The final plat is the instrument which becomes the official accurate, permanent record of the division of land. It shall conform to the preliminary plat, subject to the terms of section 10.02.097 of this chapter. The final plat shall be clearly and legibly drawn in ink on reproducible material and shall be certified as hereinafter provided. It may include all or only a portion of the area of the approved preliminary plat. No subdivision plat may be recorded and no lot therein may be sold until a final plat has been approved. Any plat not clearly and legibly drawn shall be rejected.
(Ordinance 2020-09 adopted 10/15/20)
The final plat shall be drawn to a scale of 1" = 100' or 1" = 50', provided that under special conditions a smaller or larger scale may be accepted when prior approval of the city engineer has been obtained.
(2005 Code, sec. 16.1.21)
The final plat shall contain the following information:
(1) 
Reference and identification.
(A) 
Title or name of subdivision, written and graphic scale, north arrow, date of plat and key map.
(B) 
Location of the subdivision by city, county and state.
(C) 
Primary control points or descriptions and ties to such control points, to which dimensions, angles, bearings and similar data on the plat shall be referred. At least one corner of a subdivision shall be tied by course and distance to one or more of the following:
(i) 
A corner of the survey in which the property is located;
(ii) 
A corner of a platted lot; or
(iii) 
A block corner or subdivision corner of an adjacent or nearby platted subdivision.
(D) 
Tract boundary lines, right-of-way lines of streets, easements and other rights-of-way, and property lines.
(E) 
Adequate relocation data in order to reproduce the subdivision on the ground.
(F) 
Approved name and right-of-way width of each street as measured from centerline.
(G) 
Locations, dimensions and purposes of any easements or other right-of -way.
(H) 
Identification of each lot or site and block by letter or number.
(I) 
Boundary lines and names of open spaces to be dedicated for public use or granted for use of the inhabitants of the subdivision.
(J) 
Reference to recorded subdivision plats of adjoining platted land by record name, county clerk’s volume and page numbers and reference by record name of ownership of adjoining unplatted property.
(K) 
Total number of lots and total acreage contained in the subdivision and the area, in square feet, of each lot.
(2) 
The final plat shall also include reproducible acknowledgment, endorsements and certifications in the form shown in the appendices to this article[1], which include the following:
(A) 
Owner’s certificate - Form of dedication for individual or individuals.
(B) 
Owner’s certificate - Form of dedication for corporations.
(C) 
Surveyor’s certificate.
(D) 
City approval statement.
(E) 
Statement acknowledging visibility triangle.
(F) 
Deed restriction certification statement.
[1]
Editor's note–Appendices are included as attachments to this chapter.
(2005 Code, sec. 16.1.22)
The execution and delivery to the city of development contracts, one or more, in a form approved by the city, together with performance and maintenance bonds acceptable to the city for the full contract amounts, shall be a condition precedent to the approval of a final plat of any property in the city. For the purpose of this section, a “development contract” means a contract for the construction of streets, storm drains, water distribution and sanitary sewer systems as shown on the approved preliminary plat of the same property. The city shall not release a final plat for recording until the necessary development contracts required by this section have been received.
(Ordinance 2020-09 adopted 10/15/20)
(a) 
Once a final plat application is determined to be complete and is accepted by the city for processing, the plat administrator shall forward the application to the city engineer for review and shall check the information and documents submitted for conformity with this chapter and all other applicable ordinances and regulations.
(b) 
The city engineer shall return his findings on the application to the plat administrator with his suggestions as to modifications, additions or alterations of the proposed final plat for streets, drainage, water and sewer plans. Upon receipt, the plat administrator shall determine whether the application conforms to this chapter and all other applicable ordinances and regulations, except for any variances requested by the applicant in writing. If the application is not in conformance to this chapter and all other applicable ordinances and regulations, the plat administrator shall provide review comments to the applicant. It is the applicant’s responsibility to revise the application to conform to this chapter and all other applicable ordinances and regulations. When the plat administrator determines that the application conforms to this chapter and all other applicable ordinances and regulations, the plat administrator shall notify the applicant in writing of this determination. The official filing date of the final plat application pursuant to chapter 212, Texas Local Government Code, including any plans or other documents submitted with the application, shall be date that the plat administrator determines that the application is in conformance with this chapter and all other applicable ordinances and regulations, except for any variances requested by the applicant in writing.
(c) 
The commission shall recommend approval, conditional approval, or disapproval of a final plat application within thirty (30) days of the official filing date of the final plat application. Failure of the commission to act within thirty (30) days shall be deemed a recommendation of approval of the final plat application. If the applicant requests an extension in writing, the commission may extend the deadline for acting on a final plat application for a period of up to thirty (30) days.
(d) 
The city council shall consider the final plat application within thirty (30) days of the commission’s recommendation and shall approve, conditionally approve or disapprove the final plat application. If the city council conditionally approves or disapproves the final plat application, the plat administrator shall provide the applicant a written statement of the conditions for the conditional approval or reasons for disapproval that clearly articulates each specific condition for the conditional approval or reason for disapproval, including a citation to the law that is the basis for the conditional approval or disapproval, if applicable. If the final plat application be not approved, conditionally approved, or disapproved by the city council within thirty (30) days from the recommendation by the commission, it shall be deemed to have been approved by the city council, and a certificate showing the date of approval by the commission and the failure of the council to take action thereon within thirty (30) days from said date shall, on demand, be issued by the city council, and said certificate shall be sufficient in lieu of the endorsement hereinafter required. If an applicant requests an extension in writing, the city council may extend the deadline for acting on a final plat application for a period of up to thirty (30) days.
(e) 
If the city council conditionally approves or disapproves a final plat application, the applicant may submit to the city a written response that satisfies each condition for the conditional approval or remedies each reason for disapproval provided to the applicant. There is no deadline for when the applicant may submit the response. If the applicant submits a response under this section, the response shall be reviewed by the city engineer and the plat administrator and forwarded to the city council for action within fifteen (15) days of the date the response is submitted. The city council shall take action to approve or disapprove of the applicant’s previously conditionally approved or disapproved final plat application. The city council shall approve the final plat application if the applicant’s response adequately addresses each condition of the conditional approval or each reason for disapproval. The city council shall disapprove the final plat application if the applicant’s response fails to adequately address each condition of the conditional approval or each reason for the disapproval. The city council may only disapprove the final plat application for a specific condition or reason previously provided to the applicant. If the city council disapproves the final plat application, the plat administrator shall provide the applicant a written statement of the reasons for disapproval that clearly articulates each specific reason for disapproval, including a citation to the law that is the basis for the disapproval, if applicable. If the final plat application is disapproved after the applicant files a response under this section, the disapproval is final.
(Ordinance 2020-09 adopted 10/15/20)
The city council’s disapproval of a final plat application shall also be disapproval of any plans and other documents submitted as a part of the final plat application. After final disapproval of a final plat application, the subdivider may at any time submit a new application for city approval following the same procedure as required for the original application.
(Ordinance 2020-09 adopted 10/15/20)
The city council’s approval of a final plat application shall also be approval of any plans and other documents submitted as a part of the final plat application.
(Ordinance 2020-09 adopted 10/15/20)
If substantial changes are made to a final plat in a response that is submitted to the city under section 10.02.125(e) and those substantial changes are not reasonably necessary in response to a condition of conditional approval or reason for disapproval of the final plat, the submission shall be treated as the submission of a new application rather than a response under section 10.02.125(e).
(Ordinance 2020-09 adopted 10/15/20)