12-3-2: FILING OF PLAT:
Whenever the owner of any tract or parcel of land within the city wishes to subdivide or plat the same, said owner shall cause to be prepared a preliminary plat of said subdivision, and shall submit three (3) copies of said preliminary plat and other information to the clerk. The preliminary plat shall contain such information and data as is outlined in section 12-3-7 of this chapter. (2000 Code § 176.12)