§ 126-3. Scope of chapter.  


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  • This chapter shall govern every person owning any tract of land within the city limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction who may divide the tract of land into two or more parts for the purpose of laying out any tract of land or any addition to the city or for laying out suburban lots or building lots or any lots, streets, parks or other portions intended for the public use or the use of purchasers or owners of lots fronting thereon or adjacent thereto and has not yet presented such subdivision plans to the commission. This chapter is adopted to control the subdivision of land within the corporate limits or the extraterritorial jurisdiction in order to provide the orderly development of the areas and to secure adequate provision for light, air, recreation, transportation, water, drainage, sewage and other facilities.

(Code 1967, § 27-2; Ord. No. 3655, § 3, 7-28-83)