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AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING CHAPTER 14, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, CODE OF
ORDINANCES, CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, RELATING TO
SUBMISSION OF DIGITAL DATA FOR THE CITY'S GEOGRAPHIC
INFORMATION SYSTEM, AS AMENDED; PROVIDING FOR
PENALTIES; PROVIDING FOR SEVERANCE; AND PROVIDING FOR
PUBLICATION.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article XI, Chapter 14, Code of Ordinances is revised to read as follows:
"ARTICLE XI. CITY GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM
"See, 14-1100. Technical procedures for submission of diaital data for
GeoQraphic Information System. This article defines standards and procedures for
diQital submittal of preliminary and final plats for recordation and final construction and
record drawinQs for City construction, street. and utilitv proiects, and public
improvements constructed as a part of plattinQ .
"Sec. 14-1101. Purpose of Geoaraphic Information System. The City's GeoQraphic
Information System (GIS) has been established to:
"(1) InteQrate subdivision plats to be recorded, and final developmenU
construction (record) drawinQs into a comprehensive GIS for the City.
"(2) Streamline and modernize the means by which development proposals are
evaluated, modified, and approved by local officials
"(3) Increase the accuracy and quality of spatial information available to planners,
developers, enqineers, and the public.
"Sec. 14-1102. Definitions. As used in this article, the followinq words and terms have
the followinq meaninqs, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Attribute means a field in a feature class table containinq information about the
qeoqraphic obiect. For example, an attribute for a parcel is the parcel's Tax ID.
The Tax ID attribute holds the Tax ID information. An Owner attribute would hold
information about the owner.
Feature means an individual qeoqraphic feature record in the database, such as
a sinQle parcel. sinQle street. sinqle easement. etc.
Feature class means a collection of features of a specific type. For example the
parcel feature class is a spatially enabled database table that contains all the
parcel records and their attributes.
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Grid coordinates means coordinates of a qrid coordinate system to which
numbers and letters are assiqned for use in desiqnatinq a point of a qridded map,
photoqraph, or chart.
Plat for recordinq means the final plat approved bv the Director of Development
Services or desiqnee to be recorded in the Nueces County Map Records.
Populate means enterinq the data into a predefined set of attributes for each
feature class in the database that have been desiqnated bv the City. When new
data is created, each new feature will have an empty set of related attributes.
Some of these attributes may remain empty if there is no information to fill in
each attribute. However, some of the attributes will be filled in. The fillinq in of
these attributes is also termed "populatinq" the attribute information.
Record drawinq means the final drawinqs that qraphicallv describe the final
conditions of construction that includes dimensional controllocatinq all
construction components and improvements.
Spatiallv enabled means that each record has a qeoqraphic component and can
be plotted on the map.
Surface coordinates means coordinates of a qrid system where the lonqitude is a
measure of the anqle between two planes measured in in deqrees, qrads,
radians, minutes of arc. seconds of arc, and other units of anqular measure.
"Sec. 14-1103. Relationship to other submittal requirements. The technical
standards and procedure in this article are in addition to and do not supplant any other
requirements imposed bv the Code of Ordinances, Plattinq Ordinance, Zoninq
Ordinance, Technical Construction Codes, rules, requlations, construction or utilitv
standards or specifications. or contracts issued bv the City.
"Sec. 14-1104. Spatial Reference System.
"(a) Plats and oonstruotion dr::!winqsDocuments subiect to this ordinance must tie to the
NGS and/or a minimum of 2 (two) points that are part of the City's established horizontal
Control Network. must be based on the 1983 North /'.merioan Datum, 1993 Adiustment.
Tex::!!> atate Plane Coordinate a'/stem Zone 1205.
"(b) Horizontal positions must be expressed in US Survey feet.
"(c) Exceptions to the coordinate basis may be qranted bv the Director of Enqineerinq
Services for construction plans that portray locations outside the limits of Zone 4205.
"(d) Elevations must be expressed relative to NGVD 1988, the National Geodetic
Vertical Datum of 1988, which is the datum used in all official elevation records for the
Corpus Christi area.
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"(e) /\11 plats and construction dra'NinQs must include documentation of relative and
absolute accuracy.
"(f) /\11 plats and subdivisions must close at or better than 1: 1 0,000.
"Sec. 14-1105. Geodetic Control. As a condition of approval. all final plats and final
construction (record) drawinQs must tie to the NGS and/or a minimum of 2 (two) points
that are part of the City's established horizontal Control Network. All submittals must
conform to these datum criteria.
"Sec. 14-1106. TopoloaicallnteQritv. AS::l condition of approval. all plats and
construction drawinQs Documents subiect to this ordinance must be topoloQically
correct. This requirement includes, but is not limited to, the followinQ:
"(1) All polYQons must close without overlaps.
"(2) All linear features must be snapped at their endpoints,
"(3) All point features that participate in networks must be snapped to the linear
networks.
"Sec. 14 1107. Required sontent.
"(a) The diQital submitt::ll must include only those types of features that are built. or will
be built. as part of the development or proiect represented by the drawinQs. The
submittal must include only those map features that arc included in the Cit'l's Gig. The
map features must be separated into olasses identical to the feature classes listed in the
City's GIS procedures manual. The features must be populated with all the fields listed
in the Citls Gig polio'! statement Attribute data will be populated as follO'.vs:
"(1) For plats, populate 3ttributes as indicated in the diQital Gig features and
attributes section of the City's GIS procedures manual.
"(2) For construction dr3winQs ::Ind "as builts," popul3te attributes acoordinq to
contract specific::ltions or, if contract specifioations do not address the Gig
compatible submittal. populate drawinQs accordinQ to the plat requirements
indioated in the GIS features and attributes section of the City's Gig prooedures
manual.
"(b) SLlbmitters 3re not required to research and populate attribute dat3 on any existinQ
b3se m3P features or infrastructure that are not part of the development or proiect
represented by the submitted drmvinQs.
"(c) The Gig featur-cs and attributes section of the Citv's Gig procedures m3nu31
contains a complete list of the Citv's GIS features and attribute fields.
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"Sec. 14-1107. Reauired medium and labelina.
"(a) All diaital data must be submitted on a compact disc (CD).
"(b) Each compact disc must be labeled with the followina information:
"(1) For plat:
"a. The plat number assianed b" tho Nueces County /\pprnisal District.
~ The name of the subdivision.
"(2) For construction (record) record drawinas:
"a. The City proiect number, contract number, or
"b. The City proiect name for city contracts.
"c. The subdivision name for public improvements constructed as a
reauirement of plattina.
"(c) All compact disc must be submitted with a document that contains:
"(1) Name and telephone number of the entity that submitted the disc,
"(2) Name and telephone number of contact person for the consultant for
technical auestions about the diaital file.
"Sec. 14-1108. File Format. All diaital submissions must be in one of the followina
electronic file formats:
"(1) ESRI GeoDatabase (personal GeoDatabase).
"(2) ESRI Shape File.
"(3) Autocad DWG or DXF formats for plats to be recorded and record drawinas.
"(4) As an option, in lieu of paper copies for review and comment.Plats and plans
for public improvements submitted for review and comment may be submitted in
PDF format at the option of the submitter. The submission shall be:) PDF file
accompanied bv one (1) paper cOPV.for rD'Iim... and comment.
"Sec. 14-1109, Submittal procedures,
"(a) Prior to submittina diaital data for inclusion in the City's GIS, the submitter must
obtain a current cop" of the City's GooDatabase (GIS database) from either the City's
GIS Office or the Development Center.
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"tG-} The submitter must prepare a plat or construction drawinq compatible with the
standards described in this article.
"(1) If a submitter disco'lors any errors in tho Citv's data, tho submitter must notify
the City's GIS Offico and, if the City modifies its data, the submitter may thon obtain
a copy of the rovised GeoDatabaso.
"(2) Submitters are responciblo f{)r ensurinq that submittals are spatially and
topoloqicall'l consistent '""ith the Cit'l"s NGS.
"(c) Plats.
"(1) Immediatoly prior to tho filinq Upon submission of a final plat for recordation,
a developer shall submit the final plat on a CD to the Department of Development
Services.
"(2) Within five workinq davs followinq :Jpprov:J1 of a preliminarv plat by tho
PI:Jnninq Commission, tho devoloper shall submit the preliminary pl:Jt on :J CD to
a City Planner.
"(d) Final Construction record drawinas. Prior to submission of the final invoice on a
Citv construction contract or the 100% onqineers certificate of completion for
certifiGation of roquirod public infrastructure, the contractor or developer shall submit the
required record drawinqs on a CD to the Department of Development Services
"Sec. 14-1110. Review procedures.
"(a) Review procedures for plats.
"(1) The Department of Development Services will perform a preliminarv review
of diqital plat files at the time of submittal to ensure that they open :Jnd forw:Jrd
:JGceptable files to the Citv GIS Office.
"(2) The GIS OffiGe ,,"ill review preliminary plat diqital files :Jnd post compliant
files on a preliminary laver of the City's GIS.
"f6} The GIS Office in the Department of Municipal Information Systems will
review the cadastral data submitted for a final plat. and if the data is compliant,
will post it to the City's base map within 60 calendar days.
"(1) GIS Specialists from the City's utilitv departments '""ill review and post
compliant utilitv data.
"(5) City GIS st:Jff will notify the Citv Planner whether the diqitallavors (lro
compliant or not.
"(3e) The Department of Development Services will file the plat for record with
the County Clerk. The Department of Development Services will inform the
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consultant of any electronic data resubmitted requirements if necessarv within 60
calendar days.
"(b) Review procedures for final construction (record) drawinqs.
"(1) The Department of Development Services will open the construction drawinq
diqital file to ensure it is readable and forward it to the relevant Departmental GIS
Specialist(s).
"(2) The City GIS Staff will review and, if compliant. post proiect assets.
"(3) The City GIS staff will notify the Enqineerinq Proiect ManaQer whether the
diqitallavers me compliant or not.
"(4) When all lavers ha'/e been reviewed and posted, the Enqineerinq Proiect
ManaQer will fermall'l accept the submittal.
"(c) Diqital submittals that are unreadable or otherwise found non-compliant by the
Department of Development Services, an Enqineerinq Proiect Manaqer, a Department
GIS Specialist. or City GIS staff will be returned to the submitter for resubmittal within 60
calendar days.
"(d) The City GIS staff may spatially adiust submitted data or the City's GIS to
incorporate the submitted data properly into the City's GIS.
"SeG.14 1112. Required GIS features and attributes. The City's Directors of
Development Services, Enqineerinq Services, :md Municipal Information Services will
publish on the City's GIS precedures manual on the City's official website. The manual
will contain the diqital GIS features and attributes that must be provided in plats :md
construction drawinqs submitted to the City.
"Sec. 14-1111. Exceptions authorized for drawinQs,
"fat- The Director of Enqineerinq Services is authorized to qrant exceptions to the
requirements that city construction drawinqs and "as builts record drawinqs" be
submitted to the City in a diqital format when the requirement would substantially
increase the costs of a proiect to the City.
"(b) The Director of Development Services is authorized to qrant a blanket exception not
to exceed 6 months to the requirements that plats be submitted to the Cit'! in a diqital
format when:
"(1) The requirement would impose an unreasonable burden on the survevor or
professional enqineer submittinq the plat, because the surveyor or enqineer does
not own or have access to computer hardware and sofu'lme capable of
producinq the required diqital submission or the proiect is determined bv the
Director of Development Services to be a small proiect and diqital submittals is
not feasible, This exception is valid for a period of time not to exceed 6 months;
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"(2) The plat '.viII not reQuire the construction of any public improvements or
infrastructure or dedication of an'l neVI riQhts of way or utilitv casements; and
"(3) The plat subdivides any existinQ lot into less than five lots,
"Sec. 14-1112. Availability of City's GIS data. The City will make diQital copies of its
GIS data available at no costs to planners, developers, enQineers, contractors, and
others who are reQuired to submit diQital data under this Article to the City and does not
apply to consultants that are Qranted exemptions to this reQuirement."
Sees. 14 110114-1113--14-1200. Reserved.
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 of this ordinance be given full force and effect for its purpose,
SECTION 3. A violation of this ordinance or requirements implemented under this
ordinance constitutes an offense punishable under Section 1-6 of the City Code of
Ordinances.
SECTION 4. Publication shall be made in the official publication of the City of Corpus
Christi as required by the City Charter of the City of Corpus Christi.
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That the foregoing o~i~an,ce was read J9r the first time and passed to its second
reading on this the f\O. day of !:::t' i) r La.. 1 ,2005, by the following vote:
Samuel L. Neal, Jr. Cluj Bill Kelly ~
Brent Chesney Q.\.y Rex A. Kinnison ~
Javier D. Colmenero CUr: Jesse Noyola ili~
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Melody Cooper I v..V' Mark Scott l J.~
Henry Garrett (4)-G
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TharYllf foregoing ow~nance yvas read for the second time and passed finally on this
the -CL::- day of ill ~ I--- , 2005 by the following vote:
Samuel L. Neal, Jr. 0...0~ Bill Kelly ili~
Brent Chesney ill_V Rex A. Kinnison ~
:~:;;c~:::"eco ~ ::,~s::" ~
Henry Garrett O!~CJe.}J-" J
PASSED AND APPROVED, this the S>V-day of ,;L\JCl..( l____.. ,2005,
ATTEST:
Arma~
City Secretary
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'Samuel L Neal, Jr.
Mayor
APPROVED: {AII--..z J
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Joseph Harney ~
Assistant City Attorney
For City Attorney
,2005:
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