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A. Crosswalk rights-of-way, six feet (6') in width, shall be dedicated where deemed necessary by the Governing Body to provide pedestrian circulation or access to schools, playgrounds, shopping centers and transportation to other community facilities or to provide pedestrian circulation within the subdivision.
B. Crosswalk ways shall be provided with a concrete sidewalk at least four feet (4') wide. (Ord. 16-07-17, 7-18-2017)
A. Requirements For Payments Toward Park Improvements:
1. Community parks are those parks providing for a variety of outdoor recreational opportunities and within convenient distances from a majority of the residences to be served thereby. The ultimate residential property owners who, by reason of the proximity of their property to such parks, shall be the primary beneficiaries of such facilities. Therefore, the following general requirements shall apply:
a. Whenever a final plat is filed for approval in accordance with the zoning and subdivision regulations of the City, the developer of such plat shall pay an amount equal to five hundred dollars ($500.00) per proposed residential lot or housing unit equivalent (for apartments) to the City of Alamo to be used toward improvements at existing parks or the acquisition of property for new parks.
b. The final plat of the subdivision shall not be processed unless the developer has fully complied with this chapter.
c. Funding received from a subdivision developer shall be used toward park improvements or for the acquisition of property for a park within the area from which funding was received.
d. All funds collected must be expended by the City within ten (10) years from the date received for park improvements or acquisition of property for park development. Such funds shall be considered to be spent on a first in, first out basis. If not so expended, the property owners of the subdivision(s) on the last day of such period, shall be entitled to a refund of such sum after the owners submit the request in writing to the City Manager and after giving the City a six (6) month opportunity to spend the funds towards park improvements or towards the purchase of property for a park anywhere within the City of Alamo.
e. The owners of such property must request such refund within one (1) year or the entitlement of such right shall be forever barred.
f. These requirements shall apply to residential subdivisions within the City limits or residential subdivisions outside the City limits that will be annexed into the City limits within five (5) years or that will benefit from or use the City’s parks.
g. On NON-residentially zoned subdivision plats or non-residentially zoned lots where (residential) park fees were not received by the City of Alamo prior to said plats’ recording, the City’s prevailing park fee per dwelling unit shall be required to be paid during the building permit process for residential units built on such properties as either a permitted or conditional use; or if said non-res lots are later residentially rezoned or if an existing Lot is ‘approved’ by the City to increase the number of residential units not previously factored-in during the original subdivision process. The above circumstances shall be imposed only if they are evident on plats that were recorded after the original ‘approval date’ of the City’s park dedication code (being 6-5-1990). On future non-residential plats, the following plat note may be required: Should any non-residentially zoned lot on this plat be later used for a residential effect, it shall comply with the terms of Section 11-3-15 (A)(1)(g) of Alamo’s Code of Ordinances.” Regardless if the plat note is included or not on the plat, this will not preclude, prevent, or impede the city from enforcing the merits of this provision. Furthermore, on any
B. Special Conditions:
1. Play areas within an apartment complex shall not be credited toward public land use as a park unless each is in excess of one (1) acre in area, is approved by and dedicated to the City, and is made open for public use.
2. Drainage easements may be classified as part of a park if the channel is constructed in accordance with City engineering standards and there is park land not less than two hundred feet (200') in width adjacent to and outside of the channel.
3. Each park must be located adjacent to a public street.
C. Reserved Land: Land shown as reserved on the Comprehensive General Plan for a major recreational center, reservation, school site, park or other public use shall be reserved for a period of one (1) year from the date the plat is filed for record for purchase by the interested governmental authority at land appraisal value at the time of purchase.
(Ord. 16-07-17, 7-18-2017; amd. Ord. 36-06-22, 6- 7-2022; Ord. 66-11-23, 11-6-2023)
A. In all subdivisions, a minimum six foot (6') fence buffer shall be required along any natural and/or manmade hazard such as an open canal, open ditch, caliche pit, detention pond, and holding pond which, in the opinion of the City, is necessary for the lot's occupants to be protected from. Such installed buffer fences shall be a minimum of chain link fence. Six foot (6') opaque fence buffering may also be required along collector streets, minor arterial streets, and major arterial streets as defined by the Hidalgo County Thoroughfare Plan. Such installed buffer fences shall be a minimum of cedar fence construction. (Ord. 16-07-17, 7-18-2017)
In cases where the developer of a subdivision extends utilities from an off-site location into their subdivision, the City of Alamo may enter into a reimbursement contract with a developer.
The developer who seeks the extension of water, sewer, drainage, or streets from an off-site location to their property must advance the cost of construction thereof. Any future developments that occur within seven (7) years of the approval of the construction who wish to utilize the improvements installed by the original developer must participate in the original cost by reimbursing either the developer within seven (7) years of the completion of those lines, or the City of Alamo after that date to offset book keeping costs and maintenance of the improvements by the City.
After entering into a reimbursement contract with the developer, the City will be the fiscal agent regarding the pro-rata shares submitted by future developers wishing to utilize the improvements installed by the original developer. The City shall reimburse to the developer, according to a schedule breakdown of pro-rata shares per parcel of land for the improvements, which shall be submitted by the project engineer for approval by the City. Such breakdown costs are to be made a part of the reimbursement contract. (Ord. 16-07-17, 7-18-2017)
The City Engineer may attach conditions, including, but not limited to, the following to the approval of plats for areas subject to development problems in flood hazard areas:
A. Construction and modifications of sewage, water supply and drainage facilities to meet the standards of this title and to promote the health, safety and general welfare.
B. Requirements for construction or channel modifications, dikes, levees and other protective measures.
C. Imposition of operational controls, sureties and deed restrictions may include floodproofing of intended uses, subject to the individual approval of the City Engineer and Governing Body at the time such uses are constructed, through:
1. Anchorage to resist flotation and lateral movement.
2. Installation of watertight doors, bulkheads and shutters or similar methods of construction.
3. Reinforcement of walls to resist water pressures.
4. Use of paints, membranes or mortars to reduce seepage of water through walls.
5. Addition of mass or weight to structures to resist flotation.
6. Installation of pumps to lower water levels in structures.
7. Construction of water supply and water treatment systems so as to prevent the entrance of floodwaters.
8. Pumping facilities or comparable practices for subsurface drainage systems for buildings to relieve external foundation wall and basement flood pressures.
9. Construction to resist rupture or collapse caused by water pressure or floating debris.
10. Installation of valves or controls on sanitary and storm drains, which will permit the drains to be closed to prevent backup of sewage and storm waters into the buildings or structures. Gravity draining of basements may be eliminated by mechanical devices.
11. Location of all electrical equipment, circuits and installed electrical appliances in a manner which will assure they are not subject to flooding and to provide protection from inundation by the regulatory flood.
12. Location of any structural storage facilities for chemicals, explosives, buoyant materials, flammable liquids or other toxic materials which could be hazardous to public health, safety and welfare in a manner which will assure that the facilities are situated at elevations above the height associated with the regulatory protection elevation or are adequately floodproofed to prevent flotation of storage containers or damage to storage containers which could result in the escape of toxic materials into floodwaters. (Ord. 16-07-17, 7-18-2017)