Article 1 |
Section 21.1.10 - Development Manual |
- Adding language detailing a city process with the Development Manual to align with Texas Local Government Code (LGC) requirements.
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Section 21.1.11 - Public Works Specification Manual |
- Adding language detailing a city process with the Public Works Specification Manual to align with Texas Local Government Code (LGC) requirements.
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Article 4 |
Section 21.4.2. - Initiation of Application |
- Staff is proposing to remove the requirement for official Public Works certification.
- Staff is matching language of subsection C.6 to C.1. This is in relation to certification letters, making the UDC more consistent.
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Section 21.4.6 - Comprehensive Land Plan Amendment |
- Adding the "City Manager or his/her designee" term in this section to match the rest of the UDC.
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Section 21.4.11 - Utility Service Extension |
- Removing City's authority to annex property within City's CCN for which utility service extension is requested. Explicitly requiring application for Utility Service Extensions for property for which platting is not required (such as property outside the City Limits).
- Changing the accompaniment of application for voluntary annexation from "shall" to "may".
- Adding requirement for approved CCN transfer, Service Area map update, and CIP amendment.
- Adding the "City Manager or his/her designee" term in this section to match the rest of the UDC.
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Section 21.4.14 - Appeals |
- Staff is updating time-frames and language in the Appeals section to align with the LGC.
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Section 21.4.15 - Public Infrastructure Improvements, Construction Plans, and Improvements Agreements |
- Adding language clarifying that construction plan extensions cannot exceed plat extensions.
- Adding the stipulation that electric utilities need to be installed prior to plat recordation. This matches the requirements for other public improvements.
- Adding reference to Public Works Specification Manual.
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Section 21.4.16 - Building Permits |
- Adding the "City Manager or his/her designee" term in this section to match the rest of the UDC.
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Article 14 |
Section 21.14.1 - Streets |
- Adding language to stipulate or clarify adherence to the Public Works Specification Manual, Comprehensive Plan, and Master Thoroughfare Plan.
- Revising section on dead-end streets and cul-de-sacs to remove conflict with Public Works Specification Manual; remove conflicting language in the section; and establish new standards based on minimum size of cul-de-sac needed to accommodate large emergency service vehicles.
- Clarifying street name approval process.
- Revising street classifications and construction standards to make consistent with Master Thoroughfare Plan and Public works Specification Manual. Also adding clarification between "island" and "median" and establishing approval process for each.
- Adding or clarifying terms
- Revising street light language to better account for differeng equipment of different electrical providers and adding new requirements to improve lighting to better serve the public.
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Section 21.14.3 - Additional Design Requirements |
- Adding simplifying language to stipulate adherence Master Thoroughfare Plan
- Removing subsection C and D, the landscape buffer and off-street parking additional requirements as these requirements are included in another section of the UDC.
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Section 21.14.4 - Alleys |
- Clarifying commercial and industrial alleys
- Removing subsection G, a section on drainage that is unnecessary and potentially confusing for applicants as Stormwater Management Plans address this issue.
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Section 21.14.5 - Driveways |
- Adding language for TxDOT requirements
- Revising sections to eliminate conflicts with Public Works Specifications Manual.
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Section 21.14.6 - Sidewalks and Hike and Bike Trails |
- Revisions to subsection C and H, the sections on sidewalk width and Hike and Bike Trails.
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Section 21.14.7 - Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA) |
- Clarifying TIA requirements
- Adding the "City Manager or his/her designee" term in this section to match the rest of the UDC.
- Revisions to subsection E, the contents of a TIA.
- Revising submission requirements in subsection F for better customer service
- Revising subsection E to close loopholes in current regulation, improve clarity of requirements, and help ensure that what is being required is "roughly proportional".
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Section 21.14.8 - Conflicts |
- New section in UDC to address any potential conflicts between Master Thoroughfare Plan and Public Works Specification Manual.
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