§ 42-5. Compliance required.

(a)

Every owner of every tract of land located within the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of the city who divides the tract into two or more parts as provided in chapter 212 of the Local Government Code shall cause a plat to be made by a registered public surveyor which shall accurately describe all the tracts by previously platted lot or block number or by metes and bounds if necessary and locate same as required by this chapter. All platted lots shall meet the minimum frontage required by the city zoning regulations onto a paved street meeting the right-of-way and pavement requirements of the thoroughfare plan.

(b)

This chapter shall apply to land being subdivided and to land that has been subdivided and platted without improvements being made or the completion of those improvements, except where prior city council approval has designated the measure of acceptable criteria and conditions of acceptance for improvements thereupon. Where improvements have not been made on land that has been platted and the city council has not conditionally established approval of improvements, then all the provisions and criteria established by this chapter will be in full force.

(c)

No land shall be subdivided within the corporate limits of the city or its extraterritorial jurisdiction until:

(1)

The subdivider/owner has submitted and obtained approval of a sketch plan by the planning staff;

(2)

The subdivider/owner has obtained approval of the preliminary plat (when required) or final plat by the planning and zoning commission and city council, or minor plat by city staff and city council; and

(3)

An approved final plat is filed with the county clerk.

(Code 1994, ch. 9, art. 5; Ord. No. 248, exh. A(art. 5), 3-24-1997)