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30 days of receipt. Administratively complete applications will be forwarded for additional review by the engineering director. The planning director and engineering director must complete the review of an application within 60 days after determining that it is administratively complete. (c) Denial of development plat applications. The planning director may deny an application in any of the following circumstances: (1) The application is deficient and the applicant fails to complete the application within the time provided by the planning director. Grounds for a deficient application include, but are not limited to, failure to provide any required information and failure to pay all applicable application fees. (2) The development plat does not comply with the standards contained in division 3 of this article. (3) Approval for the activity is required under the TNRCC Edwards Aquifer rules and has been denied by the TNRCC. The planning director will give written notice to the applicant of the denial of an application. The notice will contain a statement of the reasons for the denial. (d) Additional conditions. As a condition of approval, the planning director or the commission may impose additional conditions to protect the Aquifer from pollution, based on the recommendations of the engineering director, a qualified geologist, or a Texas licensed professional engineer. (e) Deed statement; subdivision plat notations. (1) The holder of an approved development plat must record in the deed records of the county in which the property is located a statement that the property is subject to a development plat approved under this article within 30 days of receiving written approval of the plat. The statement must include a description of the property boundaries. Within 45 days of receiving written approval of a development plat, the holder must submit to the planning director proof of recordation of the statement, with the volume and page number. No construction shall be started on the site until the holder returns the proof of the recordation statement. The construction of a public street or highway and the extension of public utility lines are exempt from this requirement. (2) The final plat of a subdivision for which subdivision construction plans have been reviewed and approved under this article must include: (A) a note that the property is subject to construction plans approved under this article; (B) a note or table indicating the allocation of the allowed impervious cover for the subdivision among the lots in the subdivision, if the subdivision has more than one lot; (C) conservation easements dedicated to the public, fQr all areas of critical water quality zones and sensitive feature protection zones on the property that are not within dedicated right-of-way, utility easements or parkland; and (D) a note that development activities in conservation easements are restricted and are subject to approval by the city. (f) Term of approval. (1) The approval of a development plat will expire six months after the date of initial issuance, unless prior to the expiration date, substantial construction related to the approved plat has commenced. For purposes of this subsection, substantial construction means that ten percent or more of the total construction value associated with the development plat has been completed. If a written request for an extension is filed under the provisions of this subsection, 10