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Get a Document - by Citation - N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136 -102.6 <br />Page 1 of 4 <br />616" <br />N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136 -102.6 <br />General Statutes of North Carolina <br />Copyright 2014 by Matthew Bender & Company, Inc. <br />a member of the LexisNexis Group. <br />All rights reserved <br />* ** Statutes current through the 2014 Regular Session * ** <br />CHAPTER 136. TRANSPORTATION <br />ARTICLE 7. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS <br />Go to the North Carolina Code Archive Directory <br />N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136 -102.6 (2014) <br />§ 136 - 102.6. Compliance of subdivision streets with minimum standards of the Board of <br />Transportation required of developers <br />(a) The owner of a tract or parcel of land which is subdivided from and after October 1, 1975, <br />into two or more lots, building sites, or other divisions for sale or building development for <br />residential purposes, where such subdivision includes a new street or the changing of an <br />existing street, shall record a map or plat of the subdivision with the register of deeds of the <br />county in which the land is located. The map or plat shall be recorded prior to any conveyance <br />of a portion of said land, by reference to said map or plat. <br />(b) The right -of -way of any new street or change in an existing street shall be delineated upon <br />the map or plat with particularity and such streets shall be designated to be either public or <br />private. Any street designated on the plat or map as public shall be conclusively presumed to <br />be an offer of dedication to the public of such street. <br />(c) The right -of -way and design of streets designated as public shall be in accordance with the <br />minimum right -of -way and construction standards established by the Board of Transportation <br />for acceptance on the State highway system. If a municipal or county subdivision control <br />ordinance is in effect in the area proposed for subdivision, the map or plat required by this <br />section shall not be recorded by the register of deeds until after it has received final plat <br />approval by the municipality or county, and until after it has received a certificate of approval <br />by the Division of Highways as herein provided as to those streets regulated in subsection (g). <br />The certificate of approval may be issued by a district engineer of the Division of Highways of <br />the Department of Transportation. <br />(d) The right -of -way and construction plans for such public streets in residential subdivisions, <br />including plans for street drainage, shall be submitted to the Division of Highways for review <br />and approval, prior to the recording of the subdivision plat in the office of the register of deeds. <br />The plat or map required by this section shall not be recorded by the register of deeds without a <br />certification pursuant to G.S. 47 -30.2 and, if determined to be necessary by the Review Officer, <br />a certificate of approval by the Division of Highways of the plans for the public street as being <br />in accordance with the minimum standards of the Board of Transportation for acceptance of the <br />subdivision street on the State highway system for maintenance. The Review Officer shall not <br />certify a map or plat subject to this section unless the new streets or changes in existing streets <br />are designated either public or private. The certificate of approval shall not be deemed an <br />acceptance of the dedication of the streets on the subdivision plat or map. Final acceptance by <br />the Division of Highways of the public streets and placing them on the State highway system <br />for maintenance shall be conclusive proof that the streets have been constructed according to <br />http: / /www.lexis.com/ research / retrieve?_ m= d628ebO9de4b4O6l84c7514eOfac4ac5& bro... 12/18/2014 <br />