(A) Every plat of land proposed within the city or within two miles of the limits of the city shall be submitted to the City Council before being filed and no plat of land shall be filed unless and until the same shall first have been approved by the City Council.
(B) Any person who violates this provision or who sells land or offers land for sale or contracts for the sale of land by reference to or by other use of any plat before the plat has been approved by the Planning Commission and the City Council in accordance with the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Before acting on the plat, the City Council shall submit the same to the Planning Commission for its recommendations.
(C) The Planning Commission, within 40 days after any such plat has been referred to it by the City Council, shall act on the same and shall make its recommendations with respect thereto. The recommendations may consist of:
(1) Recommendation that the City Council approve the plat;
(2) Recommendation that the City Council disapprove the plat, in which case the recommendation shall include a statement of the specific reasons for the recommendation; or
(3) Recommendation that the City Council approve the plat after specified changes or revisions are made therein, which recommendations may include the condition that a revised plat, containing the changes or revisions, be submitted to the Planning Commission, in which case the revised plat shall be so submitted to the Planning Commission for its further consideration and recommendation before action thereon by the City Council.
(Ord. 80B, passed 12-18-1989)