§ 20-13. Enforcement.

(a)

The sale of property to be used as lots, plots or building sites only by metes and bounds description, or the sale of lots in any subdivision prior to the effective date of the chapter finally approving the subdivision, shall be presumed to be an attempt to evade this chapter, and such act of sale or instrument shall not be eligible for filing and recording in the office of the clerk and recorder of conveyances, Plaquemines Parish, 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 conveyances and assessor's office of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, nor any lot, parcel or block of subdivided land shall be sold until such plan, map or plat has been finally accepted by the parish council, under the terms and provisions of this section.

(c)

Any sewer, water main or pipe, street, alley, street lights and standards (other than those owned and installed by LP&L, South Central Bell or other similar utility company) or other public utility improvement that may need to be constructed, replaced or repaired within the lands laid out in the subdivision/resubdivision, within one (1) year after final approval by the parish council, shall be the responsibility of the owner/developer. The owner/developer shall be responsible for payment of utility bills for one (1) year following final approval of all street lights and standards installed by him.

(Ord. No. 96-41, § 2, 3-14-96; Ord. No. 99-159, § 3, 7-8-99)