Section 559.401. General requirements.

(1) The condominium subdivision plan shall be an exhibit to the master deed. The drawings which constitute the plan shall be prepared by an architect, land surveyor, or civil engineer licensed to practice in this state. More than 1 such individual may prepare different segments  of the same condominium subdivision plan.

(2)   Each sheet shall contain the name of the condominium and the name and address of the firm responsible for the preparation of that sheet and shall bear a legible seal and signature of the individual responsible for the preparation of that sheet. A complete   condominium   subdivision   plan shall be comprised of all of the following:

(a)   Cover sheet.

(b)   Survey plan.

(c)   Site plan.

(d)  Utility plan.

(e)   Building floor plan.

(f)  Section plans, where applicable.

(g)   Floodplain plan, where applicable.

(h)   Where appropriate, individual plans may be combined, if this does not impair legibility.

(3)      Pursuant to section 66(2)(j) of the act, all proposed structures and improvements shown on the drawings shall be labeled either "must be built" or "need not

be built." This shall be done on the site plan for all proposed structures and improvements, other than utilities, and on the utility plan for all utilities. When labeling a portion of structure  "need not be built" and the remainder  "must  be  built," or  vice  versa,   the labeling shall be done on the applicable floor plans and sections.

(4)   When a condominium subdivision plan is drawn, it shall, at a minimum, comply with all of the following provisions:

(a)   Be drawn to scale.

(b)   All lettering and numbering shall be mechanical lettering not less than 0.14 inches high. Freehand lettering is not acceptable.

(c)   Be drawn on sheets measuring 24 inches by 36 inches.

(d)   The top shall be either the 24- or 36-inch length with the  binding margin on the top or left side, respectively.

(e)    All margins from the edge of the sheet to the drawings shall be 1/2 inch, except the binding margin, which shall be 2 inches.

(f)  The general direction "north" shall be  placed  toward  the  top  or left-hand side of the sheet.

(g)   Each sheet shall be numbered  consecutively,  beginning  with  the number 1. The use of suffixes, such as a, b, c, shall only be acceptable when adding supplemental sheets after the initial recording.

(h)   Lots of platted subdivisions which fall within the project boundary shall be shown by dashed lines and  dotted  numbers.  Platted  subdivisions   which  fall contiguous to the project boundary shall be  shown  by   solid lines and numbers.

(i)   Indicate the scale of each drawing by means of a graphic bar  scale.

(j)   Show the name of the condominium on each sheet, agreeing exactly with the name used in the master deed.

(k)   Use match lines when the survey plan, site plan, or floor plans are shown on more than 1 sheet. The symbol for match lines shall be different from those used for property lines or utility lines.

(l)   All signatures shall be in black ink.

(m)   Include a composite plan, to show the relationship of the various sheets to each other, when more than 3 sheets are required to do a survey, site, floodplain, or utility plan.

(n)   Each sheet shall be identified as "proposed,   dated                       " or "as-built dated  ."

History: 1979 AC; 1985 AACS.