(A) Plats straddling municipal boundaries. Whenever access to the subdivision or addition is required across land in another municipality, the Council may request assurance from that municipality’s attorney that access is legally established, and from its engineer that the access road is adequately improved, or that a bond has been duly executed and is sufficient in amount to ensure the construction of the access road. In general, lot lines should be drawn so as not to cross municipal, county, or school district boundary lines.
(B) Adequate public facilities policy. The land proposed for subdivision shall be adequately served by essential public facilities and services. These services include street access, water, and drainage. No plat or replat may be approved unless it conforms to this policy and its standards. This policy may be further defined and supplemented by other ordinances adopted by the city.
(1) Street access. All platted lots shall have safe and reliable street access for daily use and emergency purposes.
(a) All platted lots shall have direct access to an improved public street, private street, or an approved public way, and connected by improved public streets to an improved public thoroughfare.
(b) All subdivisions shall have 2 means of access or approach. Where development phasing or constraints of the land prevent the provision of a second, separate means of access, the city may accept a temporary street connection, or a median divided street or entry to satisfy this requirement. In some situations, provisions for street extensions on adjacent property at a future date may be acceptable.
(2) Water. All platted lots shall be connected to a public water system which is capable of providing water for health and emergency purposes.
(a) All lots shall be provided service connections from a looped water main providing water flow from 2 directions or sources.
(b) Water service shall be sufficient to meet the fire flow requirements of the proposed development, except where a suitable alternative means of fire protection is approved by the City Fire Chief.
(c) The city may accept development phasing, development restrictions, or the construction of improvements to maintain adequate fire protection.
(3) Wastewater. On-site systems shall be designed and constructed according to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) Construction Standards for On-Site Wastewater Facilities, and the requirements of the county, and special provisions of the city, if any. The construction plans shall contain data and typical design criteria of the system for on-site disposal of wastewater. Public wastewater removal, for those lots not meeting county standards allowing on-site systems, shall conform to TCEQ and county standards, and special provisions of the city, if any. The city adopts TCEQ and county regulations regarding wastewater as a part of this chapter. The more restrictive of the 2 regulations shall apply.
(4) Drainage. Increased storm water run-off attributable to new development shall not exceed the capacity of the downstream drainage system or adversely affect adjoining property. Where the projected run-off would exceed capacity, the city may accept the phasing of development, the use of control methods such as retention or detention, or the construction by the developer of off- site drainage improvements as means of mitigation. An enclosed storm sewer system, designed to properly accommodate the run-off from a storm event of 100-year frequency, shall be provided in all areas where density is greater than or equal to 2 units per gross acre.
(C) Subdivision or addition name. The proposed name of the subdivision or addition shall not duplicate, or too closely approximate phonetically, the name of any other subdivision or addition in the area covered by this chapter and shall, where possible, correspond to named subdivisions or additions in the immediate vicinity. The Council shall have final authority to approve the name of the subdivision or addition.
(D) Corner and reference markers.
(1) All lot corners shall be located and marked with 1/2-inch reinforcing bar, 18 inches in length, and shall be placed flush with the ground or counter sunk, if necessary, in order to avoid being disturbed.
(2) Iron rods, 1 inch in diameter and 18 inches long, shall be placed on all boundary corners, block corners, angle points, points of corners, and points of tangents in public rights-of-way. Monuments in accordance with city Construction Details shall be located as required by the City Engineer and shall be located along all drainage and floodway boundaries.
(3) All iron rods set shall have plastic caps identifying the surveyor and significance of the point (such as PC, PT, block corner, and the like). All corners shall be flagged at the time of final inspection of the development.
(E) House numbering. The owners of all buildings within the city shall display the building address so as to be visible from the street. All building numbers shall be at least 3 inches in height and of a contrasting color and attached to the mail box, visible from both directions.
(F) Benchmarks.
(1) Each new subdivision shall establish a permanent benchmark in the vicinity of at least 1 entrance point. The benchmark shall be based on Texas State Plane Coordinate System, NAD 83. The benchmark shall be tied into the existing city benchmark system and shall have 3 reference marks.
(2) All work to establish benchmarks shall be under the direct supervision of a registered professional land surveyor in the State of Texas (RPLS). The RPLS shall prepare and provide written description of the benchmark and reference point horizontal locations to the city. Each benchmark shall have a northerly and easterly coordinate, latitude and longitude and elevation above mean sea level.
(3) The benchmark shall consist of 3 1/3 inch aluminum domed survey discs containing the following information:
City of Parker
Station ____
Survey Marker Do Not Disturb.
(4) The aluminum disc shall be anchored in to concrete pier. The pier shall extend into rock (limestone) 2 feet and be a minimum of 5 inches in diameter. The coring for the pier shall be in the presence of the city Public Works staff.
(5) Graphics of the aluminum disc and benchmark and fill in reference mark description sheet can be obtained from the city.
(6) All marks shall be set and paper descriptions shall be filed with the city prior to final inspection of the completed work.
(Ord. 487, passed 7-18-2000; Am. Ord. 737, passed 7-20-2016) Penalty, see § 155.999