(a) Generally. A person seeking approval of engineering plans for infrastructure must not submit those plans until a preliminary plat has been approved for the property which the infrastructure is to serve. After approval of the preliminary plat, plans for the infrastructure must be submitted to the department. The director shall review the plans submitted under this section for completeness.
(b) Contents of engineering plans. Plans submitted must include the following:
(1) All required fees.
(2) A completed private development checklist on a form provided by the department. The form must be signed by the professional engineer responsible for the plans.
(3) A completed fee receipt on a form approved by the director.
(4) Two blueline prints of the approved preliminary plat.
(5) Two sets of infrastructure plans.
(6) A copy of any specific use permit or planned development district ordinance regulating the property.
(7) A copy of any deed restrictions regulating the property in which the city of Dallas is an enforcing party.
(c) Staff review of engineering plans. All affected divisions of the department shall review the engineering plans against the established criteria and forward their comments to the director. Changes or corrections in the design or right-of-way requirements must be itemized and forwarded, in writing, to the responsible engineer and the owner as those persons are reflected on the private development checklist.
(d) Required off-site easements. If off-site easements or rights-of-way are required to accomplish the construction shown in the engineering plans, field notes describing the easements or rights-of-way, sketches showing the required easements or rights-of-way, copies of recorded deeds for all affected property, and agreements from the owners of the off-site property must be submitted before approval of the plans. The agreements are acceptable only if they are from the current owners and were executed less than one year before the time they are submitted.
(e) Director action. The director shall approve, approve with conditions, or disapprove engineering plans within 30 days after the date a complete application is filed under Subsection (b). The director shall not approve engineering plans that do not comply with the requirements of this article, the Dallas City Code, or state and federal law.
(f) Action letter. The director shall send an action letter to the applicant within 30 days after the date a complete application is filed under Subsection (b). If the director disapproved the engineering plans, the letter must contain the reasons for disapproval. If the director approved the engineering plans, the letter must contain all conditions of approval. The letter must contain a citation to the relevant section of the Dallas City Code or state or federal law for each reason for disapproval or condition of approval.
(g) Resubmission application.
(1) If the director approves an engineering plan with conditions or disapproves an engineering plan under Subsection (e), the applicant may file a resubmission application to address the conditions for approval or correct the reasons for disapproval. If the director determines that the application is complete, the director shall accept it and route it to all affected departments. If the director determines that the application is incomplete, the director shall return it to the applicant with a description of its deficiencies. If the director determines that the resubmitted engineering plan contains changes that are not required to address the conditions of approval or reasons for disapproval, or that the resubmitted application creates new conditions that do not comply with this article, the Dallas City Code, or state or federal law, the director shall reject the application and the applicant must submit a new engineering plan application. The director must approve, approve with conditions, or disapprove all resubmitted applications within 15 days after the date a complete resubmission application is accepted by the city. The director shall approve the application if he finds that it adequately addresses each condition for approval or reason for disapproval of the previous engineering plan application.
(2) The resubmission engineering plan application must contain all required fees and the following unless the director determines that an item listed is not applicable and may be omitted:
(A) A copy of the conditionally approved or previously disapproved engineering plan.
(B) A copy of the action letter sent by the director.
(C) An explanation of corrections made on the resubmitted engineering plan to bring the plan in to compliance with the provisions of the Dallas City Code and state or federal law cited in the disapproval letter sent by the director.
(D) All information required in Subsection (b)(2) through (7).
(h) Infrastructure plans approval. Upon approval of the infrastructure engineering plans, the applicant shall be notified by the director and advised of the documents needed to secure a final release from the department.
(i) Extension of infrastructure plan approval. An extension of the approval of the street paving, storm drainage, bridge, and culvert plans will be considered upon a formal request by the owner to the director of development services. Six-month extensions may be granted only if the conditions surrounding the plat, as well as the standards, criteria, and requirements listed in Section 51A-8.601 do not require a redesign of the infrastructure improvements. (Ord. Nos. 20092; 23384; 25047; 28073; 28424; 31394; 32002)