(A) The City Clerk shall not accept a final plat for filing with the County Recorder of Deeds unless the following conditions are met.
(1) The final plat conforms to all requirements specified by the City Council as conditions of approval.
(2) The final plat meets the design standards and engineering specifications set forth herein.
(3) The final plat meets all requirements of the laws of the state.
(4) The subdivider or applicant posts a performance guarantee with the city, in an amount approved by the City Engineer, to cover the cost of all improvements intended to be dedicated to the city.
(B) No subdivision plat or re-plat shall be filed for record or recorded in the county’s Office of the Recorder of Deeds unless and until the approval of the City Council is endorsed thereon by the City Clerk. No lot shall be sold for such subdivision plat or re-plat until it has been approved by the City Council and filed for record in the county’s Office of the Recorder of Deeds, as herein provided.
(C) The City Clerk shall file the approved final plat and order or resolution with the County Recorder of Deeds, not more than 30 days from the date of posting of, and not prior to the posting of, the performance guarantee or bond as required by §§ 154.024 and 154.025 of this chapter; two copies of such final plat and order or resolution shall be kept on file by the City Clerk; one such copy filed with the Director; and one copy shall be returned to the subdivider.
(D) It shall be unlawful for the County Recorder to accept for recording any plat of a subdivision within the incorporated area of the city or unincorporated lands lying within the area of jurisdiction of the city until the plat has been approved as required herein and such approval has been endorsed in writing on the plat.
(E) The City Council shall not permit any public improvements under its jurisdiction to be constructed or maintained within an area that has been subdivided after the adoption of this chapter unless such subdivision has been approved in accordance with the requirements contained herein.
(F) No building permit shall be issued by any governing official, city or county, for the construction of any building, structure or improvement to the land or any lot within the subdivision, as defined herein, until all requirements herein have been fully complied with and all required improvements have either been guaranteed or completed as provided herein; but, provided that, no such permits shall be issued prior to final completion and approval of all streets, all water, sewer and storm water infrastructure, and general site grading.
(Ord. 3319, passed 2-22-2005)