San Marcos Development Code 9.1.2020

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Subdivisions

Article 2: Plat Applications

Division 2: CERTIFICATIONS

Section 3.1.2.1Certification of Reasons for Denial

Division 1: SUBDIVISION CONCEPT PLAT

A written summary of the reasons for denial of a plat application shall be provided by the Responsible Official to the applicant. For purposes of this Section 3.1.2.1, conditional approval of a plat application shall not be considered a denial. Section 3.1.2.2Certifications Regarding Exemption The Responsible Official, upon written application of a property owner, a utility provider, or the City Council, shall certify in writing whether a plat is required under this Chapter 3 or whether an exemption under Section 3.1.1.3 applies to a proposed development for the land. The Responsible Official shall notify the applicant of the determination within twenty (20) days of the date the application is received, or within ten days of the date of the decision, whichever is earlier, in the manner provided in Section 2.3.2.1. The applicant may appeal the Responsible Official’s decision in the manner provided in Section 2.8.1.1.

Section 3.2.1.1Purpose, Applicability, and Effect

A. Purpose. The purpose of a subdivision concept plat shall be to delineate the sequence and timing of development within a proposed subdivision, where the tract to be developed is part of a larger parcel of land owned or controlled by the applicant, in order to determine compliance with the Comprehensive Plan and the availability and capacity of public improvements needed for the subdivision and the larger parcel. B. Applicability. Approval of a subdivision concept plat must be obtained for any division of land where: C. Exceptions. A Concept Plat is not required where the subdivider elects to submit a Preliminary Subdivision Plat. D. If the land subject to the subdivision concept plat is part of a larger parcel, the remaining land shall be shown as a remainder tract, but shall not be included within the official boundaries of the subdivision concept plat. E. A subdivision concept plat application may be approved concurrently under the administrative regulating plan process for a Planning Area district in accordance with Section 4.4.3.7. 1. The proposed development is to occur in phases and 2. The tract to be subdivided is twenty (20) or more acres

Division 3: RELIEF PROCEDURES

Section 3.1.3.1Alternative Compliance

The applicant may file an application for alternative compliance to specific standards identified in this Chapter applicable to a subdivision plat or a development plat, in accordance with Section 2.8.4.1. The application for alternative compliance shall be decided by the Planning and Zoning Commission in conjunction with the application for approval of the plat.

F. Effect. Approval of a subdivision concept plat authorizes:

1. Subsequent subdivision applications.

2. That all plats approved thereafter for the same land shall be consistent with the subdivision concept plat for so long as the subdivision concept plat remains in effect.

(Ord. No. 2020-60, 9-1-2020)

Section 3.2.1.2Application Requirements

A. An application for a subdivision concept plat shall be submitted in accordance with the universal application procedures in Section 2.3.1.1 except as otherwise provided in this Chapter 3.

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San Marcos Development Code Amended: September 1, 2020