The enforcement of these regulations and penalties for the unapproved recordation of transfer of land are provided by state law in the uthority granted by public acts of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and are in addition to or in conjunction with the provisions of this subchapter.
(A) Planning Commission approval for recording of lots. No plat or plan for a subdivision of land into two or more lots located within the area of planning jurisdiction shall be admitted to the land records of the city or received or recorded by the Simpson County Clerk until said plat or plan has received final approval in writing by the Planning Commission.
(B) Acceptance of improvements. No board, public officer, or authority shall accept any street, lay or authorize the layout of water mains or sewers, or the construction of other facilities or utilities in any street located within the area of planning jurisdiction unless such street shall have been accepted, opened or otherwise received the legal status of a public street prior to the adoption of these regulations.
(C) Access to lots by permanent easements. No building permit shall be issued, and no building shall be erected on any lot within the city, unless such building site conforms to the following provisions:
(1) The street giving access to the lot upon which the building is proposed to be placed has been opened as, or shall have otherwise, received the legal status of, a public street prior to that time; or
(2) The street corresponds in its location and lines with a street shown on a subdivision plat approved by the Planning Commission and recorded in the office of the Simpson County Clerk and where an adequate guarantee or performance surety of and for the completion of improvements is in place.
(D) Building permits. No building permit shall be issued for the construction of any building or structure located on a lot or plat subdivided or sold in violation of any provision of these regulations.
(E) Enforcing officer. It shall be the duty of the Planning Administrator, Code Enforcement Officer and/or his, her, or their designees to enforce these regulations and to bring the violations or lack of compliance with these regulations to the attention of the City Attorney and/or the Franklin-Simpson Code Enforcement Board.
(Ord. 2022-007, passed 3-14-2022)