Any person, whether as owner, proprietor, or as the agent, attorney, or representative of any owner or proprietor of land who shall plat or subdivide any tract of land within the corporate limits of the municipality, or adjoining and contiguous to the same, except as herein authorized, or who shall sell, transfer, deed or convey, contract, or agree to sell, transfer, or offer for sale any lot, or piece of ground in any addition, or subdivision of three, or more parts within said corporate limits, or adjoining and contiguous thereto, without having first obtained the acceptance and approval of the plat, or map thereof by the governing body, and any person who shall violate, or who shall fail, neglect, or refuse to comply with any of the provisions hereinbefore, as now existing, or as hereafter amended, shall, upon conviction, be fined in any sum not exceeding $100.
(Prior Code, § 11-601)