(A) Any plat, hereafter made, for each subdivision or part thereof lying within the jurisdiction of this chapter, shall be prepared for approval and recorded as herein prescribed. The regulations contained herein shall apply to the subdivision of a lot, tract, parcel of land into two or more lots, tracts or other division of land for the purpose of sale or development, whether immediate or future, including the resubdivision or replatting of land or lots, except that the division of land when the smallest parcel created is more than ten acres in area shall be exempt from these regulations.
(B) Further, the regulations set forth by this chapter shall be minimum regulations which shall apply uniformly throughout the jurisdiction of this chapter, except as hereafter provided.
(1) Each separate principal use/building within the jurisdiction of this chapter shall be situated on a separate and single subdivided lot of record unless otherwise provided in Chapter 152 of this code.
(2) No subdivision of land shall be permitted within the jurisdiction of this chapter unless a plat is approved in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Further, no lot in a subdivision may be sold, transferred or negotiated to sell, no permit to erect, alter or repair any building upon land in a subdivision may be issued, and no building may be erected in a subdivision unless a final plat has been approved by the City Council and recorded with the County Register of Deeds.
(3) These regulations shall not apply to the following:
(a) To a subdivision of land whereby the smallest parcel created or remaining is more than ten acres;
(b) The subdivision of burial lots in cemeteries; and/or
(c) As provided in § 152.196 regarding the further subdivision of existing lots and blocks.
(Prior Code, § 3)