(A) Approval required. It shall be unlawful for any owner of land to lay out, subdivide, plat, amend a plat or replat any land into lots, blocks and streets within the city, or within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the city without approval as provided herein. It shall be unlawful for any such owner or agent to offer for sale or sell property therein or thereby, which has not been laid out, subdivided, platted or replatted with approval as provided herein.
(B) City improvements to be withheld until approval. The city hereby defines its policy to be that the city will withhold all city improvements of whatever nature, including the maintenance of streets and furnishing of sewerage facilities and water service from all additions and subdivisions, the platting of which has not been approved as provided herein.
(C) Street numbers and building permits to be withheld until approval. No street number and no building permit shall be issued for the erection of any building in the city on any piece of property other than the original or re-subdivided lot on a duly approved and recorded subdivision without the written approval as provided herein.
(D) Submitting plats and plans. All plats and plans shall be submitted to the Planning Director. The Planning Director shall prepare a calendar of submittal dates and a procedure for plat and plan submission. The developer or applicant shall only be permitted to submit plats or plans on the submittal dates established in the calendar and in the manner set forth by the Planning Director. Public improvement plans shall only be submitted in conjunction with a final plat submittal. Applications and other digital files submitted by the developer or applicant prior to a designated submittal date shall not be considered filed with the city until the next designated submittal date and shall not initiate the deadlines established in Tex. Local Gov’t. Code Ch. 212, as amended, until the next designated submittal date.
(2005 Code, § 13-1-3) (Ord. passed 4-21-2005; Ord. 070607A, passed 6-7-2007; Ord. 090901A, passed 9-1-2009; Ord. 230110C, passed 1-10-2023) Penalty, see § 10.99