HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993-2027 - Ordinance - 08/26/1993ORDINANCE NO. 2027
AN ORDINANCE AM~.NDING TBE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF TIlE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION BY AMENDING C~AFI'ER 9, SECTION 3, D~_~m,'rlONS, TO
INCLUDE A Dm~'m'ITION FOR THE TERM '~LAT"; BY AMENDING CI-l/~ 9, SEC-
TION 4-/I, SPECI/~ PROVISIONS, TO INCLUDE SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER
WHICH SUBDIVISION PLATS ~ REQUIRED; AND BY /LMENDING CHAPTER 9,
SECTION 16-A, PENAL PROVISIONS, TO INCRE/ISE THE FINE AMOUNT.
WHERE/iS, the City Council o! the City of College Station, Texas, held a public bearing
on Thursday, August 12, 1993, to determine the necessity of these ordinance amend-
ments;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED I~ THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION, 'lEX/IS:
That Chapter 9, Section 3, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of College Station,
Texas, is bereby amended to include the following term to be alphabetically placed
among the other definitions to read as follows:
'~lat means a map of a subdivision 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."
That Chapter 9, Section 4, Special Provisions, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Conege Station, Texas is bereby amended to read as follows:
"SECTION 4:
SPECIAL PROVISIONS
4-A Plat Reauired
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
U a r Final lat
No building, 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.
Noncomoliance With Standards
No building repair, plumbing or electrical permit sben be issued for any
structure on a lot within a subdivision in which the standards contained
berein or referred to berein have not been complied with in full.
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4-D
4-F
4-O
4-H
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.
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.
On behalf o! the City, the City Attorney shall, when directed by the City
Council, institute appropriate action in a court of competent jurisdiction to
enforce the prov~ions of this ordinance or the standards referred to
herein with respect to any %,iolation thereof which occurs witi~n the City,
within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City, as such jurisdiction is
detenuined under the Municipal Annexation ~.ct, or within any area sub-
ject to all or part of the provisions of this ordinance.
Record of Noncomulinnce
If any subdivkion ezists 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 of such noncompliance or failure to secure final plat
approval, and reciting the fact that the provisious of paragraphs 4-B, 4-C,
4-D, and 4-E of this section shall apply to the subdivision and lots therein.
The City secretary shall, when dh-ected by the City Council, cause
a certified copy of such resolution under the corporate seal of the
City to he filed in the Deed Records of the County.
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, and 4-E no longer apply.
GrendfaJhered
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
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rigs 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."
That Chapter 9, Section 16-A, Penal Provisions, of the Coda of Ordinances of the City
of College Station, Texas, ~s hereby amendad to read as follows:
Witl~ Coroorate Limits
Any pemon violating any provision of this chapter, within the corporate
limits of the City of College Station, shall be g~ty of a misdameanor, and
upon conviction, shall be fined an amount pursuant to Chapter l, Section
5, of this Coda. Prosecution or conviction undar rigs provision shall
never be a bar to any other relief for violations of this chapter. ~'
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.
TEST:
APPROVED: