(A) (1) After the adoption of these Subdivision Regulations, no land shall be subdivided or replatted without complying with the provisions of these Subdivision Regulations. No lot, tract or parcel of land within any subdivision or constituting a subdivision under R.C. Chapter 711 shall be offered for sale, nor shall any sale or contract for sale which is intended to be recorded with the county have any validity, until such subdivision, together with the plans for the improvements thereto, has been properly reviewed and officially approved by the Planning Commission and, where required, by Council.
(2) No permits required for any work in connection with any subdivision shall be issued until the plat has been approved as herein prescribed.
(B) No improvements, such as water supply, storm water drainage, sewerage facilities, gas service, electric service or lighting, or major grading operation, paving or surfacing of any street, shall be made within any such subdivision by any owner or owners or his or their agent, or by any public service corporation at the request of such owner or owners or by his or their agent, until the plats for the subdivision and also the plans for the improvements have been properly reviewed by the City Engineer and officially approved by the Planning Commission.
(C) Where a tract of land is proposed to be subdivided in several stages over a period of years and the subdivider requests approval in parts, he or she shall, at the time of submission of the first part, submit a complete preliminary plan of the entire tract to be eventually developed, with appropriate sectioning adequate to demonstrate to the Planning Commission that the total design as proposed for the entire subdivision is acceptable under the terms of these Subdivision Regulations including conformance with the official Transportation Master Plan. The Planning Commission may give preliminary approval to the overall plan and final approval on the parts as submitted from time to time. The city hereby defines its policy to be that the city will withhold all public improvements of whatsoever nature, including the maintenance of streets and the furnishing of water service, from the subdivisions which have not been approved and from all areas dedicated to the public which have not been accepted by the Planning Commission and Council in the manner prescribed herein.
(D) The provisions of these Subdivision Regulations shall be held to be the minimum requirements necessary in the subdivision of land.
(Ord. 09-3306, passed 10-15-09)