(A) Requirements.
(1) The final plat and accompanying data shall conform to the preliminary plat as approved by the Council, incorporating any and all changes, modifications, alterations, corrections and conditions imposed by the City Council.
(2) The final plat shall be drawn in indelible ink on a durable reproducible and permanent medium acceptable to the City Council. It shall be at least 24 inches wide and 18 inches long with a margin of at least one and one-half inches on the left side of the sheet and margins of not less than one-half inch on the other three sides. The plat shall be drawn at a scale of 100 feet to one inch. When more than one sheet is necessary to accommodate the entire area, an index sheet showing the entire subdivision at an appropriate scale shall be attached to the plat.
(3) The final plat shall be submitted in such number as is required by the City Council, and shall contain all of the features required for the preliminary plats in § 150.281(E) above.
(4) The final plat shall also include the following information on the plat or as an attachment to the plat:
(a) description, by metes and bounds, of the subdivision, including location of all monuments and primary control points to which dimension, angles, bearing, etc., in the description are referenced.
(b) The location, scaled dimensions, name and description of all existing or recorded streets, alleys, reservations, easements, or other public rights-of-way within the subdivision, intersecting or contiguous with its boundary forming such boundary, with accurate dimensions, bearing or deflecting angles and radii, area, and central angle, degree of curvature, tangent distance and length of all curves where appropriate.
(c) The exact location, dimension, description and name of all proposed streets, alleys, parks, other public areas, reservations, easements or other rights-of-way, blocks, lots, and other sites within the subdivision with radii, area, and central angeles, degree of curvature, tangent distance and length of all curves where appropriate. These proposed improvements shall comply with the standards and specifications in, or referenced in, § 150.283.
(d) The final plat shall also be accompanied by a complete list of restrictive covenants which are intended to be recorded along with the plat and all plat notes which are required by this Code.
(5) In addition, the final plat shall be accompanied by detailed construction plans and detailed cost estimates for all proposed site improvements. The plat and all plans and engineering calculations shall bear the seal and signature of an engineer, certifying their completeness and accuracy. These site improvements shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(a) Streets, alleys, walks, and monuments;
(b) Sanitary sewer systems, including, where appropriate, treatment and disposal systems;
(c) Water supply systems, including pipes and hydrants and, where appropriate, wells and reservoirs, and pumping stations; and
(d) A detailed drainage plan and street layout, as follows:
1. Grades and runoff figures on the inlet and outlet side of all channels and storm sewers.
2. Drainage easements.
3. A general location map of the subdivision showing the watershed sub-areas.
4. Calculations showing the anticipated stormwater flow, including watershed area, percent runoff, and time of concentration. When a drainage ditch or storm sewer is proposed, calculations shall be submitted showing the basis for design.
5. When a drainage channel or storm sewer is proposed, complete plans, profiles, and specifications shall be submitted, showing complete construction details.
6. When conditions upstream or downstream from a proposed channel or storm sewer do not permit maximum design flow, high water marks based on a 25-year frequency, shall be indicated based on existing conditions.
7. Identification of all critical water quality zones with notation of restrictions pertaining to such zones as required by the provisions of this Code.
(e) A documentation of compliance with water quality control strategies as required by the watershed provisions of this Code as amended.
(f) A final erosion-sedimentation control plan and construction sequencing plan as required by the watershed provisions of this Code, as amended.
(g) A statement signed and acknowledged by the owner dedicating all streets, easements, water distribution and wastewater collection systems, parks and other open access to public use, or where, with the approval of the City Council, the owner has made provisions for perpetual maintenance thereof to the inhabitants of the subdivision. Disapproval of the plat shall indicate refusal to accept any offered dedications. Approval of the plat shall not be deemed acceptance of such dedications until such time as the city has appropriated same by entry, use, or maintenance.
(h) The certification statement to be signed by the Mayor upon approval of the City Council that the final plat conforms to all requirements of the subdivision regulations and other relevant regulations of the City of Sunset Valley, Texas.
(i) A certification by the surveyor responsible for surveying the subdivision area, attesting to its accuracy;
(j) The certification of the engineer responsible for the preparation of the final plat and supporting data, attesting to its completeness and accuracy.
(B) Processing of final plat.
(1) General. A final plat shall not be filed for recording with the County Clerk until the City Council has approved the final plat and the accompanying construction plans and cost estimates. Processing for final plat approval shall parallel that described in § 150.281(F) for processing preliminary plats. Within 30 days after the complete application for final plat approval is formally filed, the city shall approve or disapprove such plat. If the City Council disapproves a proposed final plat, it shall reference, in writing, any and all deficiencies of the proposed final plat which were cause for disapproval. The subdivider shall be allowed to submit a revised final plat which resolves the deficiencies on or before 180 days after the disapproval of the proposed final plat. The City Council shall approve or disapprove the revised final plat within 30 days after the complete revised final plat is formally filed. If the subdivider fails to file a revised final plat on or before 180 days after the disapproval of the proposed final plat, the application for review shall be conclusively presumed to have been withdrawn by the applicant.
(2) If desired by the subdivider and approved by the Council, the final plat may constitute only that portion of the approved preliminary plat which he proposes to record and develop. However, such portion shall conform to all the requirements of this Code.
(3) As soon as practical after the subdivider is notified of the approval of the preliminary plat, his engineer shall submit to the City Council at an official meeting the final plat of the subdivision or portion thereof.
(4) (a) 1. Once formal application for final plat approval has been made, any substantial changes to the form or content of any final plat submissions shall be deemed to constitute a new submission, superceding and replacing any prior filing of a final plat or application for final plat approval governing the same tract.
2 Substantial changes to a final plat that have been requested in writing by the city, a checking entity or the City Council do not create a new submission within the meaning of the foregoing division.
(b) Hearing dates, deadlines or filing fees applicable to earlier final plat applications or submissions do not apply to any new submission or application made pursuant to § 150.282(B)(4)(a). A new filing fee is required for each new submission. New deadlines and hearing schedules shall be established for each new submission or application.
(5) No final plat will be considered unless a preliminary plat has been submitted and approved. However, if an approved plat has been duly recorded and the subdivider wishes to increase the size of the lots by combining two or more lots or by combining one lot with a portion of the adjacent lot in such manner that no portion of a lot remains smaller than the original lots, no preliminary plat will be necessary. Major changes from the development proposed on the preliminary plat may necessitate filing and approval of an amended preliminary plat.
(6) A final plat of an approved preliminary plat or a portion thereof shall be submitted to the City Council within six months of the date of approval of the preliminary plat; otherwise, the approval of the City Council shall become null and void, unless an extension of time is applied for and granted by the City Council.
(7) If no development has occurred which would affect the proposed plat, after six months of effective acceptance, the City Council may, upon the application of the subdivider, extend the acceptance for one additional six-month period. After review by the City Council, further modification may be required by the City Council at that time of review. No additional filing fee shall be required if modifications are requested by the City Council.
(8) City Council approval or disapproval of final plat. The City Council shall disapprove the proposed final plat unless;
(a) The plat complies with the provisions of this chapter; and
(b) The uses proposed for the property being subdivided are consistent with its zoning.
(9) Disapproval of the final plat shall indicate refusal to accept any offered dedications. If the final plat is disapproved, the City Council shall inform the subdivider in writing of the reasons for disapproval.
(10) Approval of the plat shall not be deemed acceptance of such dedications until such time as the city has appropriated same by entry, use, or maintenance and by the approval of the constructed improvements therein. Approval of the final plat, plans, and specifications required herein shall not prevent the City Council or the entity responsible for checking such documents from thereafter requiring the correction of errors in said plans and specifications and in the construction of the associated improvements.
(11) When the final plat is filed with the City Council for approval, it shall be accompanied by all relevant fees as set forth in the fee schedules adopted by ordinance or resolution. Filing fees are non-refundable.
(12) Recording of plat.
(a) A final plat shall not be filed for recording with the County Clerk until the City Council has approved the final plat and the accompanying construction plans, cost estimates and security and maintenance guarantees as hereinafter required, and certificates have been received stating that all taxes on the land being subdivided have been paid to the current year.
(b) After the final plat has been finally approved and the subdivider has constructed all the required improvements and such improvements have been approved and accepted by the city and a maintenance guarantee filed as hereinafter provided; or after the final plat has been finally approved and the subdivider has filed the security and maintenance guarantees as hereinafter provided, the secretary for the city shall cause the final plat to be recorded with the County Clerk within two weeks after consent for filing has been received from the subdivider. The City Council shall also cause the check or checks from the recordation fee or fees deposited at the time the final plat was filed for approval to be delivered with the final plat to the County Clerk.
(c) No plat shall be filed for record without the written consent of the subdivider. If the subdivider fails to give such written consent within 30 days of the date of the final approval of the plat, the City Council may at any time thereafter cancel such approval.