1984-030NO 111-5Q
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING APPENDIX A TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, KNOWN AND CITED AS THE DENTON
DEVELOPMENT CODE, BY AMENDING ARTICLE II, CHAPTER II, ARTICLE
2 03 RELATING TO COMPLETION OF FILING PROCESS FOR FINAL PLATS,
AMENDING ARTICLE III, CHAPTER III, ARTICLE 3 06, PARAGRAPH B,
SUBPARAGRAPH (2)(c) RELATING TO REFERENCES ON LOT OF RECORD MAP,
AMENDING ARTICLE III, CHAPTER IV, ARTICLE 4 03, PARAGRAPH (C)
RELATING TO METHOD OF OBTAINING MARKET PRICES FOR CITY
PARTICIPATION IN STREET COSTS, AMENDING ARTICLE III, CHAPTER IV,
ARTICLE 4 15, PARAGRAPH (B), SUBPARAGRAPHS (3) AND (4) RELATING
TO PERMISSIBLE WATER SPREAD LIMITS AND STREET CROSS FLOW FOR
RESIDENTIAL AND COLLECTOR STREETS, AMENDING ARTICLE III,
PARAGRAPH IV, ARTICLE 4 15 BY ADDING A NEW PARAGRAPH (G) THERETO
RELATING TO STANDARDS FOR END SECTIONS TO DRIVEWAY CULVERTS, AND
DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I
That Appendix A, Article II, Chapter II, Article 2 03 of the
Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton, Texas, heretofore
effective, is hereby amended to hereafter read as follows
"Art 2 03 Filing of plat
After approval of the final plat by the planning and
zoning commission as outlined in Article III, Chapter
III, the developer or his engineer shall submit to the
planning and community development department the
required number of copies for filing with the county
clerk These copies shall bear all signatures but
those of the city officials After signature by these
city officials, the City Engineer must complete the
filing process and return the required number of filed
copies to the planning and community development
department Said copies shall show the volume and page
of the map and plat records into which the plat was
filed by the county clerk "
SECTION II
That Appendix A, Article III, Chapter III, Article 3 06,
Paragraph (B), Subparagraph (2)(c) of the Code of Ordinances of
the City of Denton, Texas, heretofore effective, is hereby
amended to hereafter read as follows
"(2)(c) Primary control points or descriptions and ties
to such control points to which dimensions, angles,
hearings and similar data shall be referred At least
one corner shall be tied by course and distance to a
corner in a recorded subdivision or to a right-of-way
pin at an intersection A note describing the corner
marker should be included "
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SECTION III
That Appendix A, Article III, Chapter IV, Article 4 03,
Paragraph (C) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton,
Texas, heretofore effective, is hereby amended to hereafter read
as follows
"(C) Street Costs and City Participation The owner
shall be responsible and pay all costs for the design
and construction of all streets within his development
except streets over thirty-four (34) feet or over five
(5) inches in depth as required by the City below The
developer shall build these streets in accordance with
city standards The city will participate in the paving
costs (subject to funds available and approval of city
council) only on street-paving costs above a thirty-four
foot pavement section or over five inches in depth on
streets required by the city, above and beyond the
traffic needs of the proposed development
For paving projects involving city participation, the
project price shall be determined by the lowest and
best bid received by the city at six month intervals
which is representative of market value on a project
involving city participation Should the developer
elect to publicly bid the project and receive a lower
and better bid, then such bid shall determine the
project price In the event that the bid utilized by
the City from a project during the preceding six months
is not representative of market value on the particular
project being proposed and the developer has not
received a bid representative of such market value,
then bids from other comparable projects may be
utilized until an acceptable roject price based upon
fair market value is achieved 'P
SECTION IV
That Appendix A, Article III, Paragraph IV, Article 4 15 of
the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton, Texas, is hereby
amended by adding a new Paragraph (G) thereto, which shall
hereafter read as follows
(G) Driveway Culverts
(1) The following specifications are required for
the construction and installation of driveway
culverts
(a) All pipe shall be properly sized and in
accordance with permits obtained through
the City Building Inspection Division,
(b) All pipe shall be approved classes of
reinforced concrete pipe (R C P ) or
corrugated metal pipe (C M P )
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(c) All pipe shall be pointed together properly
(Ram-Nek or Talco for R C P and approved
metal bands for C M P and
(d) All pipe shall be inspected during installa-
tion by the Public Works Department
(2) The safety standards for ends to driveway
culverts adopted by the Texas Highway Depart-
ment and on file in the Office of the City
Engineer, are hereby adopted by reference to
the following extent
(a) Culverts of twenty-one (21) inches in size
or larger shall have 6 1 safety end
sections The ground around the upstream
end section shall be graded to match the
6 1 slope, the ground around the downstream
end section shall be graded to a 4 1 slope
(b) Culverts less than twenty-one (21) inches
in size shall have Type B end sections
(Texas Highway Department Drawing CH-11) "
SECTION V
That this ordinance shall be effective immediately after its
date of passage and approval
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PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council on the day of
1984
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ATTEST
l CHARLOTTE 'ALN, U I'Y 3ELAE'IARY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
C J TAYLOR, JR , CITY ATTORNEY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
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BY
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