§ 151.004. INTERPRETATION AND APPLICATION OF CHAPTER.

(A) (1) Any plat hereafter made for each subdivision or each part thereof lying within the jurisdiction of this chapter shall be prepared, presented for approval, and recorded as herein prescribed. The regulations contained herein shall apply to the subdivisions of the lot, tract, or parcel of land into two or more lots, tracts, or other division of land for the purpose of sale or of building development, whether immediate or future, including the resubdivision or replatting of land or lots. Further, the regulations set forth by this chapter shall be minimum regulations which shall apply uniformly throughout the jurisdiction of this chapter except as hereinafter provided.

(2) Each separate principle use building within the planning jurisdiction of the city shall be situated on a separate and single subdivided lot or record, unless otherwise provided in the zoning regulations for the city.

(3) No subdivision of land shall be permitted within the city planning jurisdiction unless a plat is approved in accordance with provisions of these regulations.

(4) These regulations shall apply not only to subdivision as herein set forth, but shall also apply, insofar as payment of costs for improvement of subdivisions is concerned, to those subdivisions, or parts thereof, already platted and approved, which are undeveloped, wholly, or partially.

(5) These regulations shall not apply to subdivision of burial lots in cemeteries.

(6) These regulations shall not apply to a division of land for agricultural purposes into lots or parcels of ten acres or more and not involving a new street.

(Ord. 628, passed 7-11-1995; Ord. 816, passed 6-19-2007, § 140; Ord. 851, passed 8-4-2009, § 140)

(B) In their interpretation and application, the provisions of the chapter shall be held to be minimum requirements, adopted for the promotion of public health, safety, morals, or general welfare. Wherever the requirements of this chapter are at variance with other lawfully adopted rules, regulations, chapters, the most restrictive or that imposing the higher standards shall govern.

(Ord. 628, passed 7-11-1995; Ord. 816, passed 6-19-2007, § 150; Ord. 851, passed 8-4-2009, § 150)