The engineer representing the subdivider shall present to the planning and zoning commission reproducible complete "as-built plans" for all paving, drainage structures, water lines and sewer lines within 30 days after completion of each contract.
(Ordinance 3-3-01, sec. 4.1, adopted 3/13/2001; 1997 Code, sec. 153.60)
(a) 
Utility inspections shall be conducted for all underground utilities to be placed below streets, sidewalks and other such public improvements prior to such improvements. Representatives of the city including, but not limited to, the public works director and building official shall meet with the subdivider, his engineer and any other persons invited by the subdivider to review and examine all work. The city shall prepare a list of any items needing correction and forward to the subdivider within a reasonable time after the inspection.
(b) 
Final inspections shall be conducted for all public improvements constructed by the subdivider prior to the final acceptance by the city. Representatives of the city including, but not limited to, the public works director and building official shall meet with the subdivider, his engineer and any other persons invited by the subdivider to review and examine all work. The city shall prepare a list of any items needing correction and forward to the subdivider within a reasonable time after the inspection.
(Ordinance 3-3-01, sec. 4.2, adopted 3/13/2001; 1997 Code, sec. 153.61)
Prior to the issuance of the final plat, a professional engineer licensed by the State of Texas shall prepare an opinion of probable construction cost for the construction of all public improvements to be dedicated to the city. Upon completion of the improvements and prior to acceptance by the city, the subdivider shall furnish to the city a good and sufficient maintenance bond executed by a corporate surety acceptable to the city in an amount equal to the total cost of the improvements and guaranteeing their maintenance for a period of two years.
(Ordinance 3-3-01, sec. 4.3, adopted 3/13/2001; 1997 Code, sec. 153.62)
Upon meeting all requirements of the city, the city manager or the city manager's designee shall recommend acceptance of the subdivision to the city council. Upon acceptance of the city council, the city manager or the city manager's designee shall inform the subdivider by letter of such acceptance.
(Ordinance 3-3-01, sec. 4.4, adopted 3/13/2001; 1997 Code, sec. 153.63)
Building permits shall not be issued in any subdivision until the requirements of this subdivision code have been complied with and the city has accepted the required improvements.
(Ordinance 33-01, sec. 4.5, adopted 3/13/2001; 1997 Code, sec. 153.64)
Model home permits may be authorized upon preliminary approval of the subdivision. A maximum of four model permits shall be permitted. Model homes shall be located adjacent to an existing public street and shall not be sold or have occupancy permits issued until final plats are recorded and improvements guaranteed. Model homes may be used as temporary sales offices.
(Ordinance 3-3-01, sec. 4.6, adopted 3/13/2001; 1997 Code, sec. 153.65)
When an applicant can show that a provision of this subdivision code would cause unnecessary hardship if strictly adhered to and where, because of some condition peculiar to the site, in the opinion of the planning and zoning commission, a departure may be made without destroying the intent of such provisions, the planning and zoning commission may authorize a variance. The hardship may not be self-imposed, must be unique to the property, and cannot be financial in nature.
(Ordinance 3-3-01, sec. 4.7, adopted 3/13/2001; 1997 Code, sec. 153.66)
(a) 
Permitted purposes.
No land contained in the proposed subdivision shall be reserved for any use other than a use permitted by the zoning ordinance for the district in which the land to be reserved is located.
(b) 
Designation on plat.
The specific use for which each piece of land is to be reserved must be shown by appropriate label or description on the subdivision plat. Provision for future abandonment of a reservation as may be appropriate must likewise be shown on the plat.
(Ordinance 3-3-01, sec. 4.8, adopted 3/13/2001; 1997 Code, sec. 153.67)
(a) 
Procedure for resubdivision.
For any change in a map of an approved or recorded subdivision plat [such change] shall be approved by the planning and zoning commission by the same procedure, rules and regulations as for a subdivision if such change affects any street layout shown on such map, or area reserved thereon for public use, or any lot line, or if it affects any map or plan legally reached prior to the adoption of any regulations controlling subdivisions.
(b) 
Procedure for subdivision where future resubdivision is indicated.
Whenever a parcel of land is subdivided and the subdivision plat shows one or more lots containing more than one acre of land and there are indications that such lots will eventually be resubdivided into small building sites, the planning and zoning commission may require that such parcel of land allows for the future opening of streets and the ultimate extension of adjacent streets. Easements providing for the future opening and extension of such streets may be made a requirement of the plat.
(Ordinance 3-3-01, sec. 4.9, adopted 3/13/2001; 1997 Code, sec. 153.68)
(a) 
Platting fees shall be charged in accordance with the fees and charges adopted in the Code of Ordinances and as may be amended from time to time. All fees and charges shall be paid to the city when any map or plat is tendered to the city, and each of the fees and charges provided herein shall be paid in advance, and no action of the planning and zoning commission or any other board or agency shall be valid until the fee shall have been paid.
(b) 
All platting fees shall be charged and collected on all plats regardless of the action taken by the planning and zoning commission.
(Ordinance 3-3-01, sec. 4.10, adopted 3/13/2001; 1997 Code, sec. 153.69)
(a) 
Violation of any provision or provisions of this subdivision code by any subdivider shall constitute a misdemeanor and upon conviction of such violation shall result in a fine not less than $200.00 or more than $2,000.00. Each day such violation continues shall be considered a separate offense. In case a corporation is the violator of any provision of this subdivision code, each officer, agent and/or employee in any way responsible for such violation thereof shall be individually and severally liable for the penalties herein prescribed; provided, however, the penal provisions and application of this subdivision code shall not apply to a duly qualified county clerk and/or deputy county clerk acting in their official capacity, or in any way be construed to conflict with chapter 212 of the Texas Local Government Code; and provided further, however, that any violation of any provision of this subdivision code outside the corporate limits but within the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction shall not constitute a misdemeanor, nor shall any fine be applicable to such violation within such extraterritorial jurisdiction. However, the city shall have the right to institute an action in the district court to enjoin the violation of any provision of this subdivision code within the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction.
(b) 
Penal convictions.
No conviction or convictions under the penal provision of this subdivision code or chapter 212 of the Texas Local Government Code, shall ever be considered as any bar to any injunctive or other legal remedy, relief, right or power existing in the city to enforce the application and provisions of this subdivision code by virtue of the constitution and laws of the State of Texas.
(Ordinance 3-3-01, sec. 4.11, adopted 3/13/2001; 1997 Code, sec. 153.99)