[CC 1985 § 25-51; Ord. No. 277, A1 § 1, 11-7-1966; Ord. No. 659, 8-7-2000]
It shall be unlawful for the owner, agent, or persons having control of any land within the corporate limits of the City to subdivide or lay out such land into lots, blocks, streets, avenues, alleys, public ways and grounds unless by plat in accordance with the laws of the State of Missouri and the provisions of these regulations.
[CC 1985 § 25-52; Ord. No. 277, A2 § 2, 11-7-1966; Ord. No. 659, 8-7-2000; Ord. No. 883, 10-2-2006; Ord. No. 906, 2-4-2008]
A. 
In obtaining final approval of a proposed subdivision by the City Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council, the subdivider shall submit a preliminary plan, a performance bond and a final plat in accordance with these regulations:
1. 
The subdivider shall first prepare and file with the City Planning and Zoning Commission four (4) paper copies of a preliminary plan and a digital file on disk in AutoCAD DWG format (version 2004 or newer), conforming to the requirements set forth in these regulations. Said plans shall be accompanied by a non-refundable review fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) plus one dollar ($1.00) for each lot in the subdivision.
2. 
The City Planning and Zoning Commission shall forthwith refer two (2) copies to the City Engineer.
3. 
A hearing on the proposal will be held before the City Planning and Zoning Commission at its first regular meeting following the filing. No hearing shall be held by the Commission until notice thereof, which shall include the time and place, shall be given to interested parties by the City Clerk on behalf of the Commission by publication of notice of said hearing in a weekly newspaper for at least one (1) insertion a week prior to the date of said hearing and by mailing a notice to the person or persons who filed the preliminary plan to the address set forth in the filing papers.
4. 
The City Engineer shall carefully examine said plan as to its compliance with the laws and regulations of the City, the existing street system, and good engineering practices, and shall within fifteen (15) days submit his/her findings in duplicate to the City Planning and Zoning Commission together with one (1) copy of the plan received.
5. 
The City Planning and Zoning Commission shall, upon receiving the City Engineer's report, as soon as possible, but not later than sixty (60) days after receipt of the preliminary plan from the subdivider, consider said report and pass upon the plan. It shall then set forth its recommendations in writing, whether of approval, modification or disapproval. In case of modification or disapproval, it shall give its reasons therefor. The City Planning and Zoning Commission shall forthwith return one (1) copy of the approved preliminary plan to the subdivider.
6. 
Upon approval of the preliminary plat by the City Planning and Zoning Commission, the subdivider may proceed with the preparation of the final plat and detailed construction drawings and specifications for the improvements required under these regulations.
7. 
The approval of the preliminary plan by the City Planning and Zoning Commission is revocable and does not constitute final approval or acceptance of the subdivision by the City Council or authorization to proceed on construction of improvements within the subdivision but shall constitute approval of layout and general engineering proposals and plans.
8. 
Before submitting the final plat to the City Planning and Zoning Commission for approval, the subdivider shall furnish all plans and information as listed in Article VI, Final Plat Requirements, necessary for the detailed engineering consideration of the improvements required and obtain the approval of the City Engineer, which shall be endorsed thereon.
9. 
For final plat approval, the subdivider shall submit to the City Planning and Zoning Commission:
a. 
Three (3) paper copies and one (1) Mylar copy of the final plat and a digital file on two (2) separate disks [one (1) for the City and one (1) for the County] in AutoCAD DWG format (version 2004 or newer).
b. 
A performance bond in the amount approved by the City Engineer or City Attorney.
c. 
One (1) copy of the certified approved plans, profiles, cross sections and specifications.
d. 
A certificate from the City Engineer that the final plat is substantially in accord with the preliminary plan as approved by the City Planning and Zoning Commission.
10. 
When the final plat has been passed upon by the City Planning and Zoning Commission, one (1) copy of the final plat and performance bond shall forthwith be transmitted to the City Council, together with a certificate showing the action of the City Planning and Zoning Commission.
11. 
When the final plat has been approved by the City Council, the performance bond accepted and all three (3) copies duly certified, three (3) copies shall be delivered to the City Planning and Zoning Commission, one (1) copy to the City Engineer and one (1) to the City Clerk for their respective files, and one (1) to the subdivider for filing with the Recorder of Deeds for Phelps County. If said plat is disapproved by the City Council, such disapproval shall point out in writing wherein said proposed plat is objectionable.
12. 
The passage of the resolution accepting the plat shall constitute final approval of the platting of the area shown on the final plat, but the owner shall cause such plat to be recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Phelps County, Missouri, and shall file satisfactory evidence of such recording in the office of the City Clerk before the City shall recognize the plat as being in full force and effect.
13. 
Upon receipt of the duly certified copies of the final plat by the City Planning and Zoning Commission, the Secretary of the City Planning and Zoning Commission will transmit copies of the plat, upon which have been placed the official house numbers as determined by the City Engineer, to the subdivider, the water company, the gas company, and the telephone company.
14. 
Receipt of the duly certified final plat by the subdivider is authorization that he/she may proceed with the installation and construction of the required improvements.
15. 
The City Council will return the performance bond to the subdivider upon certification by the City Engineer of satisfactory completion of the installation and construction of the required improvements and acceptance of the required improvements by the City Council. Prior to certification by the City Engineer, the subdivider shall file two (2) paper copies and a digital file on disk in AutoCAD DWG format (version 2004 or newer) with the City Engineer plans, profiles and cross sections of the required improvements as they have been built.