§ 126-1. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Collector means a street so indicated on the major thoroughfare plan, such plan being on file with the director of planning and community development.

Commission means the city planning and zoning commission.

Extraterritorial jurisdiction means that land within 3½ miles of the corporate limits of the city or as otherwise established by state law.

State Law reference— Extraterritorial jurisdiction, V.T.C.A., Local Government Code § 42.021 et seq.

Interstate or expressway means every street so indicated on the major thoroughfare plan, such plan being on file with the director of planning and community development.

Local street means all other streets not otherwise indicated on the major thoroughfare plan, such plan being on file with the director of planning and community development.

Lot means a parcel or portion of land in a subdivision or plat of land, separated from other parcels or portions by description as on a subdivision or record of survey map or by metes and bounds, for purpose of sale or lease to or separate use of another.

Lot consolidation means the incorporation of a number of lots into fewer lots, each of a larger size than the original lots.

Lot line adjustment means a minor change in lot line location.

Minor arterial means a street so indicated on the major thoroughfare plan, such plan being on file with the director of planning and community development.

Outdoor living area means a common outdoor area designed to provide a more pleasant and healthful environment for the occupants of a dwelling unit and the neighborhood in which such dwelling unit is located. It includes natural ground areas, patios, terraces or similar areas developed for active or passive recreational activities. All areas designated for retention or detention facilities shall not be considered as qualifying under this definition.

Plat means a map or chart of the subdivision. It shall include a plan, plat or replat, in both singular and plural.

Principal arterial means a street so indicated on the major thoroughfare plan, such plan being on file with the director of planning and community development.

Resubdivision means the division or alteration of a tract or parcel of an existing subdivision, except lot consolidation and lot line adjustment.

Subdivision means a division of a tract or parcel of land within the limits or in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the city into two or more parts to lay out a subdivision of the tract, including an addition to the city, to lay out suburban, building, or other lots, or to lay out streets, alleys, squares, parks or other parts of the tract intended to be dedicated to public use or for the use of purchasers or owner of lots fronting on or adjacent to the streets, alleys, squares, parks, or other parts. A subdivision in this chapter includes a division regardless of whether it is made by using a metes and bounds description in a deed of conveyance or in a contract for a deed, by using a contract of sale or other executory contract to convey or by using any other method. The term "subdivision" includes a re-subdivision (replat) but does not include the following:

(1)

A division of land into parts greater than five acres, where each part has access and no public improvement is being dedicated as described hereinabove;

(2)

A division of land owned by the city;

(3)

A division of land created solely by the city's acquisition of a portion thereof; or

(4)

A division of land created by order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

(Code 1967, § 27-3; Ord. No. 3655, § 3, 7-28-83; Ord. No. 3875, § 1, 6-14-84; Ord. No. 4483, § 1, 6-26-86; Ord. No. 8815, § 1, 1-27-00; Ord. No. 9621, § 12, 9-11-03; Ord. No. 11,822, § 1, 1-12-12)

Cross reference

Definitions generally, § 1-2.