(A) No conveyance of land shall be filed or recorded if the land is described in the conveyance by metes and bounds or by reference to an unapproved registered land survey made after April 21, 1961, or to an unapproved plat. The foregoing provisions do not apply to a conveyance if the land described:
(1) Was a separate parcel of record as of June 14, 1977;
(2) Was the subject of a written agreement to convey entered into prior to June 14, 1977;
(3) Was a separate parcel of not less than 2½ acres in area and 150 feet in width on January 1, 1980;
(4) Was a separate parcel of not less than five acres in area and 300 feet in width on July 1, 1980;
(5) Was a single parcel of commercial or industrial land of not more than five acres and having a width of not less than 300 feet and its conveyance does not result in the division of the parcel into two or more lots or parcels, any one of which is less than five acres in area or 300 feet in width; or
(6) Is a single parcel of residential or agricultural land of not less than 20 acres and having a width of not less than 500 feet and its conveyance does not result in the division of the parcel into two or more lots or parcels, any one of which is less than 20 acres in area or 500 feet in width.
(B) Building permits may be withheld for buildings or tracts which have not been subdivided or conveyed pursuant to the provisions of the ordinances and code provisions of the city. The city shall have no obligation to improve, repair, or maintain any right-of-way until it is accepted by the city.
(C) Provisions of this section may be waived pursuant to the provisions of M.S. § 462.358(4)(b), as amended.
(Ord. 75, passed 9-12-90)
Cross-reference:
Subdivisions; conveyance by metes and bounds description, see § 154.020