§ 5.08 Duration Of Approval Of Preliminary Plat

A section of Subdivision Ordinance: Subdivision Ordinance

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5.08 DURATION OF APPROVAL OF PRELIMINARY PLAT

The approval of a preliminary plat by the City Council shall be valid for a period of one (1) year from the date of such approval; after which such approval shall be void, and the subdivider shall take no action requiring the precedent approval of a preliminary plat except upon application for and approval of an extension of such period of validity, by the City Council.

Ordinance 2012-319, adopted March 27, 2013; in effect on publication (publication date not recorded), source page

Confirmed by the city's current text: the 2026 draft recodification (August 2026, not adopted) has the same words (§ 170.30, p. 680). This ordinance's text was consolidated because the later text agrees with it.

History

History of the section
From	To	Source	How	Document
Mar 27, 2013	today	Ordinance 2012-319	section replaced, text	p. 2

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