[CC 1988 §25-8; Ord. No. 2791 §1, 11-18-1985]
A.
The City
Council may from time to time amend the provisions of this Chapter;
provided that such amendments shall not become effective until the
Planning Commission has studied, reported and conducted a public hearing
on all proposed amendments.
B.
Regulations
of the subdivision of land and the attachment of reasonable condition
to land subdivision is an exercise of valid Police power regulated
by the State of Missouri to this municipality. The subdivider has
the duty to comply with reasonable conditions laid down by the Commission
and the Council for design, dedication, improvement and restrictive
use of the land so as to conform to a rational pattern for physical
and economic development of the City and to the safety and general
welfare of future plot owners in the subdivision and of the community,
the subdivision of land being a privilege conferred through these
regulations.
[CC 1988 §25-9; Ord. No. 2791 §1, 11-18-1985]
A.
Recording Of Plat. No plat of any subdivision shall be entitled
to recording in the County Recorder's office or have any validity
until it shall have been approved in the manner prescribed in this
Chapter and by ordinance passed and approved by the City Council.
A copy of such ordinance shall be attached to the plat before recording.
B.
Deeds. No owner or agent of the owner of any land located
within a subdivision shall transfer, sell, agree to sell, or negotiate
to sell any land by reference to, exhibition of or by the use of a
plan or plat of a subdivision before such plan or plat has been approved
and recorded in the manner prescribed herein. The description of such
lot or parcel by metes and bounds in the instrument of transfer or
other documents used in the process of selling or transferring shall
not exempt the transaction from the provision of this Chapter.
C.
Permits. No building or repair permits shall be issued for
any structure located on a lot in any subdivision for which a plat
has not been approved and recorded in the manner prescribed herein.
D.
Public Improvements. The City hereby defines its policy
to be that the City will withhold all public improvements of whatsoever
nature, including the maintenance of streets and the furnishing of
sewerage facilities and water service, from all subdivisions which
have not been approved and from all areas dedicated to the public
which have not been accepted by the Council in the manner prescribed
herein.
E.
Revision Of Plat After Approval. No changes, erasures, modifications
or revisions shall be made in any plat of a subdivision after approval
has been given by the Commission, and enforced in writing on the plat,
unless the said plat is first resubmitted to the Commission for approval.
F.
Penalty For Violation. Any person who sells or attempts to sell a lot in violation of this Chapter or who violates or fails to comply with, or who permits or causes any person in his/her employ to violate or fail to comply with any provision of these regulations shall upon conviction thereof be subject to the penalty provided in Section 100.090 of this Code.
