[CC 1970 App. B §1.1; Ord. No. 5765 §1, 6-24-2003]
It is the purpose of this Chapter to provide for the orderly and efficient development of the City of Clayton by providing rules, regulations and standards to guide land subdivision within the City of Clayton, Missouri. This Chapter is to be administered in a manner that will insure the orderly growth and development of the community, the conservation of greenspace, protection and proper use of land in accordance with the Clayton Zoning Ordinance and adequate provision for traffic circulation, utilities and other municipal purposes.
[CC 1970 App. B §1.2; Ord. No. 5765 §1, 6-24-2003]
The City of Clayton hereby establishes and adopts these regulations governing the platting or declarations of any and all condominium or condominium building conversions, boundary adjustments, minor subdivisions, major subdivisions and amendments to approved plats pursuant to the authority granted in Chapter 89, Section 89.410, RSMo., or as may be amended, of the general Statutes of the State of Missouri.
[CC 1970 App. B §1.3; Ord. No. 5765 §1, 6-24-2003]
These regulations shall govern the platting or declarations of any and all condominium declarations and platting or condominium building conversions, boundary adjustments, minor subdivisions, major subdivisions and amendments to approved plats within the corporate limits of the City of Clayton.
[CC 1970 App. B §1.4; Ord. No. 5765 §1, 6-24-2003]
No condominium declarations and platting or condominium building conversion, boundary adjustment, minor subdivision, major subdivision or amendment to approved plat within Clayton may be filed or recorded with the St. Louis County Recorder of Deeds until it has been submitted to and approved by the City as specified herein and until the approval is entered on the face of the plat.
[CC 1970 App. B §1.5; Ord. No. 5765 §1, 6-24-2003]
A. 
After the effective date of this Chapter, any plat filed or recorded in the office of the St. Louis County Recorder of Deeds without required approval shall be null and void for purposes of this Chapter. No building or repair permits shall be issued for any structure located on a lot, the plat of which has been prepared after the date of the adoption of this Subdivision Ordinance, but which has not been approved in accordance with the provisions contained herein. Additionally, the City of Clayton shall not permit any public improvements to be made or any funds to be expended for improvements on any property that has been platted after the date of the adoption of this Chapter, unless such condominium or condominium building conversion, boundary adjustment, minor subdivision, major subdivision or amendment to approved plat or street has been approved in accordance with the provisions contained in this Chapter.
B. 
Any person or entity who sells or attempts to sell a lot by metes and bounds or otherwise or condominium building or the unit(s) therein in violation of this Chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and may be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each and every day that such violation shall continue or by imprisonment for ten (10) days for each and every day such violation shall continue or by both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court. Any person, firm or corporation who violates or fails to comply with or permits or causes any person in his/her or its employ to violate or fail to comply with any provision of this Chapter shall upon conviction thereof be subject to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each and everyday that such violation shall continue or by imprisonment for ten (10) days for each and every day such violation shall continue or by both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court.
[CC 1970 App. B §1.7; Ord. No. 5765 §1, 6-24-2003]
Any applicant who feels aggrieved by any decision made regarding the approval of a plat may, within fifteen (15) days of the decision for which redress is sought, file directly to the Board of Aldermen a written request for reconsideration and appeal. The written request must set forth in a concise manner the decision being appealed and all grounds known to the appellant as to wherein and why the decision is allegedly in error. The Board of Aldermen may consider the appeal on the record of the prior decision or may, at its sole discretion, receive additional evidence in such manner as it deems appropriate in light of the circumstances.
[CC 1970 App. B §1.8; Ord. No. 5765 §1, 6-24-2003]
If any portion of this Chapter is adjudged invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall apply only to the portion so adjudged and the remainder of this Chapter shall be deemed valid and effective.
[CC 1970 App. B §1.9; Ord. No. 5765 §1, 6-24-2003]
At the time an application is filed, the applicant shall pay a fee as required by the fee schedule approved by the Board of Aldermen.