No subdivision without Plat Approval.
Tupelo Development Code § 12.10.4
in effect12.10.4. - No subdivision without Plat Approval.
(1) No subdivision of land within the jurisdiction of the City may be filed or recorded with the Chancery Clerk until it has been submitted to and approved by the Planning Committee, Director of Development Services, or Director's designee as specified herein and until the approval is entered on the face of the plat.
(2) Any person who, being the owner or the agent of the owner of any land located within the jurisdiction of this Code, subdivides land in violation of this Code, or transfers, or sells land by reference to, exhibition of, or any other use of a plat showing a subdivision of the land before the plat has been properly approved under this Code, and recorded in the Office of the Chancery Clerk, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punishable, accordingly, by fine or imprisonment.
(3) The description by metes and bounds in the instrument of transfer, or other document used in the process of selling or transferring land, does not exempt the transaction from penalties. The City may bring an action for injunction of any illegal subdivision, transfer, conveyance, or sale of land and the court shall, upon appropriate findings, issue an injunction and order for compliance.
Source: City of Tupelo, Mississippi, Code of Ordinances and Development Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ms/tupelo/codes/development_code?nodeId=CH12APPE_12.10SU_12.10.4NOSUWIPLAPFetched: 11/1/2026