Ordinance No. 1,352ORDINANCE NO. 1352
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, BY THE AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 27, "SUBDIVISIONS ", BY THE ADDITION
OF A NEW SECTION 27 -23, LOT CONSOLIDATION AND LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT, RE-
PEALING ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE;
AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
Section 1: That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Baytown, Texas, is
hereby amended by adding to Chapter 27, "Subdivisions ", a new Section 27 -23, Lot
Consolidation and Lot Line Adjustment, which shall read as follows, to -wit:
Section 27 -23. Lot Consolidation and Lot Line Adjustment.
(a) Lot consolidation may be accomplished without replatting, providing
the procedure of lot line adjustment is followed.
(b) Lot line adjustment regulations.
(1) Lot line adjustments may be made without replatting when
approved by the Planning Commission, on recommendation of the
Planning Director.
(2) No more than three (3) lots shall be affected by the proposed
lot line adjustments.
(3) No such adjustment shall alter any public right -of -way or public
easement and no such adjustment shall create any lot smaller than the
smallest lot within the recorded subdivision involved.
(4) Lot line adjustments shall also be subject to the following:
(i) Concurrence of all owners of property affected by the lot
line adjustment.
(ii) The proposed adjusted lot line shall be a single, straight
Tine or be parallel to the existing lot line.
(iii) The lot line adjustment will be a maximum of ten (10) feet
average relocation of the existing lot line.
(iv) The lot line adjustment shall not be inconsistent with any
provision of recorded subdivision restrictions or covenants.
(c) Lot line adjustment procedure.
(1) The following shall be submitted to the Planning Director five (5)
days prior to the Planning Commission meeting at which action is sought:
M Completed application for Lot Line Adjustment form available
at the Planning Office, accompanied by filing fee of twenty dollars
($20.00).
(ii) Copies of deeds and restrictive covenants to all lots involved.
(iii) Action of the Planning Commission shall be final and no pro-
posal regarding the same lots shall be considered for a period of
six (6) months.
Section 2: Repealing Clause: All ordinances or parts of ordinances
inconsistent with the terms of this ordinance are hereby repealed; provided,
however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such inconsistency
and in all other respects this ordinance shall be cumulative of other ordi-
nances regulating and governing the subject matter covered by this ordinance.
Section 3: Savings Clause: If any provision, section, exception,
subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance or the
application of same to any person or set of circumstances, shall for any reason
be held unconstitutional, void or invalid, such invalidity shall not affect
the validity of the remaining provisions of this ordinance or their application
to other persons or sets of circumstances and to this end all provisions of
this ordinance are declared to be severable.
Section 4: Effective Date: This ordinance shall take effect from
and after its passage by the City Council of the City of Baytown.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council
of the City of Baytown, this the 25th day of January , 1973.
ATTEST:
EDNA OLIVER, City Clerk
APPROVED:
EEL RI HAR SON, City Attorney
C. GLEN WALKER, Mayor
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