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s. 16(1-226.3 1961 CUMULATIVE, SUPPLEMENT 9. 160-226.6 lative body as defined herein without the approval of such plat by said legislative body as required in this part. The owner of land shown on a subdivision plat submitted for recording, or his au- thorized agent, shall sign a statement on the plat stating whether or not any land shown thereon is within the territorial jurisdiction of any municipality as defined herein. No clerk of superior court shall order or direct the recording to a plat where such recording would be in conflict with this section. (1955, c. 1334, s. 1.) s. 160-226.3. Subdivision regulations.—Prior to exercising the powers granted to it by this part, the municipal legislative body shall by ordinance adopted pursuant to this part adopt regulations governing the subdivision of land within its platting jurisdiction as defined in s. 160-226. Such ordinance shall require that at least a preliminary plan of every proposed subdivision shall be submitted for study recommendation and tentative approval to the legislative body or to a plan- ning board created and appointed under the authority of as. 160-22 to 160'24 of the General Stat- utes or other similar statutory authority. Such ordinance may provide for the orderly development of the municipality and its environs; for the coordination of streets within proposed subdivisions with existing or planned streets or with other public facilities; for the dedication or reservations of rights of way or easements for street and utility purposes; and for the distribution of population and traffic which shall avoid congestion and overcrowding, and which shall create conditions essential to public health, safety, and general welfare. Such ordinance may include requirements for the final plat to show sufficient data to determine readily and reproduce accurately on the ground the location, bearing, and length of every street and alley line, lot line, easement boundary line, and other property boundaries, including the radius and other data for curved property lines, to an appropriate accuracy and in conformance with good surveying practice. Such ordinance may provide for the more orderly development of subdivisions within the cor- porate limits by requiring the construction of community service facilities in accordance with muni- cipal policies and standards and, to assure compliance with such requirements, the ordinance may provide for the posting of bond or such other method as shall offer guarantee of compliance. (1955, c. 1331. s. 1 ; 1961, c. 1168.) s. 160-226..1. Effect of plat approval on status of dedications.—The approval of a plat by the legis- lative body shall not be deemed to constitute or effect the acceptance by the municipality or public of the dedication of any street or other ground, public utility line. or other public facility shown upon the plat. (1955, c. 1334, s. 1.) s. 160-226.5. Penalties for transferring lots in unapproved subdivisions.—If the legislative body of a municipality adopts an ordinance regulating the subdivision of land as authorized herein, any person who, being the owner or agent of the owner of any land located within the platting juris- d;cti n granted to the municipality lw s. 1G0-22G, thereafter transfers or sells such land by refer- ence to a plat showing a subdivision of such land before such plat has been approved by said legis- lative body and recorded in the office of the appropriate register of deeds, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and the description by metes and bounds in the instrument of transfer or other document used in the process of selling or transferring shall not exempt the transaction from such penalties. Said municipality, through its city attorney or other official designated by its local legislative body, may enjoin such transfer or sale by action for injunction. (1955, c. 1334, s. 1.1 s. 160-226.6. Definitions.—For the purpose of this part, the following definition shall apply: Subdivision.—A "subdivision" shall include all divisions of a tract or parcel of land into two or more lots, building sites, or other divisions for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of sale, or building development, and shall include all divisions of land involving the dedication of a new 69-S