(A) The proprietor shall submit to the City Clerk:
(1) Written approval of the preliminary plat by all authorities whose approval is required under §§ 112 and 119 of the 1967 Subdivision Control Act, being M.C.L.A. §§ 560.101 through 560.293;
(2) A written statement from the City Treasurer that there are no special assessments or ad valorem taxes outstanding against the property;
(3) Written approval of the preliminary plat by all public utility companies proposed to service the area to be subdivided; and
(4) Copies of the plat bearing the written approval of authorities, boards, and utility companies as may be designated by the city.
(B) Upon receipt of the above requested information, the City Commission, at its next regular meeting or within 20 days, shall grant preliminary plat approval if the proprietor has met all the conditions, if any, of tentative approval. The City Commission shall instruct the City Clerk to notify the proprietor in writing of approval or rejection. If the plat is rejected, the reasons for the action shall also be noted. The proprietor may revise the rejected plat and resubmit the same to the City Commission at any time within one year from the granting of the tentative approval by the City Commission.
(C) Final approval of the preliminary plat under this section shall confer upon the proprietor for a period of two years from the date of approval, the conditional right that any variances or any other general terms or conditions under which approval was granted will not be changed. The two-year period may be extended by the City Commission if applied for by the proprietor in writing. Written notices of the extension shall be sent by the governing body to the other approving authorities. Failure on the part of the proprietor to proceed in accordance with this chapter with final plat procedures within the period specified shall result in automatic withdrawal of the approval of the preliminary plat. In order to regain the approval, the proprietor must again apply and proceed through the pre-application sketch and preliminary plat stages in accordance with this subchapter.
(1993 Code, § 153.17) Penalty, see § 152.999