Prior to the official filing of a preliminary plat, the subdivider
shall consult with and present a proposed plan of subdivision to the
city engineer for comments and advice on the procedures, specifications,
and standards required by the city for the subdivision of land.
(Ordinance 83-150-3, § 3(A),
adopted 7/26/1983)
(a)
General.
The subdivider shall cause to be prepared a preliminary plat
by a surveyor or engineer in accordance with this article. The preliminary
plat will not be recorded.
(b)
Time
for filing and copies required.
The project manager shall
file a formal application for preliminary plat approval in writing,
attaching to the application six blue or black line copies of the
plat and a receipt for the filing fees, with the city secretary at
least seven days prior to the date at which formal application for
the preliminary plat approval is to be considered by the city engineer
and the planning commission shall consider the preliminary plat and
forward it to the city council seven days before it is to be considered.
The letter of transmittal of the application shall state the name,
address, and telephone number of the owner, project manager, his agent,
and the engineer or surveyor who prepared the plat. Said letter of
transmittal of the application shall include the following information:
(c)
Filing
fee.
The project manager shall, prior to filing the formal
application with the city secretary, pay a filing fee as is on file
in the office of the city secretary per acre for multiple dwelling
areas, commercial and/or industrial districts, and other areas not
subdivided into lots. No action by the planning commission shall be
valid until the filing fee has been paid. This fee shall not be refunded
should the subdivider fail to make formal application for preliminary
plat approval or should the plat be disapproved. Filing fees shall
be made by check payable to the city and given to the city secretary
with whom the plat is filed and at the time the plat is filed. The
city secretary's receipt shall be attached to and become a part of
the application. The payment of the filing fee shall not be construed
as filing for purposes of this article.
(d)
Fractional
final plat.
A subdivider may be required to submit a
master preliminary plat of the entire area he proposes to subdivide
over a period of time and indicate thereon his proposed plan of development
by increments. After approval of this master preliminary plat, he
may submit fractional final plats in general accordance with the master
plat by units or areas. Each increment of area must be adjacent to
a preceding developed increment or area. Each increment shall be governed
by and shall conform to the subdivision regulations in effect on the
date each is submitted for final approval.
(e)
Form
and content.
The plat shall be drawn on sheets 24 inches
wide and 36 inches long, with a binding margin of not less than 1½
inches on the left side of the sheet and margins on the other three
sides of not less than three-fourths inch. The plat shall be drawn
to a scale of 100 feet to one inch or larger. When more than one sheet
is necessary to accommodate the entire area, an index sheet showing
the entire subdivision at an appropriate graphic scale shall be attached
to the plat. The plat shall show the following:
(1)
Names of the subdivider, record owner, engineer and/or surveyor.
(2)
Proposed name of the subdivision, which shall not have the same spelling
as or be pronounced similar to the name of any other subdivision located
within the city or within five miles of the city unless the subdivision
is contiguous to a recorded subdivision and the plat represents an
additional installment or increment of the original subdivision.
(3)
Names of contiguous subdivisions and the owners of contiguous parcels
of unsubdivided land, along with deed record references, and an indication
of whether or not contiguous properties are platted.
(4)
Description, by metes and bounds, of the subdivision.
(5)
Primary control points or descriptions, and ties to such control
points to which all dimensions, angles, bearings, block numbers and
similar data shall be referred.
(6)
Subdivision boundary lines, indicated by heavy lines and the computed
acreage of the subdivision.
(7)
Existing sites as follows:
a.
The exact location, dimensions, name and description of all existing
or recorded streets, alleys, reservations, easements or other public
rights-of-way within the subdivision, intersecting or contiguous with
its boundaries or forming such boundaries.
b.
The exact location, dimensions, description and name of recorded
residential lots, parks, public areas, permanent structures and other
sites within or contiguous with the subdivision.
c.
The exact location, dimensions, description, and flow line of existing
watercourses and drainage structures within the subdivision or on
contiguous tracts.
(8)
The location, typical dimensions, description and name of all proposed
streets, alleys, drainage structures, parks, other public areas, reservations,
easements or other rights-of-way, blocks, lots and other sites within
the subdivision.
(9)
Date of preparation, scale of plat and north point.
(10)
Topographical information shall include contour lines on a basis
of five vertical feet in terrain with a slope of two percent or more,
and on a basis of two vertical feet in terrain with a slope of less
than two percent. Contour lines shall be based upon City of Brookshire
datum or such datum used by the city.
(11)
A number or letter to identify each lot or site and each block.
(12)
Front building setback lines on all lots and sites. Side yard setback
lines on all lots and sites. Side yard building setback lines at street
intersections and crosswalk ways. General notes may be used where
their meaning is unclear.
(13)
Location of city limits line, the outer border of the city's extraterritorial
jurisdiction, and boundaries; if they traverse the subdivision, form
part of the boundary of the subdivision, or are contiguous to such
boundary.
(14)
Vicinity sketch or key map at a smaller scale as approved by the
city engineer which shall show existing subdivisions, roads, streets,
easements, highway and railroad rights-of-way, parks and public facilities
and other landmarks in the vicinity, the general drainage plan and
ultimate destination of water, and possible storm sewer, water, gas,
electric and sanitary sewer connections by arrows. Key map shall extend
one mile in all directions.
(Ordinance 83-130-3, § 3(B)(1)—(5),
adopted 7/26/1983)
(a)
The
city engineer shall check the preliminary plat as to its conformity
with the master plan, major street plan, land use plan, and the requirements
set forth herein or referred to herein.
(b)
The
city engineer shall present the preliminary plat data to the planning
commission with his recommendations.
(c)
Within
30 days after the preliminary plat is formally filed, the planning
commission shall approve, conditionally approve with modifications,
or disapprove; the planning commission shall inform the subdivider,
in writing, of the reasons at the time such action is taken.
(d)
The
planning commission may approve variances in lot width on lots facing
a cul-de-sac, or similar circumstances.
(e)
Approval
of a preliminary plat shall be effective for six months from date
of approval; thereafter such approval shall be considered void and
the plat and application deemed withdrawn by the developer unless
the final plat has been presented for approval or the developer has
applied to the city council for and has received from the city council
an extension of time to a date certain in which to present such final
plat. Failure to present a final plat within such time extension shall
void all prior approval and the application shall be deemed withdrawn.
(f)
Any
changes or revisions to a preliminary plat which has received planning
commission approval must be accepted and approved by the city council.
(g)
If
no development has occurred which would affect the proposed plat,
after six months of effective approval, the planning commission may,
upon application of the subdivider, extend the approval time allowable.
(Ordinance 83-150-3, § 3(B)(6),
adopted 7/26/1983)
