The provisions of this chapter are adopted in the exercise of the power granted to municipalities by V.T.C.A., Local Government Code § 212.001 et seq. Pursuant to the authority granted therein, any subdivision plan, plat or replat must be approved by the city council of the city after review and report by the planning and zoning commission prior to the recording of any plan, plat or replat of property within the city.
(1965 Code, sec. 22-2)
No person shall subdivide any tract of land which is located within the city except in conformity with the provisions of this chapter and the zoning ordinance of the city. For the purposes of this chapter, "subdivide" and its derivations, shall mean to divide any tract of land situated within the city into two (2) or more parts, or to assemble tracts of land or portions of tracts of land into a single tract of land, for the purpose of selling, conveying, transferring or improving such tract or tracts of land.
(1965 Code, sec. 22-3)
(a) 
Permits.
(1) 
The city engineer shall not issue building or repair permits for any structure on a lot in a subdivision for which a plat has not been approved in the manner prescribed herein and duly recorded in the office of the county clerk.
(2) 
The city public service board shall not provide permanent gas and/or electrical service to any lot in a subdivision for which a plat has not been approved in the manner as prescribed herein.
(b) 
Public improvements and services.
The city will withhold all public improvements and services of whatever nature, including the maintenance of streets, sewage facilities and water, gas and electric service, from all subdivisions which have not been approved in the manner prescribed herein, and from all areas dedicated to the public which have not been accepted by the council.
(c) 
Revision of plat after approval.
No changes, erasures, modifications or revisions shall be made in any plat of a subdivision after approval has been given by the council and endorsed on the plat in writing, unless such change, modification or revision is first submitted to and approved by the council.
(1965 Code, sec. 22-4)