CITY OF SAN SABA, TEXAS
SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS
ORDINANCE NO. 1991-2
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN SABA, TEXAS, GOVERNING AND REGULATING THE PLATTING AND SUBDIVISION OF LAND WITHIN AND WITHOUT THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF SAN SABA; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING FOR PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLAT PROCEDURES; PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS FOR FILING PLATS, SUBDIVISION CONSTRUCTION AND ISSUANCE OF BUILDING PERMITS; PROVIDING STANDARDS RELATING TO BLOCKS, LOTS, STREETS, UTILITY EASEMENTS, SIDEWALKS, WATER SUPPLY, STORM SEWERS AND DRAINAGE; PRESCRIBING FEES TO BE CHARGED; ESTABLISHING JURISDICTION WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY AND WITHIN THE CITY’S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION; REPEALING ANY PART OF ANY ORDINANCE IN CONFLICT WITH THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING A PROCEDURE FOR OBTAINING A VARIANCE FROM THESE REGULATIONS; PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; REPEALING PREVIOUS ORDINANCES OF THE CITY RELATING TO SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS EXCEPT AS HEREIN PROVIDED; PROVIDING A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED ($200.00) DOLLARS FOR EACH OFFENSE AND A SEPARATE OFFENSE SHALL BE DEEMED COMMITTED EACH DAY DURING OR ON WHICH A VIOLATION OCCURS OR CONTINUES; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, by Chapter 212, Tex. Loc. Gov. Code Ann. (Vernon) as amended, the laws of the State of Texas provide that every owner of any tract of land situated within the corporate limits or within five miles of the corporate limits of any city in the State of Texas, who may divide the same into two or more parts for the purpose of laying out any subdivision of any addition to any town or city, or for laying out suburban lots or building lots, or any lots, streets, alleys, or parks or other portion intended for public use, for the use of purchasers or owners of lots fronting thereon or adjacent thereto, shall cause a plat to be made thereof which shall accurately describe all of said subdivision or addition by metes and bounds and locate the same with respect to an original corner of the original survey of which it is a part, giving the dimensions thereof of said subdivision or addition, and the dimensions of all streets, alley, squares, parks or other portions of the same intended to be dedicated to public use, or for the use of purchasers or owners of lots fronting thereon or adjacent thereto; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the CITY OF SAN SABA, Texas (the “City”) being so empowered by law, does hereby propagate and establish such a subdivision plan for the CITY OF SAN SABA, Texas, this ordinance shall hereinafter be known as the Subdivision Regulations of the CITY OF SAN SABA, Texas.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN SABA, TEXAS:
Section 1. That the above and foregoing preamble is incorporated and adopted herein as if copied herein in its entirety.
Section 2. That the rules, regulations and procedures attached hereto and including Articles I through VI and all appendices thereto, are hereby adopted by the City Council as the Subdivision Regulations for the City and are made a part of this ordinance as if copied herein in their entirety. All development within the City from and after the date of approval of this ordinance shall comply with these regulations.
