O-2019-3755 amending ch 86 "Development Regulations" of the code of ordinances

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(2) Lots should be rectangular so far as practicable and should have the side lot lines at right angles to streets on which the lot faces or radial to curved street lines. (3) Lots with double frontage are prohibited except when backing on major thoroughfares and upon approval by the planning commission. (4) All lots shown on the plat will be for residential purposes unless otherwise noted. (5) Side lot lines should be perpendicular or radial to street frontage and the following note may be in lieu of bearings."All side lot lines are either perpendicular or radial to street frontage unless otherwise noted." (6) Driveway access to thoroughfares shall be prohibited. (7) Double front lots are prohibited except when backing on major thoroughfares or on corner lots. (8) Lots shall be sized in accordance with the requirements of chapter 106,zoning. (d) Drainage easements. The following standards shall apply to all drainage easements: (1) The location and width of all easements shall be determined by the director for all plats or plans within the cities jurisdiction,and by the director in conjunction with Harris County Flood Control District(HCFCD) for all easements that HCFCD may have an interest in. (2) Easements for drainage adjacent to lots,tracts,or reserves shall be recited on the final plat,in accordance with the language approved by the director. (e) Utility easements. The developer shall coordinate all public and private utility easements with the applicable entity as required in this chapter. (f) Platting of public streets or easements across private easements or fee strips. The following shall apply when platting of public streets or easements across private easements or fee strips: (1) A copy of the instrument establishing any private easement shall be submitted with the development site plan or the preliminary plat as reflected by the title certificate submitted. (2) Easement boundaries must be tied by dimensions to adjacent lot and tract corners. Where the private easement has no defined location or width, an effort shall be made to reach agreement on a defined easement.Where no agreement can be reached,then existing facilities shall be accurately located and tied to lot lines,and building setback lines shall be established as specified in section 5.04. (3) Prior to approval of the final plat or development site plan,the developer or dedicator of any subdivision plat or development site plan,wherein public streets or easements are shown crossing private easements or fee strips, shall by letter to the commission assume responsibility for seeing that any adjustments and protection of existing pipelines, electrical transmission lines, or other facilities shall be planned and provided for to the satisfaction of the holder of the private easements or fee strips and the director prior to the filing of the plat or plan for record. (4) Prior to filing of the final plat or development site plan for record,the following requirements must be met: a. The developer or dedicator of any plat or plan shall obtain from the holder of any private easement or fee strip within the plat or plan crossed by proposed streets or other public easements an instrument granting to the public the use of said public streets or easements over and across said private easements or fee strips for construction,operation,and maintenance of those public facilities normally using the type of public streets and easements indicated.This instrument shall be delivered to the commission to be filed for record along with plat or plan. b. The developer shall furnish the commission with a letter from the holder of the private easements or fee strips in questions stating that arrangements for any required adjustments in pipelines,electrical transmission lines,or other similar facilities have been made to the satisfaction of the holder of the easements. (g) Monumentation requirements. The following are requirements for monumentation for subdivisions and developments: (1) Subdivisions.