CHAPTER 154: SUBDIVISIONS
Section
General Provisions
   154.001   Compliance required
   154.002   Provisions to be minimum standards
   154.003   Rules of construction and definitions
   154.004   Authority
   154.005   Purpose
   154.006   Jurisdiction
   154.007   Approval required
   154.008   Maintenance bond
Procedure for Plat Approval
   154.020   Preapplication
   154.021   Approval procedure for preliminary plat
   154.022   Conditions of preliminary plat approval
   154.023   Approval procedure for final plat
   154.024   Combination preliminary and final plat
Plat Form and Content
   154.035   Preliminary plat
   154.036   Final plat
General Requirements
   154.050   Parks, school site, public areas
   154.051   Easements for utilities
   154.052   Dedication for public use
   154.053   Diversity of ownership
   154.054   Partial development of large subdivision
   154.055   Comprehensive group development
Improvements Prior to Acceptance
   154.065   Monuments
   154.066   Streets and alleys
   154.067   Storm drainage
   154.068   Water supply
   154.069   Sewer improvements
   154.070   Underground utilities
   154.071   As-built plans
Requirements and Design Standards
   154.085   Relation to land use
   154.086   Streets
   154.087   Water and sanitary sewer
   154.088   Storm drainage
   154.089   Lots
   154.090   Blocks
   154.091   Building lines
   154.092   Easements
   154.093   Monuments
   154.094   Restrictions for permit
   154.095   Reservations
   154.096   Variances
   154.097   Inspection of construction
Filing Fees and Charges
   154.110   Fee schedule
   154.999   Penalty
GENERAL PROVISIONS
§154.001 COMPLIANCE REQUIRED.
   (A)   On and after the passage of this chapter, any person, firm, or corporation seeking approval of any plat, plan, or replat of any subdivision of land within the city and its legally established extraterritorial jurisdiction shall be required to comply with the requirements of this chapter before such approval may be granted.
   (B)   These regulations shall govern every person, firm, association, or corporation owning any tract of land within the corporate limits or the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the city who may hereafter divide the same into two or more parts for the purpose of laying out any subdivision of any tract of land or any addition to said city, or for laying out suburban lots or building lots, or any lots, streets, alleys, parks, or other portions intended for public use or the use of purchasers or owners of lots fronting thereon or adjacent thereto.
(Ord. passed 4-20-2000)
§ 154.002 PROVISIONS TO BE MINIMUM STANDARDS.
   It is the intention of the City Council that the principles, standards, and requirements provided herein shall be minimum requirements for the platting and developing of subdivisions in the city and in its extraterritorial jurisdiction. Where other ordinances of the city are more restrictive in their requirements, such ordinances shall control.
(Ord. passed 4-20-2000)
§ 154.003 RULES OF CONSTRUCTION AND DEFINITIONS.
   For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms, phrases, words, and their derivatives shall have the meanings given herein. Definitions not expressly prescribed herein are to be determined in accordance with customary usage in municipal planning and engineering practices. Words used in the present tense include the future, words in the plural number include the singular number, and words in the singular number include the plural. The word "shall" shall be deemed as mandatory. The word "may" shall be deemed as permissive.
   ALLEYS. A minor way used primarily for vehicular and/or utility service to the rear or side of properties otherwise abutting on a street.
   CITY or THE CITY. The City of Tool, Texas.
   CITY COUNCIL, COUNCIL, or GOVERNING BODY. The City Council of the City of Tool.
   COMMISSION. The Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Tool.
   EASEMENT. A right granted for the purpose of limited public or semi-public use across, over, or under private land.
   EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION. That area of land lying outside and adjacent to the corporate limits of the City of Tool over which the City of Tool has legal control as set forth in Ch. 42 of the Tex. Local Gov't Code.
   LOT. Land occupied or to be occupied by a building and its accessory buildings and including such open spaces as are required by ordinances of the city and having its principal frontage upon a public street or officially approved place.
      CORNER LOT. A lot that has frontage upon a side street in addition to a front street.
      LOT OF RECORD. Any lot that is part of a subdivision the plat of which has been recorded in the office of the County Clerk of the county or counties in which the plat has been recorded.
   PLAT. A complete and exact subdivision plan submitted to the City Council which if approved shall be submitted to the County Clerk of the county or counties in which the plat is located for recording.
      APPROVED PLAT. A plat which has been approved in accordance with the requirements of this chapter and which has been filed for record with the County Clerk of the county (counties) in which the subdivision is located.
   STREET. A way for vehicular traffic and other public uses, whether designated a street, highway, thoroughfare, parkway, throughway, road, avenue, boulevard, lane, place, or however otherwise designated.
      ARTERIAL or MAJOR STREETS AND HIGHWAYS. Streets used primarily for fast or heavy traffic as designated in the Thoroughfare Plan.
      COLLECTOR STREETS. Those streets which carry traffic from minor streets to a major system of arterial streets and highways, including the principal entrance streets of a residential development or business park and those streets for circulation within such a development as designated on the Thoroughfare Plan.
      CUL-DE-SAC. A short minor street having only one vehicular access to another street and terminated by a vehicular turn-around.
      DEAD END STREET. A street, other than a cul-de-sac, with only one outlet.
      MARGINAL ACCESS STREETS. Those minor streets which are parallel to and adjacent to arterial streets and highways and which provide access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic.
      MINOR, LOCAL or RESIDENTIAL STREETS. Those streets that are used primarily for access to abutting properties.
   SUBDIVISION. The division of a tract or parcel of land into two or more parts or lots for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of sale or building development or transfer of ownership, with the exception of transfer to heirs of an estate, and shall include re-subdivision. An owner subdividing his or her land into parcels of not less than five acres each for agricultural use and not involving new streets shall be exempt from the requirements of this chapter.
      RE-SUBDIVISION. The division of an existing subdivision, or the relocation of any street lines.
      SUBDIVIDER. Any person or any agent thereof, dividing or proposing to divide land so as to constitute a subdivision. Furthermore, the term SUBDIVIDER shall be restricted to include only the owner, equitable owner, or authorized agent of such owner or equitable owner of land sought to be subdivided. The terms SUBDIVIDER and DEVELOPER are used interchangeably in this chapter.
   ZONING ADMINISTRATOR. The person(s) so designated by the City Council of the City of Tool to administer the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. passed 4-20-2000)
§ 154.004 AUTHORITY.
   This chapter is adopted under the authority of the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, including particularly Ch. 212, 242, and 43 of the Tex. Local Gov't Code, as amended.
(Ord. passed 4-20-2000)
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