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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
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.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Texas Local Government Code - LOC GOV'T § 232.003. Subdivision Requirements - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/local-government-code/loc-gov-t-sect-232-003/
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