From the effective date hereof, no person shall subdivide any tract of land that is located wholly or in part within the limits of the city, nor shall any person sell, exchange or offer for sale or purchase, or offer to purchase any parcel of land that is any part of a subdivision of a larger tract of land within the city, nor shall any person offer for recording any deed conveying such a parcel of land or any interest therein unless he shall first make or cause to have made a final plat thereof, which plat shall be in accordance with all of the requirements of this title and state statute, and shall have been approved by the planning commission and city council, and recorded in the office of the county recorder; provided, however, that land may be sold by metes and bounds without the necessity of recording a final plat if all the following conditions are met:
A. A buildable lot or parcel cannot be created by exclusively using metes and bounds. City services shall not be extended to parcels created exclusively by metes and bounds. If city services are already in place, the metes and bounds parcel will be billed at the nonresident rate;
B. The subdivision layout, complying with the requirements for a preliminary plan as set forth in this title, shall have been first approved in writing by the planning commission;
C. The subdivision is not traversed by the mapped lines of a proposed street as shown on the official map or maps of the city;
D. The subdivision does not require the dedication of any land for street or other public purposes;
E. Each lot in the subdivision meets the frontage, width and area requirements set forth under the zoning provisions of this code, or has been granted a variance from requirements by the hearing officer; and
(Ord. 4-11-79A, 4-24-1979; amd. 2004 Code; Ord. 3-16-2010A, 3-16-2010; Ord. 07-07-2020A, 7-7-2020)