AN ORDINANCE PRESCRIBING RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING PLATS AND SUBDIVISIONS OF LAND WITHIN THE INCORPORATED AREA OF SMITHVILLE, TEXAS, AND THE LAND OVER WHICH IT HAS EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION; CONTAINING DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING FOR A PRELIMINARY PLAT, A FINAL PLAT, AND PROVIDING FOR FINAL APPROVAL OF PLATS; PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS FOR STREETS, LOTS, BLOCKS, BUILDING LINES, ALLEYS, EASEMENTS, SANITARY UTILITIES, AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS; PROVIDING FOR PROCEDURES FOR SUBDIVISION APPROVAL, AND FOR VARIANCES; PROVIDING THAT THE CITY MAY REFUSE SERVICES TO NONCOMPLYING AREAS AND FOR ENFORCEMENT BY LAW; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR EACH VIOLATION HEREOF; REPEALING ALL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

WHEREAS, under the provisions of the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, including particularly Chapters 212 and 42 of the Local Government Code, as heretofore or hereafter amended, hereafter every owner of a tract of land situated within the City of Smithville or the City’s extraterritorial jurisdiction who may hereafter divide the same in two (2) or more tracts described by metes and bounds or otherwise for the purpose of laying out any subdivision of such tract of land or any addition to said City, or for laying out suburban, building, or other lots, and to lay out streets, alleys, squares, parks, or other parts of the tract intended to be dedicated to public use or for the use of purchasers, owners, renters, or other users of such partitions of the tract or lots fronting thereon or adjacent thereto is required to submit a plat of such subdivision or addition for approval by the City Council of the City of Smithville;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SMITHVILLE, TEXAS: