[CC 1988 §25-8; Ord. No. 2791 §1, 11-18-1985]
A. 
The City Council may from time to time amend the provisions of this Chapter; provided that such amendments shall not become effective until the Planning Commission has studied, reported and conducted a public hearing on all proposed amendments.
B. 
Regulations of the subdivision of land and the attachment of reasonable condition to land subdivision is an exercise of valid Police power regulated by the State of Missouri to this municipality. The subdivider has the duty to comply with reasonable conditions laid down by the Commission and the Council for design, dedication, improvement and restrictive use of the land so as to conform to a rational pattern for physical and economic development of the City and to the safety and general welfare of future plot owners in the subdivision and of the community, the subdivision of land being a privilege conferred through these regulations.
[CC 1988 §25-9; Ord. No. 2791 §1, 11-18-1985]
A. 
Recording Of Plat. No plat of any subdivision shall be entitled to recording in the County Recorder's office or have any validity until it shall have been approved in the manner prescribed in this Chapter and by ordinance passed and approved by the City Council. A copy of such ordinance shall be attached to the plat before recording.
B. 
Deeds. No owner or agent of the owner of any land located within a subdivision shall transfer, sell, agree to sell, or negotiate to sell any land by reference to, exhibition of or by the use of a plan or plat of a subdivision before such plan or plat has been approved and recorded in the manner prescribed herein. The description of such lot or parcel by metes and bounds in the instrument of transfer or other documents used in the process of selling or transferring shall not exempt the transaction from the provision of this Chapter.
C. 
Permits. No building or repair permits shall be issued for any structure located on a lot in any subdivision for which a plat has not been approved and recorded in the manner prescribed herein.
D. 
Public Improvements. The City hereby defines its policy to be that the City will withhold all public improvements of whatsoever nature, including the maintenance of streets and the furnishing of sewerage facilities and water service, from all subdivisions which have not been approved and from all areas dedicated to the public which have not been accepted by the Council in the manner prescribed herein.
E. 
Revision Of Plat After Approval. No changes, erasures, modifications or revisions shall be made in any plat of a subdivision after approval has been given by the Commission, and enforced in writing on the plat, unless the said plat is first resubmitted to the Commission for approval.
F. 
Penalty For Violation. Any person who sells or attempts to sell a lot in violation of this Chapter or who violates or fails to comply with, or who permits or causes any person in his/her employ to violate or fail to comply with any provision of these regulations shall upon conviction thereof be subject to the penalty provided in Section 100.090 of this Code.