(A) Penalties for any violation of the Apache Junction Subdivision Regulations are provided for pursuant to Apache Junction City Code, Vol. I, § 1-1-11.
(B) The approval of a preliminary plat may be revoked by a majority vote of the City Council upon finding that 1 or more of the plat stipulations or provisions of the subdivision regulations have been violated. The Council may reinstate approval of the preliminary plat when it is satisfied that a compliance with the provisions of these regulations or stipulations has been achieved. If approval of the preliminary plat is permanently revoked, a request to resume the subdivision shall be treated as a new application.
(C) (1) The Development Services Director or his or her designee, by written order setting forth the reasons therefore, may stop all work on a subdivision if he or she finds that a major violation of the Subdivision Ordinance has occurred, creating an immediate or imminent threat to public health or safety such as danger to life or limb, or damage to property of the city or to neighboring property owners.
(2) After work is stopped, no work on the subdivision, except to correct the problems specified by the Director or his or her designee, may proceed until written authorization is given by the Director or his or her designee. While work is stopped, the subdivider may appeal, within 30 days to the City Clerk, the Director's stop order to the Council which shall meet at the next regularly scheduled Council meeting to consider the matter. The Council, after hearing both sides, may reverse or modify the Director's order within 30 days if the Council finds that the Director has been unreasonable or arbitrary. The burden of proof in such an appeal shall be upon the subdivider.
(D) The imposition of any sentence shall not exempt the offender from compliance with the requirements of this article.
(Ord. 1503, passed - -2021)