(a) 
No plat or subdivision of land within the City and within its extraterritorial jurisdiction, shall be approved by the City Commission unless it conforms to the Comprehensive Plan of the City.
(b) 
No subdivision shall be provided the following services:
(1) 
water;
(2) 
sewer services;
(3) 
electrical services;
(4) 
natural gas services; or
(5) 
building permits (the term “building” permits includes electrical, plumbing, mechanical permits, etc.)
for the construction of any new building or any improvement to an existing building unless:
(A) 
it is located in a subdivision for which a plat has been approved by the City Commission; or
(B) 
an exemption has been granted pursuant to Article III; or
(C) 
a waiver granted pursuant to Article III, duly acknowledged by the owner as provided and filed and recorded with the County Clerk.
(c) 
The City shall not sell or supply any water or sewer service within a subdivision for which:
(1) 
a final plat has not been approved or filed for record, or
(2) 
in which the standards have not been complied with in full.
(d) 
When directed by the City Commission, the City Attorney shall institute appropriate action in a court of competent jurisdiction to enjoin the violation.
(e) 
Every utility operating within the City’s corporate boundaries or extraterritorial jurisdiction shall require that every request for utility service shall be by written request or application which shall contain the legal description of the property for which utility service is being requested.
(f) 
On the written request or application by an owner or possessor of land applying for utility service from a utility, the utility shall make the following determinations regarding the owner’s or possessor’s land;
(1) 
whether the land [is] within the City or the City’s extraterritorial jurisdiction;
(2) 
if the property is so located, whether the City has issued a certificate stating that the plat or subdivision plat for property has been reviewed and certified as conforming to the City’s platting and subdivision regulations requirements.
(g) 
The utility’s duty under this section (e)and (f) shall be satisfied upon the receipt from the City of a Certificate showing the following: The plat for this property has been certified as conforming to the City’s planning and subdivision regulation requirements.
(h) 
A utility shall refuse to serve a customer at a property for which the City has not previously issued a certificate stating that the plat for the property has been reviewed and approved by the City.
(i) 
No person shall apply for or receive a service from a utility without having filed with the utility a certificate as required under (g) herein and Section 8.00(a).
(j) 
It shall be a violation of these regulations for a utility to serve or connect any land with water, sewer, electricity or gas unless the City has previously issued a certificate stating that the plat for the property has been reviewed and approved by the City.
(Ordinance 06-06 adopted 9/26/06; Ordinance 2021-15 adopted 4/13/21)