ARTICLE XIII. - VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES


Sec. 13-01. - Violations.

(a)

No person shall subdivide land without making and recording a plat of the subdivision and without fully complying with the provisions of this subdivision ordinance.

(b)

No plat of any subdivision shall be recorded unless and until it has been submitted and approved as required by this subdivision ordinance.

(c)

No person shall sell or transfer any land of a subdivision, before a plat has been duly approved and recorded as provided herein, unless the subdivision was lawfully created prior to the adoption of this subdivision ordinance or any provision applicable thereto. However, nothing herein contained shall be construed as preventing the recordation of the instrument by which such land is transferred or the passage of title as between the parties to the instruments.

(Ord. No. 5959-03, § 1)

Sec. 13-02. - Abatement of violations.

.In the case of any violation or attempted violation of a provision of this ordinance, in addition to or in lieu of the issuance of criminal charges, the city may institute appropriate proceedings or action to prevent such violation or attempted violation, to restrain, correct or abate such violation or attempted violation or to prevent any act which would constitute such a violation.

(Ord. No. 5959-03, § 1)

Sec. 13-03. - Penalties.

Any person violating the provisions of this subdivision ordinance shall be subject to a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each lot or parcel of land so divided, transferred or sold and shall be required to comply with all provisions of this subdivision ordinance. The description of the lot or parcel by metes and bound in the instrument of transfer or other document used in the process of selling or transferring shall not exempt the transaction from the penalties or remedies herein provided.

(Ord. No. 5959-03, § 1)