The City Council shall, through adoption of ordinances, promulgate
rules, regulations, standards and specifications for the construction
(as set forth in the Design Criteria Manual), installation, design,
location and arrangement of streets, curbs, streetlights, street signs,
alleys, utility layouts, utility easements, gates for utility easements,
sidewalks, water supply and water distribution, fire hydrants, sewage
disposal systems, septic tanks, water wells, monuments, criteria for
drainage easement requirements, drainage facilities, and crosswalk
ways. Such ordinances shall be published and filed with the City Secretary
at least thirty (30) days before becoming effective. Any rules, regulations,
standards and specifications adopted pursuant to this Ordinance may
be amended, provided that an amendment must be published and filed
with the City Secretary at least thirty (30) days before it becomes
effective. No such rules, regulations, standards and specifications
shall conflict with this or any other ordinances of the City. All
such improvements shall be constructed, installed, designed, located
and arranged by the developer/owner in accordance with such rules,
regulations, standards and specifications.
(Ordinance O-2003-02 adopted 2/4/03)
A. Except where
indicated, these Subdivision Regulations are not intended to interfere
with, abrogate, or annul any other ordinance, rule, regulation, statute,
or other provision of law. Whenever the standards and specifications
in this ordinance conflict with those contained in another ordinance,
the most stringent or restrictive provision shall govern.
B. These regulations
are not intended to abrogate any easement, deed restriction, covenant
or any other private agreement or deed restriction.
(Ordinance O-2003-02 adopted 2/4/03)
A. The City
shall not repair, maintain, install or provide any streets or public
utility services in any development for which a final plat has not
been approved and filed for record, nor in which the standards contained
or referred to in this Ordinance have not been complied with in full.
B. The City
shall not sell or supply any water, gas, electricity or sewage service
within a subdivision for which a final plat has not been approved
or filed for record, nor in which the standards contained or referred
to in this Ordinance have not been complied with in full.
C. No building
permit for a primary building will be issued until all proposed public
facilities have been installed and have been approved by the City
unless specifically authorized by the Developer Agreement after a
determination that adequate security has been provided to assure construction
of the public facilities.
(Ordinance O-2003-02 adopted 2/4/03)
A. Appropriate
actions may be taken to prevent a violation of these Subdivision Regulations;
to prevent unlawful construction; to restrain, correct, or abate a
violation; or to prevent illegal occupancy of a building structure
or premises.
B. The City
Attorney shall, when directed by the City Council, institute appropriate
action in a court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the provisions
of this Ordinance or the standards referred to in this Ordinance with
respect to any violation thereof which occurs within the City, within
the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City or within any area subject
to all or a part of the provisions of this Ordinance.
C. It shall
be the responsibility of the City Planner to enforce the administrative
provisions of these regulations.
D. It shall
be the responsibility of the Development Services Manager to enforce
the development provisions of these regulations.
E. The subdivision
of any lot or any parcel of land by the use of a metes and bounds
description for the purpose of sale, transfer, or lease with the intent
of evading these regulations by creating a building lot shall be considered
a violation of this Ordinance. All such subdivisions and plats shall
be subject to all of the requirements contained in these Subdivision
Regulations.
F. No building
permit shall be issued for the construction of a building or structure
on a lot subdivided or sold in violation of the provisions of these
Subdivision Regulations.
H. The City
Planner shall be responsible for the interpretation of these Subdivision
Regulations. Where a developer or applicant disagrees with the interpretation
of the City Planner, he/she may appeal such interpretation to the
Planning and Zoning Commission for a final determination. Where a
determination of these regulations is in conflict with a request by
a developer/owner, the Planning and Zoning Commission shall rule and
decide on these questions.
(Ordinance 2013-23 adopted 11/19/13)
If any development exists for which a final plat has not been approved or for which the standards contained or referred to herein have not been complied with in full, the Planning and Zoning Commission shall pass a resolution reciting the fact of such noncompliance or failure to secure final plat approval, and reciting the fact that the provisions of Section 3 of this Ordinance will apply to the development and the lots therein, and the City Secretary shall, when directed by the Planning and Zoning Commission, cause a certified copy of such resolution under the corporate seal of the City to be filed in the deed records of the county or counties in which such development or part thereof lies. If full compliance and final plat approval are secured after the filing of such resolution, the City Secretary shall forthwith file an instrument in the deed records of such county or counties stating that subsections
3.3 [sic] no longer apply.
(Ordinance O-2003-02 adopted 2/4/03)
A. Platting
shall be required for all building permit requests for new buildings
on unplatted real property except as follows:
1. Residentially
developed property not exceeding five acres in size may obtain a building
permit for additions to the main structure if such addition does not
exceed 50 percent of the main structure;
2. Adding
an accessory building or structure on an unplatted residentially developed
lot provided a primary structure exists on the unplatted lot; or
3. Restoring
any residential building or structure on an unplatted residentially
developed lot, destroyed by fire, explosion, or any other casualty
or an Act of God where the extent of the destruction is not more than
50 percent of the current value of the structure.
(Ordinance O-2003-02 adopted 2/4/03)
The City's development and inspection fees for developments located inside the City, and within its extraterritorial jurisdiction, shall be paid as engineering review fees pursuant to Section A1.010, Appendix
A, of the City of Azle Code of Ordinances.
(Ordinance 2013-23 adopted 11/19/13; Ordinance
2023-14 adopted 9/5/2023)
Engineering Consultant Fees shall be paid as shown in Table 10 of Article 4 [section A1.010], Appendix
A of the City of Azle Code of Ordinances.
(Ordinance 2013-23 adopted 11/19/13)
Any person violating any provision of this Ordinance shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction shall be fined an amount
not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00). Each day that such violation
continues shall be a separate offense. Prosecution or conviction under
this provision shall never be a bar to any other remedy or relief
for violations of this Ordinance.