[Amended 9-10-1996 by Ord. No. 1996-6]
Any person, partnership or corporation who or which, being the
owner or agent of the owner of any lot, tract or parcel of land, shall
lay out, construct, open or dedicate any street, sanitary sewer, storm
sewer, water main or other improvements for public use, travel or
other purposes or for the common use of occupants of buildings abutting
thereon, or who sells, transfers or agrees or enters into an agreement
to sell any land in a subdivision or land development whether by reference
to or by other use of a plat of such subdivision or land development,
or erect any building thereon, unless and until a final plat has been
prepared in full compliance with the provisions of this chapter and
of the regulations adopted hereunder and has been recorded as provided
herein, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof,
such person or the members of such partnership or the officers of
such corporation or the agent of any of them responsible for such
violation shall be subject to a civil fine in an amount of not less
than $100 nor more than $600 in addition to costs and attorneys' fees.
All fines collected for such violations shall be paid over to the
municipality whose ordinance has been violated. The description by
metes and bounds in the instrument of transfer or other document used
in the process of selling or transferring shall not exempt the seller
or transferor from such penalties or from the remedies herein provided.
