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AMENDING THE PLATTING ORDINANCE, SECTION IV. DESIGN
STANDARDS, H. LARGE TRACT DIVISION, BY ADDING PARAGRAPH (4)
PERMITTING SINGLE-FAMILY SUBDIVISIONS OF ONE (1) ACRE LOTS OR
MORE OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS TO BE DEVELOPED WITHOUT CURBS,
GUTTERS, AND SIDEWALKS, SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH SIX (6)
REQUIREMENTS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the Platting Ordinance, the same being Ordinance No. 4168,
as amended, on file with the City Secretary and codified as Chapter 42 of the City code of
Ordinances, is hereby amended by adding paragraph (4) to Section IV, Design Standards. H.
Large Tract Division, to read as follows:
Section IV. Design Standards, H. Large Tract Division.
(4) For land located outside the City Limits and being subdivided for
single-family residential purposes of lots on one (1) acre or more,
curbs, gutters, and sidewalks are not required provided the following
requirements are met:
(a) The right-of-way and pavement section (excluding
curb, gutter, and sidewalks), as required by the Corpus
Christi Comprehensive Plan is provided and dedicated;
(b) The subdivision contains a minimum of thirty (30) lots
and does not exceed a maximum of one -hundred and
twenty (120) lots;
(c) Deed restrictions include provision that if any lots are
subdivided to less than one (1) acre, the entire
subdivision is to be replatted and all required
improvements are provided. The cost of any future
improvements, whether through replatting or by
property owner's petition to the City, shall be at the
owner's expense and not assumed by the City;
(d) Open drainage ditches to be permitted only if design
capacity requirements can be met by ditches which are
no more than one (1) foot deeper than the adjacent
pavement or finished ground level, if not within the
street right-of-way;
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(e)
Public water service shall be provided to all lots. The
water system shall be designed in accordance with the
Distribution System Standards published by the Water
Division, Corpus Christi, Texas, in effect at the time of
commencement of water system construction. Public
sanitary sewer service shall be provided to all lots if
reasonably available to the nearest point to the
subdivision; or if sewer service is not reasonably
available, deed restrictions shall require connection to
each developed lot when sewer service becomes
reasonably available to such lot;
(f) If located within one-half (1/2) mile of an established
AICUZ boundary, disclosure statements are included
in the deed restrictions which indicate latest noise
levels for the area being subdivided.
SECTION 2. If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase,
word or provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid or unconstitutional by final judgment of
a court of competent jurisdiction, it shall not affect any other section, paragraph, subdivision,
clause, phrase, word or provision of this ordinance for it is the definite intent of this City
Council that every section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or provision hereof be
given full force and effect for its purpose.
SECTION 3. That upon written request of the Mayor or five council members,
copy attached, to find and declare an emergency due to the need for the efficient and effective
administration of City affairs, such finding of an emergency is made and declared requiring
suspension of the Charter rule as to consideration and voting upon ordinances at three regular
meetings so that this ordin ice is passed and shall take effect upon first reading as an
emergency measure this the (�i day of A, tot (' i I , 196/ l .
AlIEST:
ty Secretary
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MAIOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
APPROVED: 2/siDAY OF rrmrnef/ , 19 9/
JAMES R. BRAY JR., INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY
By
Assistan City Attorney
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CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
t day of 7l ltiA a f1 , 19 t7 I
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance an emergency
exists requiring suspension of the Charter rule as to consideration and voting upon
ordinances at three regular meetings; I/we, therefore, request that you suspend said Charter
rule and pass this ordinance finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting
of the City Council.
Respectfully, Respectfully,
COUNCILMEMBERS
The above ordinance was
Betty N. Turner
Cezar Galindo
Leo Guerrero
Tom Hunt
Edward A. Martin
Joe McComb
Clif Moss
Mary Rhodes
Frank Schwing, Jr.
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MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
passed by the following vote:
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