§ 18. Approval, filing of plan, map or plat prerequisite to various acts.

Be it further ordained, etc., that;

(a)

The sale of property to be used as lots, plots or building sites by metes and bounds description which would otherwise be a subdivision as defined in section 2(a) of this ordinance, shall be presumed to be an attempt to evade the regulations contained in this ordinance, and any such instrument shall not be eligible for filing and recording in the office of the clerk and recorder for the Parish of West Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

(b)

No plan, map or plat of any subdivision of land shall be filed and recorded in the office of the clerk and recorder of West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, until such plan, map or plat has been accepted by the planning commission and the mayor and city council and the endorsement of such action by the planning commission and the mayor and city council shown on the original plan, map or plat.

(c)

No street number and no building permit shall be issued for the erection of any building in the above limits on any piece of property other than on an original or resubdivided lot in a duly approved and recorded subdivision without the written approval of the mayor and city council or its authorized representative.

(d)

No sewer, water or gas main or pipe, or other public utility improvement shall be made nor shall any public money be expended within the lands laid out in building lots, streets or alleys, where the improvements are for the benefit of such lands until the plan, plot or re-plot of such land shall have been accepted by the planning commission and the mayor and city council and recorded in the office of the clerk and recorder of West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.

(e)

The approved and accepted map, plan or plot of any subdivision shall be recorded in the office of the clerk and recorder of West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, within 30 days from the date of the approval and acceptance of the mayor and city council or said approval and acceptance shall be void.

(f)

It shall be illegal to sell by lot and block where plan or plat has not been accepted by the planning commission and the mayor and city council.