Four copies of the final plat and other exhibits required for approval shall be prepared and submitted to the plat officer to be transmitted to the planning commission. Such application for approval of the final plat shall be made within one year after approval of the preliminary plat; otherwise such approval shall become null and void unless an extension of time is applied for and granted by the village board.

Notwithstanding the above, the applicant may elect to have final approval only of a geographic part or parts of the plat that receive preliminary approval, and may delay application for approval of other parts until a later date or dates beyond the initial one-year period with the approval of the village board. Under no circumstances shall the board approve the final plat of subsequent phase until all facilities required to serve the part or parts for which final approval was previously granted have been provided. In such case, only the part or parts of the plat that previously have received final approval shall be recorded.

At the next regularly scheduled meeting of the planning commission after the date of application or the filing by the applicant of the last item of supporting data, whichever date is later, the planning commission shall hold a public hearing and make a recommendation to the village board of approval or disapproval. The village board, at its next regularly scheduled meeting, if finding that the applicant has supplied all drawings, maps and other documents required to meet the specifications of this title and bearing the seal of a registered Illinois land surveyor, shall approve the proposed plat. The above procedure shall not take any longer than sixty days unless the applicant and village board mutually agree to extend this period.

If the plat is approved, the village clerk shall attach a certified copy of the resolution of board approval to a copy of the plat and file said plat and resolution in the office of the clerk. If the plat is not approved, a resolution passed stating such action and the reasons for disapproval, particularly the aspects in which the proposed plat fails to conform with this title and the official map.

The final plat shall bear a certificate in substantially the same form as follows:

I, ________________________, Clerk of the Village of Metamora, Woodford County, Illinois, do hereby certify that this plat was duly approved and accepted by the President and Board of Trustees at a meeting held on the _____ day of ___________, A.D., ______.

Village Clerk

Within a reasonable period of time after the approval of the final plat by the village board, the plat shall be filed by the plat officer with the Woodford County recorder of deeds, and if not filed shall have no validity and shall not be recorded without recertification and reapproval. (Subdivision Ordinance dated 6/3/03 § 3-4)