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<br />REGULATORY PROGRAMS <br /> <br />OO~~14 <br /> <br />17 <br /> <br />5.- 230 <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />the act; However, surveying and preparation of a plat are <br />expensive, and the desirability of comprehensive review must <br />be weighed' against the economi.c hardship placed upon lot <br />98 <br />owners. <br /> <br />(3) Plat Review Requirements <br />Statutes typically require that all plats be approved by <br /> <br />a local <br /> <br />legislative body or planning board prior to recording <br />99 <br />of lots. Some statutes permit the local legis- <br /> <br />or sale <br /> <br />1ative body to assign review functions to either the govern- <br /> <br />ing body or planning comrnission.100 Plat revie\\' is often not <br /> <br />explicitly conditioned upon ad~ption of subdivision regu1a- <br />. . 101 <br />t10ns by the local reV1ew agency. <br /> <br />(4) <br /> <br />Extrater.ri torial.P1at Review Powers <br /> <br />Most statutes author.ize municipalities to exercise plat <br /> <br />review powers in areas within one and one-half to five miles <br /> <br />from municipal limits. (See Colllir~ 3, Appendix <br /> <br />B.) This <br /> <br />is an important po'",ersince flood plain development is likely <br /> <br />in urban fringe areas. Often the statutes make provision for <br /> <br />possible overlapping of extraterritorial powers of adjacent <br /> <br /> <br />municipalities and sometimes require multiple approvals for <br /> <br />such areas .102 <br /> <br />(5) Prior P1annin~ Requirements <br /> <br />Some acts provide that subdivision control may be <br />exercised only after a community has adopted a street plan,103 <br />