(A) Any owner of any tract of land within the corporate limits of the city, or its extraterritorial limits who wishes to accomplish a subdivision shall comply with this chapter and submit same to the Planning and Zoning Commission for its approval; and the final approval and acceptance by the City Council.
(B) No building, repair, plumbing or electrical permit shall be issued by the city for any structure on a lot in a subdivision for which a final plat has not been approved and filed for record, nor for any structure on a lot within a subdivision in which the standards contained herein have not been complied with in full. No such permit shall be issued until all public improvements/utilities have been installed and accepted by the city or, where appropriate, the governing utility, provided however, if the final plat has been approved and recorded, a building permit may be issued prior to final installation of public improvements and utilities. However, no certificate of occupancy shall be issued until all public improvements have been installed and accepted by the various agencies involved.
(C) The city shall not repair, maintain, install or provide any streets or public utility services in any subdivision for which a final plat has not been approved and filed for record, nor in which the standards contained or referred to herein have not been complied with in full, except as provided for in division (B) above.
(D) The city, or any other utility, shall not sell or supply any water, gas, electricity or sewage service within a subdivision for which a final plat has not been approved and filed of record, nor in which the standards contained or referred to herein have not been complied with in full, except as provided for division (B) above.
(E) In behalf of the city, the City Attorney shall, when directed by the City Council, institute appropriate action in a court of competent jurisdiction, by injunction or otherwise, to enforce the provisions of this chapter or the standards referred to herein with respect to any violation thereof which occurs within the city, within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the city, or within any area subject to all or part of the provisions of this chapter.
(F) The provisions of this section shall not be construed to prohibit the issuance of permits for any lots upon which a residence building exists and was in existence prior to passage of the subdivision ordinance, nor to prohibit the repair, maintenance, or installation of any street or public utility services for, to or abutting any lot, the last recorded conveyance of which prior to passage of this chapter was by metes and bounds, and/or any subdivision, or lot therein, recorded or unrecorded, which subdivision was in existence prior to the passage of this chapter.
(G) For subdivisions within the city limits, no final plat shall be approved until the property is zoned in accordance with Ch. 157 of this code of ordinances for the uses intended.
(2004 Code, § 7-112) (Ord. 83-10, passed 12-22-1983; Ord. 82-9, passed 8-24-1982; Ord. 2003-12, passed 10-20-2003)