Ordinance 1985-10
ORDINANCE NO. 85-~1?
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS PROVIDING FOR THE
AMENDMENT OF ORDINANCE 83-18 PARAGRAPH 2.15 PROVIDING A
DEFINITION FOR PRIVATE STREET; AMENDING PARAGRAPHS 3.03 AND
3.04; MOVING PARAGRAPH 4.02 SUB-PARAGRAPHS C, D AND E TO
BECOME PARAGRAPHS 3.06, 3.07 AND 3.08; INSERTING PARAGRAPH
4.02 SUB-PARAGARH F.5 INTO F.1; ADDITION TO PARAGRAPH 4.02
SUB-PARAGRAPH F.1 "TO THE DEVELOPER"; AMENDING PARAGRAPH
4.02 SUB-PARAGRAPHS F. 3, F.4, F.5 AND F.6; ADDING TO
PARAGRAPH 4.04 "FINAL PLAT"; ADDING SUB-PARAGRAPH 4.05;
ADDING TO PARAGRAPH 5.01 STREETS; ADDING TO PARAGRAPH 6.01
STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION DETAILS; ADDING TO
PARAGRAPH 6.02 SUB-PARAGRAPH D PROVIDING FOR SEALING OF
JOINTS; ADDING TO PARAGRAPH 6.03 SIDEWALKS; AMENDING
PARAGRAPH 6.04 STORM SEWERS, SUB-PARAGRAPH A.2; AMENDING
PARAGRAPH 6.06 WATER SYSTEM, SUB-PARAGRAPH A; AMENDING
PARAGRAPH 6.06 SUB-PARAGRAPH H-4; AMENDING PARAGRAPH 6.07
SANITARY SEWERS SUB-PARAGRAPH A MATERIALS; DELETION OF SUB-
PARAGRAPH C, PARAGRAPH 6.07; ADDING NEW PARAGRAPH C TO
SECTION 6.08; 6.09 STREET LIGHTING; AMENDING PARAGRAPH 7.03
DEVELOPMENT FEES; AND PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY CLAUSE AND
EFFECTIVE DATE.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WYLIE, THAT;
2.15
3.03
3.04
3.06
3.07
3.08
4.02
PRIVATE STREET is any street, drive, throughway,
thoroughfare, pavement or non-pavement surface
where vehicles may travel that is not constructed
to city of Wylie standards and is not acceptable
for dedication to the city of Wylie.
SHALL BE AMENDED TO READ: Any owner of land inside
or within one (1) mile of the corporate limits of
the city of Wylie............
SHALL BE
filed or
inside of
limits of
AMENDED TO READ: No subdivision shall be
recorded and no lot in a subdivision
or within one (1) mile of the corporate
the city of Wylie..........
It shall be unlawful for any owner or agent of any
owner to layout, subdivide or plat any land into
lots, blocks and streets within the city or to
sell portions of the property therein which has
not been laid out, subdivided and platted
according to these regulations and the rules of
the Planning & Zoning Commission.
No officer, employee or consultant of the city
shall perform or cause to be performed any work
upon any streets or in any addition or subdivision
of the city unless all requirements of these
regulations have been complied with by the owner
of the addition or subdivision.
The city hereby defines it's policy to be that the
city will withhold improvements of any nature
whatsoever, including the maintenance of streets,
issuance of building permits or furnishing of
sewerage and water service, until the subdivision
plat has been approved by the city council. No
improvements shall be initiated nor any contracts
executed until written approval has been obtained
by the subdivider.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
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F.l The subdivider shall prepare and submit a
PRELIMINARY PLAT to the city Planning &
Zoning Commission for it's (the commission's)
study and recommendations to the developer.
The preliminary plat shall show the entire
subdivision and the various phases by which
the subdivision will be developed and that
lots may be sold within the phase to be
developed upon approval of the final plat of
that phase by the city council. The
preliminary plat shall then be submitted to
the city council for final action. The
Planning & Zoning Commission and City Council
shall act on the preliminary plat within
thirty (30) days from the date such plat was
filed with each body for their approval.
3. Upon final action on any such final plat by
the city planning and zoning commission, the
same shall be referred to the city council
and the city council shall, at it's next
succeeding meeting, consider such final plat
for approval. Upon approval action of the
city council in the affirmative, the mayor is
authorized to sign the signature block
"approved for construction". At this time,
the developer may pay his required
developmental inspection fees as set out in
the city of Wylie's fee schedule ordinance
and begin construction of the public
facilities to be dedicated to the city of
Wylie upon completion and certification of
acceptable construction by the city staff.
These construction areas include, but are not
limited to, public streets, alleys, water
lines, sewer lines, storm drainage lines,
channels and all associated construction
relative to the above and intended to be
dedicated. The city council's vote that the
final plat as presented is approved for
construction is the developers assurance that
no changes will be required from the approved
final plat.
4. As construction of the required public
dedicated facilities continues, inspections
will be made during the progress of all items
intended for dedication to the city. Upon
completion of the "intended for dedicated
improvements", the developer shall apply to
the city council for final acceptance of the
plat and the dedications and easements for
construction. The city staff shall certify
in writing to the city council that all
public improvements have been completed in
accordance with the requirements of the city
of Wylie. This procedure will be followed
for an entire development unless phased
development has been indicated and approved
in the earlier steps in which case, this step
will be repeated for each phase.
5. Upon final acceptance of such plat and public
properties; and certification that all public
improvements meet the city's requirements may
the city council accept and sign the final
plat document.
6. Following the completion and acceptance of
the public works facilities and the filing of
the final plat, with Collin County, Texas,
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4.04
4.05
5.01
6.01
6.02
the issuance of building permits may begin.
Building permits may only be issued on a
completed development or within a completed
phase when phase development was originally
proposed, passed and approved.
FINAL PLAT
R. Payment of inspectional fees for inspecting
the public works construction during the
construction phase shall be due at the time
the city council passes the "approved for
construction" paragraph. Said fee is set by
the city of Wylie's current fee ordinance and
should be referred to for the amount and
method of calculation. In no case shall any
work begin on any development until said fee
is received by the city of Wylie.
FINAL WARRANTY INSPECTION PROCEDURE
Not later than thirty (30) days prior to the end
of a given warranty period for any publicly
dedicated facilities which have been required by
this ordinance to be installed within a
subdivision and subsequently dedicated and
accepted by the City of Wylie, the City of Wylie
shall inspect those facilities and call for any
necessary repairs prior to the termination of the
warranty period. The results of this inspection
shall be kept by the City as a written record for
a period not less than five (5) years. The
results of this inspection, any repairs noted and
the subsequent action of the developer or
contractor concerned shall be part of this record.
Copies of this documentation will be delivered to
the developer and/or contractor concerned. This
notification and inspection procedure shall extend
the warranty period until all specified repairs
and inspections are completed.
STREETS
A. (2ND) Private streets or drives are not
acceptable except in cases where such streets
or drives serve only one property owner. In
such cases, the property owner or developer
may elect to install a private street to his
own specifications without benefit of
dedication or acceptance by the city of
Wylie. In such cases, the city shall require
that a permanent public safety access
easement be granted on the final plat
document original mylars. In no case shall
this option be available if the proposed
"private drive" shall provide access for two
or more property owners.
STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS & CONSTRUCTION DETAILS
A. (2nd paragraph) The developer shall be
responsible for all costs associated with the
final construction, testing etc. connected
with the construction of any street, alley or
roadway. Compaction and density testing may
be verified by any recognized testing firm of
the developers choosing with a copy of the
results being transmitted to the city of
Wylie's code enforcement department.
STREET PAVING - CONCRETE
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6.03
6.04
6.06
D. MISC.
4. All sawed dummy joints, expansion joints
or any other break, crack or
interruption in the continuous paving
surface shall be sealed, prior to final
acceptance by the city of Wylie, with an
approved crack sealant material. Said
material shall be of a flexible
asphaltic rubberized substance. All
interruptions in the paving surface
shall be sealed competely to prevent the
entry of above surface water into the
base material area.
SIDEWALKS
(ADDITION TO FIRST PARAGRAPH) The available one
foot area between the property line and the rear
edge of the sidewalk shall be the location of the
required sewer cleanout. The area between the
front edge of the sidewalk and the curb shall be
the proper location for the water meter box.
STORM SEWERS
A. GENERAL
2. The subdivider shall pay all of the cost
associated with storm drainage system
improvements involved in the development of
his subdivision. Included in these costs
shall be any necessary off site improvements,
connection extensions, acquisition of
easements, testing and costs associated with
looping or carry through within or outside of
the development. Design and cost figures
should include any requirement, for extending
available service from one beginning point on
the property through and to a connecting
point for adjacent properties.
In certain cases, solely at the discretion of
the city of Wylie, the city may elect to
participate in a portion of the cost for
over-sizing. No such cost participation
shall be valid without written agreement
prior to construction.
WATER SYSTEM
A. In zoning districts SF-I, SF-2, 2F and MH,
the minimum size of a water main shall be six
inch (6") diameter. The distribution system
shall be gridironed with minimum size six (6)
inch diameter mains at intervals not to
exceed one thousand (1000) feet. Where
intervals between "cross connecting" mains
must exceed one thousand (1000) feet, where
dead-ends must exist, or where in the opinion
of the city they are needed, eight (8) inch
diameter or larger mains shall be installed.
The subdivider shall pay all of the cost
associated with water system improvements
involved in the development of his
subdivision. Included in these costs shall
be any necessary offsite improvements,
connection extensions, acquisition of
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easements, testing and costs associated with
looping or carry through within or outside of
the development. Design and cost figures
should include any requirement, for extending
available service from one beginning point on
the property through and to a connecting
point for adjacent properties.
In certain cases, solely at the discretion of
the city of Wylie, the city may elect to
participate in a portion of the cost for
over-sizing. No such cost participation
shall be valid without written agreement
prior to construction.
H. FIRE HYDRANTS
4. All fire hydrants shall be painted
white, using a minimum of two coats of
an approved epoxy paint followed by the
top being painted in accordance with the
color code below:
Water Fire
Main Hydrant
Size Color
(inches) Code
4 White
6 Red
8 Blue
10 Green
12 & 19r. Yellow
6.07 SANITARY SEWERS
The subdivider shall pay all of the cost
associated with sewer system improvements
involved in the development of his
subdivision. Included in these costs shall
be any necessary offsite improvements,
connection extensions, acquisition of
easements, testing and costs associated with
looping or carry through within or outside of
the development. Design and cost figures
should include any requirement, for extending
available service from one beginning point on
the property through and to a connecting
point for adjacent properties.
In certain cases, solely at the discretion of
the city of Wylie, the city may elect to
participate in a portion of the cost for
over-sizing. No such cost participation
shall be valid without written agreement
prior to construction.
A. MATERIALS
Sanitary sewer mains shall be constructed of
PVC sewer pipe which meets or exceeds
approved AWWA standards in diameters up to
16" and plastic polyurethane pipe of the
Spirolite type or equivalent in diameters of
16" and above shall be the city standards. In
certain cases, with prior approval, the city
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will consider the
bituminous coated
polyethylene lined
use of
ductile
iron pipe.
cement lined
iron pipe or
(Paragraph 3) omit "and vitrified clay pipe".
C.
PIPE JOINTS
omitted.
this
paragraph shall be
6.08 UTILITY SERVICES
C.
All taps for potable water connections
be made only with a brass double
tapping saddle. (renumber subsequent
paragraphs).
shall
strap
sub-
6.09
STREET LIGHTING
A. (3rd paragraph) One of the sheets provided by
the developer in the final platting process
shall indicate the location of proposed
street lights and the anticipated
illumination arcs that such street lights
shall provide.
7.03
Before commencing construction, the developer
shall pay a development inspection fee as
specified by the city of Wylie's fee ordinance.
No construction or development work may commence
until such fee has been paid in full for the
entire development or for the phase which is under
construction. This fee is paid to cover the cost
of inspections made during the construction of the
public works facilities which are anticipated to
be dedicated to the city of Wylie upon completion
and final acceptance. Such fee does not cover any
of the cost associated with the testing or
laboratory work which may be required of the
developer in order to establish that such
construction does meet city specifications.
PENALTY CLAUSE:
Any unauthorized person, firm, corporation or other
entity who is found guilty of violating the terms of
this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction of any such violation shall be
subject to a fine of not less than $1.00 nor more than
the Texas State laws allow.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This ordinance shall become effective upon it's
publication.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY
WYLIE, TEXAS, THIS THE /4 T~
.
COUNCI~ THE
DAY OF v~
CITY OF
1985.
ATTEST:
Mayor
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