(A) Metes and bounds descriptions. After the date of filing or recording of the initial subdivision regulations, no conveyance of land shall be filed or recorded if it is described in the conveyance by metes and bounds or by reference to an unapproved registered land survey made after the effective date of these regulations, but this subdivision does not apply to a conveyance if the land:
(1) Was a separate parcel of record on the effective date of these subdivision regulations, or was the subject of a written agreement to convey entered into prior to such time; or
(2) Was a separate parcel of land of not less than 2.5 acres in area and 150 feet in width on January 1, 1966, or is a single parcel of land of not less than 5 acres and having a width of not less than 300 feet.
(B) Waiver, penalty and remedies.
(1) Waiver. In any case in which compliance with the foregoing restrictions will create an unnecessary hardship and failure to comply does not interfere with the purpose of the subdivision regulations, the Council may waive the compliance by adoption of a resolution to that effect, and the conveyance may then be filed or recorded.
(2) Penalty. Any owner or agent of the owner of land who conveys a lot or parcel in violation of the provisions of this section shall forfeit and pay to the city a penalty of not less than $100 for each lot or parcel so conveyed.
(3) Remedies. The city may enjoin the conveyance or may recover the penalty by a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction.
(1998 Code, § 11.07)