(A) No land, within the corporate limits of the City of Mt. Vernon and within the unincorporated area within one and one-half miles beyond such corporate limits, shall be subdivided without complying with the provisions of this Article.
(B) No lot, tract or parcel of land within any such subdivision shall be offered for sale nor shall any sale, contract for sale, or option be given until such subdivision plans have been properly reviewed by the Mt. Vernon Plan Commission and officially approved by the City Council of the City of Mt. Vernon, as hereinafter provided.
(C) No improvements, such as sidewalks, water supply, storm. water drainage, sewerage facilities, gas service, electric service or lighting, or grading, paving or surfacing of any street, shall be made within any such subdivision by any owner or owners or his or their agent, or by any public service corporation at the request of such owner or owners or by his or their agent, until the plats for the subdivision and also the plans for the improvement have been properly reviewed by the Plan Commission and officially approved by the City Council of Mt. Vernon as hereinafter provided.
(D) Where a tract of land is proposed to be subdivided in several stages over a period of years, and the subdivider requests approval in parts, he shall at the time of submission of the first part, submit a detailed plan of the entire tract to be eventually developed, with appropriate sectioning to demonstrate to the Plan Commission that the total design as proposed for the entire subdivision is feasible. The Plan Commission may give preliminary approval to the overall plan and final approval on the parts as submitted from time to time.
(E) The provisions of this Article shall be held to be the minimum requirements necessary in the subdivision of land.
(Prior Code, Art. 17, § 17.2)