§ 32. Subdivision review; approval of plats; development of filed\nplats. 1. Purpose. For the purpose of providing for the future growth\nand development of the city and affording adequate facilities for the\nhousing, transportation, distribution, comfort, convenience, safety,\nhealth and welfare of its population, the legislative body of the city\nmay by resolution, authorize and empower the planning board to approve\npreliminary and final plats of subdivisions showing lots, blocks or\nsites, with or without streets or highways.\n 2. Authorization for review of previously filed plats. For the same\npurposes and under the same conditions, the legislative body of the city\nmay, by resolution, authorize and empower the planning board to approve\nthe development of plats, entirely or partially undeveloped, which were\nfiled in the office of the clerk of the county in which such plat is\nlocated prior to the appointment of such planning board and grant to the\nboard the power to approve such plats. The term "undeveloped" shall mean\nthose plats where twenty percent or more of the lots within the plat are\nunimproved unless existing conditions, such as poor drainage, have\nprevented their development.\n 3. Filing of certificate. The clerk of every city which has authorized\nits planning board to approve plats as set forth herein shall\nimmediately file a certificate of that fact with the clerk or register\nof the county in which such city is located.\n 4. Definitions. When used in this article the following terms shall\nhave the respective meanings set forth herein except where the context\nshows otherwise:\n (a) "Subdivision", means the division of any parcel of land into a\nnumber of lots, blocks or sites as specified in a law, rule or\nregulation, with or without streets or highways, for the purpose of\nsale, transfer of ownership, or development. The term "subdivision" may\ninclude any alteration of lot lines or dimensions of any lots or sites\nshown on a plat previously approved and filed in the office of the\ncounty clerk or register of the county in which such plat is located.\nSubdivisions may be defined and delineated by local regulation, as\neither "major" or "minor", with the review procedures and criteria for\neach set forth in such local regulations.\n (b) "Preliminary plat", means a drawing prepared in a manner\nprescribed by local regulation showing the layout of a proposed\nsubdivision including, but not restricted to, road and lot layout and\napproximate dimensions, key plan, topography and drainage, all proposed\nfacilities unsized, including preliminary plans and profiles, at\nsuitable scale and in such detail as local regulation may require.\n (c) "Preliminary plat approval", means the approval of the layout of a\nproposed subdivision as set forth in a preliminary plat but subject to\nthe approval of the plat in final form in accordance with the provisions\nof this section.\n (d) "Final plat", means a drawing prepared in a manner prescribed by\nlocal regulation, that shows a proposed subdivision, containing in such\nadditional detail as shall be provided by local regulation all\ninformation required to be shown on a preliminary plat and the\nmodifications, if any, required by the planning board at the time of\napproval of the preliminary plat if such preliminary plat has been so\napproved.\n (e) "Conditional approval of a final plat", means approval by a\nplanning board of a final plat subject to conditions set forth by the\nplanning board in a resolution conditionally approving such plat. Such\nconditional approval does not qualify a final plat for recording nor\nauthorize issuance of any building permits prior to the signing of the\nplat by a duly authorized officer of the planning board and recording of\nthe plat in the office of the county clerk or register as herein\nprovided.\n (f) "Final plat approval", means the signing of a plat in final form\nby a duly authorized officer of a planning board p
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