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STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
This division establishes the general rules and regulations governing plats, the subdivision
of land, and the procedures for the extension of the city's streets, major thoroughfares
and public utilities. It shall apply to all property within the City of San Antonio
and its area of extraterritorial jurisdiction. The Home Rule Enabling Act, Article
I, Section 3, and the City Charter are authority for the city to regulate the filing
of subdivision plats within the city. The city is specifically granted the authority
under the provision of V.T.C.A. Local Government Code Chs. 42, 43, and 212, to establish
by ordinance rules and regulations governing plats and subdivisions of land within
its corporate limits and area of extraterritorial jurisdiction, in order to promote
the public health, safety and general welfare, and, in particular, to promote the
safe, orderly, and healthful development of the city. In accordance with the City
Charter and V.T.C.A. Local Government Code Ch. 212, the city council hereby finds
and determines that the procedures and standards of this chapter will ensure that
all plans or plats conform to the:
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General plan of the city, its streets, major thoroughfares, and public utility facilities,
including those which have been or may be laid out; and
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General plan for the extension of the city, its streets, major thoroughfares, water
and sewer mains and other instrumentalities of public utilities within the city and
its area of extraterritorial jurisdiction.
For purposes of this division, the "general plan" means and refers to the master plan.
The city council hereby finds and determines that the provisions of this chapter are
consistent with the general plan.
The city council finds that in order to promote the public health, safety, and general
welfare it is necessary to adopt this chapter:
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To establish general rules and regulations to govern plats and subdivisions of land
within the corporate limits, and
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To extend the general rules and regulations to govern plats and subdivisions of land
to the area of extraterritorial jurisdiction, and
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To establish procedures for implementing the major thoroughfare plan for existing
and planned extension of the city's major thoroughfares and streets within the corporate
limits of the city and the area of its extraterritorial jurisdiction, and
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To establish plans and specifications governing extension of water and sewer mains
and other instrumentalities of public utilities within the city and its area of extraterritorial
jurisdiction.
The city council finds that this chapter, through its establishment of a general regulatory
system for development and the subdivision of land will provide for the safe, orderly
and healthful development of the city.
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