For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms, phrases, words, and their derivations shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section. Those words not expressly defined in this section are to be construed in accordance with the zoning ordinance or other applicable ordinance of the city, or in the absence of such definition, then in accordance with customary usage in municipal planning and engineering practices.
means uses, buildings and accessory uses related to farming and ranching activities that involve the production of raw farm and ranch products. Standard Industrial Classifications Codes (SIC) included in agricultural purposes are SIC Codes 01 to 09, Agricultural, Forestry and Fishing; except 0723, Crop preparation services for market, and 0724, Cotton ginning. The term "agricultural purposes" includes facilities for raising animals, such as barns, kennels or stables, or one single-family dwelling or mobile home, provided the owner of any such property complies with the exemption provisions under section 134-10.
means a minor public right-of-way which is used primarily for vehicular service access to the backs or sides of properties otherwise abutting on a street, and not intended to provide the primary means of access to abutting lots.
Reference made to any office in this chapter by title means the person employed or appointed by the city in that position, or his duly authorized representatives.
means the line within a property defining the minimum permissible horizontal distance between a building and the adjacent street right-of-way line or other property lines.
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means the planning and zoning commission of the city.
means a statement of public policy containing the goals and objectives of the community, the capital improvement program, the land use plan, the major thoroughfare plan, the community facilities plan, the subdivision and zoning regulations, and other development codes, ordinances, policies and plans or amendments promulgated by the board of commissioners for the quality and orderly growth of the community.
means a public right-of-way, six feet or more in width between property lines, which provides pedestrian circulation.
means a street having but one outlet to another street, and terminated on the opposite end by a vehicular turnaround.
means a street, other than a cul-de-sac, with only one outlet.
means a person duly authorized under the provisions of the state engineering registration act, as amended, to practice the profession of civil engineering.
The extraterritorial jurisdiction of the city is five miles as provided in V.T.C.A., Local Government Code § 212.001(1).
means an undivided tract or parcel of land having frontage on a public or private street and which is, or in the future may be, offered for sale, conveyance, transfer or improvement; which is designated as a distinct and separate tract; and which is identified by a tract or lot number or symbol in a duly approved subdivision plat which has been property filed for record.
means a parcel of land which is part of a subdivision, the map or plat of which has been recorded in the office of the county clerk; or a tract of land not a part of an urban or town lot subdivision, the deed of which has been recorded in the office of the county clerk prior to October 15, 1973, which has not been divided since recording.
means the portion of a street available for vehicular traffic where curbs are laid; it is the portion between the face of curbs.
means any individual, association, firm, corporation, governmental agency or political subdivision.
means and includes a combination of different dwelling types and/or a variety of land uses which creatively complement each other and harmonize with existing and proposed land uses in the vicinity.
means a person having an occupation classified as city or land planning.
means a map or drawing of a tract of land which presents the developer's plan of his subdivision. As a general rule, the plat will show the tract's location, boundaries and area, as well as individual lot boundaries, proposed streets, utilities, public areas and other information the city must have to determine whether the proposed subdivision complies with the requirements of local regulations for approval, and a copy of which the developer intends to file for record.
means a subdivision that has restricted access to the general public and where the internal streets, street lights, traffic control devices, such as signs and pavement markings, and sidewalks are not dedicated to the public but are maintained by the lot owners.
means a tract of land previously divided from a larger tract of land but not a part of a plat approved under the provisions of this chapter or under the rules and regulations promulgated by the county commissioners court for the division of land into suburban or building lots in a subdivision as defined under state law.
means a way for vehicular traffic, whether designated as a street, highway, thoroughfare, parkway, throughway, road, avenue, boulevard, lane, place, or however otherwise designated.
Arterial street
means a free flowing street, normally the main thoroughfare through a community, receiving traffic from collector and minor streets.
Collector street
carries traffic from minor streets to the major system of arterial streets and highways, including the principal entrance streets of a residential development and streets for circulation within such a development.
Minor street
means a street used primarily for access to abutting residential property.
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means any person who owns a tract of land located within the city limits or in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the city who divides a tract into two or more parts to lay out a subdivision of the tract, including an addition to the city; or to lay out suburban, building or other lots including mobile home lots or spaces; or to lay out streets, alleys, squares, parks or other parts of the tract intended to be dedicated to public use for the use of the purchasers or owners of the lot fronting on or adjacent to the streets, alleys, squares, parks or other parts; or a person owning a single lot subdivision in the city limits or its extraterritorial jurisdiction where such owner utilizes or improves the property as to require a building permit from the county or city, as applicable, or utility connection. A person is a subdivider of land under this chapter regardless of whether the person subdivides or divides the land by using a metes and bounds description in a deed or of conveyance in a contract for deed or by using a contract of sale or other executory contract to convey or lease, in this case of a mobile home park, or by using any other method.
means a division of land which results in dividing a tract into two or more parts. "Subdivision" includes resubdivision but it does not include a division of land for agricultural purposes in tracts of more than five acres, where each tract has access and no public improvement is being dedicated.
means a licensed state land surveyor or a registered public surveyor, as authorized by the state statutes to practice the profession of surveying.
means all costs of a completed system, including engineering and contingencies.
means an interest in land granted to the city, to the public generally, and/or to a private utility corporation for the installation of and maintaining utilities across, over or under private land, together with the right to enter thereon with machinery and vehicles necessary for the maintenance of such utilities.
(1966 Code, § 26½-4; Ordinance 1991-88-A, § II, adopted 11/27/1991; Ordinance 2000-89, § 1, adopted 11/27/2000; Ordinance 2006-09, § 1, adopted 1/31/2006; Ordinance 2006-14, § 1, adopted 2/15/2006)