Minor plat review is only applicable to minor development, as defined at § 158.01 of this chapter, per Tex. Local Government Code § 212.0065.
(A) Appointment of designated employee. The Council shall appoint, by resolution, a city employee to serve as the designated employee for the purposes of administering this section. In the absence of such appointment or in the event the designated employee fails or ceases to serve or continue to serve as such, the Building Official shall serve as the designated employee.
(B) Minor plat review process. The final plat shall be filed with the designated employee. No preliminary plat is required. Filing is accomplished by delivering the original and requested copies of the final plat to the designated employee. The designated employee shall, within 30 days after filing, either approve the final plat or refer it to the Commission. If he or she fails to either approve it or refer it within the period of time, it shall be deemed referred to and filed with the Commission effective on the thirty-first day after it was originally filed with the designated employee. If it is referred to the Commission, whether referral be actual or deemed, the plat shall be from that point treated as any other plat to which this subchapter did not apply, and shall be deemed to have been filed with the Commission on the date of referral, whether accrual or deemed.
(C) Endorsement by city and recording. If approved by the designated employee, the plat shall be and constitute a final plat for all intents and purposes, and notwithstanding anything herein in this chapter to the contrary, shall, on being fully and properly endorsed by the designated employee, be recorded in the real property records of the county as the final, approved plat of the subdivision.
(2012 Code, § 77-59)