(A) 
All applications and filings for approval required by Section 6 Development Review Procedures (including Land Development Applications and Zoning/SUP types, as defined in Subsection 7.01) shall be filed with the Development Services Department.
(B) 
The Development Application Handbook (as defined in Subsection 7.01), as exists or may be amended, shall prescribe the procedure to file.
(C) 
All applications and filings shall occur only on official Development Review Schedule dates, published as part of the Development Application Handbook and mandated by Subsection 6.07.03.
(D) 
If an application or filing is rejected by the Development Services Department, then it is not considered filed under this Ordinance and the law or regulation governing the application or filing, including Chapter 212 of the Texas Local Government Code, if applicable.
(E) 
Any application submitted on a date other than an official Development Review Schedule Date shall be rejected and shall not be considered filed under this Ordinance and the law or regulation governing the application or filing, including Chapter 212 of the Texas Local Government Code, if applicable.
(F) 
Modification of Applications Prior to Approval. The applicant may modify any complete application following its filing and prior to the expiration of the period during which the City is required to act on the application, as follows:
(1) 
The modification is for revisions requested by the City, and the modification is received at least fourteen (14) calendar days prior to the time scheduled for decision on the application. The application shall be decided within the original period for decision (from the original official filing date.
(2) 
Any other modifications to an application will not be accepted.
(Ordinance 19-08-70 adopted 8/20/19; Ordinance 2021-07-47 adopted 7/6/21)
(A) 
Period of time for determining incomplete application.
On or before the tenth (10th) calendar day after an application is filed with the Development Services Department, the City shall determine if an application is complete.
(B) 
Determination of incomplete applications.
If the application does not contain all information and/or does not conform to all standards required by any ordinance, checklist, law or regulation governing the application, then it shall be considered incomplete and rejected.
(C) 
City shall provide notice of incomplete applications.
(1) 
Written Notice Delivery Methods: The City shall reject all incomplete applications and provide written notice of the failure to the applicant by one of the following methods:
a. 
Mail,
b. 
E-mail,
c. 
Facsimile,
d. 
Delivery service, or
e. 
Hand delivery or other delivery method of written notice approved by the Director.
(2) 
The written notice need not identify all reasons why the application was deemed incomplete. If the notice contains one or more reasons why the application was deemed incomplete, addressing the reason(s) identified in the notice does not guarantee acceptance of a subsequent application.
(Ordinance 19-08-70 adopted 8/20/19; Ordinance 2021-07-47 adopted 7/6/21)
The Director shall publish schedules of the official development review processing dates as follows:
(A) 
A Development Review Schedule for all land development applications and filings excluding Construction Plans (except those described in Subsection 6.07.03(B)) for the period October 1 to September 30 of each year shall be set by the Planning & Zoning Commission on or before September 1 of each year and shall be published as part of the Development Application Handbook. Any changes or amendments to the approved schedule requires Planning & Zoning Commission Approval. Any application submitted on a date other than an official Development Review Schedule Date shall be rejected and shall not be considered filed under this Ordinance and the law or regulation governing the application or filing, including Chapter 212 of the Texas Local Government Code, if applicable.
(B) 
A Disapproval Development Review Schedule for the period October 1 to September 30 of each year shall be set by the Planning & Zoning Commission on or before September 1 of each year and shall be published as part of the Development Application Handbook. Any changes or amendments to the schedule requires Planning & Zoning Commission Approval. The Disapproval Development Review Schedule shall govern an applicant's response to the conditional approval or disapproval of a plat subject to the Texas Local Government Code, § 212.0093. Any application submitted on a date other than an official Development Review Schedule Date shall be rejected and shall not be considered filed under this Ordinance and the law or regulation governing the application or filing, including the Texas Local Government Code, chapter 212, if applicable.
(C) 
Zoning/Specific Use Permit and Planned Development Zoning Development Review Schedules for the period October 1 to September 30 of each year shall be set by the Planning & Zoning Commission on or before September 1 of each year and shall be published as part of the Development Application Handbook. Any changes or amendments to the schedule requires Planning & Zoning Commission Approval. Any application submitted on a date other than an official Development Review Schedule Date shall be rejected and shall not be considered filed under this Ordinance and the law or regulation governing the application or filing, including Chapter 212 of the Texas Local Government Code, if applicable.
(Ordinance 19-08-70 adopted 8/20/19; Ordinance 2021-07-47 adopted 7/6/21; Ordinance 2025-08-41 adopted 8/19/2025)
(A) 
Schedule of fees.
The City Council shall establish a schedule of fees relating to application approval processes.
(B) 
Delinquent taxes.
No application shall be approved for properties with delinquent City taxes.
(C) 
Procedures, forms and standards.
The Director shall establish procedures, forms and standards with regard to the content, format and number of copies of information constituting an application.
(Ordinance 19-08-70 adopted 8/20/19; Ordinance 2021-07-47 adopted 7/6/21)
If an ordinance, law or regulation mandates that an application be acted upon, or deemed approved by the City if it is not acted upon, within a specified time period that is too short to allow the City to wait for the documents or information required to be requested in a Notice of Incomplete Application, the City may process the application to determine whether it is approved or denied.
(Ordinance 19-08-70 adopted 8/20/19; Ordinance 2021-07-47 adopted 7/6/21)
(A) 
Complete applications required.
(1) 
No zoning application or request shall be accepted unless it is accompanied by a completed application and all documents required by and prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Zoning Ordinance, the Zoning or Planned Development Checklist, as amended from time to time, which shall be established and maintained by the Director and published as part of the Development Application Handbook, or and any other applicable ordinance, and it is filed with the Director.
(2) 
If the applicant is requesting a change in land use, development standards, and/or any other City regulation (i.e. Building Code, Fire Code, etc.) shall provide written documentation to support such request with the filing of the application.
(B) 
Texas Local Government Code Chapter 245 does not apply to zoning applications.
(1) 
Chapter 245 of the Texas Local Government Code, as amended, shall not apply to a zoning application or an ordinance establishing zoning since neither is a permit under this Zoning Ordinance or Chapter 245.
(C) 
Denial of zoning applications.
(1) 
The acceptance or processing by any City official of a zoning application prior to the time a complete application is submitted hereby is deemed to be null and void and, upon discovery, shall be grounds for rejection or denial of such application.
(2) 
A typographical error shall not constitute an incomplete application.
(3) 
The applicant may be notified of such rejection or denial for an incomplete zoning application in writing.
(Ordinance 19-08-70 adopted 8/20/19; Ordinance 2021-07-47 adopted 7/6/21)
No rights derived from Chapter 245 of the Texas Local Government Code, as amended, shall accrue from an application for a permit that expires, from an application for a permit that is denied or from an application that does not provide fair notice.
(Ordinance 19-08-70 adopted 8/20/19; Ordinance 2021-07-47 adopted 7/6/21)
(A) 
Request.
An applicant may submit in writing a request to extend the 30-day action in relation to the decision time for plats of thirty (30) days, as mandated by State law.
(B) 
Received.
If the applicant requests an extension, such request must be received by the municipal authority on or before the eleventh (11th) calendar day prior to the municipal authority's deadline to act.
(Ordinance 19-08-70 adopted 8/20/19; Ordinance 2021-07-47 adopted 7/6/21)