Ordinance 2623 - Laserfiche WebLink

D • access of fire-fighting apparatus , recreation, light and air, and for avoidance of congestion of population, including minimum width and area of lots. Such regulations may include provisions as to extent to which. streets and other ways shall. be graded and improved and to which water and sewer and other utility mains, piping, or other facilities shall be installed as a condition pre- cedent to the approval of the plat. The regulations or practice of the commission may provide for a tentative approval of the plat previous to such installation; but any such tentative approval shall be revocable and shall not be entered on the plat. In lieu of the completion of such improvements and utilities prior to the final approval of the plat, the commission may accept a bond with surety to secure to the municipality the actual construction and installation of such im- provement or utilities at a time and according to the specifications fixed by or in accordance with the regulations of the commission. The municipality is hereby granted the power to enforce such bond by all appropriate legal and equit- able remedies. All such regulations shall be published as provided by law for the publica- tion of city ordinances, and before adoption, a public hearing shall be held thereon. A copy thereof shall be certified by the commission to the city council. Section 15 . Procedure, Legal Effect of Approval of Plat . - The planning commission of the municipality shall approve or disapprove a plat within 3G days after the submission thereof to it; otherwise such plat shall be deemed to have been approved, and a certificate to that effect shall be issued by the commission on demand; FROVIIED, However, That the applicant for the commission's approval may waive this requirement and consent to an extension of such period. The ground of disapproval of any plat shall be stated upon the records of the commission. Any plat submitted to the commission shall contain the name and address of a per- son to whom notice of a hearing shall be sent; and no plat shall be acted on by the commission without affording a hearing thereon. Notice shall be sent to the said address by registered mail of the time and place of such hearing not less than five days before the date fixed therefor. Similar notice shall be mailed to the owners of land immediately adjoining the platted land, as their names appear upon the plats in the county auditor's office and their addresses appear in the directory of the municipality or on the tax records of the municipality or county. Every plat approved by the comm:i.ssion shall , by virtue of such approval, be deemed -6-