ORD 1987-14TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 0 87-14
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS, GOVERNING AND
REGULATING THE PLATTING AND SUBDIVISION OF LAND WITHIN AND
WITHOUT THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB;
PROVIDING DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING FOR PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLAT
PROCEDURES; PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS FOR FILING PLATS,
SUBDIVISION CONSTRUCTION AND ISSUANCE OF BUILDING PERMITS;
PROVIDING STANDARDS RELATING TO BLOCKS, LOTS, STREETS, UTILITY
EASEMENTS, SIDEWALKS, WATER SUPPLY, STORM SEWERS AND DRAINAGE;
PRESCRIBING FEES TO BE CHARGED; ESTABLISHING JURISDICTION WITHIN
THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE TOWN AND WITHIN FIVE (5) MILES
THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR THE UNDERGROUNDING OF UTILITIES;
REPEALING ANY PART OF ANY ORDINANCE IN CONFLICT WITH THIS
ORDINANCE; PROVIDING A PROCEDURE FOR OBTAINING A VARIANCE FROM
THESE REGULATIONS; PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; REENACTING, INCORPORATING AND AMENDING THE
PROVISIONS OF ORDINANCE NO. 87-14 OF THE TOWN RELATING TO
SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS AS HEREIN PROVIDED; PROVIDING A PENALTY
NOT -TO- EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00) FOR EACH
OFFENSE AND A SEPARATE OFFENSE SHALL BE DEEMED COMMITTED EACH
DAY DURING OR ON WHICH A VIOLATION OCCURS OR CONTINUES;
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, by Article 974a, Texas Revised Civil Statutes (Vernon) as
amended, the laws of the State of Texas provide that every owner of any
tract of land situated within the corporate limits or within five miles of
the corporate limits of any city in the State of Texas, who may divide the
same into 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, streets, alleys, or parks
or other portion intended for public use, for 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 corner of the original survey of which it is a part, giving the
dimensions thereof of said subdivision or addition, and the dimensions of
all streets, alleys, squares, parks or other portions of the 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, the Town Council of the Town of Trophy Club, Texas (the
"Town") being so empowered by law, does hereby propagate and establish
such a subdivision plan for the Town of Trophy Club, Texas, this ordinance
shall hereinafter be known as the subdivision ordinance of the Town of
Trophy Club, Texas.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF
TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS:
Section 1. That the above and foregoing preamble is incorporated
and adopted herein as if copied herein in its entirety.
Section 2. That the rules, regulations and procedures attached
hereto and including Articles I through VII and all appendices thereto,
are hereby adopted by the Town Council as the subdivision regulations for
the Town. All development within the Town from and after the date of
approval of this ordinance shall comply with these regulations.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the Town Council of the Town of Trophy Club,
Texas this 8th day of June, 1987.
(SEAS.)
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Town Attorney, Town of Trophy M ub, Texas