§ 18-4. Restrictions on filing and recording conveyances.

(a)

Except as provided in section 18-37, no conveyances of land shall be filed or recorded if the land is described in the conveyance by metes and bounds or by reference to an unapproved registered land survey or to an unapproved plat. The foregoing provision does not apply to a conveyance if the land described:

(1)

Was a separate parcel of record on February 20, 1969;

(2)

Was the subject of a written agreement to convey entered into prior to February 20, 1969; or

(3)

Was a separate parcel of not less than two and one-half acres in area and 150 feet in width on January 1, 1966; or

(4)

Was a separate parcel not less than five acres in area and 300 feet in width on July 1, 1980; or

(5)

Is a single parcel of commercial or industrial land of not less than five acres and having a width of not less than 300 feet and its conveyance does not result in the division of the parcel into two or more lots or parcels, any one of which is less than five acres or 300 feet in width; or

(6)

Is a single parcel of residential or agricultural land of not less than 20 acres having a width of not less than 500 feet and its conveyance does not result in the division of the parcel into two or more lots or parcels, any one of which is less than 20 acres in area or 500 feet in width.

(b)

Any owner or agent of the owner of land who conveys a lot or a parcel in violation of the provisions of this section shall pay the city a penalty of not less than $100.00 for each parcel so conveyed. The city may enjoin such conveyance or may recover such penalty by civil action.

(Ord. No. 33-D, § 12, 2-25-85)