§ 30-107. Application of ordinance.

The provisions of this chapter shall apply to the following forms of land subdivision and development activity within the city's limits and its extraterritorial jurisdiction, subject to the applicable provisions and exemptions of V.T.C.A., Local Government Code ch. 212, and exceptions to this chapter:

(1)

The division of land into two or more tracts, lots, sites or parcels;

(2)

All subdivisions of land, whether by metes and bounds division or by plat, which were outside the jurisdiction of the city's subdivision regulations, and which subsequently came within the jurisdiction of the city's subdivision regulations through:

a.

Annexation;

b.

Extension of the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction; or

c.

Through adoption of inter-local agreements;

(3)

The combining of two or more contiguous tracts, lots, sites or parcels for the purpose of creating one or more legal lots in order to achieve a more developable site, except as otherwise provided herein;

(4)

When a building permit is required for the following uses on unplatted property:

a.

Residential single-family:

1.

Construction of a new single-family dwelling unit; or

2.

Moving of a primary structure or a main building onto a piece of property;

b.

Nonresidential and multifamily:

1.

Construction of a new nonresidential or multifamily structure; or

2.

Moving a primary structure onto a piece of property;

(5)

For tracts where any public improvements are proposed; or

(6)

Whenever a property owner proposes to divide land lying within the city or its extraterritorial jurisdiction into two or more tracts, and claims exemption from V.T.C.A., Local Government Code ch. 212, subch. A, for purposes of development, that results in parcels or lots all greater than five acres in size in the city limits or ten acres in the extraterritorial jurisdiction; or in the event that development of any such tract is intended, and where no public improvement is proposed to be dedicated, he shall first obtain approval of a development plat that meets the requirements of V.T.C.A., Local Government Code ch. 212, subch. B, Regulation of Property Development, sections 212.041 through 212.050, as may be amended. (See section 30-308 for requirements for development plats.)

(Ord. No. 041008-01, app. A, § 1-08, 4-10-2008)