(a) No addition or subdivision which is intended to be added to the City shall be constructed until it shall be laid out on plat or map and the same placed on the records of the County and until the same shall have been approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission and Council. Before any plat of any addition or subdivision is approved, it shall be first determined that the streets, sewers, water lines, fire plugs, sidewalks and other installations shall meet the requirements set up in the Code of West Virginia and the ordinances of the City, relative to health, safety, convenience, fire, sanitation, etc.
(b) As amended March 6, 1974, subdivision covenants should be brought forward along with plat or map by the builder to Council and the Zoning Committee before they are recorded in the County Court offices. The builder is required to use certified engineers for complete plat of area, and covenants should list all requirements such as living area in homes, costs of homes, distance of home from lot line, distance of home from street, width of streets and driveways, including the least possible disturbance of the landscape.
(1960 Code 7-306)