(A) Every proposed plat of land within the city or within two miles of the limits of the city and not within a town which itself requires the approval of plats shall be submitted to the City Council before being filed and no plat of land shall be filed unless and until the same shall first have been approved by the City Council.
(B) Any person who violates this provision or who sells land or offers land for sale or contracts for the sale of land by reference to or by other use of any plat before the plat has been approved by the City Council in accordance with the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished in accordance with the law.
(C) Before approving a plat, the City Council shall submit the same to the Planning and Zoning Commission for its recommendations. The Planning and Zoning Commission, within 30 days after any plat has been referred to it by the City Council, shall act on the same and shall make its recommendations with respect thereto. The recommendations may consist of:
(1) Recommendation that the City Council approve the plat;
(2) Recommendation that the City Council disapprove the plat, in which case the recommendation shall include a statement of the specific reasons for the recommendation; or
(3) Recommendation that the City Council approve the plat after specified changes or revisions are made therein, which recommendations may include the condition that a revised plat, containing the changes or revisions, be submitted to the Planning and Zoning Commission, in which case the revised plat shall be so submitted to the Planning and Zoning Commission for its further consideration and recommendations before action thereon by the City Council.
(Prior Code, § 2-12) (Ord. 494, passed - -)