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10/16/23, 10:03 AM Print Preview https://lakeelmo.municipalcodeonline.com/book/print?type=ordinances&name=TITLE_103_SUBDIVISION_REGULATIONS 2/33 (7)Promote a safe and effective transportation system including roadways, pedestrian pathways, and transit opportunities; (8)Prevent inappropriate subdivisions including premature subdivision; excess subdivision resulting in overcrowding of land and undue concentration of structures; partial or incomplete subdivision; or scattered or piecemeal subdivisions; and (9)Establish standard requirements, conditions, and procedures for the design and review of subdivisions. (c)Scope. The provisions of this title apply to any division of a tract of land into two 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: (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. (d)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 title. (e)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 title, until all requirements of this title have been satisfied, with the following exceptions: (1)Building permits may be issued for model homes after approval of the final plat by the city council upon receipt of a signed development agreement. The issuance of building permits for model homes shall be in accordance with the signed development agreement. (2)The developer 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. (3)No certificate of occupancy shall be issued by the city until all applicable requirements set forth by the development agreement have been met. (4)Traffic and parking arrangements relating to model homes shall be subject to the city's review and approval. (f)Conflicts. Whenever there is a difference between minimum standards or dimensions required by this title or other ordinances of the city, the most restrictive standards of dimensions shall apply. (g)Floodplain management. (1)No land shall be subdivided which is held unsuitable by the city council for reason of flooding, inadequate stormwater drainage, steep slopes, inadequate water supply, or inadequate wastewater treatment facilities. All lots within the floodplain shall contain a building site with a lowest floor elevation that is at least two feet above the regulatory flood protection elevation. All subdivisions shall have water and sewage (wastewater) disposal facilities that comply with the provisions of this title and shall have road access both to the subdivision and to the individual building sites no lower than two feet below