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Any violation or attempted violation of this chapter or of any condition or requirement adopted pursuant hereto may be restrained, corrected or abated, as the case may be, by injunction or other appropriate proceeding pursuant to Code of Virginia, SS 15.2-819, 15.2-2208 and 15.2-2209. (1) The city may institute any appropriate action or proceeding to prevent violations of this chapter, or the unlawful use of land, to restrain, correct or abate such violations, to prevent the subdivision and/or use or occupancy of said land, or to prevent any illegal act, conduct, business, or use in or about such premises or land. (2) Whenever in this chapter any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense, or wherever in this chapter the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful or an offense, the violation of same shall be punished as provided for in section 33.1-5. (3) The city may stop work on any development, excavation, building or structure on any land on which there is or has been an uncorrected violation of a provision of this chapter or of a permit or other form of authorization issued hereunder in accordance with its powers to stop work under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code. (4) The city shall have such other enforcement powers and remedies as are and as may from time to time be provided for or permitted by state law for the violation of a subdivision ordinance. Sec. 33.1-7. Effect of private contracts. This chapter bears no relation to any private easement, covenant, agreement or restriction, and the responsibility of enforcing such private easement, covenant, agreement or restriction is not implied herein to any public official. When this chapter calls for more restrictive standards than are required by private contract, the provisions of this chapter shall control. Sec. 33.1-8. Changes, erasures and revisions. No change, erasure or revision shall be made on any preliminary or final plat, nor on accompanying data sheets, after the Agent has approved in writing the plat or sheets, unless authorization for such changes has been granted in writing by the Agent. Sec. 33.1-9. Subdivider may appeal from disapproval of plat. In the event a plat for subdivision is disapproved by the Agent or commission, the subdivider may appeal to the governing body. The governing body may override the recommendation ofthe Agent or commission and approve said plat. No appeal shall be made unless it is filed in writing with the clerk of the governing body within 30 days of disapproval by the Agent or commission. Sec. 33.1-10. Plan and plat preparation-by whom prepared. Each subdivision plan and plat shall be prepared by an individual duly qualified as set forth in title 54.1 of the Code of Virginia. Page 3 of 33