(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 Council before being filed, and no plat of land shall be filed unless and until the same shall first have been approved by the Council.
(B) It is unlawful for any person to violate this provision, or to sell land or offer land for sale, or contract for the sale of land by reference to or by other use of any plat before the plat has been approved by the Council in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(C) Before approving a plat, the Council shall submit the same to the Planning Commission for its recommendations. The Planning Commission, within 60 days after any such plat has been referred to it by the Council, shall act on the same and shall make its recommendations with respect thereto. The recommendations may consist of:
(1) Recommendation that the Council approve the plat;
(2) Recommendation that the Council disapprove plat, in which case the recommendation shall include a statement of the specific reasons for the recommendation; or
(3) Recommendation that the 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 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 Council.
(Prior Code, § 2.55) Penalty, see § 10.99