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ORDINANCE NO. 95
AN ORDINANCE TO BE HEREAFTER IDENTIFIED AS THE PLANNING ORDINANCE
OF THE TOWN OF SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS; PROVIDING FOR THE APPROVAL BY
THE TOWN PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OF PLANS, PLATS AND RE-
PLATS OF THE SUBDIVIDING OF LAND BY OWNERS OF PROPERTY SITUATED
WITHIN THE LIMITS OF SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS, AND OUTSIDE OF SUCK LIMITS
WITHIN FIVE MILES THEREOF, AS PROVIDED IN ARTICLE 974-A, OF THE
REVISED CIVIL STATUTES OF TEXAS, AS AMENDED; PROVIDING FOR THE
SUBMITTING OF ANY PLANS, PLATS OR REPLATS FOR CREATING, ALTERING,
CHANGING, ADDITIONS AND SUBDIVISIONS OF LAND, TO THE TOWN PLANNING
AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL, PRIOR TO FILING THEREOF IN
COUNTY RECORDS; FURTHER PROVIDING AUTHORITY FOR REJECTION OF PLANS,
PLATS AND REPLATS FOR CAUSE AS PROVIDED IN THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING
THAT IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL TO ERECT ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURES OF ANY
KING WHATSOEVER ON ANY PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN SUCH PLANS, PLAT OR
REPLATS UNTIL SAME SHALL HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE PLANNING AND ZON-
ING COM1-rISSION; FURTHER PROVIDING THAT IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY
PERSOI, FIRM OR CORPORATION TO CONNECT TO ANY LAND IN ANY PLAN, PLAT
OR REPLAT WITH ANY KIND OF PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE, UNTIL SUCH PLAN,
PLAT OR REPLAT SHALL HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE TOWN PLA1,TNITIG AND
ZONING COMMISSION; PROVIDING CERTAIN RULES AND REGULATIONS IN CONNECTION
WITH SUBDIVIDING OF LAND AND PREPARATION OF PLANS, PLATS AND REPLATS,
AND CONSTRUCTION OF STREETS IN ADDITIONS AND SUBDIVISIONS AND ANY
REPLATING OF SAME; PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE AND REPEAL OF ALL OR-
DINANCES OR PARTS THEREOF IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND FURTHER PROVIDING
THAT ANY PERSON, FIRM OR CORPORATION VIOLATING ANY OF THE PROVISIONS
OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE DEEMED GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR, AND UPON
CONVICTION THEREOF SHALL BE FINED NOT LESS THAN TEN DOLLARS ($10.00)
NOR MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00) EACH DAY SUCH VIOLATION
CONTINUES SHALL CONSTITUTE A SEPARATE AND DISTINCT OFFENSE; FURTHER
PROVIDING THAT IN CASE OF WILFUL AND CONTINUOUS VIOLATIONS HEREOF,
SUCH VIOLATIONS OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE BEING DECLARED
THEREIN AS A MISDEMEANOR, SHALL NOT PRECLUDE THE TOWN OF SOUTiLAKE,
TEXAS, FROM INVOKING THE CIVIL REMEDIES GIVEN IT BY THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF TEXAS, BUT SHALL BE CUMULATIVE AND SUBJECT TO PROSECUTION
AS HEREINABOVE DESCRIBED FOR SUCH VIOLATION OR VIOLATIONS; FURTHER
PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE AND BE IN FULL
FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER THE DATE OF ITS ADOPTION AND PUB-
LICATION AS BY LAW PROVIDED.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN
OF SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS:
SECTION I. From and after the passage of this Ordinance, all
plats and subdivisions of land within the Corporate Limits of the Town
of Southlake, Texas, and all plats and subdivisions of land outside
the Corporate Limits of the Town of Southlake that the Councilmen may
be petitioned to include witkiin tae Corporate Limits of the Town by
an extension of said Corporate Limits, and all tracts within five
miles of the Corporate Limits, shall conform to the following rules
and regulations:
(1) Definitions: For the purpose of interpreting this Ordin-
ance, certain words used herein are defined as follows:
(a) Board. The Town Council of the Town of Southlake.
(b) Building set back line. Aline beyond which buildings
must be set back from the street line.
(c) Councilmen. The Town Council of the Town of Southlake.
(d) Local residential street. A local residential street is one
which is intended primarily tosarve traffic within a neighborhood or
limited residential district, and which is not necessarily continuous
through several residential districts.
(e) Minor street. A minor street is one which is continuous
through several districts and is intended as a connecting street
between residential districts and major streets or business districts.
(f) Major Street. A major street is a principal traffic artery,
more or less continuous across the Town which is intended to connect
remote parts of the Town or areas adjacent thereto, and acts as a
principal connecting street with State and Federal Highways.
(g) Plat. The map, drawing or chart on which a subdividers plan
of a subdivision is presented and which he submits for approval and
intends to record in final form.
(h) Street Width. Street width is the shortest distance between
the lines which delineate the right of way of the street.
(i) Subdivision. A subdivision is the division of any lot,
tract, or parcel of land into two or more lots or sites for the pur-
pose, whether immediate or future, of sale or of building development,
and which includes the dedication of any land to the public use,
whether in the form of streets, alleys, easements, parks, or play-
grounds. Divisions of land for agricultural purposes, in parcels of
five acres or more shall not be included within this definition of
subdivision, unless any such division of five acres or more includes
the planning or development of a new street or access easement.
(j) Replatting. Replatting is the subdivision of any part of a
block of a previously replatted subdivision, addition or any tract
or parcel of land that does not change the location of any street line
or original subdivision boundary line.
SECTION II. Preliminary Plat. Five prints of a preliminary plat of
any proposed subdivision shall be submitted to the Town Council for
their review and approval before the preparation of the final plat for
record. Such plat must be filed in the office of the Town Secretary
at least five days prior to the meeting at which approval is asked.
This plat shall be drawn to scale of 1001 to one inch. This plat
shall show, or be accompanied by the following info.rmationi
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(a) The names of the owner and/or subdivider, the Registered
Engineer, or the licensed state land surveyer responsible for the
survey or design of the plat.
(b) The proposed name of the subdivision (which must not be
so similar to that of an existing subdivision as to cause confusion)
and names of adjacent subdivisions.
(c) Location of boundary lines and width and location of platt-
ed streets and alleys within, or adjacent to, the property for a dis-
tance of 500 feet; physical features of the property, including
location of water courses, ravines, bridges, culverts, present struc-
tures and other features pertinent to subdivision; and location of any
existing utilities with size of sewer and water mains. The outline
of wooded areas or the location of important individual trees is re-
oui.red. For plats exceeding three acres in gross area contours must
be shown at the intervals of two feet. All elevations shown shall be
referred to Town datum. The acreage of the property is to be indi-
cated.
(d) The location and width of the proposed streets, roads and
lots, and other features, and their location in relation to platted
streets in adjacent subdivisions shall be shown. If there are no
adjacent subdivision, then a map which may be made on a smaller scale,
must be presented showing outline and ownership of adjacent ;properties,
location and distance to the nearest subdivisions, and how the streets,
or highways in the subdivision offered for record may connect with
those in the nearest subdivision. Proposed streets shall not bb
shown over lands of adjacent owners unless written agreements covering
this condition are presented with the plat.
(e) A statement, as to the type and width of grading, pavements
or surfacing proposed by the developer, shall be :placed on the plat
over the developer's signature, and such proposed improvements shall
receive written approval of the Councilmen before any actual construe-
tion work is performed. The developer shall arrange with the appro-
priate utility department and/or company for the payment, and refund
of all construction costs of each utility involved, and all such
arrangements with a department of the Town of Southlake shall be
in writing and subject to the approval of the Councilmen.
(f) A designation shall be shown of the proposed uses of land
within the subdivision; that is, the type of residential use, location
of business or industrial sites, an- sites for churches, schools,
parks, or other special uses.
(g) The following certificates shall be placed on the plat:
(1) Reviewed for Preliminary Approval:
City Engineer and or Date
Director of Public Works
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(2) Approved for Preparation of Final Plat:
Chairman, City Planning and Date
Zoning Board
(h) A North Point, scale, and date shall be shown on the plat.
(i) After the preliminary plat has been reviewed and has re-
ceived the preliminary approval of the "Town Engineer and/or Director
of Public Works, and after said preliminary plat has received the
approval of the Town- Planning and Zoning Board, such preliminary plat
shall be submitted,;'o the Town Council for its tentative approval.
The Town Council sh6l1 carefully examine said preliminary plat and
all supporting data required to be submit-ted with such preliminary
plat, and if fgjnd to be satisfactory, the Town Coucil shall give
its tentative approval to said preliminary plat. The tentative
approval o 'the preliminary plat by the Town Council does not con-
stitute acceptance of the subdivision, but is merely an authorization
to -proceed with the preparation of the final plat.
SECTION III. Final Plat. After the Preliminary plat has been tenta-
tively a~~roved by the Town Council, a final plat in the form of a
record plat shall be prepared and submitted to the City Engineer or
Director of Public Works for review and transmission to the Council.
Five (5) prints of such plat shall be filed in the office of the
City Engineer and/or Director of Public Works at least ten (10) days
prior to the meeting at which approval is asked. This*plat shall
be submitted on a scale of 100 feet to one inch. This plat shall
show, or be accompanied by the following information.
(a) The names of the owner and/or subdivider and of the licensed
state landsurveyor, or registered engineer responsible for the plat.
(b) The name of the subdivision and adjacent subdivisions, the
names of streets (to conform whenever possible to existing street
names) and numbers of lots and blocks, in accordance with a systematic
arrangement. In case of branching streets, the lines of departure
shall be i dieated. (See General Requirements).
(e) An accurate boundary survey of the property, with bearings
and distances, referenced to survey lines and established subdivisions,
and showing the lines of all adjacent lands and the lines of adjacent
streets,, with their width and names. Street and lot lines in adjacent
subdivisions shall be shown in dashed lines.
(d) Location of proposed lots, streets, public .highways, parks
and other features, with accurate dimensions in feet and decimal
fractions of feet, with the length of radii and of arcs of all curves,
a14 angles, and with all other engineering information necessary to
1 rep4oduee the plat on the ground. Dimensions shall be shown from all
angle points. Contours, with an interval of one or two feet as governed
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by the topography, shall be shown as light, dashed lines. All ele-
vations shown shall be referred to Town datum. The contours may be
shown on ..separate sheet if so desired but the drawing shall be
to the same scale as the plat.
(e) The 'location of building lines on front and side streets,
and-the location of utility easements,
(f) A certificate showing restrictions, reservations, and/or
easements, if-any, to be imposed in connection with the Addition.
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(g) A certificate of dedication of all streets, public high-
ways, parks and other land intended for public use, signed by the
owner or owners and by all other parties who have a mortgage or
lien interest in the property. All deed restrictions that are to be
filed with tn.e plat, shall be shown or filed separately.
(h) A waiver of claim for damages against the Town occasioned
by the establishment of grades or the alteration of the surface of any
portion of existing streets and alleys.to conform to the grades es.
tablished in the subdivision.
(i) Receipt showing that all taxes are paid.
(j) Certification by a Registered Engineer or a licensed state
land, surveyor, duly licensed by the State of Texas, to the effect
that the plan represents a survey made by .him, and that all the
necessary survey monuments are correctly shown thereon.
(k) The following certificates shall be placed on tLae plat,
in a manner that will allow the filling in of the certificates by
the proper party;
1. Recommended for Final Approval:
City Engineer and/or Date
Director of Public Works
2. Approved:
Chairman, Town Planning Date
and Zoning Board
Superintendent of the Water Date
and Sewer Department
The following certificates shall be placed on the plat after it
has been finally approved by the Town Council:
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I hereby certify that the above and foregoing Plat of
Addition to the Town Limits of the Town of
Southlake, Texas, was approved by the Town Council of the Town of
Southlake, "Texas, on the day of , 19
This approval shall be invalid unless the approved plat of such
addition is recorded in the office of County Clerk of Tarrant County,
Texas, within 30 days from said date of final approval.
Said addition shall be subject to all the requirements of the
Platting Ordinance of the Town of Southlake,
Witness my hand this 'day of 19
Town Secretary
(1) Plats shall be accompanied by plan-profile sheets, 22" x
361t, and plotted to a scale of one hundred feet to one inch horizontal
and ten feet to one inch vertical, for each proposed street in the sub-
division. These plan-.profiles shall show the right of way of the
street and portions of the right of way of intersecting streets in
the plan portion. The profile portion shall show the existing ground
and, the proposed grade at five points of crgss•-.section; that is, at
the center--lines, the back--of-curb lines, and the property lines.
(m) Typical cross-section shall be shown of the type and width
of paving proposed for the streets. Curbs and Gutters, Pavement
Types and Drainage Structure Design Standardsy of the Town of Southlake,
in effect at the time of submission of the Plat shall be used, subject
to the approval of the City Engineer and/or Director of Public Works
and the Town Council. t
(n) North Point, scale, and date shall be shown.
(o) After approval of the Plat one reproducible print or tracing
shall be furnished the City Engineer and/or Director of Public Works
complete with all necessary signatures. All figures and letters shown
must be plain, distinct, and of sufficient size to be easily read,
and must be sufficient density to make a lasting and permanent record.
(p) When more than one sheet is used for a plat, a key map,
showing the entire subdivision at smaller scale with block numbers
and street names, siza.ll be shown on one of the sheets or on a separate
sheet of the same size.
(q) The engineer, or surveyor, responsible for the plat, sizall
place permanent monuments at each corner of the boundary survey of the
subdivision and at the center-line intersection point of all streets.
These monuments shall be a, concrete post, four (4) inches in diameter
and four (4 ) feet long, or otiaer such type of monuments as s tall be
approved by the City Engineer and/or Director of Public Works. The
precise point of intersection to be indented on the top of the monument.
Block corners shall be referenced to these monuments and the bearing
and distances of the reference lines filed in written form with the City
Engineer and/or Director of Public Works. Tops of monuments shall be set
to pavement grade in permanent type pavements, two inches below grade
in mn-permanent type pavements and flush with existing ground level in
non-paved areas. Elevations and locations of monuments shall be shown
on the Final Plat.
SECTION IV. Final Approval of Final Plat by Sections. An owner and/or
developer, at his option, may obtain approval of a portion or a section
of a subdivision provided he meets all the requirements of this ordinance
with reference to such portion or section in the same manner as is
required for a complete subdivision. In the event a subdivision and the
final plat thereof is approved by the Town Council in sections, each
Final Plat of each section is to carry the name of the entire subdivi-
sion, but is to be distinguished from each other section by a dis-
tinguishing letter, number or sub--title. Block numbers shall run con-
secutively throughout the entire subdivision, but is to be distinguished
from each other section by a distinguishing letter, number, or subtitle.
Block numbers shall run consecutively throughout the entire subdivision,
even though such subdivision may be finally approved in sections.
.SECTION V. General Requirements.
(a) Street Arrangements-. Unless otherwise approved by the Town
Council, provision must be made for the extension of Major Streets.
Minor Streets shall be provided for circulation of traffic through the
subdivision; and adequate local residential streets provided to acco-»
modate the subdivision.
Off-.center street intersections will not be approved. All Major and
~f Minor Streets shall be continuous or in alignment with existing streets,
#16unless variations are deemed advisable by the Town Council after con-
' W sideration of recommendations made by the City Engineer and/or Director
of Public Works. Curvilinear streets sizall be allowed.
(1) Curve Requirements (other than intersection):
Major Streets may have a minimum radii at the center line
of 1,920 feet; Minor Streets may have a minimum radii at
the center--line of 955 feet; Local Residential Streets
may have a minimum radii at the center line of 500 feet,
unless in special circumstances the Town Council approves
a Local Residential street with a: smaller minimum radii,
in which case the developer shall pay and additional cost
of installing the water and sewer lines caused by the
smaller radii.
(2) Street Intersection: More than two streets intersecting at
one point shall be avoided except where-it is impractical
to secure a proper street system otherwise. Where several
streets converge at one point, set-.back lines, special
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rounding or cut-off, of corners and/or a traffic circle
may be required to insure safety and facility of traffic
movements No major street shall intersect any other major
street at an angle of less than sixty degrees. No minor
street shall intersect a major street at less than sixty
degrees, or another minor street at less than thirty
degrees. No local Residential Street shall intersect any
other street at less than eight degrees. Major street
intersections shall have property line corner radii with a
minimum tangent distance of thirty feet. Minor and Resi-
dential Streets shall have as the property line corner,
the point of intersection of intersecting streets. Curb
radii at intersections ahall be fifteen feet measured
from the face of the curb.
(3) Dead End Streets and Courts: Courts or places may be per-
mitted where the form or contour of the land makes it diffi-
cult to plat with connecting streets, but except in unusual
cases, no dead end streets will be approved unless such
dead end streets are provided to connect with future streets
in adjacent land. Such courts or places shall provide
proper access to all lots and shall generally not exceed
four hundred feet in length, and a turn around shall be
provided at the closed end, with an outside radius of at
least sixty feet to the face of the curb and a minimum
radius of seventy feet to the property line.
(4) Relation to Adjoining Streets and Land: The system of streets
designated for the subdivision, except in unusual cases, must
connect with streets already dedicated in adjacent subdivi-
sion; and where not adjacent connections are platted, must
in general be the reasonable projection of streets in the
nearest subdivided tracts,and must be continued to the
boundaries of the tract subdivided, so that other sub-
divisions may connect therewith. Reserve strips of land
controlling access to or egress from other property or to
or from any street or alley or having the effect of restrict-
ing or damaging the adjoining property for subdivision pur-
poses or which will not be taxable or accessable for
special improvements shall not be permitted in any sub-
division unless such reserve strips are conveyed to the
Town in fee simple.
(5) Street Grades: Major Streets may have a maximum grade of
five percent unless the natural topography is such as to
require steeper grades, in which case a seven and one-.half
percent grade may be used for a maximum continuous distance
of 200 feet: •Minbr".streets may have a maximum grade of
seven and one-half percent. Local Residential Streets
may have a maximum grade of ten percent. All streets must
have a minimum grade of at least 5110 of one percent.
Center-line grade changes with an algebraic difference
of more than two percent shall be connected with vertical
curves of sufficient length to provide a minimum of 600
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feet sight distance on Major Streets; 400 feet sight dis-
tance on Minor Streets and Local Residential Streets. No
vertical curve shall be less. Brian 200 feet in length.
Wherever a cross. slope j.s'necessary,, or desirable from one
curb to the opposite curb.*Ltct?' cross slopes shall not be
less than three inches.in thir* feet nor more than twelve
inches in thirty feet.
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(6) Block Lengths and Widths:'--In general, intersecting streets,
determining block lengths,+ shall be ;provided at such in-
tervals as to serve cross t.ffic adequately and to meet
existing streets or custom'ar'y subdivision practices in
the neighborhood. 'Where no existing plats control, the
blocks shall be not more, than lese feet in length nor
less than & o & feet in length except in unusual
cases. In an unusual case where a block is allowed to be
more than I o n a fd'dt long, a connecting sidewalk 4-
feet wide and located on a 4P foot dedicated easement may
be required across the middle portion of such block for
pedestrian use. Block widths shall not exceed Usw 0e1C
feet nor be less than feet, except in unusual
cases.
(7) Street Widths: Major Streets shall have a minimum dedicated
width of feet with a minimum pavement width of
4c:) feet. Minor Streets shall have a minimum
dedicated width of w 0 feet, with a. minimum paving
width of~ feet. Local Residential Streets shall
have a minimum dedicated widt' of te. e!" feet with
a minimum pavement width of 3L feet from back of curb to
back of curb, except that in the case of curvilinear streets
such width shall be increased to a width of 31 feet from
back of curb to back of curb,, if required by City Engineer
a.nd/or Director of Public Works in order to provide easy and
safe travel on such streets. Where the curve is not too
sharp it shall be the policy not to require the additional
width in such curvilinear streets.
(S) Sidewalks: Generally parallel residential sidewalks will
not be required, but where provided they shall be not
less than 4 feet in width; parallel to and not more than
2 feet above or below the adjacent curb grade; and shall
be located one foot inside the dedicated street line and be
situated wholly within the dedicated street. Sidewalks
abutting business property shall have a minimum width of
.10 feet. Parkways shall be excavated or filled to a grade
parallel with and be not more than two feet above and sizall
not be lower than the center line street grade at the right
of way line. Landing walks of a width not less than lE
inches may be installed abutting the rear of the curb.
(9) All construction work, such as street grading, street
pawing, storm sewers, curb and/or gutter work, sanitary
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sewers or water mains performed by the owner, developer,
or contractor, shall be subject to inspection during
construction by the proper authorities of the Town and
shall be constructed in accordance with the standard
specifications approved by the Town Council and which are
on file in the office of the City Engineer and/or Director
of Public Works.
(10) Curb and Gutter: Standard types of curbs and gutters
shall be required to be constructed on all streets and
avenues, and lay down curbs shall be required to be
constructed at all alley intersections.
(11) Street Base: All streets shall have a six inch compacted
base constructed of materials approved by the City Engineer
and/or Director of Public Works. Said base shall be con-
structed on a substantial sub-grade approved by the City
En ineer and/or Director of Public Works.
(12) Street surfacing or pavement shall be mandatory. The
Town shall require the surfacing to consist of two coat
penetration, or concrete or brick, one inch rock asphalt
or any other type of approved hot or cold pre--mixed
material as determined by the City Engineer and/or Director
of Public Works, and approved by the Town Council. All
street construction work shall be performed by a bonded
contractor who has filed faithful performance bond with
the Town of Southlake, as required in the ordinance
covering specifications for street construction.
(13) Storm Sewers: Storm sewers sLaall be constructed in such
locations and of such size and dimensions, design and of
materials as specified by the City Engineer and/or Director
of Public Works, with the approval of the Town Council..
(b) Misceallaneous Requirements:
(1) Parks, playgrounds, Public and School Sites: All sub-
divisions exceeding five acres in gross area shall include
a dedication of approximate five percent of said gross
area to the public for use as parks, playgrounds, public
or school sites, provided the Planning and Zoning Board
and the To:m Council deem such dedication adkisable. The
said five percent to be in addition to tine property dedi-
cated for streets, alleys, other public ways, or utility
easements. Said five percent may include a required dedi-
cation of fifty feet on each side of all well defined creeks
for park purposes.
(2) Guarantee for Construction or Maintenance of Streets: Appro-
val of the plat shall not impose any duty upon the Town
concerning the maintenance of improvements of any such
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dedicated parts until the proper authorities of the Town
shall have made actual acceptance of the same by entry,
use or improvement.
(3) Replatting: Any replatting of any existing subdivision or
any part thereof shall meet the requirements provided for
herein for a new subdivision.
(4) Advice and Cooperation: Advice and Cooperation in the
preparation of plats will be freely given by the Town
Planning and Zoning Board and the City Engineer and/or
Director of Public Works.
(5) No subdivision or addition showing reserve strips of land
controlling the access to public ways or adjoining proper-
ties will be approved.
(6) Where plats are presented for approval which adjoin un-
platted property, the owner and/or developer of the
proposed subdivision shall provide his pro rate part
of boundary streets.
(7) The final approval of a final plat of a subdivision shall
be invalid unless such approved plat of such subdivision
is recorded in the office of the County Clerk of Tarrant
County, Texas, within 30 days after the date of its final
approval by the Town Council.
(8) No building permit nor any water, sewer, plumbing or
electrical permit shall be issued by the Town to the
owner or any other person with respect to any property
in any subdivision covered by this ordinance until:
(a) Such time as the developer and/or owner has complied with
the requirements of this ordinance and the final plat
regarding improvements with respect to the block facing
the street on which the property is situated, including
the installation of streets with proper base and paving,
curb and gutter, drainage structures and storm sewers,
all according to the specifications of the Town of Southlake;
or
(b) Until an escrow deposit sufficient to i-3ay for the cost of
such improvements as determined by the City Engineer and/or
Director of Public Works computed on a private commercial
rate basis has been made with the Town Secretary accom-
panied by an agreement signed by the developer and/or
owner authorizing the Town to make such improvements at
prevailing private contractor and pay for the same out
of the escrow deposit, should the developer and/or owner
fail or refuse to install the required improvements within
the time stated in such written agreement, but in no case
shall the Town be obligated to make such improvements
itself. Such deposit may be used by the owner and/or
developer as progress payments as the work progresses
in making such improvements by making certified requi-
sitions to the Town Secretary supported by evidence of
work done; or
(c) Until the developer and/or owner files a corporate surety
bond with the Town Secretary in a sum equal to the cost
of such improvements for the designated area guaranteeing
the installation thereof within the time stated in the
bond, and for maintenance for two years thereafter.
SECTION VI. Schedule of Fees Payable to Town Secretary in Advance:
The following schedule of fees and charges shall be collected by the
Town Secretary, his deputies or assistants, when any preliminary map
or plat is tendered to the Town. Each of the fees and charges pro-
vided for herein shall be paid in advance, and no action of the
Town Planning and Zoning Board or Town Council shall be valid until
the fee shall have been paid to the officer designated .herein. The
Town Secretary, his deputies or assistants, shall collect the fees
and charges in accordance with the following schedule:
(a) Preliminary plats, $5.00 per plat, plus 50 cents per lot.
A certificate shall be made by the proper officers shoiaing that the
fees provided for herein have been paid prior to the submission of
any preliminary or final plats to the Town Planning and Zoning Board,
and no approval shall be valid until the fee has been collected.
SECTION VII. Acceptance of Final Plat by Town Does Not Obligate Town
to Finance or Furnish Improvements. The acceptance of a final plat
by the Town of Southlake does not, in any manner, obligate the Town
to finance or furnish any storm sewer, drainage structures, or street
or water or sewer improvements or any other improvements within the
approved subdivision. No storm sewer or drainage facility, or street,
or water or sewer improvements shall be voted on or made, nor shall
any public money be expended on any new proposed subdivision. Appeals
may be taken to the Town Council by the owner and/or developer as to
actions of the City Engineer and/or Director of Public Works and of
the Planning and Zoning Board, whether on preliminary or final review
of a proposed plan.
SECTION VIII. PENALTY. Any person violating this ordinance or any
portion thereof shall upon conviction be guilty of a misdemeanor and
shall be fined not less than $10;00 nor more than $200.00, and each
day that such violation continues shall be considered a separate
offense and punishable accordingly.
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S TA TE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF TARRANT
T hereby certify that the attached notice was published in
The Grapevine Sun, a newspaper published in Grapevine, Tarrant
County, Texas, on April 4, 1957.
~Pftblisher o Grapev ne un
Subscribed and sworn to before me this VCtl day of 1957.
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Notar, blic, Co., Texas