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In exercising the duties granted to it by this chapter, the planning commission shall recommend and the city council shall by ordinance adopt regulations governing the subdivision of land within its jurisdiction as defined in § 154.033. The regulations may provide for the harmonious development of the city and its environs; for the coordination of streets within subdivisions with other existing or planned streets or with other features of the comprehensive plan of the city; for adequate open spaces for traffic, recreation, light and air; and for a distribution of population and traffic which will tend to create conditions favorable to health, safety, convenience or prosperity. Before an adoption of its subdivision regulations or any amendment thereof, a public hearing thereon shall be held by the city council.
(1957 Rev. Ords., § 2.919; 1992 Code, § 32-36) (Ord. 1992, passed 8-3-1959)
(a) Subdivision regulations may include requirements as to the extent to which and the manner in which the streets of the subdivision shall be graded and improved, and water, sewer and other utility mains, piping, connections or other facilities shall be installed as a condition precedent to the approval of the subdivision. The regulations may provide for the tentative approval of the plat previous to the improvements and installation; but any tentative approval shall not be entered on the plat.
(b) The regulations may provide that, in lieu of the completion of the work and installations prior to the final approval of a plat, the city council may accept a bond, in an amount and with surety and conditions satisfactory to it, providing for and securing to the city the actual construction and installation of the improvements and utilities within a period specified by the city council and expressed in the bond; and the city is hereby granted and has the power to enforce bonds by all appropriate legal and equitable remedies.
(c) The regulations may provide, in lieu of the completion of the work and installations previous to the final approval of a plat, for an assessment or other method whereby the city is put in an assured position to do the work and make the installations at the cost of the owners of the property within the subdivision.
(1957 Rev. Ords., § 2.919; 1992 Code, § 32-37) (Ord. 1992, passed 8-3-1959)
Cross-reference:
Subdivisions, see ch. 157
(a) The plat shall be approved or disapproved within 90 days after submission thereof; otherwise the plat shall be deemed to have been approved and a certificate to that effect shall be issued by the city council on demand, provided, however, that the applicant for the approval may waive this requirement and consent to the extension of the period. The ground of disapproval of any plat shall be stated upon the records of the city council.
(b) Any plat submitted for approval shall contain the name and address of a person to whom notice of hearing may be sent; and no plat shall be acted upon by the city council without affording a hearing thereon, notice of the time and place of which shall be sent by mail to the address not less than five days before the date fixed therefor.
(1957 Rev. Ords., § 2.920; 1992 Code, § 32-39) (Ord. 1992, passed 8-3-1959)
(a) Approved plat required for street or utility work after attachment of platting jurisdiction. From and after the time when the platting jurisdiction of the city shall have attached by virtue of the adoption of a major street plan as provided in § 154.033, the city or other public authority shall not, except as provided by division (b) below, accept, lay out, open, improve, grade, pave or light any street or lay or authorize the laying of water mains, sewers, connections or other facilities or utilities in any street within the city unless the street shall have been accepted or opened as, or shall have otherwise received the legal status of, a public street prior to the adoption of a comprehensive plan, or unless the street corresponds in its location and lines with a street shown on a subdivision plat approved by the city council or on a street plat made by the planning commission and adopted by the city council.
(b) Street construction specifically authorized by ordinance; vote required to overrule planning commission. The city council, or, in the case of a street outside of the city, the governing body of the outside territory, may locate and construct or may accept any other street if the ordinance or other measure for the location and construction or for the acceptance be first submitted to the planning commission for its consideration, and, if disapproved by the planning commission, be passed by not less than two-thirds of the entire membership of the city council or the governing body; and a street approval by the planning commission upon the submission, or constructed or accepted by two-thirds vote after disapproval by the planning commission, shall have the status of an approved street as fully as though it had been originally shown on a subdivision plat approved by the city council or on a plat made by the planning commission and adopted by the city council.
(1957 Rev. Ords., § 2.921; 1992 Code, § 32-40) (Ord. 1992, passed 8-3-1959)
Cross-reference:
Streets and sidewalks, see ch. 96
From and after the time when the platting jurisdiction of the city shall have attached by reason of the adoption of a major street plan as provided in § 154.033, no building permit shall be issued for or no building shall be erected on any lot within the territorial jurisdiction of the planning commission and the city council as provided in § 154.033, unless the street giving access to the lot upon which the building is proposed to be placed shall be accepted as opened as, or shall have otherwise received the legal status of, a public street prior to that time, or unless the street corresponds in its location and lines with a street shown on a subdivision plat approved by the city council or on a street plat made by the planning commission and adopted by the city council or with a street located or accepted by the city council, or, in the case of territory outside of the city, by the governing body thereof, after submission to the planning commission, and, in case of the planning commission’s disapproval, by the favorable vote required in § 154.038(b). Any building erected in violation of this section shall be deemed an unlawful structure, and the city or city council may bring action to enjoin the erection or cause it to be vacated or removed.
(1957 Rev. Ords., § 2.922; 1992 Code, § 32-41) (Ord. 1992, passed 8-3-1959)
ARTS COMMISSION
The arts commission shall consist of no more than seven voting members appointed by the mayor with the advice and consent of the city council. Three ex officio non-voting members shall also serve, with two being city directors, or their designee, and one shall be a member of the city council. Appointed members shall be arts advocates that represent a diverse mixture of citizen representatives of the community, including one member representing arts organizations, one member with experience in architecture or design, one member with experience in community development, and one member with experience in finance and business. The remaining three members shall be appointed at large. Any member of the arts commission may serve without being a registered voter of the city.
(Ord. 82-23, passed 9-12-2023)
The board shall consist of seven appointed voting members who serve three-year terms for a maximum of two consecutive full terms, with two members to initially serve a two-year first term and one member to serve a one-year first term so that there will be an overlapping of terms as determined by the mayor. An appointed person may continue to serve on the commission for up to an additional four months after the expiration of the term of office until a replacement is appointed and approved. If any person is appointed to serve an unexpired term then that person would be eligible to serve an additional two consecutive full terms of office.
(Ord. 82-23, passed 9-12-2023)
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