West Virginia Code § 39-1-16

Approval by city council or commissioners prerequisite to laying out
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subdivision.
In case a proposed subdivision of any lot or parcel of land is situate within the corporate
limits of any municipality, or abutting thereon, it shall be the duty of the owner, or owners,
or his or their agent, to submit a plat or plan of such subdivision to the council or
commissioners of such municipality, showing the street and alley connectiones that such
subdivision makes with such municipality, and furnishing full information for the purpose of
determining whether the proposed subdivision will impede or prevent trhe further
development and extension of such municipality where such subdivision is situate. Before
any such subdivision is finally laid out, it shall have the approval of the council or
commissioners of the municipality wherein the subdivision is situate, or upon which it abuts,
and such approval and the date thereof shall be indicated ont the plat or plan of such
subdivision before the same is finally filed in the office of the clerk of the county court and
the county assessor's office.

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