These regulations are designed to promote the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the community by establishing standards for the subdivision of land within the City’s jurisdiction.
The provisions of this ordinance are specifically designed to lessen the congestion on streets; promote the orderly layout and use of land; secure safety from fire and other dangers; provide adequate light and air; facilitate adequate provisions for transportation, water, sewage, schools, parks, playgrounds and other public requirements; and protect neighborhood areas from the hazard of through traffic.
These regulations are designed, intended and should be administered according to the purposes so as to achieve the following:
a. 
implement the Official City Master Plan;
b. 
provide for conservation of existing standard residential areas and prevent the development of slums and blight;
c. 
harmoniously relate the development of the various tracts of land to the existing community and facilitate the future development of adjoining tracts;
d. 
provide that the cost of improvements which primarily benefit the tract of land being developed be borne by the owners or developers of the tract, and that the cost of improvements which primarily benefit the whole community be borne by the whole community;
e. 
provide the best possible design for the tract;
f. 
reconcile and [any] differences of interest;
g. 
establish adequate and accurate records of land subdivision.
(Ordinance 1991-2 adopted 3/12/91)
These regulations shall be known as the Subdivision Regulations of the City of San Saba, Texas.
(Ordinance 1991-2 adopted 3/12/91)
This ordinance is adopted pursuant to the authority of the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, including articles 974a (platting and recording of subdivisions) and 970a (the Texas Municipal Annexation Act), Texas Revised Civil Statutes Annotated (Vernon), as amended, and Sections 12.001 (what may be recorded) and 12.002 (filing of Subdivision Plat), Texas Property Code Annotated (Vernon), as amended. This ordinance is adopted pursuant to the provisions of the charter of the City.
(Ordinance 1991-2 adopted 3/12/91)
A. 
These regulations shall govern the subdivision of land in the following areas:
1. 
That land within the corporate limits of the City of San Saba.
2. 
That land outside, but within one-half mile, of the corporate limits of the City of San Saba.
B. 
These regulations shall apply to the following forms of land subdivision:
1. 
The division of land into two or more tracts, lots, sites or parcels, any part of which, when subdivided, shall contain less than five (5) acres in area; or
2. 
The division of land, previously subdivided or platted, into tracts, lots, sites or parcels, of less than ten (10) acres in area;
3. 
The dedication, vacation or reservation of any public or private easement through any tract of land regardless of the area involved, including those for use by public and private utility companies; or
4. 
The dedication or vacation of any street or alley through any tract of land regardless of the area involved.
(Ordinance 1991-2 adopted 3/12/91)
Those words or phrases not expressly prescribed herein are to be defined in accordance with other applicable Ordinances of the Town, or in the absence of such Ordinances, then in accordance with customary usage in municipal planning and engineering practices.
Alley -
A minor right-of-way dedicated to public use, which gives a secondary means of vehicular access to the back or side of properties otherwise abutting a street, and which may be used for public utility purpose.
Applicant -
A person applying for plan or plat approval under this Ordinance.
Application -
Refers to an application for a plan or plat approval under this Ordinance, which includes the plan or plat package, and unless context dictates otherwise, will include the Resubmittal Application for a plan or plat.
Block -
A parcel of land, intended to be used for urban purposes, which is entirely surrounded by public streets, highways, railroad rights-of-way, public walks, parks or greenstrips, rural land or drainage channels, or a combination thereof.
Building Line or Setback Line -
A line or lines designating the area outside of which building may not be erected.
City -
The City of San Saba, also includes the use of the word Town.
City Staff -
The City Engineer, Planning Director, or other consultant or staff person designated by the City Manager/City Administrator to review and approve construction plans.
Commission -
Means the City Commission or City Council and also includes the use of the words Board, Commissioners, and Council.
Easement -
A grant by the property owner to the public, a corporation or persons, of the use of the strip of land for specific purposes.
Filing Date -
With respect to plan or plat, the date that plan or plat are determined to be complete and are accepted for review by the City. With respect to plats or plans that must be acted upon by the Council after action by the Commission, the Filing Date for the purposes of the deadline for Council action shall be the date of Commission action.
Lot -
A subdivision of a block or other parcel intended as a unit for the transfer for the transfer [sic] of ownership or for development.
Lot, Corner -
A lot located at the intersection of and abutting on two or more streets.
Lot, Double Frontage -
A lot which runs through a block from street to street and which has two non-intersecting sides abutting on two or more streets.
Lot Split -
Any division of land by metes and bounds description into two or more parcels for the purpose, whether immediate or future, or transfer of ownership, and which does not constitute a subdivision as herein defined.
Municipal Authority -
The entity responsible for approving plats or plans governed by this Ordinance and as specified in the City’s Subdivision Ordinance. Unless otherwise provided, City Staff, as further specified in this ordinance, is responsible for approving Construction Plans.
Official City Plan -
The City Plan and/or Plans for the City which has been officially adopted to provide long-range development policies for the area subject to urbanization in the foreseeable future and which includes, among other things, the plan for land use, land subdivision, circulation and community facilities.
Plan or Plat -
The phrase “plan or plat” or “plat or plan” when used in this Ordinance refers to Concept Plans, Preliminary Plats, Construction Plans, Final Plats, Minor Plats, Short Form Final Plats, and Amending Plats. Specifically, the term “plan” refers to Construction Plans and the term “plat” refers to Concept Plans, Preliminary Plats, Final Plat, Short Form Final Plat, or Amended Final Plat.
Plat, Preliminary -
A map of a proposed land subdivision showing the character and proposed layout of the tract in sufficient detail to indicate the suitability of the proposed subdivision of land.
Plat, Final -
A map of a land subdivision prepared in a form suitable for filing of record with necessary affidavits, dedications, and acceptances, and with complete bearings and dimensions of all lines defining lots and blocks, streets and alleys, public areas, and other dimensions of land.
Resubmittal Application -
The application for a plan or plat resubmitted to the City following the disapproval or conditional approval of the original application or a Resubmittal Application that satisfies each condition of a conditional approval or remedies the reasons for disapproval.
Resubmittal Date -
The date that a Resubmittal Application is determined to be complete and is accepted for review by the City.
Roadway -
That portion of any street so designated for vehicular traffic and where curbs are normally placed; that portion of the street between the curbs.
Street -
The entire width between the property lines boundary every way, of whatever nature, when any part thereof is open to the use of the public, as a matter of right, for the purpose of vehicular traffic and wherever designated as a street, highway, thoroughfare, parkway, throughway, expressway, road, avenue, boulevard, lane, place, circle or however otherwise designated.
Street, Major -
An arterial street which is designated on the Major Street Plan or Official City Plan and designed to carry inter-city traffic and to relate the various neighborhoods within the City.
Street, Minor -
Any street not specifically classified on the Major Street Plan whose primary purpose is to provide access to adjacent properties.
Street, Collector -
Those residential streets designed to carry intra-city traffic connecting neighborhood areas to a major street whose purpose is to collect traffic from other minor streets and to serve as the most direct route to a major street or to a community facility.
Street, Cul-de-sac -
A minor street having one end open to vehicular traffic and having one closed end terminated by a turnaround.
Street, Frontage or Service -
A minor street auxiliary to and located on the side of a major street for service to abutting properties and adjacent areas and for control of access.
Subdivider -
Any person, firm, partnership, corporation or other entity, acting as a unit, subdividing or proposing to subdivide land as herein defined.
Subdivision -
The division or redivision of land by map into two or more lots, tracts, sites or parcels for the purpose of transfer of ownership or for development, or the dedication or vacation of a public or private right-of-way or easement.
Subdivision Ordinances -
Chapter 10, Article 10.02, of the Code of Ordinances.
Editor’s note–To prevent future relettering of these definitions as new terms are added, the lettering designation has been omitted at the discretion of the editor and the terms are now listed in alphabetical order.
(Ordinance 1991-2 adopted 3/12/91; Ordinance 2019-09, sec. 2, adopted 10/8/19)