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Subpart B - LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE <br />Chapter 1 - DEVELOPMENT PROCEDURES <br />ARTICLE 6: - PLATTING PROCEDURES <br />DIVISION 8: - REVISIONS TO RECORDED PLATS <br />(d) Contents. An application for approval of an amending plat shall be prepared in accordance with Chapter 1 of the <br />Technical Manual. <br />(e) Decision. The PlanrOig DIDirector shall either approve, approve with conditions, or deny the application for an <br />amending plat. <br />(f) Criteria for Approval. The II 2I Rr;iRiq II Qirector shall decide whether to approve, conditionally approve or deny the <br />amending plat application based upon the following criteria: <br />(1) The amending plat makes only those changes to the recorded plat that are allowed under subsection (b); <br />(2) If a correction in courses and distances of lot lines between two adjacent lots is proposed: <br />a. Both lot owners join in the application for amending the plat; <br />b. Neither lot is abolished; <br />c. The amendment does not attempt to remove or modify recorded covenants or restrictions or easements; <br />and <br />d. The amendment does not have a material adverse effect on the property rights of the owners in the plat. <br />(3) If relocation of one or more lot lines between one or more adjacent lots is proposed: <br />a. The owners of all those lots join in the application for amending the plat; <br />b. The amendment does not attempt to remove or modify recorded covenants or restrictions or easements; <br />and <br />c. The amendment does not increase the number of lots. <br />(4) If six or fewer lots are proposed to be added to a subdivision: <br />a. The changes do not affect compliance with applicable zoning and other regulations of the City; <br />b. The amendment does not attempt to remove or modify recorded covenants or restrictions or easements; <br />and <br />c. The area covered by the changes is located in an area that the City Council has approved, after a public <br />hearing, as a residential improvement area. <br />(5) If lots fronting on an existing street are to be replatted: <br />a. the owners of all those lots join in the application; <br />b. the amendment does not attempt to remove recorded covenants or restrictions; <br />c. the amendment does not increase the number of lots; and <br />d. the amendment does not create or require the creation of a new street or make necessary the extension of <br />municipal facilities. <br />(g) Expiration. Approval of an amending plat shall expire if the plat is not submitted for recordation within the time period <br />specified for recordation of a Final Subdivision Plat. <br />(h) Simple Amendment to Plat Agreement. <br />(1) Purpose. The purpose of an agreement for simple amendment to plat shall be to provide an expeditious means <br />of developing over a middle lot line between two adjacent lots under the same ownership. <br />(2) Applicability. The procedures for an agreement for simple amendment to plat shall apply only for the purpose of <br />constructing a single structure or building over a single lot line between two contiguous legally conforming lots. <br />San Marcos, Texas, Code of Ordinances Page 101 <br />