Platting is required:
(a) To create a building site. Platting is required to create a building site pursuant to Section 51A-4.601(a)(1) of this chapter.
(b) To subdivide land. Platting is required to divide a lot or tract into two or more parcels for development of the parcels. Pursuant to the authority granted by Section 212.0045 of the Local Government Code to provide exceptions to state law platting requirements, the city of Dallas shall not require platting to divide property for transfer of ownership through a metes and bounds description unless and until a building permit is requested for the property to be developed as a separate building site. Unless a separate building site has otherwise been established as provided in Section 51A-4.601, a conveyance of property accomplished through a metes and bounds description without platting will not be recognized as a separate building site, nor will the lines of ownership be recognized for purposes of determining development rights on the parcel conveyed without platting.
(c) To combine lots or tracts. Platting is required to combine two or more lots or tracts into one lot.
(d) To amend a plat. Platting is required if property is to be developed in a manner inconsistent with an existing plat.
(e) To include vacated and abandoned property. Platting is required to incorporate property that has been vacated or abandoned into a legal building site.
(f) To correct errors. Platting is required to correct an error on an approved and recorded plat.
(g) To develop a planned development district. A preliminary plat must be submitted at the same time as the development plan for a planned development district. The subdivision administrator and the director shall coordinate the commission review of the preliminary plat and the development plan in accordance with Section 51A-4.702. (NOTE: If the property included in a development plan application has been previously platted or a building site otherwise exists under Section 51A-4.601, this requirement does not apply.)
(h) To establish a shared access development. Platting is required to establish a shared access development as provided in Section 51A-4.411. (Ord. Nos. 20092; 23384; 24270; 24731; 24843)