(A) These regulations apply to all subdivision of land, as defined in § 153.026 located within the corporate limits of the municipality or outside the corporate limits as provided by law.
(B) Exceptions. These regulations shall not apply to the following (other city or county ordinances and state laws may apply):
(1) Subdivisions creating cemetery lots;
(2) Transfers of small parcels in case of encroachments, road right-of-way, or utility easements; or
(3) Subdivisions resulting from court orders.
(C) No creation or conveyance of land shall be permitted by metes and bounds description or by reference to an unapproved registered land survey made after April 21, 1961, or to any unapproved plat, except if the land described:
(1) Was a separate parcel of record April 1, 1945, or the date of adoption of subdivision regulations under Laws 1945, Chapter 287, which ever is later;
(2) Was the subject of a written agreement to convey entered into prior to that time;
(3) Was a separate parcel of not less than 2-1/2 acres in area and 150 in width on January 1, 1966;
(4) Was a separate parcel of not less than five acres in area and 300 feet in width on July 1, 1980;
(5) Is a single parcel of residential or agricultural land of not less than 20 acres and having a width of not less than 500 feet and its conveyance does not result in the division of the parcel into two or more lots or parcels, any one of which is not less than 20 acres and having a width of not less than 500 feet.
(D) No owner, or agent of the owner, of any parcel of the land located in a proposed subdivision shall transfer, lease, or sell any part of the parcel before a final plat or a certified land survey of the subdivision has been approved by the city in accordance with the provisions of these regulations filed with the Chisago County recorder.
(E) No land described in this section shall be subdivided or sold, leased, transferred or developed until each of the following conditions has occurred in accordance with these regulations:
(1) The subdivider or agent has submitted the required plats and supporting documentation to the zoning administrator;
(2) The subdivider or agent has obtained approval of a metes and bounds survey or a sketch plat, a preliminary plat, a final plat, developers agreement and other supporting documents from the City Council; and
(3) The subdivider or agent files the approved plats with the Chisago County recorder.
(F) No building permit or certificate of occupancy shall be issued for any parcel or plat of land created by subdivision after the effective date of, and not in substantial conformity with, the provisions of these subdivision regulations. Further, no excavation of land or construction of any public or private improvements shall take place or be commenced except in conformity with these regulations.
(Ord. passed 1-23-2001) Penalty, see § 153.999