(A) The city’s Plan Commission shall have exclusive control over the primary and secondary approval of subdivision plats and the vacation of plats or parts of plats within its jurisdiction, except where its power has been delegated, through the Subdivision Chapter, to the Plat Committee.
(B) The Plan Commission shall have jurisdiction over and may grant variances to this chapter in instances where there is sufficient evidence, in its opinion, of hardship caused by topographic conditions or other reasonable deterrents.
(C) No lot, tract or parcel of land within any subdivision or plat shall be offered for sale nor shall any sale, contract for sale or option be made or given until such subdivision plans have been properly reviewed and officially approved by the city’s Plan Commission. No improvements, such as sidewalks, water mains, storm or sanitary sewer lines, gas or electric service, lighting, or grading, paving or surfacing of streets, shall be made within any such subdivision until the plans for the subdivision and improvements have been officially approved by the city’s Plan Commission.
(1979 Code, § 152.17) (Ord. 3909, passed 4-3-1989)