HomeMy WebLinkAbout16312 ORD - 06/10/1981AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING THE PLATTING ORDINANCE NO. 4168, AS AMENDED,
SECTION V, SUBSECTION A-3, TO ALLOW THE DIRECTOR OF
ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT DISCRETIONARY
AUTHORITY TO APPROVE FINAL PLATS UPON BEING SATISFIED
THAT SUBDIVISION IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN 75 PERCENT
COMPLETED AND OTHER CONDITIONS MET AS SET OUT HEREIN;
AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That Section V, Subsection A-3 of the Platting Ordi-
nance of the City of Corpus Christi, No. 4168, as amended, be amended to
hereafter read as follows:
"3. That the Director of Engineering and Physical Development
be given discretionary authority to approve plats of subdivisions prior to
the completion of the improvements under the following conditions:
(1) That the plans for water, sewer, streets, and drainage
which are required as a condition of the plat approval
have been previously approved and that construction of
improvements has been contracted for and is underway,
and in the Director's opinion is 75 percent complete.
(2) That the Developer submit to the Director of Engineering
and Physical Development a sworn affidavit requesting
approval of the plat, agreeing to complete the improve-
ments to the satisfaction of the Director of Engineering
and Physical Development prior to occupancy of any build-
ing within the subdivision, and agreeing that any temporary
utility service provided prior to completion of improvements
may be terminated by the City with 24-hour notice if "sucFh
improvements are not completed within ninety r(90)`da sy of •
plat approval.
(3) That the improvements remaining to be completed by the deve-
loper shall not hinder or impede building construction within
the subdivision.
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(4) Upon completion of all other subdivision requirements, park
dedications, park deferment agreements, contracts of annexa-
tion, maintenance agreements, or special covenants."
SECTION 2. The necessity to amend the Platting Ordinance as
hereinabove set forth at the earliest practicable date creates a public
emergency and necessity requiring the suspension of the Charter rule that no
ordinance or resolution shall be passed finally on the date of its introduc-
tion but that such ordinance or resolution shall be read at three several
meetings of the City Council, and the Mayor or Council members, having
declared that such emergency and necessity exists, having requested the sus-
pension of the Charter rule and that this ordinance be passed finally on the
date of its introduction and take effect and be in full force and effect from
and aftits passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, this the id day of
, 1981.
ATTEST:
Secretary MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
APPROVED (0 DAYOOF , 1981:
J. BRUCE AYCOCK, CITY ATTORNEY
Corpus Christi, Texa
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance, a
public emergency and imperative necessity exist for the suspension of the Charter
rule or requirement that no ordinance or resolution shall be passed finally on
the date it is introduced, but that such ordinance or resolution shall be read
at three meetings of the City Council; I/we, therefore, request that you suspend
said Charter rule or requirement and pass this ordinance finally on the date
it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council.
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.—Respectfully,
Council Members
Respectfully,
MAYOR
The City of Corpus Christi, Texas
The Charter rule was suspended by he following vote:
Luther Jones
Betty N. Turner
Jack K. Dumphy
Bob Gulley
Herbert L. Hawkins, Jr.
Dr. Charles W. Kennedy
Cliff Zarsky
The above ordinance was passed
Luther Jones
Betty N. Turner
Jack K. Dunphy
Bob Gulley
Herbert L. Hawkins, Jr.
Dr. Charles W. Kennedy
Cliff Zarsky
by the
following
vote:
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