(a)
Public uses.
Where a park, neighborhood recreational
open space, a school site, or other areas for public use shown on
an official map or on a plan adopted by the planning commission is
located in whole or in part in the proposed subdivision, the planning
commission shall attempt to secure or to acquire the reservation of
the necessary land for such use.
(b)
Easements for utilities.
The planning commission may
require easements not exceeding ten (10) feet in width for poles,
wires, conduits, storm and sanitary sewers, gas and water mains, or
other utility lines on each side of the common rear lot lines and
along side lot lines if necessary or advisable in the opinion of the
planning commission.
(c)
Dedication to public use.
There shall be no reserved
strips of land except those which are conveyed to the government having
jurisdiction.
(1977 Code, sec. 13-231)
The city shall withhold all city improvements of whatever nature
including the furnishing of sewerage facilities and water service
from all subdivisions which have not been approved as provided by
law; and further, no permits shall be issued by the building official
on any piece of property other than an original or a resubdivided
lot in a duly approved and recorded subdivision or on a lot of separate
ownership of record prior to the adoption of the subdivision ordinance.
(1977 Code, sec. 13-232)
A comprehensive group housing development including the construction
of two or more buildings together with the necessary drives and ways
of access, and which is not subdivided into the customary lots, blocks,
and streets, may be approved by the planning commission if, in the
opinion of the commission, any departure from the foregoing regulations
can be made without destroying the intent of the regulations. Plans
for all such developments shall be submitted to and approved by the
planning commission whether or not such plat is to be recorded, and
no building permits shall be issued until such approval has been given.
(1977 Code, sec. 13-233)
