General Plat Submittal Requirements (single family lots)

General Submittal Requirements

• Filing date
• Subdivision Title/Name
• Filing Fee
• Plat Application with signature by owner or authorized agent
• Current Original Tax Certificate issued by Travis County indicating that all taxes have been paid (tax receipts are not acceptable)
• Certified Copy of Owners Deed (or contract to purchase for a preliminary plat)
• Draft of separate restrictive covenants required by ordinance or those desired by applicant to be referenced on plat 
• Variance requests and justifications, if known

Items Required To Be Shown On Plat

• Name of owners and mailing address
• Subdivision plat with original signature by record owner, notarized as indicated
• A signature block with date for: Chair, Planning and Zoning Commission
• A signature block with date for: Mayor, City of Rollingwood attesting approval of plat
• Sketch showing location of subdivision in relation to major streets and roadways, and containing a north arrow
• North Point Scale 1" - 100'
• Lot and block numbers
• Show 2-ft contours
• Statement indicating that property is located in City of Rollingwood:  Example statement: This subdivision is located within the full purpose city limits of the City of Rollingwood, Texas on the ___ day or _____, 20____, A.D
• Certification Block required by Travis County Clerks Office
• Restriction prohibiting occupancy of any lot until the individual on-site disposal system is approved.  All external lines providing service to the proposed subdivision are required to be in place before taps are sold
• Restriction prohibiting occupancy of any lot until connection is made to public water/wastewater system or other water system approved by the City of Rollingwood
• Certification bearing the name, original signature, seal, address, and signature date of public surveyor or professional engineer registered in the State of Texas attesting that the survey-related items on the plat are correct
• Certification bearing original signature, seal and signature date of engineer responsible for floodplain and other engineering items; also references to the Federal Insurance rate map, panel number and date of the study must be shown
• Statement by the record owner dedicating all streets, alleys, easements, parks, and other open spaces to public use.  For privately held streets a statement indicating that provisions for perpetual maintenance and taxation will be provided
• Names, locations, sizes, of existing and proposed streets, alleys, and easements bordering or traversing the subdivision
• Names, locations, and sizes of boundary streets
• Names, addresses, and property lines of adjoining owners (with deed references and adjoining subdivisions with lot and block number and plat reference for finals only)
• Acreage or square footage of overall subdivision, plus acreage and square footage of individual commercial lots
• Accurate limits of the 100-year flood plains for all creeks and major drainage channels based on existing channel conditions and assuming fully developed watershed conditions
• Building setback lines
• Minimum floor slab elevations for all lots adjacent to a waterway
• Survey tie across all exiting streets bordering or traversing the subdivision to verify right-of-way width (or provide a copy of the street deed id street is dedicated by a separate instrument
• Centerline radii, radii at all intersection corners, and tangents between proposed reverse curves for all proposed streets
• Location of all permanent concrete monuments and primary control points to which all dimensions, bearings, and similar data shall be referred, show in feet and hundredths of a foot
• Data to readily determine and reproduce on the ground the location, bearing, and length of every street line, lot line, boundary line, block line, and building line whether curved or straight, including true north point radius, central angle and tangent distance for property lines of curved streets and curved property lines that are not boundaries of curved streets with closure circulation. Such data shall be established by a survey made on the ground by a registered surveyor.
• Restrictive covenants imposed on the land if required, or desired by the applicant, with record reference.

PRELIMINARY PLAT REQUIREMENT

•  A new street or an extension of the street is not necessary to provide adequate traffic circulation
• The developer has dedicated additional right of way necessary to provide adequate street width for an exiting street abutting a lot
• Drainage facilities are not necessary to prevent flooding or, if necessary, the developer has arrange for the construction of drainage facilities sufficient to prevent flooding