Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE |
Title 7. REGULATION OF LAND USE, STRUCTURES, BUSINESSES, AND RELATED ACTIVITIES |
Subtitle B. COUNTY REGULATORY AUTHORITY |
Chapter 232. COUNTY REGULATION OF SUBDIVISIONS |
Subchapter A. SUBDIVISION PLATTING REQUIREMENTS IN GENERAL |
Sec. 232.003. SUBDIVISION REQUIREMENTS
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By an order adopted and entered in the minutes of the commissioners court, and after a notice is published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, the commissioners court may:
(1) require a right-of-way on a street or road that functions as a main artery in a subdivision, of a width of not less than 50 feet or more than 100 feet;
(2) require a right-of-way on any other street or road in a subdivision of not less than 40 feet or more than 70 feet;
(3) require that the shoulder-to-shoulder width on collectors or main arteries within the right-of-way be not less than 32 feet or more than 56 feet, and that the shoulder-to-shoulder width on any other street or road be not less than 25 feet or more than 35 feet;
(4) adopt, based on the amount and kind of travel over each street or road in a subdivision, reasonable specifications relating to the construction of each street or road;
(5) adopt reasonable specifications to provide adequate drainage for each street or road in a subdivision in accordance with standard engineering practices;
(6) require that each purchase contract made between a subdivider and a purchaser of land in the subdivision contain a statement describing the extent to which water will be made available to the subdivision and, if it will be made available, how and when;
(7) require that the owner of the tract to be subdivided execute a good and sufficient bond in the manner provided by Section 232.004;
(8) adopt reasonable specifications that provide for drainage in the subdivision to:
(A) efficiently manage the flow of stormwater runoff in the subdivision; and
(B) coordinate subdivision drainage with the general storm drainage pattern for the area; and
(9) require lot and block monumentation to be set by a registered professional surveyor before recordation of the plat.