has apparent title to the lands. The title opinion or certification shall also show all mortgages not satisfied or released of records.

(1991 LDR ch. 71, § 6.01)