Assessment Bonds.

   Section 96.   The council may at any time borrow money and authorize the issuance of notes or bonds therefor in anticipation of the collection of assessments levied for the purpose of paying the cost of constructing or repairing sidewalks, which are to be or have been constructed by the council upon the failure of the owners of the property to construct or repair the same, pursuant to notice as hereinbefore provided.

Alterations or Modifications in Contract.

   Section 97.   When it becomes necessary, in the opinion of the mayor or in the prosecution of any work or improvement under contract to make alterations or modifications in such contract, such alterations or modifications shall be made only upon the order of said mayor in writing. Provided, however, that such alteration must be approved by the council in case it involves an additional expenditure exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000). No such order shall be effective until the price to be paid for the work and material, or both, under the altered or modified contract, has been agreed upon in writing and signed by the contractor and the mayor in behalf of the city.

(Amended 11-5-2002)

Plat of Subdivision.

   Section 98.   A proprietor of lots or grounds within the city who subdivides or lays them out for sale, shall cause to be made an accurate map or plat of such subdivision, describing with certainty all grounds laid out, or granted for streets, alleys, ways, commons, or other public uses. Lots sold or intended for sale shall be numbered by progressive numbers, or described by the squares in which situated, and the precise length and width shall be given of each lot sold, or intended for sale. Such map or plat shall be subscribed by the proprietor, or his agent duly authorized in writing, acknowledged before an officer authorized to take the acknowledgment of deeds, who shall certify the acknowledgment of the instrument; and recorded in the office of the county recorder.

Fee Shall Vest in City.

   Section 99.   The map or plat so recorded shall thereupon be a sufficient conveyance to vest in the city the fee of the parcel or parcels of land designated or intended for streets, alleys, ways, commons, or other public uses, to be held in the corporate name in trust to and for the uses and purposes in the instrument set forth, expressed, designated or intended.

Planning Commissioners.

   Section 100.   There is hereby created and established a planning commission of six members, consisting of the mayor, the president of the board of park commissioners, and four citizens of the municipal corporation who shall serve without compensation and shall be appointed by the mayor for a term of six (6) years each, except that the terms of two of the members of the first commission shall be for three (3) years. They shall have all of the powers and authorities set forth in Ohio Revised Code Section 713.01 to 713.27 as they now exist or are hereinafter amended or enlarged, and in addition thereto shall have all of the powers and authorities hereinbefore vested by the council of the City of Shelby, Ohio, in the platting commission as it existed to the date of this amendment. The planning commission shall elect its officers and shall make rules and regulations as they be permitted by law and as it shall deem necessary. They shall hold such meetings as they deem necessary or desirable.

(Amended 1-1-1964)

Effect of Such Platting.

   Section 101.   No streets or alleys, except those laid down on such plat and bearing the approval of the platting commissioners, as hereinbefore provided, shall subsequently in any way be accepted as public streets, or alleys, nor shall any public funds be expended in the repair or improvement of streets and alleys subsequently laid out and not on such plat. This restriction shall not apply to a street or alley laid out by the city, nor to streets, alleys, or public grounds laid out on a plat by the platting commissioners, when the owners of the grounds so platted shall have accepted the same, either by endorsing their acceptance upon such plat, or by selling lots with reference to the streets or alleys laid out thereon.

Streets and Public Grounds.

   Section 102.   The council shall provide for the care, supervision, control and improvement of public highways, streets, avenues, alleys, sidewalks, public grounds, bridges, aqueducts, and viaducts, within the city, and shall cause them to be kept open, in repair and free from nuisance.