Prior to the adoption of Ord. 2005-07 on 06/01/2005, Section 16.58.030 read as follows.

From the effective date of this chapter, no person shall subdivide any tract of land which is located wholly or in part within the limits of Vernal City, Utah, nor shall any person sell, exchange or offer for sale or purchase or to purchase any parcel of land, nor shall any person offer for recording any deed conveying such a parcel of land or any interest therein unless he shall first have or cause to have made a plat thereof, which plat shall be recorded before such sale or exchange or purchase is effected, and which shall be in accordance with all the requirements of this chapter~~; provided, however, that in subdivisions containing less than ten (10) lots may be sold by metes and bounds without necessity of recording a final plat if all the following conditions are met:~~

A. The subdivision layout plan, complying with the requirements for a preliminary plat as set forth in this chapter, shall have a recommendation from the Planning Commission and the subdivision has been approved by the City Council;

~~B. The subdivision is not traversed by mapped lines of a proposed street as shown in the Master plan and does not require the dedication of any land for street or for other public purposes;~~

~~C. Each lot in the subdivision meets the frontage, width and area requirements of the zoning ordinance or has been granted a variance from such requirements by the Board of Adjustment;~~

~~D. All other requirements of this chapter, particularly those regarding improvements and guarantee of performance, have been complied with~~. (PZSC § 03-28-002)