3.09.01 General Requirements for Approval of Plats.
A. Prior to the subdivision, resubdivision, or development of any land within the City, all plans, and plats plans for infrastructure improvements must first be approved in accordance with regulations specified in
§ 3.08: Development Related Compliance Issues except for:
1. Construction of additions or alterations to an existing building where no drainage, street, utility extension or improvement, additional parking or street access change is required to meet the standards of this Code are necessary to support such building addition or alterations.
2. Divisions of land created by order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
3. A change in ownership of a property through inheritance or the probate of an estate.
4. Cemeteries complying with all state and local laws and regulations.
B.No land may be subdivided or platted through the use of any legal description other than with reference to a plat approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission or the City Administrator in accordance with these regulations.
C. No building permit or certificate of occupancy may be issued for any parcel or tract of land until such property has received final plat approval and is in conformity with the provisions of this Code, the plat has been recorded, public improvements have been accepted by the City (if applicable), and no private improvements will take place or be commenced except in conformity with these regulations in this Code.
D. No person shall transfer, lease, sell or receive any part of a parcel before an administrative plat or final plat of such parcel and the remaining parcel have been approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission in accordance with the provisions of these regulations in this Code and filed of record with the County Clerk of Williamson County.
E. The platting or subdivision of any lot or any parcel of land, by the use of GPS as a substitute for metes and bounds for the purpose of sale, transfer, lease or development is prohibited. GPS may be used as supporting documentation only and the datum source must be referenced.
