(A) Unless this chapter and VA Code Title 15.2, Chapter 22, Article VI, are complied with, a person shall not divide land by subdivision, resubdivision, or family subdivision.
(B) Unless this chapter and VA Code Title 15.2, Chapter 22, Article VI are complied with, no recorded plat shall be changed or vacated, nor shall any boundary line be adjusted, regardless of whether that boundary line was established by recorded plat or by recorded metes and bounds description.
(C) No plat shall be recorded unless and until it has been signed by the subdivision agent as approved or as exempt from regulation by this chapter. If a portion of the property lies in another jurisdiction having a subdivision ordinance, no plat shall be recorded unless and until it has been submitted to and approved by that jurisdiction.
(D) A person shall not sell or transfer any land or a division of land to which this chapter applies before a plat has been duly approved and recorded as provided in this chapter, unless the division was lawfully created prior to the adoption of a subdivision ordinance applicable thereto.
(E) The clerk of any court shall not file or record any plat until the plat has been signed by the subdivision agent as either approved as provided in this chapter, or exempt from the requirements of this chapter.
(F) No administrative officer or staff of Northampton County shall issue any building permit for the construction of any building, structure, or improvement on a lot or parcel without proof produced by the person seeking the permit that the lot complies with the requirements of this chapter.
(G) Nothing in this chapter shall affect the power of a court of equity to order that property be partitioned.
(Ord. passed 11-15-2006; Am. Ord. passed 11-10-2020; Am. Ord. passed 12-8-2020)