(a) No plat of any subdivision shall be placed of record in the Stephenson County Recorder's Office, or have any validity, until it shall have been approved in the manner prescribed herein.
(b) The City shall not permit any public improvements to be made in any area which has been subdivided, or upon any street which has been platted or dedicated after the adoption of this chapter, unless such subdivision or street has been approved in accordance with this chapter.
(c) No owner of any land located within a subdivision shall transfer, sell, agree to sell, negotiate to sell or lease any land by reference to, exhibition of, or by use of, a plan or plat of a subdivision before such plan or plat has been approved and recorded in the manner prescribed herein. Any such contract, sale, lease or transfer is voidable at the option of the buyer or lessee. The description of such lot or parcel by metes and bounds in the instrument of transfer, or other documents used in the process of leasing, selling or transferring, shall not exempt the transaction from the provisions of this chapter.
(d) The Building Commissioner shall not issue building or repair permits for any structure in a subdivision for which a plat has not been approved and recorded in the manner prescribed herein.
(e) The City shall withhold all public services of whatsoever nature, including the maintenance and cleaning of streets and the furnishing of sewerage and water service, from any land hereafter subdivided without approval in the manner prescribed herein.
(1977 Code § 67-113; Ord. 94-81. Passed 9-19-94; Ord. 2013-10. Passed 3-4-13.)