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21.04. 21.05. City of Centerville Ordinance #8 Effective 12/16/82 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 Ordinance. SOIL TESTS. The City Council 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. Such 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 Council together with a copy of the proposed plat showing the location of each test hole. The information required by the City council shall include a report as to the various types of soil encountered and their depths, the level of the ground water 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 Councilor their authorized representative. In questionable cases, the owner shall be required to furnish in 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. RESTRICTION ON FILING AND RECORDING CONVEYANCES. Minnesota Statute 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: I. Metes and bounds; or by 11. Reference to an unapproved registered land survey after April 21, 1961; or By iii. An unapproved plat made after such regulations become effective. The above restrictions do not apply ifthe land described in the conveyance: Was a parcel of record on April I, 1945; or 1. Was subject to a written agreement to convey entered into prior to such time; or 2. Was a separate parcel of not less than 2.5 acres in area and one hundred fifty (150) feet in width on January I, 1966; or 3. Was a separate parcel of not less than five (5) acres in area and three hundred (300) feet in width on July I, 1980; or Page 7 of34