(a) The provisions of this Subdivision Ordinance shall apply to all land located within the corporate limits of Clarksburg, West Virginia.
(b) No land within the incorporated area of the City shall be subdivided, nor shall any lot be sold or building erected in a subdivision as herein defined, until a plat of the subdivision is approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission and the plat properly filed and recorded by the Clerk of the County Court for Harrison County, West Virginia.
Pursuant to West Virginia Code 39-1-13 through 39-1-17, a Clerk of the County Court shall not record a plat of a subdivision unless the plat has been approved by the Commission as required by law. Any plat of a subdivision recorded without Commission approval has only the legal effect of an unrecorded plat.
In their interpretation and application, the provisions of this Ordinance shall be held to be minimum requirements to meet the stated purpose and intent of this Ordinance. Where the provisions of this Ordinance impose greater restrictions than those of any statute, other regulations or ordinance, the provisions of this Ordinance shall prevail. Where the provisions of any Federal, State, County or City statute, ordinance or regulation impose greater restrictions than those of this Ordinance, the provisions of such Federal, State, County or City statute, regulation or ordinance shall prevail.