The regulations are designed to promote the health, safety, morals and general welfare of the community by establishing standards for the subdivision of land within the City’s jurisdiction.
The provisions of this ordinance are specifically designed to lessen the congestion of traffic on streets; promote the orderly layout and use of land; secure safety from fire and other dangers; provide adequate light and air; facilitate adequate provisions for transportation, water, sewage, schools, parks, playgrounds and other public requirements; and protect neighborhood areas from the hazard of through traffic.
These regulations are designed, intended and should be administered according to the purposes so as to achieve the following:
(a) 
Implement the official city plan;
(b) 
Provide for conservation of existing standard residential areas and prevent the development of slums and blight;
(c) 
Harmoniously relate the development of the various tracts of land to the existing community and facilitate the future development of adjoining tracts;
(d) 
Provide that the cost of improvements which primarily benefit the tract of land being developed by [be] borne by the owners or developers of the tract, and that the cost of improvements which primarily benefit the whole community be borne by the whole community;
(e) 
Provide the best possible design for the tract;
(f) 
Reconcile any differences of interest;
(g) 
Establish adequate and accurate records of land subdivision.
(Ordinance 138 adopted 6/23/69)
These regulations shall be known as the Subdivision Regulations of the City of Iowa Park, Texas.
(Ordinance 138 adopted 6/23/69)
V.T.C.A., Local Government Code, Chapter 43 (§ 43.001 et seq.) and Chapter 212, Subchapter A (§ 212.001 et seq.), as heretofore or hereafter amended are hereby adopted with respect to annexations.
(Ordinance 627, sec. 1, adopted 4/9/90)
(A) 
These regulations shall govern the subdivision of land in the following areas:
(1) 
That land within the corporate limits of the City of Iowa Park.
(2) 
That land outside, but within one (1) mile of and contiguous to the corporate limits of the City of Iowa Park except for such land that is within five (5) miles of the corporate limits of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas.
(B) 
These regulations shall govern the subdivision of such areas of land lying outside the corporate limits of Iowa Park but within five (5) miles of the corporate limits of the City of Wichita Falls and one (1) mile of the corporate limits of the City of Iowa Park as may be agreed upon between the two (2) cities.
(C) 
These regulations shall apply to the following forms of land subdivision:
(1) 
The division of land into two (2) or more tracts, lots, sites or parcels, any part of which, when subdivided, shall contain less than five (5) acres in area; or
(2) 
The division of land, previously subdivided or platted, into tracts, lots, sites or parcels, of less than ten (10) acres in area;
(3) 
The dedication, vacation or reservation of any public or private easement through any tract of land regardless of the area involved, including those for use by public and private utility companies; or
(4) 
The dedication or vacation of any street or alley through any tract of land regardless of the area involved.
(Ordinance 627, sec. 2, adopted 4/9/90)
(A) 
Alley.
A minor right-of-way dedicated to public use, which gives a secondary means of vehicular access to the back or side of properties otherwise abutting a street, and which may be used for public utility purpose.
(B) 
Block.
A parcel of land, intended to be used for urban purposes, which is entirely surrounded by public streets, highways, railroad rights-of-way, public walks, parks or greenstrips, rural land or drainage channels, or a combination thereof.
(C) 
Building line or setback line.
A line or lines designating the area outside of which building may not be erected.
(D) 
City.
The City of Iowa Park; also includes the use of the word “town.”
(E) 
Council.
The City Council of Iowa Park, Texas.
(F) 
Easement.
A grant by the property owner to the public, a corporation or persons, of the use of a strip of land for specific purposes.
(G) 
Lot.
A subdivision of a block or other parcel intended as a unit for the transfer of ownership or for development.
(H) 
Lot, corner.
A lot located at the intersection of and abutting on two (2) or more streets.
(I) 
Lot, double frontage.
A lot which runs through a block from street to street and which has two (2) nonintersecting sides abutting on two (2) or more streets.
(J) 
Lot split.
Any division of land by metes and bounds description into two (2) or more parcels for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership, and which does not constitute a subdivision as herein defined.
(K) 
Official city plan.
The city plan and/or plans for the city which has been officially adopted to provide long-range development policies for the area subject to urbanization in the foreseeable future and which includes, among other things, the plan for land use, land subdivision, circulation and community facilities.
(L) 
Plat, preliminary.
A map of a proposed land subdivision showing the character and proposed layout of the tract in sufficient detail to indicate the suitability of the proposed subdivision of land.
(M) 
Plat, final.
A map of a land subdivision prepared in a form suitable for filing of record with necessary affidavits, dedications, and acceptances, and with complete bearings and dimensions of all lines defining lots and blocks, streets and alleys, public areas, and other dimensions of land.
(N) 
Roadway.
That portion of any street so designated for vehicular traffic and where curbs are normally placed; that portion of the street between the curbs.
(O) 
Street.
The entire width between the property lines boundary every way, of whatever nature, when any part thereof is open to the use of the public, as a matter of right, for the purpose of vehicular traffic and wherever designated as a street, highway, thoroughfare, parkway, throughway, expressway, road, avenue, boulevard, lane, place, circle or however otherwise designated.
(P) 
Street, major.
An arterial street which is designated on the major street plan or official city plan and designed to carry intercity traffic and to relate the various neighborhoods within the city.
(Q) 
Street, minor.
Any street not specifically classified on the major street plan whose primary purpose is to provide access to adjacent properties.
(R) 
Street, collector.
Those residential streets designed to carry intra-city traffic connecting neighborhood areas to a major street whose purpose is to collect traffic from other minor streets and to serve as the most direct route to a major street or to a community facility.
(S) 
Street, cul-de-sac.
A minor street having one end upon to vehicular traffic and having one closed end terminated by a turnaround.
(T) 
Street, frontage or service.
A minor street auxiliary to and located on the side of a major street for service to abutting properties and adjacent areas and for control of access.
(U) 
Subdivider.
Any person, firm, partnership, corporation or other entity, acting as a unit, subdividing or proposing to subdivide land as herein defined.
(V) 
tSubdivision.
The division or redivision of land by map into two or more lots, tracts, sites or parcels for the purpose of transfer of ownership or for development, or the dedication or vacation of a public or private right-of-way or easement.
(Ordinance 138 adopted 6/23/69; Ordinance 1241 adopted 12/11/17)