(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. No plat of land shall be filed unless and until it shall first have been approved by the City Council. Upon receipt of a proposed plat of land, the Council may refer it to the Planning Commission for examination and recommendation. The Planning Commission, within 40 days after the plat has been referred to it by the Council, shall act thereon 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 recommendations; or
(3) Recommendation that the City Council approve the plat after specified changes or revisions are made therein, which recommendation may include the condition that a revised plat containing the changes or revisions be submitted to the Planning Commission, in which case the revised plat shall be so submitted to the Planning Commission for its further consideration and recommendations before action thereon by the City Council.
(B) Any person who violates the provisions of this section or who sells lands or offers lands 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 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or by both a fine and imprisonment.
(1973 Code, § 2-54) (Ord. 264, passed 9-19-1961; Ord. 591, passed 4-26-2021)