(A) The City Clerk shall, upon receipt of the plat, refer one (1) copy of the governing body, the engineer and the County Planning Commission and Watershed District Board if applicable, and to applicable utility companies; two (2) copies to the Planning Commission; and one (1) copy, with the Abstract of Title or Registered Property Certificate and Opinion of Title, to the attorney.
(B) The governing body may refer the plat to the Planning Commission for recommendation if they feel the plat is substantially different from the preliminary plan. The Planning Commission shall submit a report to the governing body within thirty (30) days.
(C) The engineer and attorney shall submit a report to the governing body within fifteen (15) days upon receipt of the plat expressing their recommendations on the final plat.
(D) Prior to approval of the plat, the subdivider shall have installed all improvements or executed as agreement with the governing body for their installation. Improvements shall conform to approved engineering standards and be in compliance with these regulations.
(E) The governing body shall take action on the plat; this shall be done not more than sixty (60) days after the plat is filed with the City Clerk. If the plat is not approved, the reasons for such action shall be recorded in the official proceedings and transmitted to the subdivider.
(F) If this plat is approved the governing body shall sign the plat and the subdivider shall then record it with the County Register of Deeds within one hundred eighty (180) days or the approved plat shall be considered void.
(G) The subdivider shall, immediately upon recording, furnish the City Clerk with a reproducible copy, either cron-aflex or its equivalent, of the recorded plat and two (2) prints. Failure to furnish such copies shall be grounds for refusal to issue building permits for the lots within the plat. Also, the subdivider shall, unless exempted by the city, provide digital files of the plat, the construction drawings and the as-builts. The files shall be provided in a format as specified by the city.
(H) Upon receiving approval of the plat for a portion of the preliminary plat and the subdivider shall not be required to request a continuation of the recognition of the preliminary plat so as to maintain its approval except that in the event a zoning amendment is adopted which requires a larger minimum lot size for land not yet platted and recorded, the larger minimum lot size may be required for any additional platting.
(Ord. 274, passed 4-15-1997; Am. Ord. 327A, passed 6-1-2004)