38-100 
The Public Works Director may approve and issue an amending plat, which may be recorded and is controlling over the preceding plat without vacation of that plat, if the amending plat is signed by the applicants only and is solely for one or more of the following purposes:
1. 
to correct an error in a course or distance shown on the preceding plat;
2. 
to add a course or distance that was omitted on the preceding plat;
3. 
to correct an error in a real property description shown on the preceding plat.
4. 
to indicate monuments set after the death, disability, or retirement from practice of the engineer or surveyor responsible for setting monuments;
5. 
to show the location or character of a monument that has been changed in location or character or that is shown incorrectly as to location or character on the preceding plat;
6. 
to correct any other type of scrivener or clerical error or omission previously approved by the municipal authority responsible for approving plats, including lot numbers, acreage, street names, and identification of adjacent recorded plats;
7. 
to correct an error in courses and distances of lot lines between two adjacent lots if:
a. 
both lot owners join in the application for amending the plat;
b. 
neither lot is abolished;
c. 
the amendment does not attempt to remove recorded covenants or restrictions; and
d. 
the amendment does not have a material adverse effect on the property rights of the other owners in the plat;
8. 
to relocate a lot line to eliminate an inadvertent encroachment of a building or other improvement on a lot line or easement;
9. 
to relocate one or more lot lines between one or more adjacent lots if:
a. 
the owners of all those lots join in the application for amending the plat;
b. 
the amendment does not attempt to remove recorded covenants or restrictions; and
c. 
the amendment does not increase the number of lots; or
10. 
to make necessary changes to the preceding plat to create six or fewer lots in the subdivision covered by the preceding plat if:
a. 
the changes do not affect applicable zoning and other regulations of the municipality;
b. 
the changes do not attempt to amend or remove any covenants or restrictions; and
c. 
the area covered by the changes is located in an area that the municipal planning commission or other appropriate governing body of the municipality has approved, after a public hearing, as a residential improvement area.
38-101 
Notice, a hearing, and the approval of other lot owners are not required for the approval and issuance of an amending plat.
38-102 
An executed application form, application fee, tax certificates, and prescribed drawings as required for a final plat shall be submitted.
38-103 
Election to approve. The public works director shall approve an amending plat within the time period specified in section 212.009 of the Texas Local Government Code. The public works director may, for any reason, elect to present the plat for approval to the municipal authority responsible for approving plats.
38-104 
Refusal to approve plat. The public works director shall not disapprove an amending plat, and shall be required to refer any amending plat which he refuses to approve to the municipal authority responsible for approving plats within the time period specified in section 212.009 of the Texas Local Government Code.
38-105 
If an amending plat is referred, for any reason, to the municipal authority responsible for approving plats, the amending plat shall be processed in the same manner herein provided for a final plat.
(Ordinance 1246-2019, sec. 5, adopted 9/10/19)