§ 7. Preliminary plat.

The developer shall submit a preliminary plat of the subdivision to the city planning and development department. Submittal shall include a letter of transmittal requesting review and the required filing fees.

The purpose of the submittal is to allow the city planning and development department to review overall platting of the tract and street patterns within the subdivision for conformance with the requirements of the city and master plan. It also provides the city an opportunity to make preliminary estimates of city participation in street and utility costs in the subdivision. The plat shall be prepared as follows:

(a)

The preliminary plat shall be drawn to a scale of one inch equals 400 feet or larger (one inch equals 200 [feet] or larger preferable).

(b)

It shall contain the name of the proposed subdivision, the name and address of the subdivider and the engineer or surveyor responsible for the design or survey, the tract designation, and other descriptions according to the abstract and survey records of Denton County, Texas.

(c)

It shall also contain a north point, scale, and date.

(d)

The boundary line of tract, accurate in scale, shall be drawn.

(e)

It shall show the names of adjacent subdivisions or names of owners of record of adjoining parcels, the location, widths, and names of all existing or platted streets, easements, or other public ways within or adjacent to the tract, existing railroad rights-of-way and other important features such as section lines, political subdivision or corporation limits and school district boundaries.

(f)

It shall show all parcels of land intended to be dedicated for public use or reserved in the deeds for the use of all property owners in the proposed subdivision, together with the purpose or conditions of limitations of such reservation.

(g)

It shall show the layout, names, and width of proposed streets, alleys, and easements.

(h)

It shall show the layout, numbers, and approximate dimensions of proposed lots and all building setback lines.

(i)

The location of proposed screening, if any, shall be clearly indicated.

(j)

The preliminary plat shall show contours of the tract in intervals of two feet or less referenced to Texas State Plane, North Central Zone NAD 83.

(k)

The plat shall show existing sanitary sewers, water mains, culverts, storm drains, fire hydrants and other underground facilities and structures on or adjacent to the property being developed with pipe sizes and locations indicated.

(l)

The plat shall show preliminary layout of water, sanitary sewer, fire hydrants, culverts, and storm sewer design on or adjacent to the property being developed.

(m)

The plat shall show storm water retention/detention basins as required.

(n)

Show and label all existing and proposed mutual access easements with adjacent properties.

The planning and zoning commission shall take action on the plat within 30 days, following the filing of the preliminary plat, in accordance with V.T.C.A., Local Government Code § 212.009, as amended. This deadline may be extended if the applicant requests or consents in writing to the extension to act upon the plat. If the plat meets all the requirements of the city's Code of Ordinances, rules, regulations, and state law the planning and zoning commission shall approve the plat. If the plat does not meet the requirements of the city's Code of Ordinances, rules, regulations, and state law the planning and zoning commission shall disapprove the plat, unless the applicant agrees, at the meeting at which action is to be taken, to correct or remedy the deficiency on which the disapproval may be based in the submission of the plat. In such event, the preliminary plat may be approved subject to the correction or remedying of such deficiency.

(Ord. No. 99-1132, § 2, 8-2-1999; Ord. No. 07-1725, § 1, 7-27-2007)