§ 8. Final plat.

The developer or surveyor shall submit the final plat to the city planning and development department for review. Submittal shall include a letter or transmittal requesting review and payment of the required filing fees.

The final plat shall contain the following:

(a)

The property lines with accurate distances and bearings, point of commencing, point of beginning, property corners (labeled found or set), basis of bearing, and the exact location and width of all existing or recorded streets intersecting the boundary of the tract.

(b)

True bearings and distances to the nearest established street lines or official monuments, which shall be accurately described on the plat; municipal, township, county, or section lines accurately tied to the lines of the subdivision by distances and bearings.

(c)

An accurate location of the subdivision with reference to the abstract and survey records of Denton County.

(d)

The exact layout including:

(1)

Street names and right-of-way widths.

(2)

The lengths of all arcs, radii, internal angles, points of curvatures, length, and bearing of the tangents.

(3)

All easements for rights-of-way provided for public services or utilities, franchise utilities and any limitations of the easements. Easement dedications should be shown with dashed lines.

(4)

All lot and block numbers and lines with accurate dimensions in feet and hundredths of feet and with bearings and angles to street and alley lines.

(5)

Sight distance easements for alley intersection with streets.

(e)

The accurate location, material, and approximate size of all monuments.

(f)

The accurate outline of all property which is offered for dedication for public use with the purpose indicated thereon, and all property that may be reserved by deed covenant for the common use of the property owners in the subdivision.

(g)

Setback building lines and lot lines.

(h)

Proposed name of the subdivision. The subdivision name needs to be acceptable and assigned by the planning commission.

(i)

Name and address of the owner and abutting property owner and recording information.

(j)

North point, scale, and date.

(k)

Certification by a registered professional land surveyor to the effect that the plat represents a survey made by him and that all the monuments shown thereon actually exist, and that their location, size and material description are shown correctly, all to be placed on final mylar.

(l)

A certificate of ownership and dedication of all streets, alleys, parks and playgrounds to public use forever, signed and acknowledged before a notary public by the owner and lienholder of the land along with complete and accurate description of the land subdivided and the streets dedicated, all to be placed on final mylar.

(m)

Additional legal instruments to properly dedicate easements or rights-of-way as may be necessary.

(n)

Street and alley dedication within plat limits.

(o)

Curve data.

(p)

Corner clips at street intersections where required.

(q)

For floodways and floodplains (FEMA), show the ultimate 100-year surface elevation, floodplain and floodway boundaries, and drainage floodway easements limits. For the floodway easement limits, the drainage easement should be ten feet outside the floodplain. The minimum fill and floor elevations must be specified.

(r)

Utility and drainage information for water, wastewater, and storm sewer.

(s)

Abstract, county, and city limit lines including names.

(t)

North to top or right of sheet.

The planning and zoning commission shall take action on the plat within 30 days, following the filing of the final plat, in accordance with V.T.C.A., Local Government Code § 212.009, as amended. This deadline may be extended if the applicant files in writing a waiver and agrees 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 Code of Ordinances 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 final plat may be approved subject to the correction or remedying of such deficiency.

A minor plat may be approved by the city manager, or his designee, providing that the plat involves four or fewer lots fronting on an existing street and not requiring the creation of any new streets or the extension of municipal facilities, including, but not limited to, water and sanitary sewer lines, street widening, and right-of-way dedication.

The designated employee may, for any reason, elect to present the plat to the planning and zoning commission for approval. The employee shall not disapprove the plat and shall be required to refer any plat which the employee refuses to approve to the planning and zoning commission and the city council within the time period specified in V.T.C.A., Local Government Code § 212.009.

(Ord. No. 634, § 2, 4-2-1990; Ord. No. 99-1132, § 2, 8-2-1999; Ord. No. 07-1725, § 1, 7-2-2007)