No person, firm, or corporation shall subdivide or lay out in blocks, lots, streets, or other areas that are proposed to be dedicated to the use of the public or of the owners or purchasers of abutting or adjacent lots, any lot, block, or tract of land, or file for record a plan or plat thereof, except in conformance with the provisions of this article. Nor shall any person, firm, or corporation convey, transfer, or sell, or agree or negotiate to convey, transfer, or sell, any land by reference to or exhibition or use of, a plan or plat of a subdivision unless such plan or plat has been approved and recorded in the manner prescribed in this article. The description of a lot or parcel by metes and bounds in the instrument of transfer or other documents used in the process of transferring or selling shall not exempt the transaction from the requirements of this article.
(Ord. 1116, passed 2-25-1957; Ord. 1987, passed - -1973)