(a) 
Applicant responsibilities.
(1) 
Basic submittal requirements.
The applicant shall submit to the city no later than 30 days prior to the commission meeting at which the plat is to be considered:
(A) 
Full filing fee;
(B) 
An electronic copy in PDF format which:
(i) 
Can be easily printed at a scale of 24 x 36 inches;
(ii) 
Shall be stamped “Preliminary Plat”; and
(iii) 
Meets or exceeds the requirements of this subsection;
(C) 
Letter of transmittal, stating briefly the type of street surfacing, drainage, sanitary facilities, and water supply proposed;
(D) 
The name and address of the owner or agent, engineer, and surveyor; and
(E) 
Supplementary materials as applicable in other sections of this chapter.
(2) 
Plat specifications.
The preliminary plat shall contain the following information:
(A) 
Scale.
Drawn to not smaller than 200 feet.
(B) 
Existing features inside subdivision.
(i) 
Boundary lines.
The existing boundary lines (accurate in scale) of the land to be subdivided. Boundary lines shall be drawn in heavy lines for easy identification.
(ii) 
Legal description.
A metes and bounds description of the property.
(iii) 
Drainage.
The location of existing watercourses, railroads, and other similar drainage and transportation features.
(iv) 
Location and width.
The location and width of existing streets, alleys, easements, buildings, structures, sewers, water mains, culverts or other underground structures within or adjacent to the tract.
(v) 
Survey.
All of the survey requirements of section 10.02.009(a), Information Required, shall be met.
(C) 
Existing features outside subdivision.
(i) 
The platted property lines of adjoining property owners.
(ii) 
The name and location of adjacent subdivisions, streets, alleys, easements, pipelines, and watercourses.
(iii) 
All lines outside of subdivision boundaries are to be dashed lines.
(D) 
New features inside of subdivision.
(i) 
The proposed name of the subdivision.
(ii) 
The location, right-of-way width, and names of proposed streets.
(iii) 
The approximate width and depth of all lots. If the side lines are not parallel, the approximate distance between them at the building line and at the narrowest point should be given.
(iv) 
The location of building lines, alleys and easements.
(v) 
The location and approximate size of sites for any educational services, place of public assembly, park and recreation facility or center, and/or any land use that is required to be approved as a special use pursuant to either table 14.03.003, Residential Uses by Zoning District, or table 14.03.004, Nonresidential Uses by Zoning District.
(vi) 
The approximate acreage of the property to be subdivided.
(vii) 
Key map. A key map showing the relationship of the subdivision to major thoroughfares in all directions within a distance of at least one mile.
(viii) 
Title, date, scale, and north arrow. The date, scale, north arrow and title under which the plat is to be recorded, with the name, address, and phone number of the owner and surveyor platting the tract.
(b) 
Planning and zoning commission.
The planning and zoning commission shall:
(1) 
Act within 30 days after the preliminary plat has been properly filed and the requirements of section 10.05.004, Application Completeness Review, have been satisfied.
(2) 
Conclude one of the following:
(A) 
Approval;
(B) 
Conditional approval per subsection (c); or
(C) 
Disapproval.
(3) 
Make notes on two copies of the preliminary plat as to the action taken.
(c) 
Conditional approval.
(1) 
Conditional approval shall be considered to be the status of a plat or replat until such conditions are complied with.
(2) 
All conditions imposed as part of a conditional approval shall be furnished to the applicant in writing.
(d) 
Effect of no decision.
If no decision is rendered by the planning and zoning commission within 30 days after the preliminary plat has been filed and the requirements of section 10.05.004, Application Completeness Review, have been satisfied, the preliminary plat, as submitted, shall be deemed to be approved.
(e) 
Effect of approval.
(1) 
Approval of the preliminary plat shall be deemed an expression of approval of the layout only and shall not constitute acceptance of the final plat.
(2) 
Should an applicant decide to not move forward with a final plat application, there is no requirement that the plat be vacated.
(f) 
Expiration and extension.
Preliminary approval will expire six months after the approval by the planning commission of the preliminary plat or of sections thereof. The applicant may apply in writing for an extension prior to the end of such six-month period. This period may be extended six months, but not beyond a total of one year.
(g) 
Required public notice.
See section 10.05.006, Public Notice.
(2000 Code, sec. 23-5; Ordinance adopting Code)
(a) 
Applicant responsibilities (pre-approval).
(1) 
Basic submittal requirements.
The applicant shall:
(A) 
Submit a proposal that conforms to a preliminary plat as approved per section 10.07.001, Preliminary Plats.
(B) 
Incorporate all changes, directions, and additions imposed by the city through the preliminary platting process.
(C) 
Submit a tax certificate as proof that city taxes and city assessments have been paid in full.
(D) 
Submit to the city no later than 20 days prior to the planning and zoning commission meeting the following documents in an PDF electronic format (printed at a scale of 24 x 36 inches):
(i) 
A set of detailed plans signed by a State of Texas registered professional engineer showing streets, alleys, culverts, bridges, storm sewers, water mains, sanitary sewers and other engineering details; and
(ii) 
One original final plat with all required changes and proper signatures, prepared and signed by a State of Texas registered land surveyor.
(2) 
Plat specifications.
The final plat shall be sized and contain the information, details and documents as follows:
(A) 
Features inside subdivision.
(i) 
Easements.
All easement lines whether existing or proposed shall be dashed.
(ii) 
Boundary lines.
The proposed boundary lines with accurate distances and bearings of the land to be subdivided. Boundary lines shall be drawn in heavy lines for easy identification.
(iii) 
Survey.
An accurate metes and bounds description of the proposed subdivision, including reference to the following items that shall be described in a manner sufficient to determine its specifications per Federal Emergency Management Agency maps:
a. 
Section or abstract corners;
b. 
Established subdivisions;
c. 
Primary control points; and
d. 
Total acreage being platted.
(iv) 
Location and width.
a. 
The location of existing watercourses and other similar drainage features, flood-prone land, railroads, highways, and other transportation features.
b. 
True bearings and distances to the nearest established street lines, official monuments or subdivision corner, which shall be accurately described on the plat.
c. 
The location and width of all existing and/or proposed streets, alleys, easements, and right-of-ways.
(v) 
Deed filing.
An accurate location of the subdivision with reference to the deed records of the county which shall include the volume and page of the deed of the property to be subdivided.
(B) 
Features outside subdivision.
(i) 
The name and property lines of adjoining subdivisions and of the adjoining property owners, together with the respective plat or deed references.
(ii) 
The name and location of adjacent streets, alleys, easements, and watercourses.
(C) 
Streets, alleys, easements.
The lines and names of all proposed streets or other ways or easements to be dedicated to public use, with the following engineering and surveying data:
(i) 
For streets and alleys.
a. 
Complete curve data (delta, length, radius, tangent, point of curve, point of reverse curve, point of tangent) shown on the centerline or on each side of street or in a chart on the plat which lists all such data for each curve.
b. 
Length and bearings of all tangents.
c. 
Dimensions from all angle points and points of curve to an adjacent side lot line.
(ii) 
For watercourses and easements.
a. 
Distances to be provided along the side lot lines from the front lot line or the high bank of a stream.
b. 
Traverse line to be provided along the edge of all large watercourses in a convenient location, preferably along a utility easement, if paralleling the drainage easement or stream.
(iii) 
Lots and blocks.
The city reserves the right to provide any and all block numbers. Applicants need not submit plats and/or plans with block numbering.
(D) 
Reservations.
The use and property dimensions of all special reservations identified for the project, including sites for educational services, places of public assembly, and park and recreation facilities or centers and/or any land use that is required to be approved as a special use pursuant to either table 14.03.003, Residential Uses by Zoning District, or table 14.03.004, Nonresidential Uses by Zoning District.
(E) 
Monuments and control points.
(i) 
The description and location of all permanent survey monuments and control points.
(ii) 
Suitable primary control points to which all dimension(s), bearings and similar data shall be referred. Dimensions shall be shown in feet and decimals of a foot.
(F) 
Key map.
A key map showing the relationship of the subdivision to all expressways, arterials, and collector streets, as defined by appendix A, Thoroughfare Map,[1] in all directions within a distance of at least one mile.
[1]
Editor’s Note: Appendix A is included as an attachment to this chapter.
(G) 
Title, date, scale, and north arrow.
The date, scale, north arrow and subdivision title; name and address of applicant; name, address and seal of surveyor.
(H) 
Dedication statement.
All dedication statement statements are required to be on the final plat and must be in the format as shown in appendix B, Required Dedication Statement.[2]
[2]
Editor’s Note: Appendix B is included as an attachment to this chapter.
(I) 
Special restrictions.
Where restrictions of use of land, other than those given in these regulations, are to be imposed by the applicant, such restrictions shall be placed on the final plat or on a separate instrument filed with the plat.
(J) 
Subdivision improvements.
(i) 
Final plats may be approved on portions of a large area of land for residential or other uses for which a preliminary plat has been approved, provided that the required improvements for said portion are developed as part of the required improvements for the entire area.
(ii) 
Water mains, storm sewers, trunk sewers, and any sewage treatment plant shall all be designated, designed, and built to serve the entire area owned by the applicant or designed and built in such a manner that they can easily be expanded or extended to serve the entire area.
(iii) 
Construction plans as required by this section will be designed to serve the entire area shown on the preliminary plat.
(b) 
Planning and zoning commission.
The planning and zoning commission shall:
(1) 
Act within 30 days after the final plat has been filed and the requirements of section 10.05.004, Application Completeness Review, have been satisfied along with the submittal of an engineering plan, if necessary.
(2) 
Conclude one of the following:
(A) 
Approval;
(B) 
Conditional approval per subsection (c); or
(C) 
Disapproval.
(3) 
Make notes on six copies of the final plat as to the action taken.
(c) 
Conditional approval.
(1) 
Conditional approval shall be considered to be the status of a plat or replat until such conditions are complied with.
(2) 
All conditions imposed as part of a conditional approval, shall be furnished to the applicant in writing.
(d) 
Administrator.
The administrator shall, within 30 days after planning and zoning commission approval:
(1) 
For plats located inside the corporate limits of the City of Plainview:
(A) 
Review the final plat for proper signature and approval; and
(B) 
Record the final plat at the county clerk’s office.
(2) 
For plats located outside of the corporate limits of the City of Plainview but within its extraterritorial jurisdiction:
(A) 
Review the final plat for proper signature and approval; and
(B) 
Forward copies to the Hale County administrative offices for action and approval by the commissioner’s court prior to recording at the county clerk’s office.
(3) 
Retain three copies of plat recorded in the county records for the city files.
(4) 
Distribute copies as directed.
(e) 
Applicant responsibilities (post-approval).
Upon approval the applicant shall:
(1) 
Direct his engineer to design, stake and supervise the construction (to be inspected by the city) of facilities in accordance with approved plans and specifications and these regulations.
(2) 
Direct his contractor(s) to construct all improvements as identified in the approved engineering plans and to provide to the city:
(A) 
A one-year maintenance bond in the amount of ten percent of the contract price;
(B) 
Three blue-line sets; and
(C) 
One original tracing set of “AS-BUILT” plans, checked and corrected by the engineer.
(3) 
The developer shall install all survey monuments and markers, street paving, curbs and gutters, alley grading, storm drainage, water and sanitary sewer mains and laterals, fire hydrants, water valves, traffic signs, streetlights, street signs and sidewalks, within and adjacent to the subdivision, or shall provide cash deposit or other guarantee acceptable to the city for the payment of the cost of such installations prior to the final approval by the city council.
(f) 
Expiration of approval.
Final approval will expire one year after approval unless the plat has been filed for record.
(g) 
Filing.
No subdivision plat shall be filed or recorded, and no lot in a subdivision inside the corporate limits of the city shall be improved or sold, until the final plat shall have been approved by the planning and zoning commission.
(h) 
Public notice.
See section 10.05.006, Public Notice.
(2000 Code, sec. 23-5; Ordinance adopting Code)
(a) 
Applicability.
The applicant may, at his option, elect to combine the preliminary plat and final plat, whenever the following conditions are satisfied:
(1) 
The tract of land is to be re-subdivided into no more than three lots; and
(2) 
The dedication of streets, utilities, and infrastructure is not required.
(b) 
Procedural process.
Should an applicant elect to consolidate the preliminary and final plat, the procedural process of the final plat as designated in section 10.07.002, Final Plats, is applicable.
(c) 
Public notice.
See section 10.05.006, Public Notice.
(2000 Code, sec. 23-5; Ordinance adopting Code)
(a) 
Applicability.
The owner(s) of a tract of property for which a final plat approval has been granted by the city has the right to vacate the plat:
(1) 
At any time prior to any lot in the plat being sold; or
(2) 
If any portion of the final plat has been sold, then all of the owners may request to the city that the final plat be vacated.
(b) 
Applicant responsibilities.
The applicant for a final plat vacation shall submit to the administrator a statement:
(1) 
Detailing the specific plat that is requested to be vacated;
(2) 
Submittal of a signed acknowledged instrument declaring the owner(s) desire that the previously approved final plat be vacated; and
(3) 
If applicable, evidence that no portion of the tract, prior to the city’s final plat approval, has been sold.
(c) 
Planning and zoning commission.
The planning and zoning commission shall approve the final plat vacation request if after inspection of the signed acknowledged instrument it concurs that the requirements of Texas Local Government Code (TLGC) section 212.013, Vacating Plat, have been satisfied.
(d) 
Administrator.
After planning and zoning commission approval of a vacated plat, the administrator shall review the vacated plat for proper signature and request that the county clerk record the vacated plat pursuant to TLGC section 212.013, Vacating Plat.
(e) 
Public notice.
See section 10.05.006, Public Notice.
(2000 Code, sec. 23-5; Ordinance adopting Code)
(a) 
Application required.
Any person who wishes to revise a subdivision plat which has been previously filed for record must submit an application of the proposed revised plat to the administrator.
(b) 
Public notice requirement.
(1) 
After an application is filed for a replat affecting single-family residential property (single-family detached dwelling, duplex, or townhouse), then the administrator shall cause a notice of the application to be published in the official newspaper of the city at least 15 days before the date of the planning and zoning commission meeting at which it is to be considered.
(2) 
Such notice must include a statement of the time and place at which the planning and zoning commission will meet to consider the replat and to hear public comments to the revision at a public hearing.
(c) 
Written notice requirement.
Written notice must be sent to all owners of property located within 200 feet of the original plat. Such notice must be served by depositing the notice, properly addressed and postage paid, at the local post office.
(d) 
Legally protested supermajority.
(1) 
Vote requirement.
If a proposed replat is protested (as described in subsection (2) below) the replat must receive, in order to be approved, the affirmative vote of at least three-fourths of all members of the planning and zoning commission.
(2) 
Legal protest standard.
For the legal protest approval standard to be applied, a written petition signed by the owners of at least 20 percent of the area of the land immediately adjoining the area covered by the proposed replat and extending 200 feet from that area, must be filed with the administrator no more than 24 hours prior to the opening of the public hearing.
(e) 
Public notice.
See section 10.05.006, Public Notice.
(f) 
Procedural process.
Replats may be submitted through the consolidated preliminary and final plat process. See section 10.07.002, Final Plats, and section 10.07.003, Consolidated Preliminary and Final Plats.
(2000 Code, sec. 23-5; Ordinance adopting Code)
(a) 
Generally.
Requests for amendments to the text of this chapter may be initiated by the request of the planning and zoning commission, city council, or city manager to amend, supplement, change, modify, or repeal any portion of this chapter that is not expressly required by state or federal law.
(b) 
Decision by city council.
The city council shall:
(1) 
Receive the written recommendation of the commission and staff regarding the proposed amendment;
(2) 
Hold a public hearing prior to taking action on the proposed amendment;
(3) 
By majority vote, approve or deny the amendment, or continue the item to a future meeting.
(c) 
Criteria for approval.
The following criteria should be considered by the planning and zoning commission and city council. The proposed amendment should:
(1) 
Promote the health, safety, and general welfare of the city;
(2) 
Promote the safe, orderly, efficient and healthful development of the city;
(3) 
Be consistent with other regulations within the city’s Code of Ordinances; and
(4) 
Be consistent with the policies of the most recent comprehensive plan for the city.
(d) 
Non-substantive amendments.
Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, the city council may, by resolution:
(1) 
Correct spelling or punctuation errors;
(2) 
Cross-reference changes (because another area of the city code has been moved or changed);
(3) 
Cross-reference errors; and
(4) 
Correct other matters herein determined by the city attorney to be non-substantive and not requiring a public notice requirement per either state law or section 10.05.006, Public Notice.
(e) 
Nonconformities and retroactive cure of violations.
(1) 
The amendment of the text of this chapter may transform a legally nonconforming situation into a conforming one.
(2) 
No petition for a text amendment shall be used expressly to cure, or to create, a violation of any part of this chapter.
(f) 
Public notice.
See section 10.05.006, Public Notice.
(2000 Code, sec. 23-5; Ordinance adopting Code)
(a) 
Unnecessary hardship standard.
The planning and zoning commission may authorize a variance when an applicant can show that a provision of these regulations:
(1) 
Would cause unnecessary hardship if strictly adhered to; and
(2) 
Is because of a physical condition peculiar to the land.
(b) 
Procedural requirements.
(1) 
Any variance authorized is required to be entered in writing into the minutes of the planning and zoning commission meeting specifically stating the reason(s) for which the variance was approved.
(2) 
Not less than two-thirds of the entire membership of the planning and zoning commission must approve the request.
(c) 
Public notice.
See section 10.05.006, Public Notice.
(2000 Code, sec. 23-5; Ordinance adopting Code)
(a) 
Generally.
(1) 
Purpose.
The purpose of the appeals process is to provide an opportunity for affected parties to seek review of a decision in a timely and inexpensive way.
(2) 
Administrator, city manager and public works director decisions.
All decisions of the administrator, the city manager, and the public works director, pertaining to this chapter, may be appealed to the planning and zoning commission.
(3) 
Planning and zoning commission decisions.
All decisions of the planning and zoning commission, pertaining to this chapter, may be appealed to the city council.
(4) 
City council decisions.
All decisions of the city council, pertaining to this chapter, may be appealed to a court of competent jurisdiction.
(b) 
Deadline to appeal.
All appeals must be fully completed and submitted to the city 30 days after an official decision by any city official, committee, or governing body.
(c) 
Content.
The request for appeal shall clearly state each alleged error or ground for protest which the appellant intends to assert. It cannot be amended, supplemented, or modified after the public notice of meeting is posted.
(d) 
Scope of review.
The planning and zoning commission and/or city council shall review the application in the same manner, using the same approval criteria as the decision-maker. However:
(1) 
No new evidence shall be presented to the planning and zoning commission and/or city council that was not considered by the decision-maker; and
(2) 
No issues shall be reviewed by the planning and zoning commission and/or city council that were not described or obviously implied by the notice or request for appeal.
(e) 
Parties to appeal.
(1) 
Only parties shall have standing to bring an appeal. No appeal by a person who is not a party shall be heard.
(2) 
The parties to an appeal are the petitioner and the respondent. The city is always a respondent. Other interested parties may also join as respondents pursuant to subsection (e)(3), below.
(3) 
A person or entity is an interested party if it demonstrates:
(A) 
That final action of the city caused it injury;
(B) 
The injury is different in kind or degree from injury to members of the general public; and
(C) 
The injury can be remedied if the appeal is granted.
(4) 
The applicant is always a party, and shall not be required to demonstrate injury if:
(A) 
The applicant is appealing an adverse decision or an adverse condition of approval, in which case the applicant is a petitioner; or
(B) 
The applicant’s application is the subject of an appeal by another party, in which case the applicant is a respondent.
(5) 
Any person or entity that owns property within 300 feet of any parcel line of the parcel that is the subject of the appeal shall not be required to demonstrate injury.
(f) 
Public notice.
See section 10.05.006, Public Notice.
(2000 Code, sec. 23-5; Ordinance adopting Code)