Street dedication plat submittal requirements.
Houston Code of Ordinances § 42-51
in effectSec. 42-51. - Street dedication plat submittal requirements.
An application for the approval of a street dedication plat shall be filed with the department, and shall:
(1) Be made on an application form provided by the department;
(2) Provide all required materials, in the quantity and manner prescribed by the director, on paper, on a computer disc or on electronic media;
(3) Be accompanied by an affidavit of the owner, or the owner's authorized agent with duty to inquire, identifying all encumbrances on the property inside the street dedication plat boundary;
(4) State the proposed name of the street dedication plat, which shall not be a duplicate of any subdivision or development of record within the city or its extraterritorial jurisdiction;
(5) Provide the legal description of the property proposed to be dedicated, including the name of the county, survey and abstract number and a reference to the nearest corner or street right-of-way intersection in the general area;
(6) State the total acreage within the street dedication plat;
(7) Identify the owner of the property. If the owner of the property is not a natural person, state the name of the entity along with the name of the individual authorized to execute the street dedication plat on behalf of the entity;
(8) Identify the person or firm who prepared the street dedication plat;
(9) Indicate the date on which the plat was drawn;
(10) Provide a north arrow;
(11) Orient the layout of the street dedication plat with north to the top of the drawing;
(12) Provide a numeric and graphic scale, which shall be a minimum of 1" = 100' and no greater than 1" = 20';
(13) Orient the street dedication plat within the larger area by providing a vicinity map;
(14) Draw plat boundaries with heavy lines;
(15) Provide survey dimensions and bearings for the boundaries of the street dedication plat, with lines outside the street dedication plat boundaries, if any, drawn as dashed lines; and
(16) Be accompanied by the applicable filing fee.
(Ord. No. 2013-343, § 3(Exh. A), 4-24-2013)
Source: City of Houston, Code of Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/houston/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH42SUDEPL_ARTIIREPR_DIV2APRE_S42-51STDEPLSUREFetched: 10/26/2026