The Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Mount Pleasant is vested with the authority to review and recommend approval or disapproval of applications for the subdivision of land, including preliminary and final plats. The Planning and Zoning Commission may grant variances from these regulations pursuant to the provisions of § 154.14. Final approval or disapproval of applications for the subdivision of land, including preliminary and final plats, will be made by the City Council, except for those plats that may be approved administratively. See § 154.38 Administrative Subdivision Plat Approval of this chapter.
(A) The Planning and Zoning Commission shall have the authority to review and recommend to the City Council to approve or disapprove subdivisions.
(1) The Planning and Zoning Commission shall act on a plat within 30 days after the date the plat is filed. A filed plat is considered approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission unless it is disapproved within that period.
(2) The City Council shall act on a plat within 30 days after the date the plat is approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission or it is considered approved by the inaction of the City Council. A plat is considered approved by the City Council unless it is disapproved within that period.
(3) If a plat is approved by the City Council, the plat must be certified and signed by the authority's presiding officer and attested by the authority's secretary.
(B) No land shall be subdivided or developed until each of the following conditions has occurred in accordance with these regulations:
(1) The subdivider or his agent has submitted a conforming sketch plat of the subdivision to the Planning Department.
(2) The subdivider or his agent has obtained approval of the sketch plat, a preliminary plat when required, and a final plat from the Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council.
(3) The City Planner or his agent files the approved plats with the Clerk and Recorder for Titus County at the expense of the subdivider.
(4) No building, mechanical, plumbing, or electrical permit shall be issued by the city for any structure on a lot in a subdivision for which final plat has not been approved and filed for record, nor any structure on a lot within a subdivision in which the standards contained herein or referred to herein have not been complied with in full.
(5) No construction of any public or private improvements shall take place or be commenced until the Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council have approved a preliminary plat.
(Ord. 2005-6, § 1.7, passed 9-20-05)