[Ord. No. 2480, 5-8-2023]
All plans, plats, or re-plats of land laid out in building lots, hereafter made for each subdivision or each part thereof lying within the corporate limits of the City of Plattsburg, Missouri, shall be prepared, presented, and recorded as herein described.
[Ord. No. 2480, 5-8-2023]
The purpose and intent of these Regulations is to provide for the harmonious development of the incorporated areas of the City; to provide for the proper location and width of streets, building lines, open spaces, safety and recreational facilities, utilities, drainage, and for the avoidance of congestion of population through requirements of minimum lot width, depth, and area, and the compatibility of design; to require and fix the extent to which and the manner in which streets shall be graded and improved, and water, sewers, drainage, and other utility mains and piping or connections or other physical improvements shall be installed; and to provide for and secure to the Governing Body the actual construction of such physical improvements.
[Ord. No. 2480, 5-8-2023]
The owner or owners of any land located within the jurisdiction of these Regulations subdividing said land into two (2) or more lots and blocks or tracts or parcels, for the purpose of laying out any subdivision, suburban lots, building lots, tracts, or parcels or any owner of any land establishing any street, alley, park, or other property intended for public use or for the use of purchasers or owners of lots, tracts, or parcels of land fronting thereon or adjacent thereto, shall cause a plat to be made in accordance with these Regulations.
[Ord. No. 2480, 5-8-2023]
A. 
These Regulations shall not apply in the following instances:
1. 
A change in the boundary between adjoining land which does not create an additional or a substandard lot.
2. 
Land used for streets or railroad right-of-way, a drainage easement, or other public utilities subject to local, State or Federal regulations, where no new street or easement of access is involved.
3. 
Whenever any lot, parcel, or tract of land located within the area governed by these Regulations has been subdivided, re-subdivided, or re-platted prior to the adoption of these Regulations.
4. 
Any transfer by operation of law.
5. 
Land which is to be used for cemetery purposes.
6. 
The division of any parcel with forty (40) acres or more for the purpose of dividing an agricultural tract from a parcel or lot existing prior to the adoption of these regulations, provided that no subdivided lot is less than five (5) acres in area.
[Ord. No. 2480, 5-8-2023]
All plans, plats, or re-plats of land laid out in building lots, and the streets, alleys, or other portions of the same intended to be dedicated for public use, or for the use of purchasers or owners of the lots fronting thereon or adjacent thereto, shall be submitted to the Planning Commission for its consideration. Upon approval of the final plat by the Planning Commission the Zoning Administrator shall submit the plat to the Governing Body for their official consideration and acceptance.