§ 133-6. Applicability; compliance.  


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  • (a)

    This chapter shall apply to all land within the corporate limits of the city as now or hereafter established, with the following exceptions:

    (1)

    All lots in a recorded subdivision at the time of adoption of this chapter shall not be required to meet the regulations of this chapter.

    (2)

    All recorded single lots described by metes and bounds at the time of adoption of this chapter shall not be required to meet the regulations of this chapter.

    (b)

    No new subdivision, or replat of any lot, tract, or parcel of land, shall be affected, nor shall any street, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, water main, or other facility in connection therewith be laid out, constructed, opened, or dedicated for public use or for the common use of occupants of buildings abutting thereon, except in strict accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

    (c)

    No lot shall be sold, nor shall an improvement location permit or a building permit to erect any building upon land be issued, unless and until a final plat has been approved and recorded, and until the infrastructure and improvements required by the city in connection therewith have been constructed or guaranteed by posting a performance bond or an irrevocable letter of credit with the board of public works and safety for 100 percent of the public infrastructure construction costs. However, if a new subdivision or subdivision replat has received preliminary plat approval, an improvement location permit and building permit may be issued for two model homes, provided that those homes shall not be occupied until the subdivision has been approved by the plan commission and recorded.

    (d)

    All planned unit developments as adopted by the plan commission shall also be platted in accordance with the regulations of this chapter.

(Code 1985, § 158.06; Ord. No. 3065, 7-20-1987; Ord. No. 4020, 2-20-1996)