1.1 This ordinance
shall conform to the City of Smithville Comprehensive Plan and shall
be used to implement the Future Land Use Plan, which includes the
Thoroughfare Plan, and the policies of the Comprehensive Plan. This
ordinance shall govern every person, firm, association or corporation
owning any tract of land within the corporate limits and extraterritorial
jurisdiction of the City of Smithville who proposes to divide the
tract into two or more parts for the purpose f laying out any subdivision
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.
1.2 No land
shall be subdivided within the corporate limits or the extraterritorial
jurisdiction of the municipality until:
a. Approvals
of the preliminary plat and final plat have been obtained from the
planning and zoning commission, and
b. The approved
final plat has been filed with the Bastrop County Clerk.
1.3 No building
permit or certificate of occupancy shall be issued for any parcel
or plat of land which was created by subdivision after the effective
date of, and not in conformity with, the provisions of this ordinance;
and no excavation of land or construction of any public or private
improvements shall take place or be commenced except in conformity
with this section.
1.4 The City
of Smithville shall not serve or connect any land with water, sewerage,
or electric service unless the owners of such land comply with this
ordinance.
(Ordinance 9802-311 adopted 2/18/98)
The definitions included in the appendix of this ordinance are
an integral part of this subdivision ordinance.
(Ordinance 9802-311 adopted 2/18/98)
This ordinance is enacted by the City of Smithville for the
following purposes:
(1) To implement
the City of Smithville Comprehensive Plan through the regulation of
subdivision development;
(2) To provide
for the orderly development of the City and its extraterritorial jurisdiction;
(3) To ensure
adequate provision for streets, alleys, parks, water and wastewater
lines, storm drainage, and other facilities indispensable to the community;
(4) To ensure
adequate fire protection and adequate access and egress for fire and
other emergency services;
(5) To ensure
access to adequate amounts of light and air; and
(6) To ensure
the overall health, safety, and general welfare of the community.
(Ordinance 9802-311 adopted 2/18/98)