Texas Local Government Code

§ 212.0146 — REPLATTING WITHOUT VACATING PRECEDING PLAT: CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES

LG § 212.0146Title 7. REGULATION OF LAND USE, STRUCTURES, BUSINESSES, AND RELATED ACTIVITIES · Part A. MUNICIPAL REGULATORY AUTHORITY · Ch. 212. MUNICIPAL REGULATION OF SUBDIVISIONS AND PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT · Art. A. REGULATION OF SUBDIVISIONS

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(a)This section applies only to a replat of a subdivision or a part of a subdivision located in a municipality or the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality with a population of 1.4 million or more.

(b)A replat of a subdivision or part of a subdivision may be recorded and is controlling over the preceding plat without vacation of that plat if:

(1)the replat is signed and acknowledged by each owner and only the owners of the property being replatted;

(2)the municipal authority responsible for approving plats holds a public hearing on the matter at which parties in interest and citizens have an opportunity to be heard;

(3)the replat does not amend, remove, or violate, or have the effect of amending, removing, or violating, any covenants or restrictions that are contained or referenced in a dedicatory instrument recorded in the real property records separately from the preceding plat or replat;

(4)the replat does not attempt to amend, remove, or violate, or have the effect of amending, removing, or violating, any existing public utility easements without the consent of the affected utility companies; and

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Legislative history

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 60 (H.B. 1553), Sec. 1, eff. May 18, 2013. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 644 (H.B. 4559), Sec. 140, eff. September 1, 2023.