A.   Preapplication Meeting. Prior to filing a boundary line adjustment application, the applicant shall confer with the administrative official or his or her designee and submit a sketch or description of the proposed boundary change.

B.   General Application. A general application form must be completed including the existing legal description of the properties involved.

A.   Boundary line adjustments require a property survey prepared by a licensed land surveyor unless it is determined by the administrative official that a survey is not necessary because the adjustment involves only the minor shifting of a single common property line between parcels which are part of a recorded survey or platted subdivision. A copy of such survey or plat shall be submitted with the application.

B.   When a survey is not required under subsection A of this section, the proposed boundary line adjustment shall be shown on a copy of a recorded survey or recorded plat for the parcels or lots involved.

C.   The boundary line adjustment drawing shall identify the exterior boundaries of all properties involved in the adjustment and shall identify the receiving parcel as a single parcel which includes the conveyed portion of the grantor's property. Revised legal descriptions of the parcels involved shall accompany the drawing except as provided in subsection F of this section.

D.   The boundary line adjustment drawing and conveyance document shall contain a binding covenant that the land being conveyed is for the sole purpose of adjusting the boundary line between parcels and shall not result in the creation of additional parcel and is not to be sold or transferred as a separate parcel by the grantee, heirs and assigns.

E.   Except as provided in subsection F of this section, the boundary line adjustment drawing shall contain a title of "Boundary Line Adjustment Survey" when a survey is required or "Boundary Line Adjustment" where a survey is not required and shall contain a certificate for approval by the administrative official.

F.   If the boundary line adjustment is to adjust boundary lines between lots within a recorded plat and the owners wish to retain the lot and block legal description of the original plat, an "Amended Plat of (name of original plat)" shall be submitted by a licensed land surveyor along with a plat certificate. The amended plat shall contain an acknowledgment certificate signed by all owners having title interest in the boundary line adjustment. The acknowledgment shall include the following statement that the "purpose of the amended plat is for adjusting boundary lines between the lots as shown." The amended plat shall contain a surveyor's certificate and a certificate for approval by the administrative official.

A.   When the requirements of this chapter are met, the administrative official shall certify approval of the boundary line adjustment.

B.   When a survey is required, the surveyor shall set the necessary monuments, record the survey with the county auditor and submit a copy to the administrative official.

C.   When a survey is not required, the applicant shall submit the recording fee to the town clerk or his or her designee who shall record the boundary line adjustment drawing and revised legal descriptions with the county auditor.

D.   A boundary line adjustment must be recorded within one hundred eighty (180) days of approval by the administrative official.