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Ken Griffin
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Gary Sieb; Jim Witt; Marcie Diamond
11/21/2007 11:14 AM
Alexander Tract Ordinance info on Final Plat
OR 94-643.pdf
Attached is the Ordinance information on final plats in regard to starting construction. I included the adopting ordinance and 2
pages from the body of the ordinance.
The first page is #22. In paragraph E it states that no work shall be performed in the field until the final plat is approved.
Paragraph G states that the preliminary plat expires after 9 months. In this case, the preliminary play was approved on 6/12/2007
and will expire on 3/12/2008. As I stated in our phone call this morning, when the construction plans were submitted to
Engineering for approval, they contained a final plat. Apparently the final plat was never submitted to Planning.
The second page is #32. This page states that no construction can be authorized until the final plat has been completed to City
Council requirements.
The entire ordinance is 170 pages and can be accessed on the cities web site by clicking on the "Interactive Services" at the top of
the page, then on "Document Archives" on the left hand side, then "City Secretary", then expand the choices and click on
Ordinances. Scroll through until you get to Ordinance #94643.
If you have any additional questions, feel free to contact me at your convenience.
Ken Griffin, P. E.
Director of Engineering/Public Works
972-304-3686
kqriffin(Q)ci .coDDell. tx.us
SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 9 v 6 4' .3
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER
13 OF THE COPPELL CITY CODE; PRESCRIBING RULES AND REGULATIONS
GOVERNING PLATS AND SUBDIVISIONS OF LAND WITillNTHE CORPORATE LIMITS
AND EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
CONTAINING CERTAIN DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING FOR PRELIMINARY PLAT;
PROVIDING FOR A FINAL PLAT AND PROVIDING FOR FINAL APPROVAL OF
SUBDIVISIONS AND SUBDIVISION PLATS; PRESCRIBING REGULA nONS FOR FILING
PLATS, SUBDIVISION CONSTRUCTION, ACCEPTANCE OF SUBDIVISIONS AND
ISSUANCE OF BUILDING PERMITS; PRESCRIBING FEES TO BE CHARGED;
REPEALING ANY PART OF ANY ORDINANCE IN CONFLICT WITH THIS
ORDINANCE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE NOT TO
EXCEED THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE
AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, by Chapter 212 of the Local Government Code, the laws of the State of
Texas provide that every owner of any tract of land situated within the corporate limits who may
divide the same in two or more parts for the purpose of laying out any subdivision of any tract
of land or any addition to any town or city, or for laying out suburban lots or building lots, or
any lots, and streets, alleys or parks or other portions intended for public use, or the use of
purchasers or owners of lots fronting thereon or adjacent thereto, shall cause a plat to be made
thereof which shall accurately describe all of said subdivision or addition by metes and bounds
and locate the same with respect to an original comer of the original survey of which it is a part,
giving the dimensions of said subdivision or addition, and the dimensions of all streets, alleys,
squares, parks or other portions of same intended to be dedicated to public use, or for the use
of purchasers or owners of lots fronting thereon or adjacent thereto; and
WHEREAS, said law provides that the governing body of any city may extend, by
ordinance, to all of the area under its extraterritorial jurisdiction the application of the city's
ordinance establishing rules and regulations governing plats and the subdivision of land; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, being so empowered by
law, does hereby promulgate and establish such a plan for the City of Coppell, Texas, and this
ordinance shall hereinafter be known as the Subdivision Ordinance of the City of Coppell,
Texas,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF COPPELL, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. AOOYI'ION OF SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS; COMPLIANCE
REQUIRED; EXTENSION TO EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.
A. The rules and regulations attached hereto, as Exhibit" A" including the attached
Appendices, are hereby adopted as Chapter 13 Subdivision Regulations of the Coppell City
Code, are made a part hereof for all purposes and are extended to the extraterritorial jurisdiction
of the City as permitted by Section 212.003 of the Texas Local Government Code.
B. No person shall create a subdivision of land, within the corporate limits of the City
or within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City without complying with the provisions of
these regulations. All plats and subdivisions of any such land shall conform to the rules and
regulations herein adopted.
SECTION 2. REPEALING CLAUSE; SAVINGS CLAUSE
A. All ordinances, or parts of ordinances, inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions
of this ordinance are hereby repealed. The Subdivision Ordinance of the City in effect as of the
date of the passage of this ordinance, Ordinance No. 341, is hereby specifically repealed.
B. The repeal of existing ordinances by this ordinance shall not affect or prevent the
prosecution or punishment of any person for any act done or committed prior to the effective
date of this ordinance in violation of any ordinance hereby repealed; and prosecution for such
offenses may be instituted and causes presently pending proceeded with in all respects as if such
prior ordinance or ordinances had not been repealed.
SECTION 3. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE
If any article, paragraph or subdivision, clause or provision of this ordinance shall be
adjudged invalid or held unconstitutional, the same shaH not affect the validity of this ordinance
as a whole or any part of provision thereof, other than the part so decided to be invalid or
unconstitutional.
SECTION 4. RELATED ORDINANCES
In addition to this ordinance, the City of Coppell has other ordinances, regulations,
standards and specifications directly or indirectly pertaining to drainage and storm sewer
facilities and design requirements. Those ordinances include, but are not limited to: the City
of Coppell Zoning Ordinance, and the City of Coppell Floodplain Management Ordinance.
Planning documents include, but are not limited to: City of Coppell City-Wide Storm Water
Management Study, City of Coppell Parks, Recreation and Open Space Plan, the City of Coppell
Comprehensive Plan and the Thoroughfare Plan.
Developers, builders, engineers, or others involved with new construction or development
of lands in the City of Coppell should refer to these documents and to the Code of Ordinances
of the City of Coppellt Texas for additional requirements and information concerning required
facilities.
SECTION 5. PENALTY CLAUSE
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shaH
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor andt upon convictiont shall be punished by a penalty of fine
not to exceed the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each offense, and each and every
day such offense is continued shall constitute a new and separate offense.
SECTION 6. EFFECTIVE DATE
This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after the publication of its caption,
as the law in such cases provides.
DULY PASSED by the
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City Council of the City of Coppellt Texas, this the
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SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS - CITY OF COPPELL. TEXAS
SECTION vm - PRELIMINARY PLAT AND PLANS
E. It is to be understood that the approval of the preliminary plat by the City
Planning and Zoning Commission does not constitute official acceptance of the
proposed subdivision by the City. There shall be no work done in the field on
the prollosed subdivision untD the final plat bas been ~pj)roved (preliminary
site cradln, will be eonsidered. on a ease by ease basis. but only after
submittal. approval and In.d.al1ation of an erosion eontrol plan).
F. Following satisfactory review of the preliminary plat, plans and other materials
submitted for conformity thereof to the regulations of this section and other City
codes, the Planning and Zoning Commission shall, within 30 days, act thereon
as submitted, or as modified and, if approved, the Planning and Zoning
Commission shall indicate its approval as a conditional approval and state the
conditions of such approval. One of such conditions shall be the filing of a final
plat. If disapproved, the Commission, shall, upon request of applicant state the
grounds for disapproval which can be stated either at the time of the disapproval
or in writing within a reasonable time after said request is made. No final plat
will be accepted for consideration if the preliminary plat has been disapproved by
the Commission.
G. After approval of a preliminary plat by the Planning and Zoning Commission, the
same shall be forwarded to the City Council for consideration and approval or
disapproval. The preliminary plat expires 9 months after City Council
ap,proval. unless a final plat for the property. eonsistent in all respects with
the ap-proved Ilreliminary plat. has been submitted for approval.
H. When the City Council approves a Preliminary Subdivision Plat it may by
separate motion, approved by at least three-fourths of its members present and
qualified to vote, provide that the Planning and Zoning Commission shall be the
Municipal Authority responsible for the approval of the Final Subdivision Plat of
such land and the Final Subdivision Plat of such land need not be brought back
for final approval of the City Council unless, through inaction on the part of the
Planning and Zoning Commission, such final plat is deemed approved by the
Planning and Zoning Commission for failure to act within the 30 day period
required by law.
I. Where the Planning and Zoning Commission has been designated as the
Municipal Authority responsible for approval of a Final Subdivision Plat, the
certificate on such final plat shall state that at the time the City Council approved
the Preliminary Plat of the land, the City Council designated the Planning and
Zoning Commission to be the Municipal Authority responsible for the approval
of the Final Subdivision Plat of the land.
END OF SECTION
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SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS - CITY OF COPPELL. TEXAS
SECTION XU - SUBMITrALS REOUlRED FOR CONSTRUCTION
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SECTION XU - SUBMI'ITALS REQUIRED FOR CONSTRUCTION
A. Prior to authorizing construction, the City Engineer shall be satisfied that the
following conditions have been met:
1. The Final Plat shall be completed to the requirements of the City
Council at the time of approval.
2. All required contract documents shall be completed and filed with
the City Engineer.
3. All necessary easements or dedications not shown on the Final Plat
must be conveyed solely to the City of Coppell, Texas, with proper
signatures affixed. The original of the documents and filing fees
shall be returned to the Engineering Department prior to approval
and release of the engineering plans.
4.
All Contractors participating in the construction shall be provided
with a set of approved plans bearing the stamp of approval of the
City Engineer. These plans shall remain on the job site. Also, all
contractors shall have a copy of the City of Coppell Standard
Construction Details on the job site at all times.
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S. All parties participating in the construction shall meet for a
preconstruction conference to discuss the project prior to beginning
work.
6. A complete list of the Contractors, their representatives on the site,
and telephone numbers where a responsible party may be reached
at all times, must be submitted to the City Engineer.
7. A reproducible Utility Plan Sheet, scale 1- =200' , shall be submitted
to the City Engineer, in addition to the previous submittal of
construction plans. Said plan shall be accurate in scale and shall
also show right-of-way and easement locations.
8. A complete list of contract documents necessary for the complete
construction of the work shal1 be furnished or included with the
above.
9.
Manufacturers' drawings for all fabricated appurtenances of special
construction items shall be submitted to the City for consideration.
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