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<br />~ <br />" <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />IE: <br /> <br />23 <br /> <br />~1SanA1arros <br /> <br />OFFICE MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />C. J. Webster, City Manager <br /> <br />Ron Carroll, City Planner <br /> <br />Land Use Management <br /> <br />July 17, 1978 <br /> <br />RE: <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />CSM-l DO <br /> <br />As was previously brought to your attention in a memorandum <br />dated May 18, 1978 (copy included), the City's land use manage- <br />ment ordinances and the minimum standards established therein are <br />being circumvented by the procedures used to sell and convey <br />property within the corporate city limits. <br /> <br />This occurs due to the accepted business practice within the <br />city and county of subdividing property by metes and bounds <br />description and deed without first presenting an official plat to <br />the City's Planning and Zoning Commission for approval as is <br />required by both texas State Civil Statutes and the Subdivision <br />Ordinance of the City. (Please refer to State Statute enclosed.) <br /> <br />A number of examples can be pointed to within the city. <br />Several of these exist in the Wallace Addition and probably <br />demonstrate best the difficulty caused by this practice. If you <br />will refer to the plat of ' the Wallace Addition that is included, <br />you will notice that to a large degree the lots in this addition <br />as originally platted conform to minimum City standards for lot <br />size. Since the recordation of the original plat, however, a <br />number of land ownership exchanges have occurred which have not <br />followed the original lot lines. The net result of these actions <br />has been to reduce the size of the original lot and in its place <br />establish two or more lots both of which fail to meet City <br />standards. <br /> <br />It is clear that if a plat of these lots had been presented <br />to the City for review they would have not been accepted and, <br />therefore, would have not been recorded as legal lots. But <br />because of the methods used to convey land as described above, <br />the City was denied their opportunity for review and consequently <br />substandard lots are created. <br /> <br />I have several concerns related to this practice. First, it <br />seems to this office that all the effort expended by City staff <br />in attempting to require that all property is subdivided to meet <br />