(A) A person who subdivides any land, block, lot or sublot, or any part thereof, in the city shall make a map or plat of the subdivision before recording the same in the office of the County Recorder and shall submit the same to the designated city official and the City Attorney for their examination. The officers, if they approve the map or plat, shall so certify in writing, and the map or plat shall not be valid or effective as far as the interests of the city are concerned until it has been approved by ordinance of Council.
(B) No plat, map or subdivision of any block, lot or sublot, or part thereof, or any piece or parcel of land, shall be approved by Council until the same has been properly certified by a surveyor and acknowledged by the owner as provided by the general laws of the state, until the owner makes an oath that he or she believes that he or she is the owner in fee of the property described in the plat and until the same has been approved by the designated city official and the City Attorney.