The subdivider shall cause to be prepared a preliminary plat
properly certified by a Texas registered public surveyor or a Texas
state registered professional engineer, in accordance with this article.
The preliminary plat with its accompanying data are to show the intentions
of the subdivider for the development of the subdivision, and the
feasibility of that development. This work, as well as the preparation
of the data to accompany the plat, shall be done under the general
direction of the city planning and zoning board.
(1986 Code, ch. 11, sec. 4(A); 1993
Code, sec. 9.401)
The subdivider shall file fifteen (15) blueline copies of the
plat and accompanying data, together with the plat filing fee, with
the board at least fourteen (14) days prior to the date of the planning
and zoning board meeting at which formal application for board approval
of the preliminary plat will be made.
(1986 Code, ch. 11, sec. 4(B); 1993
Code, sec. 9.402)
The subdivider shall present, in person or by mail, a written
request for preliminary plat approval to the commission at a regularly
scheduled meeting of the commission. Said request must arrive at the
city office at least ninety-six (96) hours in advance of such meeting
to be placed on the commission's agenda.
(1986 Code, ch. 11, sec. 4(C); 1993
Code, sec. 9.403)
At the time of filing of the preliminary plat, same shall be
accompanied by a filing fee in an amount to be established and approved
by the city council from time to time. Said fee shall be payable by
check drawn to the order of the City of Willow Park. No action by
the council shall be valid unless the filing fee has been paid. This
fee shall not be refunded. Such preliminary plat filing fee shall
be in the amount established by city council.
(1986 Code, ch. 11, sec. 4(D); 1993
Code, sec. 9.404; Ordinance adopting 2017 Code)
The plat shall be drawn with India ink on tracing film or a
permanent type of material, consisting of one (1) or more sheets measuring
no less than eighteen inches (18") wide and twenty-four inches (24")
long or no larger than twenty-four inches (24") wide and thirty-six
inches (36") long in size, preferably twenty-two inches (22") wide
and thirty-six inches (36") long. It shall be drawn to a scale of
not more than two hundred feet (200') to the inch and where the area
being subdivided will not fit in the aforesaid dimensions, two (2)
or more sheets shall be used. A key map with a scale of one inch (1")
to two thousand feet (2,000') shall show the entire area and be drawn
on the first sheet or on a separate sheet. The required information
on or accompanying the plat shall include the following:
(2) Names of the record owner, subdivider and engineer if responsible
for the design and surveyor if responsible for the survey;
(3) Boundary lines, building setback lines, and width, location and name
of platted streets and alleys within and adjacent to the property.
Said plat shall accurately describe the subdivision by metes and bounds
and shall locate the same with respect to a corner of the survey or
tract or an original corner of the original survey of which it is
a part;
(4) Width, depth and location of proposed lots, and the computed acreage
of the subdivision;
(5) Contours sufficient to show the topology. Contours and all grades
in the subdivision shall be referred to as USGS benchmark. Contours
at two-foot intervals are preferred;
(6) Map showing existing physical features of the property, including
location of easements, reservations, watercourses, culverts, bridges,
roads, streets, and other structures;
(7) Designation of the proposed uses to which the land within the subdivision
will be dedicated;
(8) Proposed location of all intended features such as streets, easements,
parks and reservations; proposed location of storm drain lines, waterways
and structures, and other such sites or structures;
(9) Off-street parking provisions on those lots designated for business
or commercial purposes;
(10) Information showing how the streets, easements, storm sewers, sanitary
sewers and water supply systems in the subdivision submitted may connect
with those in the nearest subdivisions, and how they may be extended
to serve adjacent areas when subdivided or otherwise developed;
(11) The protective covenants proposed for the subdivision. Such covenants
shall be designed to regulate land use in the subdivision, ensure
off-street parking for nonresidential purposes, prohibit nuisances,
and otherwise provide for the protection of the proposed development.
Covenants shall also include enforcement provisions; and
(12) A north point, scale of plat and date of preparation.
(13) Evidence of compliance with the tree preservation ordinance of the
City of Willow Park.
(1986 Code, ch. 11, sec. 4(E); Ordinance 295-91 adopted 7/16/1991; 1993 Code, sec. 9.405; Ordinance adopting 2024
Code)
Within thirty (30) days after formal application for preliminary
plat approval is filed with the planning and zoning board, and provided
the preliminary plat filing fee has been paid, the planning and zoning
board shall approve the plat, subject to the planning and zoning board
proposed modifications to the plat, or shall disapprove the plat unless
the board has not had sufficient time to examine the plat and accompanying
data, at which time the board may, by majority vote, decide to extend
the examination period an additional thirty (30) days. Approval of
the preliminary plat shall not constitute or imply approval of the
final plat when presented, but is merely an authorization to proceed
with the preparation of the final plat. Any and all variances have
to be approved by the city council.
(1986 Code, ch. 11, sec. 4(F); 1993
Code, sec. 9.406)
Approval of the preliminary plat shall expire at the end of
six (6) months unless the final plat has been submitted, and approved
by the planning and zoning board. At the end of this period, and provided
no developments have occurred which would affect the continued acceptability
of the approved preliminary plat, the planning and zoning board may,
upon application by the subdivider, extend the approval for an additional
six (6) months.
(1986 Code, ch. 11, sec. 4(G); 1993
Code, sec. 9.407)