(a) General. It shall be the duty of the Planning Commission to enforce these Regulations and to bring to the attention of the governing body of the City any violations or lack of compliance herewith.
(b) Enforcement.
(1) No person, firm or corporation for the purpose of making or effecting a subdivision within the territory subject to these regulations shall make any conveyance including without limitation any deed, mortgage, trust deed or contract for the sale or other transfer of such subdivision or any part thereof, by metes and bounds description or otherwise, before obtaining from the Planning Commission the approval of, and recording in the County Clerk's office, the final plat of either such subdivision or the section thereof for all or part of which such deed, mortgage, trust deed or contract for sale or other transfer is to be made. An offer to sell or otherwise transfer subdivision land which is expressly made contingent upon the obtaining of approval of the final plat aforesaid within one year from the date of the making of such offer shall not be deemed prohibited by the foregoing provision.
(2) The filing and recording in the County Clerk's office of a plat involving the subdivision of lands in the territory subject to these Regulations shall be without legal effect unless approved by the Planning Commission; provided however, that failure to comply with these Regulations shall not invalidate or affect title to any land within the areas of such plat, and provided further that if such plat shall bear the seal of the Commission it shall be presumed to have been approved thereby.
(3) No building permit shall be issued for any part of the subdivision for which final plat approval has not been obtained.
(c) Penalty. A person who violates these Regulations shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than ten dollars ($10.00) and not more than three hundred dollars ($300.00); and each day's failure of compliance with any such provision shall constitute a separate violation. Each sale or transfer of land in violation of these Regulations shall constitute a separate offense. In addition, the Planning Commission or any designated enforcement official may institute a suit for injunction in the Circuit Court of the County to restrain an individual or a governmental unit from violating the provisions of these Regulations.
(Ord. 10-14. Passed 8-14-14.)