§ 11. Subdivision construction.

The city engineer will approve plans and return sufficient approved sets of the plans to the engineer for the owner for use by contractors. Each contractor shall maintain one set of the plans, stamped "release for construction" with city approval, on the project at all times during construction.

The construction plans shall be prepared by or under the supervision of a registered professional engineer, in the state and shall bear his seal on each sheet. The plans shall contain all necessary information for construction of the project, permitting all material specified shall conform to the standard specifications of the city. A checklist for the necessary information to be included on the construction plans is provided in the city engineering design manual. The plans must be submitted with a copy of the completed construction plan checklist. If the completed construction plan checklist is not submitted with the construction plans, the plans will be returned without review.

The plans shall contain all necessary information for construction of the project, permitting all material specified shall conform to the standard specifications of the city.

Each sheet of the plans shall contain a title block including a space for the notation of revisions. This space is to be completed with each revision to the plan sheet after the initial city approval and shall clearly note the nature of the revision and the date the revision was made.

Construction shall be monitored by city personnel as applicable. Completion of construction to the approved plans and standard specifications of the city is the entire responsibility of the developer and the contractors. The responsibility of the city engineer is to assure conformance to the approved plans and specifications, in accordance with the city's engineering design manual, as amended from time to time. Any change in design required during construction shall be made by the engineer whose seal and signature are shown on the plans and shall be approved by the city engineer.

Grading plans may be approved prior to approval of final engineering plans. Grading plans shall be prepared by an engineer licensed to practice in Texas and shall meet the requirements specified in the engineering design manual. Such plan(s) shall be an exact scaled engineering drawing with horizontal and vertical control with the following information:

(a)

Property boundaries with address and lot and block with subdivision name or tract with legal description;

(b)

Easements and rights-of-way on and adjacent to the property;

(c)

Adjacent street names;

(d)

Existing and proposed contours at one-foot intervals;

(e)

Existing structures and utilities located above and below the ground surface that are on and adjacent to the property;

(f)

North arrow, scale, date, and date of topographic survey;

(g)

Drainage area map with existing and proposed drainage structures with complete details and specifications;

(h)

Limits of FEMA and ultimate floodplains with elevations;

(i)

Erosion control measures to be used during construction and permanent measures for post construction;

(j)

Specify the total cubic yards to be cut and total cubic yards to be filled; and

(k)

Location map.

Grading plan approval shall be requested in writing with the plans and shall include grading permit application, storm water pollution prevention plan, grading inspection fee, and tree survey. Upon completion of the work the engineer shall submit record drawings based on an actual ground survey. Platted single family lots that contain an existing occupied residence with an where less than one acre will be disturbed with the grading shall not be required to obtain approval to grade or fill areas that are outside easements or flood plains, except as may be otherwise required under the Code of Ordinances.

Construction and grading plan approval shall be effective for 12 months. If after 12 months' construction has not commenced, the plans must be resubmitted for approval. Construction and grading must be completed within 24 months of commencing construction. In no case shall plan approval be effective for more than 36 months.

(Ord. No. 99-1132, § 2, 8-2-1999; Ord. No. 07-1725, § 1, 7-2-2007)