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
(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)
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)
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)
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