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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance '-.. "",,"'> ORDINANCE NO. 2027 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE. CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION BY...AMENDING CHAPTER 9, SECTION 3, DEFINITIONS, TO INCLUDE A DEFINITION FOR THE TERM "PLAT"; BY AMENDING CHAPTER 9, SEC- TION 4-A,. SPECIAL. PROVISIONS, TO INCLUDE SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WIDCH . SUBDMSIONPLATS . ARE REQUIRED; AND BY AMENDING CHAPTER 9, SECTION IS-A, PENAL PROVISIONS, TO INCREASE THE FINE AMOUNT. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of College Station, Texas, held a public hearing on Thursday,August 12, 1993, to determine the necessity of these ordinance amend- ments; NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS: I. That Chapter 9, Section 3, .of the Code. of. Ordinances ... of the City of College Station, Texas, is hereby amended to include the following term to be alphabetically placed among the other definitions to read as follows: "Plat means a map of..asubdivision showing the location and boundaries of individual 'parcels .of land subdivided into lots, with streets, alleys, easements, etc., usually drawn to scale; also includes a replat and an amended plat.1I IT. That Chapter 9, Section 4, Special Provisions, of the Code of Ordinances. of the City of College Station, Texas is hereby amended to read as follows: IISECTION 4: SPECIAL PROVISIONS 4-A Plat Required The subdivider of a tract of land located within the limits or in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City shall prepare and submit for approval a. plat of the subdivision in accordance with Section 6 of this Chapter. 4-B Unapproved Final Plat No builciing,. repair, plumbing, or electrical permit shall be issued by the City. for any structure on a lot. in a subdivision for which a final plat has not been approved and filed for record. Noncompliance With Standards 4-C ) No building repair, plumbing or electrical permit shall be issued for any structure .. on a lot within a subdivision in which the standards contained herein. or referred to herein have not been complied with in full. .. ,,"""' Ordinance .No. 2027 Page 2 4-D No Citv Maintenance The City shall not repair, maintain, install or provide any streets or. public utilities or services in any subdivision for. which a final plat has not been approved . and . filed for record, nor in . which the standards contained herein or referred to herein have not been complied with in full. 4-E No Utilitv Service The City shall. not sell or supply water,. gas, electricity, or sewerage within a subdivision for which a final plat has not been approved and filed for record, nor in which the standards contained herein have not been complied with in full. 4-F Enforcement On behalf of the City, the City Attorney shall, when directed by the City Council, . institute . appropriate action in. a . court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this ordinance or the standards referred to herein with respect to any violation. thereof which occurs within the City, within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City, as such jurisdiction is determined . under the Municipal Annexation Act, or within .any area sub- ject to all or part of the provisions of this ordinance. 4-G Record of Noncompliance If any subdivision exists for which a final plat has not been approved or in which the. standards. contained herein or referred to herein have not been complied with in full, the City Council shall pass.. a resolution recit- ing the .fact oL such noncompliance or. failure to ...secure final plat approval, and reciting the fact that the provisions of paragraphs 4-B,4-C, 4-D, and 4-Eof this section shallapply to the subdivision and lots therein. (1) The City secretary shall, when directed by the City Council, cause a certified copy of such resolution under the corporate seal of the City to be filed in the Deed Records of the County. (2) If such compliance and . final plat approval are secured after the filing of such resolution, <the City Secretary shall forthwith .file an instrument in the. Deed Records of the County stating that Para- graphs 4-B, 4-C, 4-D, and4-Eno longer apply. Grandfathered 4-H ) Provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not be con- strUed to prohibit the issuance of permits for any lot or undivided tract or parcel of land upon which a residence exists and was in existence prior to the passage of this subdivision ordinance, nor to prohibit the repair, maintenance, or .installation of any street or public utility service for. to, or abutting any lot, the last record conveyance of which prior to passage of .....,.~. )i Ordinance No. 2027 Page 3 this ordinance was by metes and bounds, and/or . any subdivision, or lot therein, recorded or unrecorded, which subdivision was in existence prior to the passage of this ordinance." ill. That Chapter 9, Section IS-A, Penal Provisions, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of College Station, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows: "15-A Within Corporate Limits Any person violating any provision of this chapter, within the corporate limits of the City of College Station, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be fined an amount. pursuant .to Chapter 1, Section S, of this Code. Prosecution or conviction under this provision shall never bea bar to any other relief for violations of this chapter." IV. This ordinance shall become effective from and after its passage in accordance with the City Charter of the City of College Station, Texas. PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED this 26th day of August,.1993. APPROVED: Qr~~ LARRY ; MA . TEST: