(a) Abutting Administrator Alley Alternative review procedure Application Applicant Block Building setback line Crosswalkway Cul-de-sac Dead-end street Developer. Double fronting lot Easement Easement, avigation, Easement, drainage, Engineer Filed or filing date Flood Flood protection elevation, regulatory. Homeowners' association Interior lot Lot Lot area Lot combination Lot corner Lot depth Lot line Major subdivision Manufactured home Manufactured home park Master development plan Minor plat Mobile home Mobile home park Modular home Municipal authority Municipal utility easement Off-frame construction On-frame construction Owner. Parkway Person Plan, comprehensive, Plan, concept, Plan, transportation master, Plan or plat. Plan or plat package Plan, preliminary (or plat, preliminary) Planned development Planning and zoning commission Plat Plat drawing Plat, final, Predesign conference Replatting Residential lane Resubmittal application Resubmittal date Site built Staff or city staff Standard approval procedure Street(1) (2) (3) (4) Street width Subdivider Subdivision Surveyor Utility easement
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this subsection, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
means adjacent; joining at a boundary.
means the city engineer, director of public works or other person designated by the city to administer the regulations and provisions of this chapter.
means a minor public right-of-way that is primarily for vehicular service access to the back or sides of properties otherwise abutting on a street.
means the procedures set forth in section 41-47B that modify the plan or plat application review process as described in section 41-47.
refers to an application for a plan or plat approval under this chapter, which includes the plan or plat package, and unless context dictates otherwise, will include the resubmittal application for a plan or plat.
means a person applying for plan or plat approval under this chapter.
means a unit of land bounded by streets or a combination of streets and public land, railroad rights-of-way, waterways, or any other barrier to the continuity to development.
means a line beyond which building foundations or any building extension other than roof overhang not exceeding 18 inches must be set back from the property line.
means a public right-of-way, between property lines, for pedestrian circulation.
means a local street with only one street outlet and having an appropriate terminal for the safe and convenient reversal of traffic movement.
means a portion of a street or a road with only one street or road outlet.
See Subdivider.
means a lot which fronts upon two parallel streets, or which fronts upon two streets which do not intersect at the boundaries of the lot.
means a grant of one or more of the property rights by the property owner to and/or for the use by the public, corporation or another person or entity.
means an air-rights easement, which protects air lanes around airports.
means an easement required for the installation of stormwater sewers or drainage ditches, and/or required for the preservation or maintenance of a natural stream or watercourse or other drainage facility.
means a person authorized under the Texas Engineering Registration Act to practice the profession of engineering.
means, with respect to a plan or plat, the date that a plan or plat application is determined to be complete and is accepted for review by the city; provided that with respect to plats or plans that must be approved by the city council, the filing date for the purposes of council action shall be the date the plan or plat is approved by the commission or approved by inaction of the commission.
means a general and temporary condition as partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas from the unusual and rapid accumulation or runoff of surface waters from any source.
See the flood hazard area regulations in chapter 17, article II.
means a community association, other than a condominium association, which is organized in a development in which individual owners share common interests in open space or facilities.
means a lot other than a corner lot.
means an undivided tract or parcel of land, identified by a number or symbol and designated as a distinct and separate tract on a fully approved subdivision plat properly filed of record.
means the total area within the lot lines of the lot excluding any street rights-of-way.
means the assembly or joinder of two or more separate platted lots, or any portion thereof, situated within the corporate limits of the city or within its extraterritorial jurisdiction, into a new configuration of lot(s) not exceeding the original number.
means a lot or parcel of land abutting upon two or more streets at their intersection, or upon two parts of the same street forming an interior angle of less than 135 degrees.
means the distance measured from the front lot line to the rear lot line. Where the front and rear lot lines are not parallel, the lot depth should be measured by drawing lines from the front to the rear lot lines, at right angles to the front lot line every ten feet, and averaging the length of these lines.
means a line of record bounding a lot, which divides one lot from another lot or from a public or private street or any other public space.
means any subdivision not classified as a minor subdivision.
means a HUD-Code manufactured home as defined in V.T.C.A. Texas Occupations Code § 1201.003(12), as amended from time to time.
means a unified development of two or more manufactured home spaces for rent or lease arranged on a tract of land.
means a graphic representation and narrative description of a large area of land intended for eventual development in phases. The plan may involve a single parcel or a number of contiguous parcels. It should show proposed land use, street classification, parks and open space, major public facility sites, floodplains and waterways, major drainage and utility improvements, and other features deemed necessary or appropriate by the administrator to depict critical on-site and off-site relationships that coordinate the development with the community's overall plan and adjoining undertakings.
means a proposed plat with four or fewer lots, with said lot or lots fronting on an existing street, and not requiring the creation of any new street or the extension of municipal facilities.
means a pre-fabricated structure designed for use as a dwelling, utilizing a permanent frame, built off-site at a manufacturing facility, and transported in one or more sections on a permanent chassis to a final destination, and established with or without a permanent foundation. Commonly referred to as 'on-frame manufactured housing', these structures are built to a building code administered by the Federal Government's Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
means a unified development of two or more mobile home spaces for rent or lease arranged on a tract of land.
means a structure designed as a dwelling, constructed in multiple sections off-site without any structural frame, transported to a permanent location where it is assembled on-site into a single building on a traditional foundation. Commonly referred to as 'off-frame manufactured housing', these structures are built to the International Code Council's Residential Building Code.
means the entity responsible for approving plats or plans governed by this chapter. The planning and zoning commission is responsible for approving concept plans, preliminary plats, final plats, and amending plats. The city council is responsible for approving amending plats. City staff, as further specified in this chapter, is responsible for approving minor plats and short form subdivisions. The city engineer is responsible for approving construction plans.
means an interest in land (easement) granted to the city, for installing and maintaining city-owned and other public or private utilities across, over or under private land. On a case-by-case basis, a municipal utility easement may also be a public access easement.
means a pre-fabricated structure that is transported to a site, fully assembled or in individual components, which does not utilize the structural components used for its transportation in its final assembly on site.
means a structure whose componentry incorporates a structural, load-bearing frame or similar supporting materials used both in the transport of the pre-fabricated structure to its final location, and permanent incorporation in the structure once established.
See Subdivider.
means that portion of the right-of-way between the curb and the right-of-way line.
means any individual, association, firm, corporation, governmental agency, political subdivision or other legal entity.
means the comprehensive plan of the city and adjoining areas adopted by the planning and zoning commission and approved by the council, including all its revisions. The plan indicates the general locations recommended for various land uses, transportation routes, public and private buildings, streets, parks, and other public and private developments and improvements, to include detailed plans for water, sewer, etc.
means a rough concept map of a proposed subdivision with sufficient accuracy to be used for the purpose of discussion, classification, and comment.
means the transportation master plan of the city approved by the city council as amended from time to time. The transportation master plan shall include a similarly-entitled plan that sets forth the planned transportation network for the city, and may include pedestrian transportation networks.
The phrase "plan or plat" or "plat or plan" when used in this chapter refers to preliminary plats, construction plans, final plats, minor plats, short form subdivisions, and amending plats, and includes replats. Specifically, the term "plan" refers to concept plan and construction plans and the term "plat" refers to preliminary plats, final plat, minor plats, short form subdivisions, or amending plats, and includes replats.
means and includes all drawings, instruments, written specifications, reports, test results, covenants, and other similar items required in this chapter.
means a preliminary plan indicating the proposed layout of a subdivision that is submitted to the review authority for consideration and preliminary approval.
means a development provided for by chapter 53, pertaining to zoning wherein certain yards, areas and related standards may be varied and a variety of land uses associated on a tract, the plan of which is subject to approval by the planning and zoning commission and council.
means the duly designated planning commission of the city acting as the planning and zoning commission having responsibilities as delegated by the city council including, but not limited to, land use review concerning comprehensive planning, zoning, and subdivision of land.
means a map representing a tract of land, showing the boundaries and location of individual properties and streets.
means a drawing or drawings depicting the proposed subdivision layout itself, along with associated certifications, dedications and related notations.
means the final map of all or a portion of a subdivision, which is presented to the proper review authority for final approval.
means a conference between a developer and the city planning staff, held prior to application for approval of a plat, for the purposes of exchanging information and identifying potential problems with a proposed development.
means the alteration of any part or all of any lot, block or tract of a previously platted subdivision.
means a street which, by its design, discourages through traffic and which may afford the only vehicular access to lots abutting thereon, which lots shall be restricted to residential use as set forth for only certain zoning districts in chapter 53, as amended, pertaining to zoning.
means the application for a plan or plat resubmitted to the city following the disapproval or conditional approval of the original application or a resubmittal application that satisfies each condition of a conditional approval or remedies the reasons for disapproval.
means the date that a resubmittal application is determined to be complete and is accepted for review by the city.
means the construction of a structure from individual materials, occurring at the structure's final location, as opposed to pre-manufactured modules or sections that are affixed to one another at the final location, or a finished structure being transported and installed at a final location.
means the employees, and the professionals providing services to the city, authorized or permitted by the council to undertake any duty or to provide any review, work or service contemplated by the terms of this chapter to be undertaken by city personnel.
means the procedure for review, processing and approval of plans or plats set forth in this chapter other than the alternative review procedure.
means a public right-of-way, however designated, which serves one or more of the following purposes:
Major thoroughfare, arterial street or expressway.
A major thoroughfare, arterial street or expressway primarily provides vehicular circulation to various sections of the city.
Collector street.
A collector street primarily provides circulation within neighborhoods, to carry traffic from local streets to arterial or major thoroughfare streets, or to carry traffic through or adjacent to commercial or industrial areas.
Marginal access.
A marginal access or frontage street is a street, which is parallel to and adjacent to an arterial street and primarily provides access to properties abutting these types of streets.
Local street.
A local street is a street designed primarily for access to abutting residential property. A local street does not include roadways that carry through traffic, but will generally be intersected frequently by collector streets.
means that distance from back of curb to back of curb.
means any person, or agent thereof, dividing or proposing to divide land so as to constitute a subdivision, as defined herein. The term "subdivider" shall be restricted to include only the owner, equitable owner, or authorized agent of such owner or equitable owner, of land sought to be divided.
means a division, a redivision, or combination of any tract of land, situated within the corporate limits of the city or within its extraterritorial jurisdiction, into one or more lots, sites, tracts, parcels, and/or parts for the purpose of development, laying out any addition to the city, or for laying out suburban lots or building lots, or any lots, and streets, alley, access easements, public utility easements, or parks or other portions intended for public use or the use of purchasers, renters, leasees, occupants, persons, entities, or owners of lots fronting thereon or adjacent thereto. The term "subdivision" does not include divisions of land in parcels of five acres or more, unless any such division of five acres or more includes the planning or development of a new street or access easement, or public utility easement.
means a registered professional land surveyor authorized by state statute to practice the profession of surveying.
means an interest in land granted to the city, the public generally or to a private corporation, for installing and maintaining utilities across, over or under private land.
(b)
Words and terms not expressly defined herein are to be construed in accordance with customary usage in municipal planning and engineering practices.
(Ordinance 296, art. I, § 3, adopted 10/1/1996; Ordinance 439, art, I, § 3, adopted 11/24/2003; Ordinance 985, § 2(Exh. A), adopted 2/20/2018; Ordinance 990, § 2(Exh. A), adopted 3/20/2018; Ordinance 1049, § 2, adopted 9/3/2019; Ordinance 1155, § 2, adopted 7/20/2021; Ordinance 1182, §§ 1, 2(Exh. A), adopted 2/2/2022)