A. Enforcement:
1. The governing body shall appoint the administrative official responsible for the administration of this title. His title shall be plat officer. No officer designated by the governing body as the plat officer under the provisions of this title shall engage, either directly or indirectly, in the business of surveying, and no map, plat or subdivision shall be received for record, or have any validity which has been prepared by, or under the direction of, any such plat officer in violation of the provisions of this subsection. The plat officer shall have the power to make such orders, requirements, decisions and determinations as are necessary to enforce this title.
2. No owner or agent of the owner of any parcel of land located in a proposed subdivision shall transfer or sell such parcel before a plat of said subdivision has been approved by the planning commission and filed with the county recorder of deeds.
3. The subdivision of any lot or any parcel of land by the use of a metes and bounds description or by any other method with the intent of evading this title, for the purpose of sale, transfer or lease, is unlawful.
4. No building permit shall be issued for the construction of any building located on a lot subdivided or sold in violation of the regulations of this title.
5. No final plat of any subdivision shall be valid nor entitled to be recorded unless and until the same has been approved by the planning commission or governing body in accordance with the procedure herein provided, and no final plat of any subdivision shall be approved without compliance with the provisions of this title.
B. Violations; Penalties:
1. The county recorder of deeds shall not record maps, plats, subdivisions, deeds or leases to convey property contrary to the provisions of this title.
2. In case any map, plat, or subdivision is recorded or attempted to be recorded, or any deed or deeds recorded conveying property according to such map, plat, or subdivision, the proper authorities of the village, in addition to other remedies, may institute any appropriate action or proceedings to prevent such unlawful conveyance of said property or to restrain, correct, or abate such violation to prevent the occupancy of any buildings or structures erected on said premises or to prevent any illegal act, conduct, business or use in or upon such premises.
3. Whenever it shall come to the knowledge of the plat officer that any provisions of this title have been violated, it shall be his duty to notify the governing body of this fact, and the governing body shall immediately take appropriate action, and prosecute the same to final judgment, against the person offending.
4. In case of violation of this title, the proper authorities of the village, or any person, the value or use of whose property is or may be affected by such violation, may, in addition to other remedies, institute any appropriate action or proceedings in equity to prevent the unlawful conveyance of the property which is the subject of such violation and to restrain, correct, or abate such violation.
5. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this title shall be subject to a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) nor more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) for each violation. Each day such violation is permitted to exist or continue shall constitute a separate offense. (Ord. 675, 2-24-2011)