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SECTION 3. The City Council of the City of Lake Elmo hereby amends Title XV: Land Usage; Chapter 153: Subdivision Regulations by amending various parts of Sections 153.01 through Section 153.09 by adding the underlined language and deleting the strikethreugh language as follows: § 153.01 REGULATIONS ESTABLISHED. No land shall be subdivided, nor shall any land be platted, in the City except as provided by this chapter. § 153.02 GENERALLY. (A) Purpose. In order to provide for orderly, economic, and safe development of land, necessary urban services and facilities, and to promote the public health and safety of the City. It is the intent of the City to protect the right of landowners to put their land to its highest and best use and protect each owner's right to full beneficial use of their land to accomplish enjoyment without detriment to the public interest. (B) Scope. The provisions of this chapter apply to any division of a tract of land into 2 or more parcels for the purpose of transfer of ownership, building development, or tax assessment purposes by platting, re -platting, registered land survey, conveyance, sale, contract for sale or any other means by which a beneficial interest in land is transferred except those divisions listed below: (1) where all the resulting parcels, tracts, lots, or interests will be 20 acres or larger in size and 500 feet in width for residential uses and five acres or larger in size for commercial and industrial uses; (2) creating cemetery lots; or (3) resulting from court orders. (C) Approval necessary for acceptance of subdivision plats. Before any plat or subdivision shall be recorded or be of any validity, it shall be referred to the Planning Commission and approved by the City Council as having fulfilled the requirements of this chapter. (D) Building permits. No building permits shall be issued for the construction of any building, structure, or improvement to any land or lot in a subdivision, as defined in this chapter, until all requirements of this chapter have been satisfied, with the following exceptions. (1) Building pen -nits may be issued for model homes after approval of the final plat by the City eCouncil upon receipt of a signed developer's development agreement. The issuance of building pen -nits for model homes shall be in accordance with the signed development agreement. (2) The Ddeveloper shall agree in writing to indemnify and hold harmless the City for damages that may occur as a result of the model home construction prior to the required improvements being completed. W.