Any person, whether as owner or proprietor, or as the agent, attorney or representative of any owner or proprietor of land who shall plat or subdivide any tract of land within the corporate limits of the municipality, or adjoining, and contiguous to the same, except as herein authorized, or who shall sell, transfer, deed or convey, contract or agree to sell, transfer or offer for sale any lot, or piece of ground in any addition, or subdivision of three or more parts within said corporate limits, or adjoining, and contiguous thereto, without having first obtained the acceptance and approval of the plat, or map thereof by the governing body, and any person who shall violate, or who shall fail, neglect or refuse to comply with any of the provisions hereinbefore, as now existing, or as hereafter amended, shall, upon conviction, be fined in any sum not exceeding $100.
(Prior Code, § 11-301)