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WHEREAS, in accordance with the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, including
particularly the Local Government Code, Chapter 212, Municipal Regulation of Subdivisions and
Property Development; and in accordance with the Charter of the City of Georgetown, Texas,
hereinafter referred to as "City", the City is authorized to develop regulations for the subdivision
and development of land in the territorial jurisdiction of the City, including the corporate limits,
extraterritorial jurisdiction and other areas as permitted by law; and
WHEREAS, the "Subdivision Regulations of the City of Georgetown", hereinafter
referred to as "Regulations", were initially adopted by the City Council of the City of
Georgetown on February 14, 1988, and have been periodically revised since that date; and
WHEREAS, the City Council directed a proactive focus on the City's development review
process in the Spring of 1995; and
WHEREAS, a team of City staff members was formed in the Fall of 1995 to re-engineer
the process; and
WHEREAS, customers of the City's development process, including developers, builders
and other citizens guided the efforts of the City team; and
WHEREAS, the goal of the redesigned development process model is to create a value-
added and seamless process that meets customer expectations; and
WHEREAS, the re -engineered process involves a Development Process Team, consisting
of members who are assigned exclusively to the review and approval of development
applications; and
WHEREAS, structural changes to the development review and approval process are
necessary in order to implement the re -engineered process and allow for faster processing of
subdivisions; and
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WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission held a public hearing on May 6, 1997
to consider amending the procedures for platting and developing land established by the City's
development regulations for development in the territorial jurisdiction of the City of Georgetown,
including the corporate limits, extraterritorial jurisdiction and other areas as permitted by law.
THEREFORE9 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
GEORGETOWN9
SECTION 1. The facts and recitations contained in the preamble of this ordinance are
hereby found and declared to be true and correct, and are incorporated by reference herein and
expressly made a part hereof, as if copied verbatim. The City Council hereby finds that this
ordinance implements:
1. Governmental Affairs End 6.1 which states "All citizens actively participate in
governmental functions"; and
2. Growth and Physical Development End 7.1 which states "The City's regulations
implement the Policy Ends and provide the opportunity to seek change with reasonable
effort and expense";
and further finds that the enactment of this ordinance is not inconsistent or in conflict with any
other Century Plan Policies, as required by Section 2.03 of the Administrative Chapter of the
Policy Plan,
SECTION 2. The attached Exhibit A, relating to "Proposed Amendments to Procedures
for the Platting and Development of Land" is hereby adopted by the City Council of the City of
Georgetown, Texas,
SECTION 3. All ordinances and resolutions, or parts of ordinances and resolutions, in
conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed, and are no longer of any force and effect.
SECTION 4. If any provision of this ordinance or application thereof to any person or
circumstance, shall be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the other provisions, or
application thereof, of this ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or
application, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared to be severable.
SECTION 5. The Mayor is hereby authorized to sign this ordinance and the City
Secretary to attest. This ordinance shall become effective and be in full force and effect in (10)
ten days on and after publication in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the City of
Georgetown.
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PASSED AND APPROVED on First Reading on the 13th day of May 1997.
PASSED AND APPROVED on Second Reading on the 27th day of May, 1997.
ATTEST:
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Sandra D. Lee
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Marianne Landers Banks
City Attorney
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THE CITY OF
LEO WOOD
Mayor
EXHIBIT A
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For all cases of subdividing within the scope of these regulations, a plat of the land in
question shall be drawn and submitted to the Commission and Council for their approval
or disapproval, as provided for below. In no instance, notwithstanding any provision to
the contrary, shall a subdivider proposing to make, or having made, a subdivision within
the territorial jurisdiction proceed with any construction work onthe proposed subdivision,
including grading, before first obtaining public review final plat approval.
The general procedure for the subdivision of land is outlined in Figures 21000 A. and B.
The regulations governing each step of the procedure are described in Sections 22000
through 29999. Based on the procedures established by these regulations and other City
codes, there are at least four (4) discrete steps involved in the development process.
These include the platting process, the zoning process, the site design or detailed
development plan process, and the construction process. Each process has established
deadlines and expirations that must be met in order to maintain validity under the City's
requirements, and therefore constitutes its own series of approvals.
SKETCH PLAN
22010 Purpose and Applicability
The purpose of the sketch plan is to provide an approximately scaledrepresentation of a
development proposal for use in discussions between the subdivider and the City staff.
By providing for early discussion between staff and developers regarding planning concerts
and City requirements, the sketch plan should reduce engineering costs at the planning
stage of development, enhance communications and improve understanding of regulations
governing the subdivision of land, reduce problems, highlight opportunities and, most
importantly, expedite City approval of the project. The sketch plan is not mandatory, bit
is strongly recommended for all development proposals.
22020 Format
The sketch plan shall be drawn to an appropriate engineering scale, sufficiently accurate
to determine the relationship of existing and proposed roads, natural features, easements,
utilities, lots, land use and property lines.
22030 Content
The following are the suggested contents of the sketch plan:
A. The
name, address and
phone number of the
owner(s) of record and the
developer, if
different, as well
as the contact person
(agent).
B. A location map indicating the relationship to streets within one (1) mile
of the property.
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Figure 21000A - Generalized Development Process
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Figure 21000B - Process Within Each Review Phase for Concept Plan, Public review final
plat, Record final plat, and Detailed Development Plan Public Hearing Submittal
- - Note: Fees for each stage of review as set forth in Ordinance #82-30and subsequent amendments thereof
will be paid at the time of submittal to Planning Department except for drainage and construction
plan review.
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C. Land uses and improvements on adjacent properties.
D. Existing on-site improvements and easements if known.
E. Existing natural features including, but not limited to, significant
vegetation, drainage characteristics, and topographic features.
F. Proposed land uses and public and private improvements as defined
herein.
G. Anticipated off-site improvements.
22040 Procedure
Prior to drafting a sketch plan, the applicant should review City codes and the Century
Plan to ensure the compatibility between the proposed development and City requirements
The developer shall submit legible prints of the sletch plan as indicated on the application
at least five (5) working days prior to the regular meeting of the Development Process
Core Team so that the Core Team will have sufficient time to review the submittal for
conformance with ordinance requirements, including but not limited to consistency with
the Century Plan, utility policies, the thoroughfare plan and watershedprovisions. At the
meeting, the Core Team will provide information and direction to the subdivider
concerning the proposed development. After this meeting is concluded, the subdivider
may proceed with the platting process.
22050 Development Process Core Team
The Development Process Core Team shall be comprised of appropriate staff members
representing the interests of all City Divisions. The Core Team shall hold open monthly
meetings scheduled for a consistent day, time and place, and provide written response on
all sketch plans submitted for the meeting. Said written response shall be made available
to the applicant on the day of the meeting and shall reflect the degree to which the contacts
suggested in Section 22030 have been addressed.
22060 Effect
Sketch plans provide guidance prior to the applicant's investment in carefully engineered
drawings. Review of the sketch plan shall not constitute public approval or indicate the
full extent of the City's requirements.
The developer should be aware that specific approvals from other agencies may be
required.
23010 Purpose and Applicability
The purpose of the concept plan is to demonstrate conformance with the Century Plan,
compatibility of land use and coordination of improvements within and among individual
platted parcels, sections, or phases of a development prior to the approval of a public
review final plat.
A concept plan shall be required when only a portion of the parent tract or parcel of land
being platted is to be developed or sold for development. The plan shall include all
adjacent and contiguous land, any portion of whichis located within one thousand (1,000)
feet of the boundaries of the land owned or controlled by the developer and al land owned
or controlled by the person, firm or corporation which sold the tract being platted. If the
intended use of such land is not known by the subdivider or seller, the subdivider may
submit a plan of the perimeter of the complete tract of land indicating thereon the portion
being subdivided including all roads to be extended to the perimeter. It shall not be
necessary to submit a concept plan on any land more than once unless the concept
substantially or materially changes.
23020 Format
A concept plan shall be printed on twenty-four by thirty-six inch (24" x 36") paper ata
scale of one inch equals one hundred feet (1"=100') with all dimensions measured
accurately to the nearest foot, provided however, that a different scale may be used if
approved in writing by the Development Process Core Team prior to submittal.
23030 Content
The concept plan shall contain or have attached thereto:
A. Name and addresses of the developer, record owner(s), land planner, and
engineer.
B. Proposed name of the subdivision; date revised and/or prepared; north
indicator; scale.
C. Location map drawn at a scale of two thousand (2,000) feet per inch
showing the area within a one (1) mile radius of the proposed subdivision. Use
of the latest USGS 7.5 minute quadrangle map is recommended.
D. A layout of the entire tract and its relationship to adjacent property,
existing development and recorded plats.
E. Topographic contours at ten (10) foot intervals unless otherwise approval
by the Development Process Core Team,
F. Proposed major categories of land use by acreage shoudng compatibility
with the Century Plan.
G. Proposed number of dwelling units and gross density of each type of
residence and proposed total square footage of floor area for all non-residential
land uses to ensure consistency with the intensity requirements of the Century
Plan.
H. Proposed and existing arterial and collector streets to serve the general
area.
I. Location of sites for parks, schools and other public uses, and all areas
of common ownership.
J. Significant drainage features and structures including any one hundred
(100) year flood plains.
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K. Significant man-made features such as railroads, roads, buildings,
utilities and drainage structures.
L. Approximate boundaries and timing of proposed phases of da/elopment.
M. Identification of known exceptional topographical, cultural, historical,
archaeological, hydrological or any other physical conditions of the property to
be developed or within two hundred (200) feet on an adjacent tract exist which
will require the establishment of reasonable design standards in excess of the
established minimum standards or require a variance from those established
minimum standards as defined in Section 30000.
23040 Procedure
A concept plan, prepared by a registered professional engineer, together with a completed
application form and filing fee, shall be submitted to the Division of Development Services
for approval by the Commission and the Council. A concept plan maybe submitted for
review and approval simultaneously with a public review final plat, provided however that
the plat shall not be approved until the concept plan has been approved. If the concept pla
and the public review final plat are to be reviewed simultaneously, the plat and plan must
be submitted to the Division of Development Services simultaneously. An approved
concept plan shall be kept on file as a public record in the office of the Division of
Development Services.
Legible prints, as indicated on the application form, shall be submitted at least thirty (30)
days prior to the regular meeting of the Commission along with the following:
A. Completed application forms, signed by the property owner(s), and the
payment of all applicable fees.
B. A proposed phasing plan for the development of future sections.
C. A proposed street network. At a minimum, all collector level and higher
classification streets must be included.
D. Land intensity classifications designated in the Century Plan, and use
designations according to Section 34020A.
E. The concept plan as described in Section 23020 and an $'h x 11
reduction of the plan.
F. A complete public review final plat submittal if submitted for review aryl
approval in conjunction with the concept plan.
The Division of Development Services shall review all concept plan submittal for
completeness at the time of application. If in the judgment of the Divisbn of Development
Services, the concept plan submittal substantially fails to meet the minimal informational
requirements, it will not be accepted for review.
Prior to the Commission meeting at which the concept plan is heard, the Development
Process Core Team shall review the plan for consistency with City codes, policies and
plans, and shall prepare a report analyzing the subdivision submittal as well as any
comments received concerning the plan, and recommending the approval, conditional
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approval or disapproval of the plan. Said report shall be available at least five (5) working
days prior to the Commission meeting. If the subdivider clooses to withdraw, in writing,
by noon of the third working day preceding the meeting, the submittal may appear on the
next agenda after repayment of fees.
23050 Notification
Not fewer than fifteen (15) nor more than thirty (30) days prior to the Commission meetirg
at which the concept plan is to be heard, the developer shall post City approved sign(s)
along contiguous rights-of-way of the subdivision according to the following standards:
One(1) sign for platted lots and tracts of less than three hundrai (300) feet of right-of-way
frontage; one (1) sign at each corner and one (1) sign at each interval of one thousand
(1,000) feet, not to exceed a total of four (4) signs per right-of-way. A public notice
approved by the Director shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general
circulation in the City not fewer than fifteen (15) nor more than thirty (30) days prior to
said public hearing. Additionally, City approved notifrcationforms, postmarked no fewer
than fifteen (15) days prior to the appropriate Commission hearing, shall be mailed to the
owners of all property, as determined by the most recent tax rolls from the Williamson
County Appraisal District, any part of which is located within two hundred (200) feet of
the perimeter of the property included within the concept plan.
23060 Approval
The Commission and Council, after holding public hearings in accordance with City codes
shall approve or disapprove the concept plan. The failure of each body to act within foty-
five (45) days of the plan's filing date shall result in automatic approval of the plan,except
as otherwise agreed to by the subdivider. The Council, within forty-five (45) days of the
filing date, shall either confirm the action of the Commission, disapprove the plan or
request that the Commission consider the Council's recommendation at the next regularly
scheduled Commission meeting. If the plan is resubmitted to the Commission for
consideration of the Council's recommendation, then the subsequent action of the
Commission shall be final. Zoning of the tract, if applicable, that shall permit the uses
proposed by the concept plan, or any pending zoning amendment necessary to permit the
proposed uses shall have been adopted by the Council prior to approvalof the concept plan.
Said rezoning petition shall include request for automatic reversion to the previous zonirg
district in the event that development does not proceed according to the Concept Plan.
Approval of a concept plan constitutes acceptance of the type, density and intensity of land
use indicated on the plan; the classification and arrangement of streets indicatedi the
proposed phasing plan; and tlu nature of utility service proposed. The Commission shall
notify the applicant of any design requirements in excess of the established minimum
standards or of any deviations from those established minimum standards as set forth in
Section 30000. The approval of the concept plan shall not expire as long as the
development proceeds in accordance with the phasing plan. At such time as the
development lags one (1) year behind the approved phasing plan, theapproval shall expire
if the subdivider does not submit a written request for the extension and continiance of the
concept plan as approved by the City prior to expiration. Approval of any such extension
request shall be automatic one (1) time only for a period of twelve (12) months.
Subsequent to this extension, the concept plan shall be considered validso long as the plan
remains consistent with the Century Plan. Concept plan approval does not ensure approvd
of a public review final plat involving a substantially different concept or failing to meet
specific requirements of this ordinance, and approval does not comprise any vesting of
development rights or any assurance that permits of any kind will be issued.
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The developer
required.
should be aware that specific approvals from other agencies may be
24010 Purpose and Applicability
The public review final plat provides detailed graphic information and associated text
indicating property boundaries, ea&ments, land use, streets, utilities, drainage, and other
information required to evaluate proposed subdivisions of land. Apublic review final plat
shall be required for any subdivision except as otherwise provided for herein.
24020 Format
The public review final plat shall be drawn on eighteen inch by twenty-four inch (18"x
24") four (4) mil. Mylar at a scale of one inch equals one hundred ibet (1"=100') with all
dimensions labeled accurately to the nearest foot; provided however, that a different scale
may be used if approved in writing by the Development Process Core Team prior to
submittal. The public review final plat shall include all of the tract intended to be
developed at one time and any off-site improvements required to accommodate the project
When more than one (1) sheet is necessary to accommodate the entire area, an index sheet
showing the entire subdivision at a scale of one inch equals four hundred feet (1 " =400' )
shall be attached to the plat. The information required on a pubic review final plat can be
distributed and shown on up to two (2) sets of sheets depicting the entire plat.
24030 Content
The public review final plat shall contain or have attached thereto:
24031 Natural Features
A. The location of existing water courses, dry creek beds, caves, springs,
wells, sinkholes and other similar drainage features. Centerline of water courses
creeks, existing drainage structures and other pertinent data shall be shown.
Areas subject to flooding shall be shown, delineating the twenty-five (25) year
and one hundred (100) year flood limits if applicable.
B. The one hundred (100) year flood plain, based on fully developed
conditions within the watershed area, indicated for the one hundred (100) year
design flood as calculated in accordance with the City's Construction Standards
and Specifications for Roads, Streets, Structures and Utilities and certified by a
registered professional engineer. Supporting information to verify he location of
said flood plain shall be furnished by the subdivider. If the subdivision ora
portion thereof is in a flood -prone area, the developer will be required to comply
with provisions of the City Flood Plain Management Ordinance and the
regulations of the Williamson County Health District. This information must be
certified by a registered professional engineer with the following statement: The
fully developed, concentrated storm water runoff resulting from the one hundred
(100) year frequency storm is contained within the drainage easements shown
and/or public rights-of-way dedicated by this plat.
C. Topographic data indicating two (2) foot contour intervals drawn to
National Map Accuracy Standards (See Appendix B). The contoured area shall
extend outward from the property boundary for a distance equal to twenty-five
percent (25%) of the distance across the tract, but not fewer than fifty (50) feet
nor more than two hundred (200) feet.
D. Information specifically required to demonstrate compliance with the
watershed provisions of this ordinance described in Sections 32000-32999,
24032 Improvements
A. The locations, sizes and descriptions of all existing utilities, including but
not limited to gas or petroleum lines, sewer lines, water lines, water towers and
wells, power lines and telecommunication lines (above and/or below grade) withh
the subdivision, adjacent thereto, or proposed for use by the subdivision.
B. The size and location of all utilities proposed to be constructed on and
off the site. All electric service shall be located so to provide ease of access and
maintenance as determined through the discretion of the electric superintendent.
C. The location, dimensions and area of any required drainage structures.
D. The location, dimensions and materials proposed to be utilizedfor any
subdivision entry features. Any such feature shall conform to the following
guidelines:
1. The structure shall be located upon private property and not
within any dedicated public rights-of-way.
2. The structure shall be built of no less than fifty percent (50%)
natural materials. Such materials shall be of a composition to withstand
the extremes of weather.
3.
The
entryway surrounding the structure
shall
utilize landscape
or
xeriscape
design and be in conformance with
these
regulations.
4. The Articles for Incorporation for a neighborhood or
homeowners association shall provide for the maintenance orthe upkeep
of the entry features and associated landscaping.
5. In the event that the neighborhood or homeowners association
fails to adequately maintain the entry features, the City shall retain the
right to maintain or demolish same, following the proper posting of a
demolition notice on site and placement of a public notice in the
newspaper of general circulation no less than fifteen (15) daysprior to
removal.
24033 Boundaries
A. The existing property lines of the land being subdivided. Property lines
shall be drawn sufficiently wide to provide easy identification.
B. The location, dimensions, names and descriptions of all existing or
recorded streets, alleys, reservations, railroads, easements or other public rights -
of --way within the subdivision, intersecting or contiguous with its boundaries or
forming such boundaries, as determined from existing records. The distance frau
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the centerline of the roadway of any boundary street to the proposed platted
property shall also be shown.
C. Location of City limit lines and/or outer border of the City's extra-
territorial jurisdiction, as depicted on the City's most recent base map, if either
traverses the subdivision or is contiguous to the subdivision boundary.
D. The locations, dimensions, names and descriptions of all existing or
recorded lots and blocks, parks, public areas andpermanent structures within or
contiguous to the subdivision.
E. The owner's name, deed or plat reference and property lines of property
within two hundred (200) feet of the subdivision boundrries as determined by the
most recent tax rolls.
F. The name, location and lot patterns of adjacent subdivisions, concept
plans and approved public review inial plats, streets, easements, pipe lines, water
courses, and like information within two hundred (200) feet of the subdivision
boundaries. All such information shall be supplied by the City when the City is
the sole source of said information. All lines outside of the subdivision
boundaries shall be dashed.
G. The location, dimensions, names (as specified in Section 33030.Q.) and
descriptions of all existing and proposed streets, alleys, parks, open spaces,
natural features to be preserved, improvements to be installed for beautification
and other public areas; blocks, reservations, easements and rights-of-way; and
other sites within the subdivision specifically indicating the connection of
improvements to other improvements in adjacent subdivisions.
H. The location of building setback lines indicated by dashed lines on the
plat.
I. Numbers to identify each lot and each block.
J. The bearings and distances of the property lines of all lots. If the side
lines are not parallel, the distance between them at the narrowest point within the
building lines shall be given. The area of each non -rectangular lot shall be nded.
24034 General Information
A. Identification and location of proposed uses and reservations(as listed in
Section 34020) for all lots within the subdivision and also indicating existing and
proposed zoning classifications for each use (when applicable) and the Century
Plan land intensity designation. Proposed residential densities, commercial
intensity (floor area ratios), and percentage of impervious coverage shall be
noted. The following statement shall also be included: "The provisions of the
Century Plan -Development Plan shall also govern this project".
B. The total acreage of the property to be subdivided and the subtotals by
land use.
C. The date, scale,
north point, addresses of
the
owner of record,
subdivider, and registered
professional engineer platting
the
tract.
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D. The proposed name of the subdivision, which shall not have the same
spelling or be pronounced similarly to the name of any other subdivision located
within the City or within the extra -territorial jurisdiction of the City, provided
however that use of the same base names for different sections or phases is
required when the units are contiguous with their namesakes and individually
identified by a section number.
E. A key map showing the relation of the subdivision to streets and other
prominent features in all directions for a radius of at least one (1) mile using
scale of one inch equals two thousand feet (1" = 2,000'). The latest edition of
the USGS 7.5 minute quadrangle map is recommended.
F. Certifications and signature blocks as required by the City and
Williamson County (See Appendix Q.
G. Certification that avigation easements as required by the City shall be
granted on the plat and that no building area will be permitted within areas
designated as runway approach clear zones. The extension of the centerline of the
runway for up to two (2) miles from the end of the runway and all clear zones
shall also be shown (See Appendix D),
H. Identification of known exceptional topographical, cultural, historical,
archaeological, hydrological or any other physical conditions of the property to
be developed or within two hundred (200) feet on an adjacent tract exist which
will require the establishment of reasonable design standards in excess of the
established minimum standards or require a variance from those established
minimum standards as defined in Section 31000,
I. Lot area, width and depth, building coverage, impervious coverage,
utility easements, and setbacks shall conform to the requirements as established
for the designated land use as set forth in Table 34020.
24035 Support Documents
A. A preliminary drainage study, consisting of a Drainage Area Map;
including two (2) foot contours, and location and capacities of existing and
proposed drainage features; and a table showing the DA#, C, I, A, Tc, S and the
Qs calculated for the twenty-five (25) and one hundred (100) year storms for eadi
drainage area, to provide adequate site drainage information to ensure the
property will be developed in accordance with City Code.
B. Utility demand data, consistent with the proposed uses indicated on, the
plat, to determine the adequacy and the consistency of land use intensities with tle
Century Plan. Said demand data shallbe calculated using methods prescribed in
the City's Construction Standards and Specifications for Roads, Streets,
Structures, and Utilities.
C. A landscape plan, when applicable, as required in Sections 37000-37999
D. A letter of certification, when applicable, that the plat has been submittal
to the Williamson County Health District for review (applicable to all projects
proposing septic systems and/cr containing any portion of the one hundred (100)
year floodplain outside of the City).
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E. Letters indicating approval of easements, capacity, and commitment to
serve the development from any utility companies havingeasements or service
area that overlaps the proposed subdivision.
F. Notification materials as required by Section 24050.
The applicant shall be responsible for verifying the accuracy of all data submitted,
including that which might be obtained from the Cly, excepting that data which can only
be obtained from the City.
24040 Procedure
A public review final plat of any proposed subdivision, prepared by a registered
professional engineer and bearing his seal, together with a completed application form and
a filing fee, shall be submitted to the Commission and, when required, the Council for
approval before the subdivider proceeds with the record final plat. The plat and all
attendant documents, fees and notification materials shall be submitted to the Division of
Development Services according to the regulations set forth herein.
Legible prints, as indicated on the application form, shall be submitted at least thirty (30)
days prior to the regular meeting of the Commission at which the subdivision is to be
heard, along with the following:
A. Completed application forms, signed by the property owner(s), and the
payment of all applicable fees.
B. Preliminary drainage study, as described in Section 24035A,
C. Utility demand data
D. The locations, sizes and descriptions of all existing and proposed utiliies
for use by the subdivision.
E. Intent to either dedicate park land or pay fees -in -lieu of said dedication
if such dedication or fees apply.
F. The plat document as described in Section 24020 and an 81/2" x 11"
reduction of the plat.
G. A letter requesting any variances as required by Section 60070.
The Division of Development Services shall review all public review final plat submittal
for completeness at the time of application. If, in the judgment of the Division of
Development Services, the public review final plat submittal subaantially fails to meet the
minimal informational requirements or the conditions o` concept plan approval, it will not
be accepted for review.
Prior to the Commission meeting at which the public review final plat is presented, the
Development Process Core Team shall review the plat for consistency with City codes,
policies and plans, and shall, no fewer than five (5) working days prior to theCommission
meeting, prepare a report analyzing the subdivision submittal as well as any comments
received concerning the plat, and recommending the approval, conditional approval or
disapproval of the plat. The submittal shall be forwarded to the next available
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Commission hearing. If, after certification, the subdivider withdraws fromthe agenda, the
subdivision may appear on the next agenda pursuant to notification as described in Section
24050 and repayment of fees.
24050 Notification
The notification procedures described in Section 23050 shall be followed if no other
notification has occurred for the concept plan describing the area contained in the plat
during the past twelve (12) months under the requirements of these regulations.
24060 Approval
The Commission and Council shall act on the request for public review final plat approval
except that when a record final plat is covered by a current and approved concept plan,
Council approval of the public review final plat shall not be required, unless specifically
required by the Commission and/or Council or by special request by the subdivider.
Zoning of the tract, if applicable, that shall permit the uses proposed by the public review
final plat, or any pending zoning amendment necessary to permit the proposed uses shall
have been adopted by the Council prior to approval of the public review final plat. Said
rezoning petition shall include a request for automatic reversion to the previous zoning
district in the event that public review final plat expires.
The failure of each body to act within forty-five (45) days of the plat's filing date shall
result in automatic approval of the plat, except as agreed to by the subdivider. The
Commission, shall hold a public hearing in accordance with City codes and the
Commissions bylaws, and shall approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove the public
review final plat. The Commission shall notify the applicant of any design requirements
in excess of the established minimum standards or of any deviation from those established
minimum standards as set forth in Section 31000. The Council, within forty-five (45) days
of the filing date, shall either confirm the action of the Commission, disapprove the plat
or request that the Commission consider the Council's recommendation at the next
regularly scheduled Commission meeting. If the plan is resubmitted to the Commission
for consideration of the Council's recommendation, then the subsequent action of the
Commission shall be final. The Council may not delete or amend conditions established
by the Commission, but they may attach additional conditions, provided that such addition
do not negate the effect of the Commission's conditions. The Commission and Council
shall cite findings of fact supporting their actions.
Approval of the public review final plat shall not constitute final acceptance of the record
final plat, but shall constitute a vesting of the right to develop under City codes and policie
in effect on the date of the approval provided that neither the public review final plat nor
any subsequent plat or permit has been allowed to expire. The approval of the public
review final plat shall expire twelve (12) months after approval, except that if the
subdivider shall apply in writing prior to the end of said period, stating reasons for needirg
the extension and demonstrating that the subdivider is actively pursuing approval of
construction plans and/or the record final plat in accordance with the regulations herein,
this period may be extended for one additional twelve (12)month period only. Further,
a public review final plat that has an approved lhasing plan shall not expire as long as the
development proceeds in accordance with the phasing plan. At such time as the
development lags one (1) year behind the approved phasing plan, theapproval shall expire
if the subdivider does not submit a written request for an extension as allowed by this
section. A public review final plat shall not expire as long as the corresponding record
final plat is active, but if this record final plat expires the public review final plat shall
also expire.
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If a public review final plat expires, it may be reinstated only upon resubmittal of the
unaltered, approved public review final plat to the Commission and Council and the
approval by both bodies. All fees shall be repaid as if the plat were initially being
submitted.
If revision of the public review final plat is required by the Commission and/or Council,
then no application for record final plat shall be accepted under Chapter 212 of the Local
Government Code until the revised pubic review final plat has been approved as directed
by the Commission and/or Council and a reproducible copy on four (4) mil. Mylar has
been submitted to and approved by the Division of Development Services. This signed,
approved document shall be kept on file in the office of the Division of Development
Services.
The developer should be aware that specific approvals from other agencies may be
required.
CONSTRUCTION PLANS
25010 Purpose and Applicability
Construction plans, based upon the approved public review finalplat, consisting of detailed
specifications and diagrams illustrating the location, design, and composition of all
improvements identified in the public review final plat phase and required by these
regulations and other applicable City codes and policies, shall be submitted to the City for
any project that necessitates the construction, reconstruction or modification of new or
existing improvements. These documents shall include complete plans and specifications
of all required improvements identified and approved as part of the public review final Pt
phase. The plans shall be kept by the City as a permanent record of required
improvements in order to:
A. Provide records that facilitate subsequent improvements as well as the
operation and maintenance of the required improvements.
B. Provide data for evaluation of materials, methods of construction and
design.
C. Provide documentation of approved public improvements to ensure that
all such improvements are built to City standards and specifications. No record
final plat shall be certified by the Division of Development Services until such
time as construction plans completely describing the on-site and off-site
improvements required by this and other City codes have been approved, in
writing, by the Development Process Core Team, except that in special and
unique situations, the Division of Development Services, at their discretion may
allow certification of a record final plat with deferral of construction plan
approval until just prior to recordation of the record final plat.
25020 Format
All construction drawings shall be signed and sealed by a registered progssional engineer,
licensed to practice in the State of Texas. Drawings shall be on twenty-four inch by thirty
six inch (24" x 35") sheets at a horizontal scale of fifty (50) feet to one (1) inch anda
vertical scale of five (5) feet to one (1) inch except as otherwise required or allowed by tle
Development Process Core Team.
25030 Content
Construction plans shall include all on and off-site improvements required to serve the
proposed development as indicated on the approved public review final plat and in
compliance with all ordinances, codes, standards and policies of the City and other
applicable governmental entities.
The following shall be the minimum requirements for construction plans:
A. Title sheet as provided by City.
B. Approved public review final plat.
C. Detailed development
plan when
required under
the
Planned Unit
Development (PUD) provisions
of Sections
29010-29019 of
this
ordinance.
D. For street and roadway systems:
1. The horizontal layout and alignment showing geometric data
and other pertinent design details. The horizontal layout fall also show
the direction of storm water flow and the location of manholes, inlets
and special structures.
2. Profile showing existing and proposed elevation along the centar
line, side drains and rights-of-way and curb tops of all roads.
3. Typical right-of-way cross sections showing pertinent design
details and elevations as prescribed in the City's Construction Standards
and Specifications for Roads, Streets, Structures and Utilities.
4. Typical paving sections showing design details and type of
material.
5. Engineer's report containing any additional information required
to evaluate the proposed improvements.
E. For sidewalks:
1. Typical cross-section showing design detail and type of
material.
2. Location in street and cross -block rights-of-way.
3. Design detail and location for all curb ramps.
F. For storm water management and control systems:
1. An engineer's report pursuant to Sections 32000-32999,
watershed provisions herein.
2. Detailed design of all drainage facilities as indicated in the
public review final plat phase, including typical channel or paving
section, storm sewers and other storm water control facilities.
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3. Accurate cross-sections, plans, and profile of every
conduit/channel shall be shown.
G. For erosion and sediment control, where required:
1. Proposed fill or other structure elevating techniques, levees,
channel modifications and detention facilities.
2. Existing and proposed topographic conditions with vertical
intervals not greater than two (2) feet referenced to a United States
Geological Survey or Coastal and Geodetic Survey bench mark or
monument.
3. The location, size, and character of all temporary and
permanent erosion and sediment control facilities with specifications
detailing all on-site erosion control measures whichwill be established
and maintained during all periods of development and construction.
4. A plan for restoration for the mitigation of erosion in all areas
disturbed during construction.
H. For water distribution systems:
1. The layout, size and specific location of the existing and
proposed water mains, pump stations, elevated tanks and other related
structures as identified in the public review final plat phase and in
accordance with all current City standards, specifications, and criteria
for construction of water mains.
2. The existing and proposed location of fire hydrants, valves,
meters and other fittings.
3. Design details showing the connection with the existing City
water system.
4. The specific location and size of all individual lot's water
service connections, when applicable.
5. Engineer's report containing any additional information required
to evaluate the proposed improvements.
I. For sanitary sewer systems:
1. The layout, size and specific location of the existing and
proposed wastewater lines, lift stations, and other related structures as
identified in the public review final plat phase, in accordance with all
current City standards, specifications, and criteria for construction of
wastewater lines.
2. A complete sewage flow map with flow calculations at outfall
points. Plan and profile for each line showing existing ground level
elevation at center line of pipe, pipe size and flow line elevation at all
bends, drops, turns, station numbers at fifty (50) foot intervals, unless
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otherwise required or permitted by the Development Process Core
Team.
3. Design details for manholes and special structures. Flow line
elevations shall be shown at every point where the line enters or leaves
the manholes.
4. Detailed design for lift stations, lagoon oxidation ponds,
package plants or other special structures.
5. Engineer's report containing any additional information required
to evaluate the proposed improvements and an application for State
Health Department approval.
J. For electrical, street lighting, street signs, gas, postal and
telecommunication services: the location, size, type and description of street
lights, light intensity levels, lines, poles, transformers, meters and other
appurtenances according to City standards. See Table 33030-C for Street
Lighting Standards.
K. Required and proposed improvements for parks and other public and
common areas as identified and approved pursuant to Section 24033 G.
L. Final design criteria, reports, calculations, and all other related
computations, if not previously submitted with the public review fmalplat. These
reports shall include a copy of the water pollution abatement plan submitted to &
Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission, if not submitted with the
public review final plat; and a copy of the complete application for flood plain
map amendment as required by the Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA),
M. Engineer's certified cost estimate of each required improvement.
N. A construction traffic routing proposal identifying a route to It followed
by all construction related vehicles. This proposal shall take into consideration
street conditions and neighborhood characteristics andgauge any possible negative
impacts on the surrounding areas.
O. If the subdivision will include private streets, and a gate is proposed to
limit access to the private street, include details regarding the gate construction,
operation, maintenance, and provisions for emergency access.
25040 Procedure
A. Construction plans shall be prepared for all subdivision improvement as
required by and in accordance with these regulations. After all necessary
approvals of the public review final plat have been granted, the subdivider shall
submit to the Division of Development Services an application for construction
plan approval and copies in the number specified in the application, of detailed
engineering plans and specifications for the construction of all required
improvements. The plans will be reviewed by all applicable divisions for
compliance with required codes and specifications. All fees required for the
review of construction plans shall be submitted with the application according to
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the rate and fee schedule for the review of development projects in effect at the
time of submittal.
The Development Process Core Team shall review these plans and specifications
to insure compliance with these regulations and good engineering practices.
Within thirty (30) days of the date on which all necessary information has been
submitted, the Development Process Core Team shall either approve the plans and
specifications or notify the applicant in writing of the disapproval of said plans
and specifications and indicate the requiremerts for bringing said documents into
compliance.
If construction plans are approved, then the Development Process Core Team
shall sign all the completed copies of all such plans, returning two (2) signed
copies to the applicant and retaining the other signed copies for City records.
If construction plans are approved conditionally or disapproved, the Etvelopment
Process Core Team shall inform the subdivider in writing of the reason for such
decision by returning one (1) complete set of plans which identifies the problem
area(s) on which the action is based.
B. Where it becomes necessary due to unforeseen circumstances for
amendments to be made to construction plans for which approval of the
Development Process Core Team has already been obtained, the Development
Process Core Team shall have the authority to approve such amendments when
in his opinion such changes are warranted and as long as they would be in
conformance with City requirements. Approval of such changes agreed to
between the subdivider and Development Process Core Team shall be noted by
initialing and dating by both parties on the two (2) original signed copies of the
construction plans.
25050 Approval
All improvements shown in approved construction plans shall be constructed. All public
improvements shall be constructed in conformance with standard plans and specifications
approved by the Director of Community Owned Uilities, except as otherwise specifically
approved. The developer should be aware that specific approvals from other agencies may
be required.
26010 Purpose and Applicability
The record final plat provides detailed graphic informaton and associated text indicating
property boundaries, easements, streets, utilities, drainage, and other information required
for the maintenance of public records of dr subdivision of land. A record final plat shall
be required for all subdivisions. The record final plat shall conform to the approved
construction plans and public review final plat. If land uses on the proposed record final
plat are inconsistent with the City's Official Zoning Map, the record final plat shall not be
approved by the City. If minor revision of a public review final plat is required, the
review of the revised public review final plat may, at the discretion of the Division of
Development Services, proceed concurrently with record final plat review.
26020 Format
The record final plat shall be drawn on eighteen inch by twenty-fourinch (18" x 24") four
(4) mil. Mylar at a scale of one inch equals one hundred feet (1"=100') with all
dimensions labeled accurately to the nearest one tenth (1/10) of a foot, exceptas otherwise
approved in writing by the Development Process Core Team prior to submittal. The
record final plat shall include all of the tract intended to be developed at one time. When
more than one (1) sheet is necessary to accommodate the entire area, an index sheet
showing the entire subdivision at a scale of one inchequals four hundred feet (1" = 400')
shall be attached to the plat.
26030 Content
The record final plat shall contain or have attached thereto:
26031 Natural Features
The location of center lines of waterways and the boundaries of all drainage easements.
The one hundred (100) year flood plain, based on fully developed conditions within the
watershed area, shall be calculated in accordance with the City's Construction Standards
and Specifications for Roads, Streets, Structures and Utilities, and shall be shown on the
plat and certified by a registered professional engineer.
26032 Improvements
The names of streets and the dimensions and locations of street rights-of-way, easements
and any other dedications. All lines outside of the subdivision boundaries shall be dashed.
26033 Boundaries
A. The existing boundary lines of the land to be subdivided. Boundary lins
shall be drawn sufficiently wide to provide easy identification.
B. Bearings and distances to the nearest established street lines, official
monuments, or existing subdivision comer shall be accurately described on the
plat and rotated to the City of Georgetown Control Network, established in Mardi
of 1996. Also, a copy of the field records and documentation required to
establish this monument shall be submitted to the City. These monuments shall
be in place prior to acceptance of any street improvements.
A copy of the "Horizontal and Vertical Control Data for the City of Georgeown,
Williamson County, Texas 1996" based on "NAD 83/93 HARN and NAVD 88
datum" is available at no charge from the Systems Engineering Department.
C. The description and location of all permanent monumentsor benchmarks,
standard monuments, survey control points and lot pins.
D. Suitable primary control points to which all dimensions, bearings and
similar data shall be referenced. At least one (1) corner of the subdivision shall
be located with respect to a corner of the original survey of which it is a part.
E. Location of the City limit lines and the outer border of the City's extra-
territorial jurisdiction, if either traverses the subdivision or is contiguous with t1E
subdivision boundary, as depicted on the City's most recent base map.
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F. The location, bearings, width, purposes and approved names (if
applicable) of existing and proposed streets, alleys, easements and rights-of-way
to be dedicated to public use, with the following engineering data:
1. For streets. Complete curve data (delta, arc length, radius,
tangent, point of curve, point of reverse curve, point of tangent, long
chord with bearing) between all lot corner pins.
2. For Water Courses and Easements. Distances to be provided
along the side lot lines from the right-of-way line or the high bank of a
stream. Traverse line to be provided along the edge of all major
waterways in a convenient location, preferably along a utility easement
if paralleling the drainage easement or stream.
3. For Avigation Easements. All record final plats which lie
within two (2) miles of the Georgetown Municipal Airport ha✓e a height
restriction imposed by the Georgetown -Williamson County Joni Airport
Ordinance. These restrictions shall be indicated as avigation easements
in a manner acceptable to the Commission. Record final plats shall also
indicate the runway approach clear zones and the extended centerline of
the airport runway if any portion of either is ncluded in part of the area
being platted. (See Appendix D)
G. The lines and numbers of all proposed lots and blocks, with complete
bearings and dimensions for front, rear and side lot lines. The surveyor shall
certify that all lots meet the City's minimum requirements set forth herein.
H. The lot specific impervious coverage limitations as approved on the
public review final plat.
I. The use, property dimensions, names and boundary lines ofall special
reservations to be dedicated for:
1. Public use, including sites for schools, churches, parks and
open spaces.
2. Common ownership.
3. Subsequent development.
J. The location of building setback lines indicated by dashed lines on the
plat, and the location, dimensions, and descriptions of all existing and required
easements within the subdivision, intersecting, or contiguous with its boundaries
or forming such boundaries.
26034 General Information
A. The proposed name of the subdivision, which shall not have the same
spelling or be pronounced similarly to the name of any other subdivision located
within the City or within the extra -territorial jurisdiction of the City; provided
however, that use of the same base names for different sections or phases is
required when the units are contiguous with their namesakes and individually
identified by a section number.
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B. The date, scale, north point, addresses of the owner of record,
subdivider, registered public surveyor, and registered professional engineer if
required, platting the tract. The engineer and surveyor shall affix their seals to
the plat in conjunction with the signing of the certification requirements.
C. A key map showing the relation of the subdivision to streets and other
prominent features in all directions for a radius of at least one (1) mile using a
scale of one inch equals two thousand feet (1" = 2,000'). The latest edition of
the USGS 7.5 minute quadrangle map is recommended.
D. Identification and location of proposed uses and reservations for all lots
within the subdivision and also indicating existing and proposed zoning
classifications for each use (when applicable). Residential densities, commercial
intensity, Century Plan land intensity designation, and the percentage of
impervious coverage shall be noted. The following statement shall also be
included: "The provisions of the Century Plan -Development Plan shall also
govern this project".
E. The owners names and the property lines of property within two hundred
(200) feet of the subdivision boundary, together with the respective plat or deed
references as determined by the most recent tax rolls.
F. Sufficient data shall be shown on the plat for each lot to prove
mathematical closure.
G. Certifications and signature blocks as required on the plat by the City and
County (See Appendix C), including but not limited to the following:
1. Certification that avigation easements as required by the City
shall be granted on the plat and that no building area will be permitted
within areas designated as runway approach clear zones (See Appendix
D),
2. Certification from a registered professional engineer and
approved by the State Health Department (if applicable) that water
satisfactory for human consumption is available in adequate supply at the
time of submission, except that such certification is not required if City
of Georgetown water is used.
3. Certification from the Williamson County Health District that
a subdivision is located in an area which cannot reasonNy be served by
a sanitary sewer system and that the use of septic tank or other means of
disposal has been approved by the Williamson County Health District.
Said certificate shall show the limitations, if any, of such approval.
H. Lot area, width and depth, building coverage, impervious coverage,
utility easements, and setbacks shall conform to the requirements as established
for the designated land use as set forth in Table 34020.
26035 Support Documents
The following supporting documents must accompany the record final plat:
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A.
A copy of the water pollution abatement
plan
approved by the
Texas
Natural
Resources Conservation Commission if such
plan
is required by the
State.
B. Computer printout showing that the boundary has aminimum closure of
one in five thousand (1:5,000) and a computer printout on all lots other than thoe
which are square or rectangular shall be provided with the record final plat.
C. If a subdivision is located in an area served by any utility other than the
City, the developer shall furnish aletter from such utility certifying their approval
of the location of the utility easements shown on the plat and indicating the
utility's intent to serve the property, except that said letters are not required if the
easements conform to those approved on the public review final plat.
D. If the construction of all improvements needed to serve the subdivision
is not completed prior to the filing of the plat for recordation then the subdivider
must provide financial assurance for the completion of the remainder of those
improvements as detailed in Sections 28000-28999,
26040 Procedure
After approval of the public review final plat and construction plans, and the completion
of any revisions required by the Commission and/or Council, a record final plat of any
proposed subdivision, prepared by a registered public surveyor and regstered professional
engineer if required, bearing their seals, together with a completed application form and
a filing fee as determined by the current rate schedule, shall be submitted to the Division
of Development Services or the Commission and Council for approval before recordation
of the plat.
Legible prints, as indicated on the application form, shall be submitted to the Division of
Development Services along with the following:
A. Completed application forms, signed by the property owner(s), and the
payment of all applicable fees.
B. Any materials or documents required by the Commission and/or Counci<
as a condition of public review final plat approval.
C. Two (2) copies of the deed restrictions or covenants, if such documents
are to be used. These shall be filed for record in conjunction with the filing of
the record final plat.
D. Certification from all applicable taxing authorities that all taxes due on
the property have been paid.
E. A reproducible copy of the approved construction plans.
F. Performance and maintenance guarantees as required by the Director of
Community Owned Utilities.
G. Any attendant documents needed to supplement the information providal
on the plat.
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The Division of Development Services shall review all record final plat submittal for
completeness at the time of application. If in the judgment of the Division of Development
Services, the record final plat submittal substantially fails to meet the minimal
informational requirements or the conditions of public review final plat approval, it will
not be accepted for review.
The Development Process Core Team shall review the plat for consistency with the public
review final plat, construction plans, and City codes, policies and plans.
If the review by the Development Process Core Team determines that the Record Final
Plat contains no substantive dianges from the Public Review Final Plat, the Record Final
Plat shall be certified for filing, according to the procedures described in Section 26060-B
and Section 26070.
If the Development Process Core Team determines that the Record Final Plat contains
substantive changes from the Public Review Final Plat, the record final plat must be
submitted to the Commission and Council for approval before recordation of the plat.
A "substantive change" shall be a revision which in the opinion of the Development
Process Core Team would require public review.
The Development Process Core Team shall review the plat for consiaency with the public
review final plat, construction plans, and City codes, polcies and plans, and shall prepare
a report analyzing the subdivision submittalas well as any comments received concerning
the plat, and recommending the approval, conditional approval or disapproval of the plat.
The report shall be available to the subdivider no later than five (5) days prior to the
Commission meeting at which the plat is to be heard. If, after certification, the stbdivider
withdraws from the agenda, the subdivision may appear on the next agenda pursuant to
repayment of fees.
26050 Notification
The notification procedures described in Section 24050 shall be followed if no other
notification has occurred for the same plat during the past twelve (12) months under the
requirements of these regulations.
26060 Approval
A. The Commission, after holding a public hearing in accordancewith City
codes and the Commissions bylaws, shall approve, conditionally approve or
disapprove the final plat within fifteen (15) days of the certified filing date of the
plat. If the Commission votes to disapprove the final plat, its action shall be fnal.
If the Commission votes to approve the subdivision, the Council shall, within
thirty (30) days of the certified filing date, either confirm the action of the
Commission, disapprove the plat or, with the consent of the applicant, request that
the Commission consider the Council's recommendation at the next regularly
scheduled Commission meeting. The Council may not delete or amend condtions
established by the Commission, but it may attach additional conditions, provided
such additions do not negate the effect of the Commission's conditions.
B. The subdivider shall begin construction of the required public
improvements or file a financial surety instrument for the improvements within
six (6) months after final approval by the Development Process Core Team, or
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such approval of the record final plat shall be void. Further, unless the record
final plat is recorded in the County Clerk's office within twelve (12) mmths after
final approval by the Development Process Core Team, such approval of the
record final plat shall be void, exceptthat the subdivider may apply in writing to
allow extension of approval prior to the end of such twelve (12) month period,
stating just cause therefor, and the Council may grant an extension not to exceed
one (1) year. Zoning of the tract, if applicable, that shall permit the proposed
use, or any pending zoning amendment necessary topermit the proposed use shall
have been adopted by the Council prior to approval of the record final plat.
Prior to recordation of the record final plat, the applicant must submit the
following:
1.
Fees -in
-lieu
of park land
dedication as required, or a deed conveying
required
park
land to
the City, as
appropriate.
2. Performance and maintenance guarantees for al required improvements
that have not been accepted by the City.
3. Written acceptance of all improvements from the City or assurance of
completion of said improvements in accordance with Sections 28000-28999 of
these regulations.
4. Payment of any subsequent user fees required by City ordinance.
5. Copies of any required agreements providing for the proper and
continuous operation, maintenance and supervision of any facilities that are of
common use or benefit which cannot be satisfactorily maintained by an existing
public agency, as required in Section 41060.
If revision of the record final plat is required by the Development Process Core Team, then
the record final plat shall not be recorded until the revised record final plat has been
submitted and approved by the Development Process Core Team for compliance with the
requirements.
The developer should be aware that specific approvals from other agencies may be
required.
26070 Recordation
Prior to the recordation of the record final plat the subdivider shall submit three (3)
eighteen inch by twenty-four inch (18" x 24") copies of the plat to the Director. Two
copies shall be prepared by contact photographic process on four (4) mil. Mylar which
shall be kept on file in the plat records of Williamson County, Texas. The second shall be
kept on file in the Division of Development Services. The third copy shall be either
on Mylar, or vellum and shall be returned to the subdivider for his records. The use of
removable stick -on attachments to the plat for recordation shall not be permitted.
Copies of the record final plat for recordation may be submitted to the Division of
Development Services at any time following approval pursuant to Section 26040 or Section
26060 of these regulations.
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The Division of Development Services shall review the record final plat for compliance
with all conditions of approval established pursuant to Section 26060 of these regulations.
Prior to the recordation of the record final plat the following shall occur:
A. The record final plat shall have been approved pursuantto Section 26040
or Section 26060 of this ordinance.
B. All
conditions of
record final plat approval
established by the
Commission
and/or Council
shall have been determined to
be complete.
C. Construction plans for all required improvements shall have been
certified as being approved by the Director of Community Owned Utilities.
D. Fees -in -lieu of park land dedication as required by these regulations shall
have been paid.
E. Performance and maintenance guarantees for al required improvements
that have not been accepted by the Director of Community Owned Utilities shall
have been established pursuant to these regulations.
F. Copies of any agreements required providing for the proper and
continuous operation, maintenance, and supervision of any facilities that are of
common use or benefit which cannot be satisfactorily maintained by an existing
public agency, as required in Section 41060 shall be executed.
G. Written acceptance of all improvements required by these regilations by
the Director of Community Owned Utilities or, in lieu of acceptance, assurance
of completion of said improvements pursuant to Sections 28000-28999 of these
regulations, shall be received by the Director.
H. Subsequent user fees pursuant to City ordinance shall be paid.
I. Fees for recordation as required by the Williamson County Clerk shall
be paid.
J. A note shall be added to the plat describing any variances approved by
the City Council.
The Development Process Core Team shall, within five (5) working days of the receipt of
a record final plat for recordation, either certify that all provisions of Section 26070 of
these regulations have been satisfactorily completed or provide thesubdivider with written
notification of any deficiencies thereof.
The Development Process Core Team shall, upon determination that all provisions of
Section 26070 of these regulations have been satisfied, obtain the signatures certifying
approval by the following:
1. The Chairperson of the Commission pursuant to the by-laws of
said Commission.
2. The Mayor and City Manager as attested to by the City
Secretary.
3, The Secretary of the Commission.
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The Development Process Core Team shall, upon receiving all signatures certifying
approval, forward within one (1) vwrking day the original signed copies of the plat to the
County Clerk of Williamson County for recordation.
If the land area represented by the subdivision is located outside the corporate limits of the
City on the date of its filing for recordation with the Williamson County Clerk, then it
must be approved by the Commissioners Court of Williamson County prior to recordation
It shall be the responsibility of the subdivider to be familiar with the process, procedures,
and requirements necessary to secure suds approval. Such approval shall be evidenced by
the signature of the statement of certification by the County Judge.
The Development Process Core Team shall, after the plat has been duly recorded in the
plat records of Williamson County, return at least one (1) original signed plat to the
subdivider within five (5) working days by notifying the subdivider that the platis available
for pick-up at the office of the Division of Development Services.
27010 Definition
A detailed development plan shall be defined as a scaled drawing representing an area of
land to be improved/developed and indicating the legal boundary of said property and the
nature and extent of all existing and proposed improvements to said property. A detailed
development plan shall include any and all support documents, reports, specifications, or
data required to evaluate the proposal relative to City codes and ordinances, policies, and
standards of the Century Plan, and/or conditions of approval previously attached to the
development through the public hearing process.
27020 Purpose and Applicability
The purpose of requiring detailed development plan approval is to encourage good site
planning by ensuring that plans which are otherwise in conformance with this 6dinance
also include the compatible arrangement of buildings, off-street parking, lighting, signage,
landscaping, vehicle and pedestrian circulation, site drainage, and open spaces. Plan
review shall consider the siting of proposed construction and its impact upon the existing
topography and natural vegetation, and the relationship of proposedconstruction to existing
public and private improvements in the immediate area and its conformanceto the policies
and standards of the Century Plan. The design shall encourage the elimination of
unnecessary grading, and endeavor to ietain the natural character of the site including the
preservation of trees, springs and aquifer recharge features.
A detailed development plan shall be submitted and approved prior to the issuance ofa
building permit or utility connection permit for any development within the territorial
jurisdiction of the City. The Commission and/or Council shall have the authority to
require, as a condition of record final plat or public review final plat approval, the public
approval of a detailed development plan in accordance with these regulations. However,
the normal process is to allow administrative review and approval of any detailed
development plan that fully complies with the requirements of these regulations, with the
exception of a plan for the Manufactured Home Park use which must be reviewed by the
Commission and approved by the City Council.
27030 Format
The detailed development plan shall be drawn on paper not exceeding twenty-four inches
by thirty-six inches (24" X 36"), at an engineering scalesufficient to thoroughly meet the
informational requirements herein. When more than one (1) sheet is necessary to
accommodate the entire site, each sheet shall identify match lines for adjacent sheets.
The detailed development plan shall be submitted in the nunber of copies indicated on the
application form with:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
27040 Content
Completed application form, signed by the property owner(s).
Landscape plan and the payment of all applicable fees.
Storm water detention information.
Utility flow data.
81/z" x 11" reduction of the detailed development plan.
The detailed development plan shall include:
A. For two-family, three-family and four -family residential buildings where
only one (1) building is proposed on a lot:
1. Names and addresses of record owner,
architect/engineer/surveyor, and contractor.
2. Date, scale and north point.
3. Indication of the direction of existing drainage.
4. Indication of proposed modifications to existing site drainage
and direction of proposed drainage.
5. Areas subject to flooding, centerlines of drainage courses, and
finished floor elevations.
6. Property lines and lot dimensions.
7. Adjacent street(s) and alley(s).
8. Easements.
9. Existing structures.
10.
The
location,
dimensions
including height, and intended use of
existing
and
proposed
buildings on the site.
11. Lot dimensions, square footage, and percent impervious
coverage by proposed structures, pavement and other improvements.
12. Location, number and dimensions of existing and proposed
parking spaces.
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13. Setback of all existing and proposed structures from property
lines and platted building lines.
B. For all proposed development not included in Part A above, including
Manufactured Horne Park:
1. Name and address of the record owner, applicant, and
architect/engineer/surveyor.
2. Address and legal description of the property.
3. If the applicant is not the legal owner of the property, a
notarized statement, signed by the property owner, that the applicant is
the authorized agent of the owner.
4. The property address and existing land use of boh the site and
adjacent properties.
5. A description of the proposed use(s).
6. The date, scale, north point, and project name.
7. All applicable restrictions; the location and dimensions of
boundary lines, easements, required yard setbacks for all existing and
proposed buildings and land improvements.
8. The location, dimensions, height, and intended use of existing
and proposed buildings on the site, and the approximate location of
existing buildings on abutting parcels within fifty (50) feet of the
property line.
9. The locations and dimensions of existing and proposed site
improvements including parking and loading areas; pedestrian and
vehicular access; fencing and screening; lighting; adjacent streets and
alleys; and water, wastewater, electric, and drainage improvements.
10. The center line of existing water courses, drainage features, tlr
limits of the twenty-five (25) year and one hundred (100) year flood
plains, and finished floor elevations.
11.
The number
of existing
and proposed
off-street parking and
loading
spaces, and a
calculation
of applicable minimum requirements.
12. A plan showing existing and proposed topography at two (2)
foot contour intervals and proposed erosion control measures.
13. Location, size and content of existing and proposed landscaped
areas.
14. Lot dimensions, square footage, and percent impervious
coverage of the lot.
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15. Storm water drainage and detention information sufficient to
demonstrate compliance with the watershed provisions in Sections
32000-32999 of this ordinance.
16. Proposed utility flow data.
17. The location, type and dimensions of proposed signs.
18. Locations of all existing trees having diameters of eight (8)
inches or greater.
19. The following maintenance note: The subdivider or subsequait
owners of the landscaped property, or the manager or agent of the
owner, shall be responsible for the maintenance of all landscape areas.
Said areas shall be maintained so as to present a healthy, neat and
orderly appearance at all times and shall be kept free of refuse and
debris. All planted areas shall be provided with a readily available water
supply and watered as necessary to ensure continuous healthy growth aid
development. Maintenance shall include the replacement of all dead
plant material if that material was used to meet the requirements of the
Subdivision Regulations.
20. Screening shall be provided for all proposed dumpsters.
21. Required signature blocks (see Appendix Q.
22. A copy of the water pollution abatement plan approved by the
Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission if such plan is
required by the State.
23. The following notes must be added to those plans designed for
the Manufactured Home Park use:
a.) Skirting or underpinning of the manufactured home unit is required
and must consist of properly ventilated, all-weather, durable material
that is complementary to the manufactured home unit. The property
owner must ensure that any skirting device is kept in good repair and
condition for the life of the use.
b.) Installation of a manufactured home must meet the
manufacturers recommended installation requirements and beperformed
by a State licensed installer. If those cannot be obtained, installation
must meet the State standards. Every effort shall be made to minimize
the distance between the home and the ground, providing only the
minimum crawl space necessary to access the undercarriage of the unit.
State inspection of the installation must be made. (If the unit will be
installed in a park within the City limits, the folowing must be added to
the note: In addition, the property owner shall cause an inspection of tle
installation in accordance with the City Building Code to be madeby the
Building Official prior to habitation of the housing unit.)
27050 Procedure
A. A detailed development plan may be submitted to the Division of
Development Services at any time prior to the issuance of a building permit,
subject to the provisions of these regulations.
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B. The Commission and/or Council may reserve detailed &velopment plan
review and approval authority, as set forth in Section 27020.
C. Final detailed development plan review and approval shall be
administered by the Development Process Core Team when a record final plat has
been approved and the land use designation is consistent with the Century Plan
and the City's Official Zoning Map,
D. A copy of a detailed developmentplan submitted for review and approval
by the Development Process Core Team pursuant to Part C above shall be
returned to the applicant not more than fifteen (15) days from the date of
submittal with:
1. An authorized signature indicating approval of the detailed
development plan; or
2. A list of modifications required to receive approval; or
3. A list of findings cited as justification for disapproval of the
detailed development plan.
E. It shall be the right of the applicant seeking detailed development plan
approval, to appeal a decision of the Development Process Core Team for any
reason whatsoever to the Commission and Council, and have a final decision
rendered by the Council.
F. A detailed development plan may be rejected at any time subsequent to
submittal and prior to final written approval for failure to meet the minimum
informational requirements of this ordinance.
G. A detailed development plan that does not comply with all the design
standards specified in Section 30000 of these Subdivision Regulations may be
submitted to the Commission and Council for requests for variances. In these
cases, the Commission and Council shall have the authority to consider approval
of the entire detailed development plan in addition to the specific requests for
variances.
H. The Division of Development Services or applicant may petition the
Council to waive the detailed development plan requirement when it is determined
that no significant public benefit will be derived from such requirement. Said
waiver shall not be allowed when a detailed developmentplan has been explicitly
required for a specific site.
27060 Approval
A. Final detailed development plan approval by the Divisionof Development
Services or by the Commission as authorized herein shall be evidenced by the
authorized signature of the Development Process Core Team or the Commission
Chairperson, as applicable, on the detailed development plan. Approval by the
Division of Development Services or by the Commission and/or Council shall
become effective immediately.
B. Unless a longer time shall be specifically established as a condition of
approval, a detailed development plan approval shall lapse and become void
twelve (12) months following the date on which such approval became effective,
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unless prior to the expiration, a building permit is issued and construction is
commenced and diligently pursued toward completion.
Detailed development plan approval subject to lapse may be extended if the
subdivider submits a written request for extension and continuance of the plan as
approved by the City prior to expiration. Approval of any such extensbn request
shall be automatic one (1) time only for a period of twelve (12) months.
Subsequent to this extension, the detailed development plan shall be considered
valid so long as the plan remains consistent with all applicableCity codes and the
Century Plan,
C. Upon violation of any applicable provision of this Section or, if granted
subject to conditions, upon failure to comply with conditions, a detailed
development plan approval shall be suspended upon notification to the owner of
a use or property subject to the detailed development plan. The Commission shal
hold a public hearing within forty (40) days of such notification, unless the
action triggering said notification has been addressed to the satisfaction of the
City. At said public hearing, the Commission may revoke the detailed
development plan approval or recommend to the Council such action as may be
necessary to ensure compliance with the regulations, general provision, or
condition. The decision of the Commission to revoke a detailed development plat
approval shall be effective immediately.
D. A detailed development plan approval pursuant to these provisions shall
run with the land and shall continue to be valid upon a change of ownership of ft
site or structure which was the subject of the application.
E. Following the denial of a detailed development plan or revocation of a
detailed development plan by the Commission no application for a detailed
development plan review for the same or substantially the same detailed
development plan on the same or substantially the same site shall be filed within
one (1) year from the date of denial or revocation.
28010 Purpose
The requirements of Sections 28000-28999 of these Subdivision Regulations as set forth
below are designed and intended to insure that for all subdivisions of landwithin the scope
of these Subdivision Regulations all improvements as required herein are installed ina
timely manner in order that:
A. The City can provide for the orderly and economical extension of public
facilities and services.
B. All purchasers of property within the subdivision shall have a usable
buildable parcel of land.
C. All required improvements are constructed in accordance with City
specifications.
28020 General Policy
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Prior to the record final plat being submitted for approval by the Development Process
Core Team, or by the Council and prior to it being signed by the Chairperson and
Secretary of the Commission and the Mayor of the City of Georgetown, and before said
record final plat shall be allowed to be recorded in the Plat Records of Williamson County,
Texas, the applicant requesting record final plat approval shall within the time period for
which the plat has been conditionally approved by the City:
A. Construct all improvements as required by these Subdivision Regulatiors
and provide a surety instrument guaranteeing their maintenance as required
herein; or
B. Provide a surety instrument guaranteeing construction of all
improvements required by these Subdivision Regulations and as provided for
herein.
In all instances the original copy of the record final plat without benefit of required
signatures of City Officials shall be held in escrow by the Planning Department and shall
not be released for any purpose until such time as the conditions of this section are
complied with. Upon the requirements of this section being satisfied, the record final plat
shall be considered fully approved, except as otherwise provided for in these regulations,
the original copy of the record final plat shallbe signed by the appropriate City officials
and the Division of Development Services shall file said record final plat in the Plat
Records of Williamson County, Texas.
28030 Completion of Improvements
Prior to the signing of the conditionally approved record final plat either by the
Development Process Core Team by the Chairman of the Commission and Mayor of the
City of Georgetown, the subdivider shall complete all improvements required by these
regulations in accordance with the approved construction plansand subject to the approval
of the Development Process Core Team and acceptance by the City, except as otherwise
provided for in these regulations. Sidewalks shall be constructed as shown on the approve3
construction plans according to the City's Construction Standards and Specifications for
Roads, Streets, Structures and Utilities. Sidewalks must be constructed and approved for
each lot prior to issuance of a certificate of occupancy.
28040 Alternative to Completing Improvements
A. The Division of Development Services may waive the requirement that
the subdivider complete all improvements required by these regulations prior to
the signing of the conditionally approved record final plat, contingent upon
securing from the subdivider a guarantee, as provided for by this section, for
completion of all required improvements including the City's cost for collecting
the guaranteed funds and administering the completion of improvements in the
event the subdivider defaults. The Commission and Council must be notifed that
this waiver was granted at the time of public review final plat approval. Such
guarantee shall take one of the following forms:
1. Performance Bond. The subdivider shall post a performance
bond with the City of Georgetown, as set forth herein, in an amount
equal to one hundred ten percent (110%) of the estimated construction
costs for all remaining required improvements, using the form found in
Appendix E attached to these regulations.
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2. Escrow Account. The subdivider shall deposit cash, or other
instrument readily convertible into cash at face value, either with the
City of Georgetown, or in escrow with a bank or savings and loan
institution. The use of any instrument other than cash shall be subject
to the approval of the City. The amount of the deposit shall equal one
hundred ten percent (110%) of the estimated construction costs for all
remaining required improvements. In the case of any escrow account,
the subdivider shall file with the City an agreement between the financial
institution and the subdivider guaranteeing the following:
a. That the funds of said escrow account shall be held in
trust until released by the City and may not be used or pledged
by the subdivider as security in any other matter during that
period.
b. That in the case of a failure on the part of the
subdivider to complete said improvements, the financial
institution shall immediately make the funds in said account
available to the City for use in the completion of those
improvements.
C. Such escrow account agreement shall be prepared
using the form found in Appendix E attached to these
regulations.
3. Letter of Credit. The subdivider shall provide a otter of credit
from a bank or other reputable institution or individual. Thisletter shall
be submitted to the City and shall certify the following:
a. That the creditor does guarantee funds equal to one
hundred ten percent (110%) of the estimated construction costs
for all remaining required improvements.
b. That, in the case of failure on the part of the
subdivider to complete the specified improvements within the
required time period, the creditor shall pay to the City of
Georgetown immediately, and without further action, such
funds as are necessary to finance the completion of those
improvements, up to the limit of credit stated in the letter.
C, That this letter of credit may not be withdrawn, or
reduced in amount, until approved by the City according to
provisions of Section 28080 of these regulations.
d. Such Letter of Credit shall be prepared using ihe form
found in Appendix E attached to these regulations.
B. A registered professional engineer licensed to practice in the State of
Texas shall furnish estimates of the costs of all required improvements to the
Development Process Core Team who shall review the estimates in order to
determine the adequacy of the guarantee instrument for insuring the construction
of the required facilities.
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C. Such surety shall comply with all statutory requirements and shall be
satisfactory to the City Attorney as to form, sufficiency, and manner of mecution
as set forth in these regulations. All such surety instruments shall be both a
payment and performance guarantee.
D. If the project is located in the extra -territorial jurisdiction, and is subject
to the bonding requirements of the County for the construaion of roadways, then
that amount of money shall be reduced from the amount required to be posted
with the City, provided that the instrument is traisferable from the County to the
City upon annexation.
28050 Time Limit for Completing Improvements
The period within which required improvements must be completed shall be specified by
the Commission in approving the record final plat and shall be incorporated in the surety
instrument and shall not in any event, without prior approval of the City, exceed one (1)
year from date of record final plat approval.
The Commission may, upon application of the subdivider and upon proof of hardship,
recommend to the Council extension of the completion date set forth in suds bond or other
instrument for a maximum period of one (1) additional year. Such hardship may include
delays imposed due to City projects. An applicationfor extension shall be accompanied
by an updated estimate of construction costs prepared by a registeredprofessional engineer,
licensed to practice in the State of Texas. A surety instrument for guaranteeing completion
of remaining required improvements must be filed in an amount equal to one hundred ten
percent (110%) of the updated estimate of construction costs as approved by the
Development Process Core Team,
The Council may at any time during the period of such surety instrument accept a
substitution of principal sureties upon recommendation of the Commission.
28060 Failure to Complete Improvements
Conditional approval of record final plals shall be deemed to have expired in subdivisions
for which no assurances for completion have been posted or the improvements have not
been completed within the period specified by Section 26060-B of these regulations. In
those cases where a surety instrument has been required and improvements have not been
completed within the terms of said surety instrument, the City may declarethe surety to
be in default and require that all the improvements be installed.
28070 Inspection and Acceptance of Improvements
The Development Process Core Team shall inspect all required improvements, including
all required fences, to insure compliance with City requirements and approved constructirn
plans. When all required improvements have been satisfactorily completed, the
Development Process Core Team shall either accept, in writing, the improvements as
having been satisfactorily completed, or shall issue a punch list to the developer denoting
items remaining to be completed. The Development Process Core Team shall have ten
(10) working days to complete this inspection upon notification by the subdivider. The
Development Process Core Team shall issue the report within ten (10) working days of tle
date of inspection. The City shall not accept dedications of required improvements nor
release or reduce a performance bond or other assurance, until such time as it determines
that:
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A. All improvements have been satisfactorily completed.
B. The required number of as -built plans have been submitted to and
approved by the Development Process Core Team.
C. The required maintenance guarantee has been provided.
D. Any and all other requirements identified in the platting process have
been satisfied.
28080 Reduction or Release of Improvement Surety Instrument
A. A surety instrument may be reduced with the approval of the Director
of Finance and the Development Process Core Team upon actual construction of
required improvements by a ratio that the improvement bears to the total public
improvements required for the subdivision, as determined by the Development
Process Core Team. Before the City shall reduce said surety instrument, the
subdivider shall provide a new surety instrument in an amount equal to one
hundred ten percent (110%) of the estimated cost of the remaining required
improvements. Such new surety instrument shall comply with Section 28030 of
these regulations. However, the substitution of a new surety instrument shall in
no way change or modify the terms and conditions of the performance surety
instrument or the obligation of the subdivider as specified in the performance
surety instrument. In no event shall a surety instrument be reduced below
twenty-five percent (25%) of the principal amount prior to completion of all
required improvements.
B. The City shall not release a surety instrument unless and until all the
conditions of Section 28070 have been met.
28090 Maintenance Bond Required
Before the release of any surety instrument guaranteeing the construction of required
subdivision improvements or the signing of the record final plat where subdivision
improvements were made prior to the filing of the record final plat for recordation the
subdivider shall furnish the City with a maintenance bond or other surety instrument as
allowed in Section 28040 of these regulations to assure the quality of materials and
workmanship, and maintenance of all required improvements including the City's costs 6r
collecting the guaranteed funds and administering the correction and/or replacement of
covered improvements in the event the subdivider defaults. Themaintenance bond or other
surety instrument shall be satisfactory to the City Attorney as to form, sufficiency, and
manner of execution (See Appendix E). Said bond or other instrument shall be in an
amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the cost of improvements verified by the
Development Process Core Team and shall run for a period of one (1) calendar year
measured from the date of release of the performance surety instrument, or signing and
recording of the record final plat whichever is later. In an instance where a maintenance
bond or other surety instrument has been posted and a defect or failure of any required
improvement occurs within the period of coverage, the City may declare said bond or
surety instrument to be in default and require that the improvements be repaired or
replaced.
Whenever
a defect
or failure of
any
required improvement occurs
within
the period
of
coverage,
the City
shall require
that
a new maintenance bond or
surety
instrument
be
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posted for a period of one (1) full calendar year sifficient to cover the corrected defect or
failure.
28100 Vacation of Undeveloped Subdivision
When no lots on a plat of subdivision have been sold, the subdivider may request the
vacation of the plat prior to the time that the improvements covered by the guarantees are
installed, and when such plat is vacated, all fiscal sureties shall be returned to the
subdivider, pursuant to Chapter 212 of the Local Government Code.
29010 Planned Unit Developments
29011 Purpose and Applicability
A. Development in the urban areas of the United States has taken place
primarily under requirements of uniform regulations that may prevent or
discourage innovative site design and development responses to new market
demands. The use of improved techniques for land development isoften difficult
under traditional land use regulations designed to control single buildings on
individual lots. Proper private development of infill areas, as well as
advantageous development of large areas of substantially vacant land, requirea
flexible approach to be available both to the City and to the landowner/developer.
The Planned Unit Development (PUD) is intended to implement the design -related
policies of the Century Plan; encourage integrated, well designed land uses; allow
a more flexible response to the market; encourage innovative subdivision design;
and avoid win -lose solutions to development decisions.
B. The PUD is further intended to provide:
1. Conservation of energy and natural resources.
2. A maximum choice of types of environment anddwelling units.
3. An integration of open space and recreation areas with
residential development.
4. A pattern of development which preserves Georgetown's unique
environmental attractiveness, trees and other outstanding natural
features, as defined in the Century Plan.
5. A creative approach to the use of land and its related physical
development.
6. An efficient use of land requiring smaller networks of utilities
and streets, thereby lowering development, maintenance and housing
costs.
Co _ _ The PUD regulations shall apply to development proposals which vary
the arrangement of landscaping, buildings, lots, open space, access, and/or
relationships between uses required in these regulations, the Zoning Ordinance
and/or the Century Plan. The PUD regulations shall not be used to obtain
approval of gross densities, gross impervious coverages, or land uses that are
inconsistent with the Subdivision Regulations, the Zoning Ordinance, or the
Century Plan.
29012 Procedure
The subdivider proposing a PUD shall follow all of the procedures for conventional
subdivisions as specified in Sections 20000 - 28999, except that a detailed development
plan must be submitted for review at the time of public review final plat submittal.
The following information shall be submitted to the Division of Development Services:
A. Completed application form, signed by the property owner(s), and
payment of all applicable fees.
B. Written or graphic support defining the basis for qualification asa PUD.
C. Detailed Development Plan document and an 81/2" x 11" reduction of tle
document.
29013 Approval
Record final plat approval and detailed development plan approval shall occur
concurrently. Approval of the plat that varies from strict applications of the City's design
standards is tied to the coordination of all improvements shown on the detailed
development plan. Any significant alteration to he Plan as determined by the Division of
Development Services, must be approved by both the Commission and the Council.
29020 Amended Plats
An amended plat that meets all of the informational requirements set forth in Sections
26030-26040 of these regulations may be approved by the Division of Development
Services without notice or approval of other lot owners within the platted subdivision
provided that the owner of the amended lot and/or any persons with a vested interest
affected by the plat amendment, signs the plat and application; and that the purpose of the
amendment is:
29021 Purpose:
A. To correct an error in any course or distance shown on the pricy plat; or
B. To add any course or distance that was omitted on the prior plat; or
C. To correct an error in the description of the real property shown on the
prior plat; or
D. To indicate monuments set after death, disability, or retirement from
practice of the engineer or surveyor charged with responsibilities for setting
monuments; or
E. To show the proper location or character of any monument which has
been changed in location or character or which originally was shown at the wrong
location or incorrectly as to its character on the prior plat; or
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F. To correct any other type of scrivener or clerical error or omission as
previously approved by the Commission and Council; such errors and omissions
may include, but are not limited to: lot numbers, acreage, street names, and
identification of adjacent recorded plats; or
G. To correct an error in courses and distances of lct lines between two (2)
adjacent lots where lot owners join in the application for plat amendment and
neither lot is abolished, provided that such amendment does not attempt to remoNe
recorded covenants or restrictions and doesnot have a material adverse effect on
the property rights of the other owners in the plat; or
H.
To
relocate a lot
line in order
to
cure an inadvertent encroachment of a
building
or
improvement
on a lot line
or
on an easement; or
I. To relocate one (1) or more lot lines between one (1) or more adjacent
lots where the owner or owners of all such lots join in tie application for the plat
amendment, provided that such amendment does not:
1. Attempt to remove recorded covenants or restrictions; or
2. Increase the number of lots.
29022 Procedure
The Division of Development Services shall review all amended plat submittal for
completeness at the time of application. If, in the judgment of the Division of
Development Services, the amended plat submittal substantially fails to meet the minimal
informational requirements, it will not be accepted for review.
The Development Process Core Team may approve an amended plat meeting the
requirements of this and the preceding section. The Development ProcessCore Team shall
approve any amended plat meeting the requirements of these regulations within thirty (30)
days of receipt of a complete submittal. However, if in the Development Process Core
Team's determination, the amended plat does not satisfy these regulations, the
Development Process Core Team may require the plat to be processed in accordance with
Section 26040.
The amended plat may be submitted without approval of a public review final plat or
construction plans. The plat, prepared by a surveyor, and engineer if required, and
bearing their seals shall be submitted to the Division of Development Services with a
completed application and all required fees, for approval before recordation of the plat.
Legible prints, as indicated on the application form shall be submittedto the Division of
Development Services along with the following:
A. Completed application forms, signed by the property owner(s), and the
payment of all required fees.
B. Certification from all applicable taxing authorities that all taxes due on
the property have been paid.
C. An 81/2" x 11" reduction of the plat document.
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D. The Division of Development Services shall require the following note
on the amended plat: This subdivision is subject to all general notes and
restrictions appearing on the plat of , Lot(s) , recorded at Cabinet ,
Slide of the Plat Records of Williamson County, Texas.
Approval of an amended plat shall expire if saidplat is not recorded in the plat records of
Williamson County within six (6) months of the Division of Development Services's
approval.
29030 Short Form Subdivisions
29031 Purpose and Applicability
The provision of adequate data concerning land use, utility requirements, traffic impact,
streets, easements and dedications is vital to ensure thecontinued health, safety and welfare
of the City's residents. Recognizing that the significance of thisdata is reduced for the
small scale projects that are most heavily impacted by the burden of producing this data,
the City allows alternate procedures for simple resubdivisions, lot splits, and the platting
of existing development and of land proposed for site development where public
improvements are not required.
Applicants for subdivisions or resubdivisions creaing no more than four (4) new lots may
follow the procedure set forth below provided that the subdivision meets all of the
following criteria:
A. The Division of Development Services shall certify that the proposed
subdivision meets all the requirements of the short form subdivision.
B. No new public street shall be necessary for each lot to access a public
street.
C. Each of the lots is contiguous with at least one (1) of the other lots inthe
subdivision for a distance of at least fifty (50) feet.
D.
No off-site
if
improvements
to the City's
infrastructure are determined to
be
necessary by
the
Development
Process Core
Team,
E. No off-site drainage improvements are determined to benecessary by the
Development Process Core Team.
The Development Process Core Tear
determine that the plat is inconsistent
established City codes or policies.
29032 Format
i may require the
standard procedure
if
they
with any element
of the Century Plan,
or
any
The format of the record final plat of a short form subdivision shall correspond with the
format for all record final plats as required by Section 26020 of these regulations.
29033 Content
The content
of the record final plat
for a short form subdivision
shall correspond with the
content for
all record final plats as
required by Sections 26030-26035
except that:
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A. Construction plans may not be required.
B. The Division of Development Services may waive the requirement that
a registered professional engineer certify the twenty-five (25) year and one
hundred (100) year flood plain.
C. The Division of Development Services may delete any informational
requirements that are determined by the Division of Development Services to
place an excessive burden on the applicant.
D. The Division of Development Services shall require the following note
on the record final plat: This subdivision is subject to all general notes and
restrictions appearing on the plat of , Lot(s) , recorded at Cabinet
, Slide of Plat Records of Williamson County, Texas.
29034 Procedure
The Division of Development Services shall review all amended plat submittal for short
form subdivisions for completeness at the time of application. If, in the judgment of the
Division of Development Services, the amended plat submittal substantially fails to meet
the minimal informational requirements, it will not be accepted for review.
The record final plat of a short form subdivision may be submitted without approval of a
public review final plat or construction plans. The plat, prepared by a surveyor, and
engineer if required, and bearing their seals shall be submitted to the Development Proces
Core Team with a completed application and all required fees, for approval before
recordation of the plat.
The Division of Development Services shall review all amended plat submittal for short
form subdivisions for completeness at the time of application. If, in the judgment of the
Division of Development Services, the amended plat submittal substantially fails to meet
the minimal informational requirements, it will not be accepted for review.
A. Completed application forms, signed by the property owner(s) and the
payment of all required fees.
B. Two (2) copies of the deed restrictions or covenants, if such documents
are to be used. These shall be filed for record in conjunction with the filing of
the record final plat.
C. Certification from all applicable taxing authorities that all taxes due on
the property have been paid.
D. A letter requesting annexation, if applicable.
E. An 8'/2" x 11" reduction of the plat document.
29035 Approval
The approval procedure shall correspond with the approval and recordation procedures
provisions for record final plats described in Sections 26060-B and Section 26070,
29040 Dedication Plats
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29041 Purpose and Applicability
A comprehensive system of land use records and a mechanismfor coordination of various
utilities' improvements are essential to the planning process. Readily avaihble data on the
precise location, uses and users of easements and rights-of-way facilitates both the plannirg
of the City's street, drainage, water and wastewater systems and the development process.
In order to ensure reliability and availability of this information while minirnizing the costs,
the Development Process Core Team may require any dedications and abandonments to
be drawn in accordance with these provisions, filed with the Development Process Core
Team, and approved by the City, except when such dedication or abandonment is
performed through a plat of record. If a dedication plat is not required, a dedication
instrument shall be filed with the County, together with complete field notes with a
drawing of the property to be dedicated or abandoned.
In order to minimize City -franchised public utility provider's costs of acquiring land
necessary to their operations, a land owner may, with approval of the Development
Process Core Team, convey to a public utility title to real property lying within the
jurisdiction of the City's Subdivision Regulations. The Development Process Core Team
shall approve such subdivision and transfer upon finding that:
A. The parcel to be conveyed shall be used for those activities and
improvements necessary to the primary service delivery function of the public
utility, which shall not include operations support and maintenance facilities.
B. The parcel conveyed is of such size, configuration and location that its
use and improvement for the proposed utility will not impose adverse impacts on
adjoining property. If in the opinion of the Development Process Core Team, tle
proposed utility will adversely impact surrounding property, the Development
Process Core Team may require an alternative to the dedication plat procedure.
C. The extension and/or provision of utility service is not in conflict with
the Century Plan, established City policy or a franchise agreement.
D. A dedication plat complying with the requirements of Section 29042 has
been submitted.
29042 Format and Content
When a dedication plat is required for any easements, rights-of-way, dedications,
abandonments, or transfers to a public utility, it shall be drawn at a scale of one inch
equals one hundred feet (1"=100') on four (4) mil. Mylar, except that the Director may
approve another more appropriate scale. The applicant shall submit the following:
A. A completed application signed by the property owner(s).
B. A copy of the proposed transfer instrument.
C. A drawing of the easement, certified by a regislered surveyor indicating
the following information:
1. The bearings and distances of all boundaries of the
easement sufficient to confirm closure. Said bearings shall be rotated to
the state plane coordinate system, and tied to City monuments and
control points.
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2. Property boundaries of all parcels through which the easement
passes or has contact with.
3. The allowable use and users of the property right being
conveyed.
4. The owners and deed references of all affected property.
D. Signatures of all parties having a vested interest impacted by either the
dedication or abandonment of the easements and/or rights-of-way or the transfer
of property rights to a public utility.
29043 Procedure
The subdivision and conveyance of property to a public utility mayproceed upon approval
of the Development Process Core Team in accordance with Sections 29041 and 29042.
All abandonments of property rights by the City must be approved by the Council. The
Development Process Core Team may also approve dedications of property rights to the
City, except that when the Development Process Core Team determines that a dedication
will significantly affect the public health or welfare, approval by the Council shall be
required. For abandonments or when the Development Process Core Team determines tha
Council approval of a dedication plat is required, the submittal described in Section 29042
must be submitted to the Development Process Core Team no later than fifteen (15) days
prior to Council action. Notification of abandonmert or dedication of public right-of-way
must be posted on-site and in a newspaper of general crculation in the City no fewer than
fifteen (15) days prior to Council action. Written protest of said dedication or
abandonment shall necessitate Council action for approval.
29050 Conveyance Plats
29051 Purpose and Applicability
Land owners occasionally desire to divide land and convey title to parcels for which no
development is intended or proposed. Conveyance plats allow the division of land by
recorded plat when the end use of the resulting lots is unknown and appropriate design
standards cannot be determined and, therefore, no development of the resulting lots is
allowed prior to replatting in conformance with these regulations. Conveyance plats creat
lots whose size, dimensions and configuration provide for efficient and feasible
resubdivision of respective lots, independent of each other, for future development.
The intent of the conveyance plat procedure is to accomplish the preceding purposes
without circumventing the requirements of platting procedure or of subdivision
improvements set forth in these regulations.
Applicants for subdivision by conveyance plat shall follow the procedure set forth below
provided that the subdivision meets all of the following criteria:
A. The Development Process Core Team shall certify that the proposed
subdivision meets all the requirements of the conveyance plat procedure.
B. Not more than two (2) additional lots shall be created.
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C. All lots shall be used only for agricultural and/or open space purposes,
except that existing uses and improvements, including single family dwellings,
shall be allowed to remain in non-conformance with these regulations. Any
development of lots and any expansion of non -conforming use or improvements
other than existing single family dwellings shall require replatting, to include
designation of appropriate use.
D. The area, dimensions and configuration of each lot shall facilitate
resubdivision for eventual uses of higher intensity than those allowed in the
preceding Part C.
The Commission and/or the Council may require a subdivision procedure other thana
conveyance plat upon determining that, by reason of lot area, lot dimension, lot
configuration or other specified condition, the plat: 1) is inconsistent with any element
of the Century Plan; 2) does not facilitate efficient and feasible resubdivision; or 3)
circumvents the requirements of platting procedures or of subdivision improvements as set
forth in these regulations.
29052 Format
The format of the record final plat of a conveyance plat subdivision shall conform to the
format for all record final plats as required by Section 26020 of these regulations.
29053 Content
The content of the record final plat for a conveyance plat subdivision shall correspond wih
the content for all record final plats as required by Sections 26030-26035 except that:
A. Natural features and improvements shall not be shown.
B. Construction plans shall not be required.
C. Lot -specific impervious coverage limits shall not apply.
D.
The
following notes
shall be added to general notes required by the City
to
appear on
the conveyance
plat:
1. THE USE OF ALL LOTS SHALL BE LIMITED TO OPEN
SPACE AND AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES. ESTABLISHMENT
OF ANY OTHER USE OR CONSTRUCTION OF SITE
IMPROVEMENTS ON ANY LOT SHALL NOT OCCUR PRIOR TO
THE RECORDATION OF EITHER A REVISED PLAT OR A
RESUBDIVISION PLAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN.
2, IN THE EVENT OF RESUBDIVISION OR REPLATTING
OF ANY LOT(S), THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN RESERVES ITS
RIGHTS TO REQUIRE DEDICATION OF RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND
EASEMENTS AND CONSTRUCTION OF SUBDIVISION
IMPROVEMENTS AS MAY BE NECESSARY, SUCH
DEDICATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS MIGHT PRODUCE
DISPROPORTIONATE FvWACTS AMONG LOTS WITHIN THIS
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PLAT. LOTS RESULTING FROM RESUBDIVISION MUST HAVE
DEDICATED PUBLIC ACCESS.
3. THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN IN APPROVING THIS
PLAT HAS MADE NO COMMITMENT OF UTILITY SYSTEM
CAPACITY OR UTILITY SERVICE PROVISION TO THIS
SUBDIVISION.
E. Water supply and septic system certifications shall not apply.
29054 Procedure
The procedure for review and approval shall follow the procedure described in Section
26040, except that:
The conveyance plat of a short form subdivision may be submitted without approval of a
public review final plat or construction plans. The conveyance plat, prepared by a
surveyor and engineer if required, and bearing their seals shall be submitted to the
Development Process Core Team with a completed application and all required fees, for
approval before recordation of the plat.
Legible prints, as indicated on the application form shall be submittedto the Division of
Development Services at least thirty (30) days prior to the regular meeting of the
Commission along with the following:
A. Completed application forms, signed by the property owner(s) and the
payment of all required fees.
B. Two (2) copies of the deed restrictions or covenants, if such documents
are to be used. These shall be filed for record in conjunction with the filing of
the conveyance plat.
C. Certification from all applicable taxing authorities that all taxes due on
the property have been paid
D. Notification materials as required herein.
E. A letter requesting annexation, if applicable.
F. Any attendant documents needed to supplement the information providai
on the conveyance plat.
29055 Notification
Notification for the
record final
plat of a
conveyance plat subdivision shall be the same as
for a concept plan
described in
Section
23050,
29056 Approval and Recordation
The procedure for approval and recordation shall be the same as for record final plats as
described in Sections 26060 and 26070.
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Access
Accessway
Adjacent
Alley
Applicant
Approval
100131121Mi
For the purpose of these regulations, certain terms and words used hereinshall be used,
interpreted, and defined as set forth in this section.
A. Unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary:
1. Words used in the present tense include the future tense.
2. Words used in the plural number include the singular, and
words in the singular include the plural.
3. The word shall is always mandatory.
4. The word herein means in these regulations.
5. The word regulations means these regulations.
6. The word his shall include the word her.
7. The word person includes a corporation, a partnership and an
incorporated association of persons such as a club.
8. A building includes a structure.
9. A building includes any part thereof.
10. The words used or occupied as applied to any land or building
shall be construed to include the words intended, arranged, or designed
to be used or occupied.
B. For the purpose of these regulations, certain terms herein are defined as
follows:
A way of approaching or entering a property.
A paved area intended to provide ingress and egress of vehicular traffic from a public
right-of-way to an off-street parking area or loading area.
Abutting and directly connected to or bordering.
A minor right-of-way, dedicated to public use, which gives a secondary means of vehiculx
access to the back or side of properties otherwise abutting a street, and whichmay be used
for public utility purposes.
A person applying for plan approval under these regulations.
The final
approval
in a series of required actions.
For instance,
the approval date d a plat
requiring
approval
of the Commission and then the
Councilis the
date of Council approval.
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As -Built -Plans
Attendant Documents
Bicycle Lane
Bicycle Path
Block
Bluff
Ieti
Building or Setback Line
Building Permit
Buffer
Bufferyard
Buffer Strip
Caliper
Catchment Area
Cave
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A set of certified construction plans specifying how the public improvements required for
the subdivision were actually constructed.
Either materials needed to address the specific requirements of this ordinance which are
not shown on plats or plans, or any information which the subdivider feels necessary to
explain the submittal.
That portion of a roadway set aside and appropriately designated for the use of bicycles and
classified as Class II or III Bikeways.
A paved surface facility for bicycle travel physically separated from other Vehicular traffic
and classified as a Class I bikeway.
A parcel of land, intended to be used for urban purposes, which is entirely surrounded by
public streets, highways, railroad right-of-way, public walks, parks or green strips, rural
land, drainage channels, or a combination thereof.
An abrupt vertical
change
in
topography of more
than
forty (40) feet with an average slob
steeper than four
(4) feet
of
vertical change for
t
one (1) foot of horizontal change.
A set of certified construction plans specifying how the public improvements required for
the subdivision were actually constructed.
Either materials needed to address the specific requirements of this ordinance which are
not shown on plats or plans, or any information which the subdivider feels necessary to
explain the submittal.
That portion of a roadway set aside and appropriately designated for the use of bicycles and
classified as Class II or III Bikeways.
A paved surface facility for bicycle travel physically separated from other Vehicular traffic
and classified as a Class I bikeway.
A parcel of land, intended to be used for urban purposes, which is entirely surrounded by
public streets, highways, railroad right-of-way, public walks, parks or green strips, rural
land, drainage channels, or a combination thereof.
An abrupt vertical
change
in
topography of more
than
forty (40) feet with an average slob
steeper than four
(4) feet
of
vertical change for
each
one (1) foot of horizontal change.
Any form
of
security
including
a cash deposit, surety bond, collateral, property, or
instrument
of
credit in
an amount
and form satisfactory to the Governing Body.
A line or lines designating the interior limit of the area of a lot between said line and the
corresponding line within which area structures may not be erected. The building lines
generally provide the boundaries of the buildable area of any given lot.
Permit issued by the City of Georgetown which is required prior to commencing
construction or reconstruction of any structure.
A barrier constructed of wood, masonry, vegetation, and/or other landscape material in
such a manner that adjacent uses will be separated to such a degree that objectionable
noise, heat, glare, visual clutter, dust, loss of privacy, air circulation, and other negative
externalities shall be abated.
A land area used to separate one use from another or to shield, reduce or block noise,
lights, or other nuisances. Bufferyards may be required to include fences, walls, berms,
as well as shrubs and trees.
A band of land established to protect one type of land use from the adverse effects of
another incompatible use.
Diameter at three (3) feet above natural grade.
The area, defined by topographic relief, which drains to a point recharge, or critical
environmental feature.
A natural underground cavity, recess, chamber, or &ries of chambers generally produced
by the solution of limestone by subterranean water.
Centerline of a Waterway
Century Plan
City
City Council
City Engineer
City Manager
Collector Street
Commercial Office
Commercial Retail and Service
Commercial High Impact
Commission
Community Service Facility
Concept Plan
Construction Plans
Contiguous
Corner Lot
The centerline of the waterway refers to existing topographically defined channels. If not
readily discernible, the centerline shall be determined by (first) the low flow line, or
(second) the center of the two (2) year flood plain.
The overall development plan for the community which has been officially adopted to
provide long-range development policies including all specified individual elements hereof
among which are the plans for: land intensities; land subdivision; circulation; and
community facilities, utilities and services.
The City of Georgetown, Texas,
The Georgetown City Council; referred to as the Council in these regulations.
The City Engineer for the City of Georgetown, Texas or his/her designated representative.
The chief administrative officer of the City of Georgetown, Texas or his/her designated
representative.
A minor street which collects traffic from other minor streets and serves as the most drect
route to a major street.
Non-residential use in which the primary activity is neither the retail sale of goods or
services nor the production, distribution or storage of goods (ie. law offices, bookkeeping
office, and real estate offices).
Non-residential use for which the primary activity involves the sale of goods and/or
services (ie. hardware or grocery store, beauty salon or bakery).
Non-residential use generating peak hour traffic in excess of thirty-five (35) vehicle trips
per hour per one hundred (100) feet of frontage, or requiring more than fifteen hundred
(1500) gpm fire flow, and which is not industrial. (These may include fast food
restaurants, banks with drive-in tellers, convenience stores and gas stations as well as
storage or distribution of non -hazardous materials.)
The Planning and Zoning Commissionof the City of Georgetown as established by Section
1.09 of the Home Rule Charter, and as may be amended.
Facility providing educational, recreational, social and/or cultural activities which are
open to the public.
A generalized plan indicating the boundaries of a tract or tracts under comtmn ownership,
and identifying proposed land use, land use intensity, and thoroughfare alignment.
The maps, drawings, and specifications indicating the proposed location and design of
improvements to be installed in a subdivision.
Adjacent property whose property lines are shared or are separated byonly a street, alley,
easement or right-of-way.
A lot located at the intersection of and abutting on two (2) or more streets.
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Crest of Bluff
Critical Areas
Critical Areas Map
Critical Environmental Features
Critical Water Quality Zone
Crossfall
Crosswalk
Cul -de -Sac
Dedication
Design Storm
Developer
Developed Area
Development
Development Plan
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A line on the ground parallel to and at the top of abluff, beyond which the average slope
is no steeper than one (1) foot of rise in two (Z) feet of travel, for a horizontal distance of
not less than forty (40) feet.
Areas containing sensitive environmental features andidentified on the Critical Areas Map.
A map as adopted by the Council, which designates areas of critical environmental
concern.
Features which have been determined to be of critical importance to the protection of one
or more environmental resources. They include such features as bluffs, springs, canyon
rimrocks, caves, sinkholes and wetlands. Also referred to herein as recharge features.
Protection zones for waterway corridors and other critical environmental features.
The transverse slope as related to a given longitudinal slope and measured by the rise to
run ratio.
A strip
of
land dedicated for public use
and which is reserved across a block for the
purpose
of
providing pedestrian access to
adjacent areas.
A minor street having one (1) end open to vehicular traffic and having one (1) closed end
terminated by a turnabout.
The grant of an interest in property for public use.
A probable rainfall event the frequency of which is specified in periods of years and whidi
is used to design drainage facilities, determine flood elevations and other stormwater
management. The design storm shall be the one hundred (100) year storm event unless
otherwise specified in this ordinance or the City's Construction Standards and
Specifications for Roads, Streets, Structures and Utilities.
The legal owner of land to be subdivided or his/her authorized representative.
That portion of a lot, easement, or parcel upon which a building, structure, pavement or
other improvements have been placed.
A subdivision of land as defined herein or the construction or placement of buildings, road
and other structures, excavation, mining, dredging, grading, filling, clearing or removing
vegetation, and the deposit of refuse, waste or fill. Lawn and yard care, includng mowing
of tall weeds and grass, gardening, tree care and maintenance, removal of trees or other
vegetation damaged by natural forces, and ranching and farming shall not constitute
development. Utility, drainage, and street repair, and any construction maintenance and
installation which does not require land disturbance or result in additional impervious cove~
shall also not constitute development.
A scaled drawing representing an area of land to be improved/developed and indicating tle
legal boundary of said property and the nature and extent of all existing and proposed
improvements to said project.
Development Process Core Team
Director
Director of
Community Owned Utilities
District Conservationist
Division of Development Services
Double Frontage Lot
Drainageway
Drainfield
Drive Approach
Driveways
Dwelling Unit
Easement
Edwards Aquifer
Contributing Zone
Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone
Edwards Formation Watersheds
Engineer's Report
The staff members of the Development Process Team in the Division of Development
Services who are responsible for the process of development review. Core Team members
include a development planner, a Core Team specialist, an electric system planner, a
development engineer, a building plan reviewer, a public safety reviewer, and the Buildirg
Official.
The Director of the Division of Development Services for the City of Georgtown, Texas,
or his/her designated representative.
This term shall include the Director of the Division of Community Owned Utilities
of the City of Georgetown, the Director's designee or other City personnel assigned the
responsibilities referenced in these regulations.
The District Conservationist of the Williamson County office of the United States
Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service,
The City Division containing the Division Chief, Development Key Specialists, and the
Development Process Team, which includes the Core Team.
A lot which runs through a block from street to street and which abuts two (2) or more
streets.
See Waterway.
Private
sewage facility
disposal
area. Trench or bed utilized for final wastewater A paved
surface
connecting the
street to
a front lot line.
A paved surface connecting the street to a front lot line.
The surface connecting a drive approach with a parking space, parking lot, loading dock
or garage.
Residential unit designed to accommodate one (1) household.
A
grant
by
the property owner to the public, a a)rporation or persons of the use of a strip
of
land
for
specific purposes.
All land
generally
to the west and upstream
of the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone that
provides
drainage
into the Edwards Aquifer
Recharge Zone.
The boundaries of the recharge zone shall encompass all land over the Edwards Aquifer,
recharging the same, as determined by the Texas Natural Resources Conservation
Commission.
All lands over or draining into lands over Edwards Limestone formations.
An attendant document related to Construction Plans,
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Environment
Escrow Funds
ETJ Limits
Faults and Fractures
Filing Date
Filtering Channel
Flood Plain
Floodway
Floor Area
Front Yard
Frontage
Frontage or Service Street
General Plan
Governing Body
Grade
Grading
Gross Density
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The aggregate of social and physical conditions that influence the life of the individual
and/or community.
A deposit of cash or other approtied security with the local government or approved bank
or other financial institution in -lieu of an amount required on a performance or
maintenance bond.
The limits of the City's extra -territorial jurisdiction as granted under Chapter 43,
Municipal Annexation, of the Local Government Code.
Significant fissures or cracks in rock which may permit infiltration of surface water to
underground cavities and channels.
All plats and plans shall be considered filed on the dat of their first public hearing before
the Commission.
A parabolic or trapezoidal channel lined with permanent vegetation which conveys water
at sufficiently shallow depths (less than eighteen (18) inches) and low velocities (less than
five (5) feet per second) to promote the deposition of sediment.
Channel of a waterway and the adjacent land area subject to inundation during the design
storm.
Channel of a
waterway and the adjacent land areas that must
be reserved
in order to
discharge the
design storm without cumulatively
increasing the
water surface
elevation.
The total square footage of leasable floor area dividedby the total square footage within
a parcel of land.
A space extending the full width of the lot between any building aid the front lot line, and
measured perpendicular to the building at the closest point to the front lot line.
That side of a lot, parcel or tract of land abutting a street right-of-way and ordinarily
regarded as the frontal orientation of the lot.
A minor street auxiliary to and located on one (1) side of a major street for service to
abutting properties and adjacent area and for control of access.
See Century Plan,
The City Council of the City of Georgetown, Texas.
The slope of a road, street, other public way or utility line specified in terms of percent
(%); the topographic relief of a parcel of land; the average elevation at gromd level of the
buildable area of a lot or piece of land.
Any stripping, cutting, filling or stockpiling of earth or land, including the land in its cut
or filled condition.
The number of dwelling units divided by the total acreage within a parcel of land.
Ground Cover
Impervious Cover
Improvements
Individual On -Site
Wastewater System
Industrial
Interior Lot
Landscape Development
Legal Lot
Legally Platted Lot
Letter of Credit
Local Health District
Local Street
Lot
Major Street
Low growing plants planted in such a manner as to form a continuous cover over the
ground, such as liriope, low growing varieties of honeysuckle, confederate jasmine,
English ivy or others.
Roads, parking areas, buildings, swimming pools, rooftop landscapes and other
construction limiting the absorption of water by covering the natural land surface; this
shall include, but not be limited to, all streets and pavement within the development.
Any street, alley, roadway, barricade, sidewalk, bikeway, pedestrian way, water line
system, sewer system, storm drainage network, public park land, landscaping, or other
facility or portion thereof for which the local government may ultimately assume
responsibility for maintenance and operation or which may affect an improvement for
which local government responsibility is established.
Private Sewage Facility - All systems and methods used for the disposal of sewage, other
than organized sewage disposal systems. Private sewage facilities are usually composed
of three (3) units: the generating unit (the residence, instiution, etc.), treatment unit, and
the disposal unit (the drainfield that may be an absorption trench or bed, or an
evapotranspiration bed). Including a septic tank, seepage tile sewage disposal system or
any other on -lot sewage treatment device approved and installed in accordance with all
local, state and federal laws and regulations.
Non-residential use of any site involved in manufacturing and/or external storage of goods
any site generating significant negative externalities, such as noise, dust, glare, etc.; and/or
any site where hazardous materials are stored and/or generated.
A lot other than a corner lot and bounded by a street on only one (1) side.
Trees, shrubs, ground cover, vines or grass installed in planting areas.
Either a lot recorded in the Williamson County Plat Records under the applicable
subdivision regulations at the time of its creation, or a tract of land having existed in its
present configuration prior to May 1, 1977.
A
lot which is
part of a
subdivision approved by the City and record in the Plat Records
of
Williamson
County,
Texas.
A letter from a bank or other reputable creditor that guarantees to the City that upon failur
of the subdivider to fulfill any improvement requirements that at the City's request, funds
will be provided to the City to complete the specified improvements.
The Williamson County Health District.
A minor street designed for the sole purpose of providing access.
A subdivision of a block or other parcel intended as a unit for transtr of ownership or for
development.
Arterial street which is designated on the major street plan or expressway plan.
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Major Arterial Street
Major Waterway
Manufactured Home
Manufactured Home Park
Manufactured Home Park
Lease Space
Manufactured Home Park Parcel
Minor Arterial Street
Minor Street
Mobile Home
Mobile Home Park
Multifamily Development
Multifamily Residence
Natural Channel
Natural Drainage
Natural State
Neighborhood
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A major street designed to provide connections between municipalities or majorhighways.
A waterway having a watershed greater than or equal to nine hundred sixty (960) acres.
A residential structure constructed on or after June 15, 1976, in compliance with the rules
and definitions of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, that
is transportable in one or more sections, which is built ona permanent chassis and designed
to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the
required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and electrical
systems.
A parcel of land under single entity ownership which has been planned and improved for
the placement of one (1) or more manufactured homes and their accessory uses and service
facilities.
An area designated within a Manufactured Home Park for placement of ahousing unit.
See also Lot, with the exception that off-street parking for each housing unitdoes not have
to be located on the individual lease space, but rather within the park parcel.
Area of land that will accommodate a Manufactured Home Park.
A major street designed to provide a connection between major arterials.
Any street not classified as a major street on the major street plan or expressway plan.
A residential structure that was constructed before June 15, 1976, transportable in one or
more sections, which is built on a permanent chassis designed to be used as a dwelling wih
or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes
the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and electrical systems.
A site with required improvements and utilities for long term parking or placement of
mobile homes and manufactured houses.
Any development having four (4) or more attached residential units in a single building.
A single structure designed to accommodate four (4) or more households.
The topography of a waterway prior to construction, installation of improvements or any
regrading.
A stormwater runoff conveyance system not altered by development.
Substantially the same conditions of the land which existed prior to its development,
including but not limited to, the same type, quality, quantity and distribution of soils,
ground cover, vegetation and topographic features.
Area of the City characterized by residential land uses which is bouided by physical (such
as river, major street, back of access) and/or political features (such as voting districts,
subdivision boundaries).
Net Site Area
Off -Site Improvements
One (1) Family Residence
One Hundred (100)
Year Flood Plain
Overland Drainage
Parent Tract
Park Fund
Parks and Recreation Board
Paved Ground Surface Area
Permanent Monument Marker
Planning and Zoning Commission
Planning Director
Planting Area
Playscape
Primary Structure
That area in the Uplands Zone, excluding land designated for wastewater irrigation, and
then calculated to include all acreage on zero to fifteen percent (0-15%) slopes; added to
forty percent (40%) of the acreage on fifteen to twenty-five percent (15-25%) slopes;
added to twenty percent (20%) of the acreage on twenty-five to thirty-five percent
(25-35%) slopes.
Any required improvement which lies outside of the area being platted.
A free standing structure designed to accommodate one (1) household.
That flood which has a probability of occurring once in a one hundred (100) year period
or a one percent (1 %) chance in any given year.
Stormwater runoff which is not confined by any natural or man-made channel such asa
creek, drainage ditch, storm sewer, or the like.
Tract or lot as described by deed dated prior to May 10, 1977, or plat, whidz includes one
(1) or more lots that are being subdivided.
A special fund established by the City to retain monies paid by developers in accordance
with the payment in -lieu of park land dedicafion provisions of these regulations and to be
used for the purchase of park land or improvements in the vicinity of the subdivided
property for which funds have been collected.
Board appointed by the City to advise the City on matters concerning parks and recreation
activities.
Also referred to herein as paved area or paved ground area - Any paved ground surface
area (excepting public right-of-way) used for the purpose of driving, parking, storing or
displaying of vehicles, boats, trailers, mobile homes, and manufactured homes including
new and used car lots and other open lot uses.
Permanent survey marker meeting the specifications of the City's Construction Standards
and Specifications for Roads, Streets, Structures and Utilities.
The City of Georgetown Planning and Zoning Commission.
The Director of the Division of Development Services for the City of Georgtown, Texas,
or his/her designated representative.
Any area designed for landscape
planting
having a minimum of ten (10) square feet of
actual plantable area and a minimum inside
dimension
on any side of eighten (18) inches.
Any structure permanently
anchored to
the ground that is
designed for
recreational
purposes. Sports courts such
as basketball
or tenniscourts are
not considered
playscapes.
A structure in which the principal use of the lot is conducted. For example, for single
family residential lots, the house is the primary structure.
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Privacy Fence
Public
Public Review Final Plat
Public Use
Quasi Residential
Quasi Public
Rear Yard
Recharge Feature
Reconstruction
Record Final Plat
Regulatory Flood Plain
Regulatory Floodway
Required Freeboard
Required Yard
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An opaque fence or screen at least six (6) feet in height. A fence shall be considered
opaque if it is made of opaque materials and constructed so that gaps in the fence do not
exceed one-half ('/i) inch. Fences using boards placedon alternating sides of fence runners
shall be considered opaque if the boards overlap at least one-half ('/z) inch.
Uses owned by a public agency or a public utility provider.
A map of a proposed land subdivision showing the character and proposed layout of the
tract in sufficient detail to indicate the suitability of the proposed subdivision of land.
Places of non-commercial public assembly or administrative functions where the primary
activity is contained within a building(s), including but not limited to churches, schools aid
government buildings.
Uses providing temporary overnight accommodations such as hospitals and dormitories.
This does not include hotels and motels.
Uses owned or operated by non-profit, religious or charitable institutions and providing
educational, cultural, recreational or similar types of public programs.
A space extending across the full width of the lot between the principal building and the
rear lot line, and measured perpendicular to the building to the cbsest point of the rear lot
line.
Geological features, such as springs, bluffs, caves, fractures, crevices, and sinkholes,
which tend to have a high degree of connectivity with the Edwards Aquifer. A recharge
feature shall be considered significant if it lies within an area subject to inundation from
the one hundred (100) year storm event and: a) the upstream drainage area consists of fire
(5) or more acres; or b) rapid infiltration to the subsurface may occur.
Rehabilitation or replacement of a structure or structures which either have been danaged,
altered or removed or which are proposed to be altered or removed toan extent exceeding
fifty percent (50%) of the replacement cost of said structure or structures at the time of
said damage, alteration or removal.
A map of a land subdivision prepared in a form suitable for filing of record with necesary
affidavits, dedications and acceptances, and with complete bearings and dimensions of all
lines defining lots and blocks, streets, alleys, public areas and other dimensions of land.
One hundred (100) year flood plain asdefined by the Federal Emergency Management Act
(FEMA).
That area designated by FEMA or subsequent Federal, State, or Local authority
administering a flood insurance program as being within the floodway of a one hundred
(100) year flood storm.
Freeboard as defined in the City's Construction Standards and Specifications for Roads,
Streets, Structures and Utilities.
The open space between a lot line and the buildable areawithin which no structure shall
be located except as provided for herein.
Reserve Strip
Reverse Frontage Lot
Right -of -Way
Same Ownership
Secondary Structure
Sedimentation and
Filtration Basins
Shrub
Side Yard
Single Family
Residence Attached
Sketch Plat
A narrow strip of property usually separating a parcel of land from a roadway or utility
line easement, that is characterized by limited depth which will not support development
and which is intended to prevent access to the roadway or utility easement from adjacent
property and which are prohibited by these regulations unless their control is given to the
City.
A double
frontage lot
which
is to be developed with the rear yard abutting a major street
and with
the primary
means
of ingress and egress provided on a minor street.
A strip of land occupied or intended to be occupiedby street, crosswalk, railroad, road,
electric transmission line, or oil or gas pipe line, water main, sanitary or storm sewer
main, or for other special use. The usage of the term "right-of-way" for land platting
purposes shall mean that every right-of-way hereinafter establishedand shown on the final
plat is to be separate and distinct from the lots or parcels adjoining such right-of-way and
not included within the dimensions or areas of such lots or parcels. Right-of-vay intended
for streets, crosswalks, water mains, sanitary sewers, storm drains, or any other use
involving maintenance by a public agency shall be dedicated topublic use by the maker of
the plat where such right-of-way is established.
Ownership by the same person, corporation, form, entity, partnership, or unincorporated
association; or ownership by different corporations, firms, partnerships, entities, or
unincorporated associations in which a stock holder, partner, or associate or a member of
his/her family owns an interest in each corporation, firm, partnership, entity, or
unincorporated association.
Any structure that:
a. Is subordinate and incidental to the primary structure; and
b. Is subordinate in area, extent and purpose to the primary structure; and
C, Contributes to the comfort, convenience or necessity of the occupants,
business or industry in the primary structure; and
d. Is located on the same lot as the primary structure.
Basins required by this Article to provide water qualitybenefits through the sedimentation
or filtration of runoff.
Any self-supporting woody evergreen and/or deciduous species.
A space extending from the front yard to tie rear yard between the principal building and
the side lot line measured perpendicular from the side lot line to the closest point of the
principal building.
A multifamily residence that has property lines platted along common walls.
A circular or oblong depression formed in soluble rock by the action of subterranean or
surface water which is a potential point of significant recharge.
A rough outline of the design concept and anticipated configuration of the proposed
subdivision and intended to be a reference point for allowing the Development Review
Committee to provide the developer with information and instruction on the design
standards and improvement requirements required of new subdivisions.
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Slope
Spring
State Health Department State
Street
Street Line
Street Yard
Structure
Structural Integrity
Subdivider
Subdivision
Substantial Improvement
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The vertical change in
grade
divided by the
horizontal distance over which that vertical
change occurred. The
slope
is usually given
as a percentage.
A point or zone of natural groundwater discharge having measurable flow and/or a pool,
however small, and characterized by the presence of a plant community adapted to the
moist conditions of the site.
The Texas State Department of Health.
Any public or private right-of-way which affords the primary means ofvehicular access
to abutting property.
That line limiting the right-of-way of the street and being identical with the property line
of persons owning property fronting on the streets.
A space extending across the length and/or width of a lot between the street right-of-way
and the closest faces of the buildings on the lot.
Anything constructed or erected on the ground or which is attached to something located
on the ground. Structures include buildings, telecommunications towers, sheds, parking
lots that are the primary use of a parcel and permanent signs. Sidewalks and paving shall
not be considered structures unless located within a public utility or drainage easement.
Ability of a structure to maintain stability against normal forces experienced by said
structure.
Any person, firm, partnership,corporation or other entity, acting as a unit subdividing or
proposing to subdivide land as herein defined.
The division or re -division of land into two (2) or more lots, tracts, sites or parcels for the
purpose of transfer of ownership or for development, or the dedication or vacation ofa
public or private right-of-way or easement.
Defined as one (1) of the following:
a. Means any construction of public improvements amounting to at least
fifty percent (50%) of the total cost of public improvements required under the
provisions of this ordinance, including engineering fees; or
b. Means any repair, reconstruction, or improvement of a structure, the
cost of which equals or exceeds fifty percent (50%) of the market value of the
structure either, (1) before the improvement or repair is started, or (2) if the
structure has been damaged and is being restored, before the damage occurred.
For the purposes of this definition substantial improvement is conadered to occur
when the first alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor, or other structural part of the
building commences, whether or not that alteration affects the external dimensions
of the structure. The term does not, however, include either (1) any project for
improvement of a structure to comply with existing state or local health, sinitary,
or safety code specifications which are solely necessary to assure safe living
conditions, or (2) any alteration of a structure listed on the National Register of
Historic Places or a State Inventory of Historic Places.
Three (3) Family Residence
Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA)
Tree
Two (2) Family Residence
Uplands Zone
Urbanization
Variances
Vines
Water Quality Buffer Zone
Watershed
Waterway
Wetlands
Working Days
Yard
Yard Depth
Yard Line
A single structure designed to accommodate three (3) households.
A study of the impacts of a development on the City's transportation system.
Any self-supporting woody plant species which normally grows to an overall minimum
height of fifteen (15) feet.
A single structure designed to accommodate two (2) households.
All land and waters that are not included within the critical water quality zone or water
quality buffer zone.
Process of constructing public improvements required to support suburbai,urban land use.
A grant of relief to a person from the requirements of this ordinance when specific
enforcement would result in unnecessary hardship. A variance, therefore, permits
construction or development in a manner otherwise prohibited by this ordinance.
Any of a group of woody or herbaceous plants which may cling by twining, by means of
aerial rootlets or by means of tendrils, or which may simply sprawl over the ground or
other plants.
A buffer zone established parallel to all critical water quality zones.
Area from which stormwater drains into a given basin, river or creek.
Any natural or man-made channel conducting storm water from a two (2) year storm event
at a depth of eight (8) inches or more and at a rete of fifteen (15) cubic feet per second or
more. Street pavement shall in no instance be considered a waterway.
Land transitional between terrestrial and aquatic systems where the water table is usually
at or near the surface or the land is covered by shallow water. Classification of areas as
wetlands shall follow the "Classification of Wetlands and Deep -water habitats of the United
States" as published by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS/OBS-79/31).
Monday through Friday exclusive of City recognized holidays.
An open space that lies between the principal or accessory building or buildings and the
nearest lot line.
The shortest distance between a lot line and a yard line.
A line drawn parallel to a lot line at a distance therefrom equal to the depth of the regiired
yard.
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