CONVEYANCE AND ACCEPTANCE OF PROPERTY BY DEED.

Austin City Code tit. 14, ch. 14-1, art. 3

in effect

Austin City Code § 14-1-21 DEED REQUIRED UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.

§ 14-1-21 - DEED REQUIRED UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. (A) A person may convey an easement or right-of-way to the City by deed if a subdivision or re-subdivision of the underlying property is not required. (B) A person must convey fee simple title to property to the City by deed. Source: 1992 Code Section 15-7-15; Ord. 031204-12; Ord. 031211-11.

Austin City Code § 14-1-22 PROCEDURE FOR CONVEYANCE OF EASEMENT OR RIGHT-OF-WAY BY DEED.

§ 14-1-22 - PROCEDURE FOR CONVEYANCE OF EASEMENT OR RIGHT-OF-WAY BY DEED. (A) A person offering an easement or right-of-way dedication by deed to the City must submit the following documents to the director: (1) a letter including: (a) the reason for the proposed easement; (b) the name, address, and telephone number of the person offering the dedication; (c) the type of easement or right-of-way offered; (d) the location of the easement or right-of-way; and (e) if applicable, a City file number, including a subdivision, zoning case, or development permit number; and (2) the original and one copy of: (a) an executed deed or other dedication document on a form acceptable to the director; (b) the original field notes, signed, dated, and sealed by a surveyor; and (c) a sketch of the property offered for dedication in a form that is reproducible. (B) The director shall send a copy of the offer documents to: (1) each affected City department for a recommendation on acceptance; and (2) the director of the Public Works Department to confirm the accuracy of the offer documents. (C) If the affected City departments recommend acceptance and the director of the Public Works Department approves the offer documents, the director of the Watershed Protection and Development Review shall: (1) obtain additional approvals necessary to accept the dedication, if any; and (2) deliver the original offer documents to the director of the Public Works Department to verify and record the deed. Source: 1992 Code Section 15-7-16(A); Ord. 031204-12; Ord. 031211-11.

Austin City Code § 14-1-23 PROCEDURE FOR CONVEYANCE OF FEE TITLE BY DEED.

§ 14-1-23 - PROCEDURE FOR CONVEYANCE OF FEE TITLE BY DEED. (A) A person who intends to convey a fee title interest in property to the City by deed shall file an offer with the director of the Public Works Department on the form approved by the director of the Public Works Department. (B) The director shall send a copy of an offer received under this section to each affected City department. If the directors of the affected departments recommend that the offer be accepted, the director of the Public Works Department shall contact the offeror to coordinate preparation of a deed and property description. (C) The director of the Public Works Department shall present an offer that includes a specific use restriction or is likely to cause the City to incur unusual operating or maintenance costs to the advisory board the director determines has jurisdiction over the specified use for a recommendation. If the director cannot identify an advisory board with appropriate jurisdiction, the director shall present the offer to the Planning Commission for a recommendation. The director shall present the offer and the recommendation of the appropriate advisory board or the Planning Commission to the Council for action. Source: 1992 Code Sections 15-7-16(B)(1), (2), and (4); Ord. 031204-12; Ord. 031211-11.

Austin City Code § 14-1-24 APPROVAL AND ACCEPTANCE.

§ 14-1-24 - APPROVAL AND ACCEPTANCE. (A) The director of the Public Works Department may accept fee title dedications on behalf of the City if the conveyance does not contain a building, subsurface condition, or improvement that is likely to cause the City to incur unusual operating or maintenance costs. (B) The director of the Public Works Department may accept property conveyed by deed that includes a restriction for park or street use. (C) The director of the Public Works Department may refuse to accept property subject to a tax lien for late-paid taxes. The director may not accept or recommend acceptance of property subject to tax liens that exceed 50 percent of the property's fair market value. (D) Council approval and acceptance, or rejection is required for a conveyance of property by deed that includes a reversionary clause, a condition or restriction in addition to a dedication for public use, or is subject to the review and recommendation procedure established in Subsection 14-1-23(D) (Procedure for Conveyance of Fee Title by Deed). The council shall take action under this subsection by resolution. (E) The council approval and acceptance is required for a conveyance that includes a requirement to name the property or facility. Property or a facility accepted under this section must be named in accordance with Article 4 (Approval of a Name for a Public Facility or Property). Source: 1992 Code Sections 15-7-16(B)(3) and 15-7-17; Ord. 031204-12; Ord. 031211-11.

Source: City of Austin, City Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/austin/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT14USSTPUPR_CH14-1DENAPUFAPR_ART3COACPRDEFetched: 10/27/2026