§ 4. Submission and approval of final plat

(a) Application. Each subdivider of all subdivisions shall submit to the commission two reproducible drawings and three prints of the proposed subdivision. Final plats shall have the scale of at least one inch equals 100 feet.

(b) Fees, filing and inspection. The final plats submitted to the commission shall be accompanied by a minimum fee of $5.00 plus $0.25 per lot but in no case shall exceed a total of $25.00.

(c) Review. The secretary of the planning and zoning commission upon receipt of final plat shall [transmit] the two reproducible drawings and one print to the zoning officer, and one print to the planning and zoning commission.

(d) Required improvements or guarantee prior to final approval. Prior to approval of the final plat by the planning and zoning commission, the subdivider shall complete, or agree in writing to complete, all improvements required by section 8. If the improvements are not completed at the time of submission of the final plat for approval, the subdivider shall post a bond, secured by [cash] or other securities, in an amount equal to the cost of completing such improvements, as determined by the zoning officer. Such bond shall be payable to the City of Doniphan, Missouri, and shall be conditioned upon the final completion of and approval by the zoning officer of the improvements required in section 8

(e) [Public hearing; approval or disapproval.] Within 45 days of filing of the complete information required for approval of the final plat, the commission shall hold a public hearing on said plat. The commission shall approve or disapprove the plat and indicate its approval by signing the plat, or its disapproval by stating its reasons in writing to the subdivider.

Upon approval, the commission shall submit the final plat to the council for their action. The council may alter any submitted final plat, may specify changes or modifications therein which it deems necessary, and may make its approval subject to such alterations. The action of the council shall be by ordinance, which ordinance shall include approval of the final plat for recording.

Upon approval by the council, by ordinance duly passed and approved by the mayor, such approval shall be endorsed on one drawing on tracing cloth and on two black and white linen prints of the plat under the hand of the city clerk and the seal of the city.

(f) Filing. Following the passage of the ordinance, the three drawings of the final plat thereof shall be filed by the city clerk, within a reasonable time after the effective date of the ordinance approving the plat, with the recorder of deeds, and two of these tracings shall be returned to the city clerk, of which one tracing shall be transmitted to the city engineer within a reasonable time. The subdivider shall bear all expenses in connection with the filing of the final plat and the city clerk shall not be required to file [the] plat until the subdivider shall provide the expense of filing thereof. Three copies of the agreement in writing required under section 4, subparagraph (d), shall be filed with the recorder of deeds at the time of filing [of the] final plat referred to herein and two copies of this agreement in writing shall be returned to the city clerk, of which one copy of the agreement in writing shall be transmitted to the city engineer within a reasonable time. The subdivider shall bear all expense in connection with filing of the agreement in writing and the city clerk shall not be required to file the agreement in writing until the subdivider shall provide the expense of filing thereof.