13 - Request for 30 day extension of JC Miles Subdivision Plat

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Item No. 13 f TO: Mayor & City Council Grayson Path, City Manager FROM: Andrew Mack, City Planner SUBJECT: J.C. Miles Subdivision Preliminary Plat DATE: April 12, 2021 BACKGROUND: Developer Russ Davis on behalf of Linda and Johnny Miles were approved for a zoning change to a Two -Family Dwelling District in March 2021. The proposed development is for single-family and two-family homes. Denney Land Surveying, LLC submitted a Preliminary Plat for the J.C. Miles Subdivision. STATUS OF ISSUE: The preliminary plat submitted did not meet the City of Paris Code of Ordinances. City staff requested a number of revisions to the surveyor. The developer has requested a 30 -day extension in order to work with the surveyor for those revisions. Mr. Davis would like to resubmit the plat for the May 3, 2021 Planning & Zoning meeting. The Texas Local Government Code states the following: Sec. 212.009. APPROVAL PROCEDURE: INITIAL APPROVAL. (b) If an ordinance requires that a plan or plat be approved by the governing body of the municipality in addition to the planning commission, the governing body shall approve, approve with conditions, or disapprove the plan or plat within 30 days after the date the plan or plat is approved by the planning commission or is approved by the inaction of the commission. A plan or plat is approved by the governing body unless it is disapproved within that period and in accordance with Section 212.0091. (b-2) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) or (b), the parties may extend the 30 -day period described by those subsections for a period not to exceed 30 days if. (1) the applicant requests the extension in writing to the municipal authority responsible for approving plats or the governing body of the municipality, as applicable, and (2) the municipal authority or governing body, as applicable, approves the extension request.