A. Compliance Required: No landowner may subdivide or plat any land within the Village or its subdivision jurisdiction unless the procedures of these Subdivision Regulations are followed and the requirements of these Subdivision Regulations are met.
B. Sales Prohibited Prior To Approval Of Final Plat: No owner or agent of the owner of any parcel of land located in a proposed subdivision shall transfer or sell such parcel before final plat of subdivision has been approved in accordance with the terms of these regulations.
C. Public Improvements: All public improvements within the corporate limits of the Village or its subdivision jurisdiction shall be installed in accordance with the design standards and requirements of Chapter 5 of these Subdivision Regulations. Prior to the installation of the public improvements, a final plat shall be approved in accordance with the terms of Chapter 4 of these Subdivision Regulations. If a final plat is not required, approval of the Plan Commission, upon written recommendation of the Village Engineer, must be obtained prior to the installation of the public improvements.
D. Applicability: These subdivision regulations shall be applicable to:
1. All subdivision and resubdivision of land within the corporate limits of the Village.
2. All subdivision and resubdivision of land one and one-half (11/2) miles beyond the corporate limits of the Village; except, where there is a boundary agreement with another municipality or the subdivision jurisdiction of another municipality overlaps the subdivision jurisdiction of the Village.
a. Boundary agreements between the Village and other municipalities will take precedence in determining the subdivision jurisdiction for unincorporated areas;
b. If another municipality's subdivision jurisdiction overlaps the subdivision jurisdiction of the Village and there is no boundary agreement that applies, these Subdivision Regulations shall be applicable to the territory from the corporate limits of the Village to a line equidistant from its boundary and the boundary of the other municipality nearest to the Village at any given point on the land.
E. Nonapplicability: These Subdivision Regulations shall not be applicable to the following situations as described in the definition of the word "subdivision" contained in Chapter 2 of this Title:
1. The division or subdivision of land into parcels or tracts of five (5) acres or more in size which does not involve any new streets or easements of access and which does not affect, involve or relate to the need for facilities (present or future) protecting the public health, safety and welfare;
2. The sale or exchange of parcels of land between owners of adjoining and contiguous land but excluding any resubdivision of land previously subdivided or platted and which does not affect, involve or relate to the need for facilities (present or future) protecting the public health, safety and welfare;
3. The conveyance of parcels of land or interests therein for use as a right of way for railroads or other public utility facilities and other pipe lines which does not involve any new streets or easements or access and which does not affect, involve or relate to the need for facilities (present or future) protecting the public health, safety and welfare;
4. The conveyance of land owned by a railroad or other public utility which does not involve any new streets or easements of access and which does not affect, involve or relate to the need for facilities (present or future) protecting the public health, safety and welfare;
5. The conveyance of land for a road, street, highway or other public purposes or grants or conveyances relating to the dedication of land for public use or instruments relating to the vacation of land impressed with a public use;
6. Conveyances made to correct descriptions in prior conveyances;
7. The sale or exchange or parcels or tracts of land following the division into no more than two (2) parts of a particular parcel or tract of land existing on July 17, 1959, and which does not involve any new streets or easements of access and which does not affect, involve or relate to the need for facilities (present or future) protecting the public health, safety and welfare. (Ord. 89-O-6, 2-7-1989)