(A) General.
(1) The duty of the Director of the Commission shall be to enforce this chapter and to bring to the attention of the Commission Attorney any violations or lack of compliance herewith.
(2) The division of any land into a subdivision, as defined by this chapter, by the use of metes and bounds description for the purpose of sale, or transfer, or lease resulting in the creation of one or more new building sites shall not be permitted. All such described divisions shall be subject to all of the appropriate requirements of this chapter.
(3) No building permit required under the Building Code, the Zoning Ordinance, or this chapter shall be issued on any property subject to this chapter until the provisions of this chapter have been complied with.
(B) Limits of land transfers. No owner, subdivider, or subdivision agent of the owner, of any land located in a proposed subdivision shall transfer or sell or lease any such land for purposes of subdivision as defined in this chapter before a secondary plat of the subdivision has been signed by the designated officials and recorded in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(C) Restraining provisions.
(1) Any land within the jurisdiction of Lake County subdivided in violation of the terms of this chapter after the effective date hereof, is hereby declared to be a common nuisance, which may be restrained, enjoined, or abated in any appropriated action or proceeding.
(2) The Commission may institute an injunction suit requesting an individual or entity be directed to remove a structure erected in violation of this chapter, or to make the same comply with its terms. If the Commission is successful in its suit, the respondent shall bear the costs of the action.
(3) The Commission may institute a suit for mandatory injunction requesting an individual or entity be directed, where the individual or entity has violated any provisions of this chapter, to comply with the provisions of this chapter. If the Commission wins the suit, the respondent shall pay the Commission's reasonable attorney fees and all costs related to the enforcement of this chapter.
(Prior Code, § 153.095) (Ord. 1670, passed 6-11-1996)