Res 2014-135/Interlocal with Caldwell County for Subdivision Regulations

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• County Commissioner - The elected Commissioner of a precinct in Caldwell County in which a subdivision or development is located, or the County Commissioner's designated agent. • County Engineer – The Professional Engineer (PE) appointed by the Commissioners Court to that position or the County's designated agent or engineer employed by the county. • County Representative — The designated agent or employee of the County appointed to review, inspect, administer or implement provisions of this and / or other County ordinances. • County Review Coordinator – The designated agent or employee of the County appointed to perform administrative reviews and receive submittals under this ordinance. • County Road — Any public road or street in which the County has a public interest and has been maintained by the County and is not within the incorporated limits of a city and is not a state highway. • Designated 100 -year Floodplain — Any area adjacent to a stream or water course which, on the average, has a one percent (1 %) chance of being inundated by flood waters in any given year; also referred to as the floodplain or Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA). • Developer – Any owner, or authorized agent thereof, engaging in subdivision of property, except as specifically exempted under this ordinance. Also referred to as Subdivider or Applicant. • Development— Subdivision of real property, construction of roads and drainge improvements within a subdivision, commercial site construction or construction to alter an existing regulated floodplain. • Development Agreement – A legally binding agreement entered into by a private party or entity and the County which delineates the conditions for a particular development wherein various concessions to the technical requirements of Development Ordinance may be made in exchange for a mutually agreeable alternate standard which meets the intent of the Ordinance and is in the best interest of both parties. • Driveway — An access facility from a street or road for the use by the owners or others. • Engineer — A person who is licensed by the State of Texas as a professional engineer to practice engineering; also referred to as a Professional Engineer (PE). • Excavating — The mechanical removal of earth material. • Exempted Subdivision — Those subdivisions of land that are exempted from platting requirements as provided in Section 232.0015 of the Texas Local Government Code. • Extra - Territorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) — Land located outside of a City's incoporated limits over which the City has jurisdiction under Chapter 42 of the Texas Local Government Code. • Fill — Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or similarly approved material is deposited, placed, pushed, pulled or transported to a place other than the place from which it is excavated and the materials so placed. • Final Plat — A map or drawing of a proposed subdivision prepared in a manner suitable for recording in the County records and prepared in conformance with any conditions of preliminary approval previously granted by the Commissioners Court.