0160A1ORDINANCE NO. 160-A-1
AN ORDINANCE AM~N~/NG Ot~DINANCE 160-A INSOFAR AS
SECTICNS 5. lc,/~:~', and 9.10a ARE CONCERNED: ESTAB-
LISHING A SIMPLIFIED SUBDIVISICN PROCEDU~; PROVIDING
A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PFOVIDING FOR PUBLICATION kND AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
~REAS it has been found by the City Co~cil that it is in the best interests
of the City and the orderly and proper development thereof that an altered form
of ~nort Form Subdlvisicn Procedure be adopted; and,
~AS, the Planning and Zoning Co~nissi~ and other appointed individuals
hav~ conducted a study of such matter; and
WIIE~q, public hearings have be~n conducted in accordance with applicable
law; and,
~{EREAS by authority of applicable laws for the state of Texas as set out
in a~ticles 970a and 974a of Vernc~'s Annotated Civil Statutes of Texas, such
regulaticn is authorized, in connection with tJ~e said ordinance 160-A of the said
City of Southlake, Texas:
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE CITY (I/ONCIL OF THE CITY OF
ARTICT~E 1. REPEAL OF SECTIC~ 6.3 OF ORDINANCE 160-A:
The provisions of the for~r Section 6.3 of Ordinance 160-A are hereby
repealed and substitute thereof the following shall be known as Section 6.3:
"SI~LIFIED SUBDMSIC~ PNSCEDUF~:
A simplified subdivision procedure may be followed for the approval of the
subdivision only ~]en the l~d proposed to be subdivided or re-subdivided
meets the follcwinq conditions and requirenents:
Suth land abuts up~q a street conforming to Section 9.3 of this ordinance
and is so situated that no additional streets and no alleys easements or
otJ]er public property are ~equired in order to n~et the requirements of
this ordinance.
The perinmter of the tract being subdivided has been surveyed and marked
on the ground and a plat tJ]ereof prepared and filed with the Plan Admin-
istrator and tJ]e nearest co~ner of eadn lot or parcel of such proposed
subdivision is within two hundred feet of a known comer which is adequately
marked by a c~]crete mcnument or iron stake.
The topography of the tract and the surrounding lands is suda that no regard
need be give~] in such subdivision to drainage, or, where drainage facilities
are required, arr~1gements have be~n made for the constln/ction of such
facilities in accordance with all applicable City Ordinances.
11%e utilities, as required by the city, are in place to serve each parcel,
or lot of sud~ subdivision or resubdivision, or arrangements to provide
such utilities have been n~de in accordance with all applicable City
The Pl~% Administrator and/or the Planning and Z~ling Cc~nission may
request necessary additional infonnation from the applicant and an opinic~
frcm tJ~e city planner-engineer concemling the adequacy of drainage or
utilities and/or %J]e sufficiency of arrangenmnts for construction of same.
6. If the area included in the application is not served by sanitary sewer
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system, each lot shall be a minimum of one acre in area and perculation
tests for eadn lot to be served by a septic tank rmast be made in accordance
with applicable City Ordinances, State Statutes and County regulations,
whichever ir~poses the ~Dst strict conditic~s.
7. R~]e actual zoning must be consistent with the use proposed in the
application ~]d the application shall state sudl use.
A "Developers Ag~ement" shall be used including all mathers regularly
used in a regular subdivision process except matters not applicable due
to the particular individual simplified subdivision plat involved.
B. Plat Delivery to Pl~i Ad~]istrator:
When the land proposed to be subdivided meets the requirements and conditions
of the preceding Section 6.3 A (1) throug~ (8) , the cwner of sudn tract of land
ny deliver to the Plan Administrator a plat of the san~, accompanied by a
filing fee in the same a~Dunt provided for a regular plat. The plat and
application shall be signed and acknowledged by the cwner of the land and shall
be accc~oanied by tax certificate as required in Section 8.2 a.b and c of this
said ordinance.
C. Contents of Sir~lified Plats:
The plat shall be drawn on tracing paper to a scale of 100 feet to 1 ind~
(to the nearest foot and hundredths of a foot) and shall show the folk~ing
1. Existing streets, alleys, easements ~%d other public property serving the
land being subdivided.
2. Adjoining tracts of land and owners thereof.
3. Known marked or ~numented corners.
4. Length of lot lines and, where necessary, their courses.
D. Processing by Plan Administrator and Planning and Zoning C~rmission:
The Plan Administrator shall cause the plat to be checked and verified and
shall prepare a report to the PlannJ~]g and Zoning Cc~ission setting forth his
findings. Such repose %ogether with the plat and application shall be filed
with the Planning and Zoning Cc~ssion at its next regular meting. The pro-
cess ~] cc~echion with the notice of hearing, hearings and r~tings shall be
as provided in Section 5. ld and Section 17 of this Ordinance 160-A.
E. Processing by City Council:
~]e processing by the City Co~%cil shall be in accordance with Section 5.3b
and Secti~] 17 of tJlis said Ordinance 160-A with the only public notice
necessa~f before the City Council being placing the item in the regular
F. Plat in Recordable Form:
%5e form of tJ]e f~al plat must be such as to be recordable in the office
of the County Clerk of Tarrant County, Texas.
~ICLE 2.
The fol]~ing phrases are hereby deleted frc~] U~e following Sections of
Ordinance 160-A:
(A) The words "short form" in line 3 ~]d the word "and" in line 4 of
Section 5 (c) ,
(B) The words "short form" in line 2 of Section 5.2, and
(C) R~]e words "short form ~nd" in line 3 of Section 9.10 a.
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