§ 153.003 PROGRESS IN SUBDIVIDING LAND OR MAKING IMPROVEMENTS PROHIBITED UNTIL CERTIFICATION AND APPROVAL OF PLATS AND PLANS.
   (A)   No land in the corporate limits or within one and one-half miles of the corporate limits of the city shall, after the adoption of these regulations, be subdivided into lots, or lots and blocks or plat thereof filed for record, nor any street laid out, nor any improvements made to the land, nor any improvements made to streets, alleys or sidewalks, until the plat or plans of the subdivision or street improvements shall have been certified to and approved by action of the City Council. This approval must be in writing and placed on the original tracing of the final plats according to the procedure outlined hereafter.
   (B)   No lot, tract or parcel of land within any subdivision shall be offered for sale nor shall any sale, contract for sale or option be made or given until the subdivision plans have been officially approved by the City Council.
   (C)   No improvements, such as sidewalks, water supply, stormwater drainage, sewerage facilities, gas service, electric service or grading, paving or grading of streets, shall hereafter be made within any subdivision by any owner or owners, or his, her or their agents, until the plats for the subdivision and also the plans for improvement thereto have been officially approved by the City Council.
(1986 Code, § 20.02.030) (Ord. 754, passed 9-1-1959; Ord. 1463, passed - -1996)