* - indicates revision in standard 1. Rules Governing Lorain County Property: Both incorporated and unincorporated areas will be governed by the Lorain County Standards for Land conveyances and Lorain County Subdivision Regulations. 2. Minimum Standards: Minimum standards of surveys (Ohio Revised Code 4733-37) will be enforced. See exhibit "A" 3a. Split to adjoining land owners: Splits to adjoining land owners must be reviewed and approved by the planning commision that has jurisdiction. 3b. Combinations: There will be no combining across original lot lines, no combining of sublots, and no combining of sublots and acreage together. All combinations must be the result of a survey. 4. Right-of-way acquisitions: Additional Right-of-way acquisitions do not have to be reviewed by the Lorain County Planning Commission. * 5. Split guidelines: All deeds submitted for a split must be the result of a survey and must have a tie-in to an intersecting road, section, original lot line, or other known point accepted by the Tax Map Department. * 6. Buildings on parcels being split: Any parcel of land having buildings located on it and being split must have a signed statement as to which parcel of land the buildings are on after the split is complete. 7. Parcels of land crossing counties: Where a tract of land that is described by a single metes and bounds description is located in more than one county, the Lorain County Auditor shall consult with the County Auditor of the other county to determine the treatment of the land for real property tax purposes. 8. Parcel of land crossing tax districts: No single tax parcel shall be created by the County Auditor that is located in different taxing districts. a. Any land with a single metes and bounds description that is split by taxing district line shall be made into separate tax parcels by the County Auditor. b. Any platted sublot that is located in different tax districts shall be placed in one district based on one of the following: - which district the front of the parcel falls in, - which district the street address falls in, or - which district the greater part of the parcel is located in. * c. Any splitting of parcels for annexation must have Lorain County Planning Commission approval. * 9. Remainder surveys: Lorain County does not require the remainder parcel to be surveyed unless one of the following occur as the result of a split: a. The remainder parcel is twenty(20) acres or less according to the Auditor's records. b. A split creating two(2) or more remainder parcels of land that are noncontiguous, is required to have one of the remaining parcels of land surveyed and recorded. (Road takes are exempt) Note to surveyors: If you are in the process of surveying a piece of land that falls under this rule please note the date of which the survey was initiated. * - indicates revision in standard