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(C) Planned unit development. These design standards of this chapter may be modified by the City Council in the case of a plan utilizing an unusual concept of development which meets the requirements of the section. The planned unit development provision is intended to encourage original and imaginative subdivision design which preserves the natural amenities of the site and provides for the general welfare of the city. It shall conform to the planned unit development requirements of the city zoning chapter. (D) Soil tests. The city may require soil tests prior to the final approval of any plat. These soil tests shall consist of test holes to a depth necessary to determine the various types of soil to be encountered before reaching a stable base. The test holes, when ordered by the city authorities, shall be drilled at the expense of the owner or developer and the information disclosed shall be furnished to the city together with a copy of the proposed plat showing the location of each test hole. The information required by the city shall include a report as to the various types of soil encountered and their depths, the level of the groundwater and a seepage test and may include additional information. The number of test holes to be drilled and their location on the property which is proposed to be platted will be as directed by the city or its authorized representative. In questionable cases, the owner shall be required to furnish to the City Council a report from a recognized engineering laboratory as to the safety and practicability of the use of the area for building construction, including the feasibility for installation of sewage facilities. (E) Restriction on filing and recording conveyances. (1) Restriction. State law states that a municipality with adopted subdivision regulations, no conveyance of land shall be filed or recorded if the land is described in the conveyance by metes and bounds; by reference to an unapproved registered land survey after 4-21-1961; or by an unapproved plat made after those regulations become effective. (2) Limits of applicability. The above restrictions do not apply if the land described in the conveyance: (a) Was a parcel of record on 4-1-1945; (b) Was subject to a written agreement to convey entered into prior to that time; (c) Was a separate parcel of not less than 2.5 acres in area and 150 feet in width on 1-1-1966; (d) Was a separate parcel of not less than five acres in area and 300 feet in width on 7-1- 1980; (e) Is a single parcel of commercial or industrial land of not less than five acres in area and having a width of not less than 300 feet, and its conveyance does not result in the division of the parcel into two or more lots or parcels, any one of which is less than five acres in area or 300 feet in width; or (f) Is a single parcel of residential or agricultural land of not less than 20 acres in area and having a width of not less than 500 feet, and its conveyance does not result in the division 271 1 Page