No owner of any real property located within two miles of the corporate limits of the City shall subdivide, plat or lay out such real property in building lots, streets or other portions of the same, intended to be dedicated for public use or for the use of the purchasers or owners of lots fronting thereon or adjacent thereto, without first obtaining the approval thereof of Council. No plat or instrument effecting the subdivision of real property shall be recorded or have any force or effect unless the same is approved by Council. Council may provide for the manner, plan or method by which real property in any such area may be subdivided, platted or laid out, including a plan or system for the avenues, streets or alleys to be laid out within or across the area, and to prohibit the sale or offering for sale of, and the construction of buildings and other improvements on, any lot or part of real property not subdivided, platted or laid out.
(Ord. 1049. Passed 2-26-85.)