(a) It is the policy of the city of Dallas to subject the subdivision, platting, replatting, and development of land to the control of the city pursuant to the city charter, state law, and all other rules, regulations, and policies the city may adopt.
(b) To be platted, land must be of such character that it can be used safely for building purposes without danger to health or peril from fire, flood, or other menace.
(c) Land must not be platted until proper provision has been made for paving, drainage, water, wastewater, public utilities, capital improvements, parks, recreation facilities, and rights-of-way for streets, transportation facilities, and improvements.
(d) These regulations supplement and are intended to facilitate the enforcement of the provisions and standards of this code, state law, and all other rules, regulations, and policies which the city may adopt. (Ord. Nos. 20092; 23384)
The regulations of this article are established in accordance with the city charter and state law for the purposes stated in Section 51A-1.102 of this chapter and in order to:
(a) protect and provide for the public health, safety, and general welfare of the city;
(b) guide the future growth and development of the city;
(c) guide public policy and action in order to provide adequate and efficient transportation, streets, storm drainage, water, wastewater, parks, and open space facilities;
(d) provide for the proper location and width of streets and building lines;
(e) establish reasonable standards of design and procedures for platting in order to promote the orderly layout and use of land, and to insure proper legal descriptions and monumenting of platted land;
(f) insure that public infrastructure facilities required by city ordinance are available with sufficient capacity to serve the proposed plat before issuance of a certificate of occupancy or release of utility connections or final inspection within the boundaries of the plat;
(g) provide that the cost of public infrastructure improvements that primarily benefit the tract of land being platted be borne by the owners of the tract in accordance with applicable laws; and
(h) prevent the pollution of air, streams, and ponds by assuring the adequacy of drainage facilities and by safeguarding the escarpment, flood plains, and the water table. (Ord. Nos. 20092; 21186; 23384)
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