Working on a replat of an existing subdivision to the city of Amarillo. In my plat title I indicated that this was a subdivision to the City of Amarillo (I would prefer subdivision of the COA) using the same wording as was on the original plat so I didn't disturb the waters. Plat checker want me to change it to an addition to the COA. My thoughts are an addition indicates that this is the first time the property is being subdivided and platted from acreage into a lot and block format, whereas a subdivision of (or to) indicates that the property has been subdivided before. Don't know if it really matters to be honest, just curious about your guys thoughts.
Cy
done and gone addition to the city of _______, a replat of lots 9, 10 and 11 of block 3 of coming to stay addition to the city of ___________.
jud
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For what it's worth, here is how I view the situation. An addition to a city is a parcel of land that is being subdivided as shown on the preliminary plat or not subdivided at all such that the entire parcel will be annexed into the city under a specific addition name. On the other hand, a subdivision is a subdivision of a parcel already inside the city limits. Of course, a subdivision of a parcel outside of the city limits is a subdivision until the entire parcel is transferred by any of various means such that it now forms an addition to the city. In that case, it is an addition, but, it will probably still carry the original subdivision title unless a change is dictated by the annexing city.
Clear as mud.
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That was my thoughts. Not sure I articulated that cleary though.
Cy
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You are reconfiguring a part or whole of an existing subdivision and it is a totally different Subdivision because of that and located within the bounds of a preexisting one described as a whole or the parts usually by a lot and block description, " no longer use Blocks here, just lots". That is why I suggested the above and how it would be done here.
jud
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This is one of those fun things that lawyers love to pick at just to have more billable time.
Say once upon a time there was a subdivision of a section such as: The south 400 feet of the west half of the west half of the north half of the south half of the northwest quarter of Section 17, etc. Then the owner splits it into four 100-wide tracts and calls it Hank's Subdivision of (all the garbage above). Later, Hank's Subdivision is annexed into Happyville as Hank's Addition to the Town of Happyville, being a subdivision of (all the garbage above). Then, someone buys one of the four tracts and decides to re-plat it as three smaller tracts. That becomes Smither's Replat of Tract Two of Hank's Addition to the Town (now City) of Happyville, being a subdivision of (all the garbage above).
Then some joker comes along and buys the remainder of what was originally Hank's Subdivision and a portion of an adjoining unnamed parcel or subdivision or addition that may or many not have been annexed already into the City of Happyville and wants to name his plat and partial re-plat Heavenly Estates, a....................Happyville.
Lord have mercy on the common folks.
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The local custom around Dallas/Ft. Worth is to say "an addition to the City of....", whether it's an original subdivision or a replat. In fact, I don't know that I've ever seen it described as "a subdivision to".
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It has been my experience in my practice in various parts of Texas that a subdivision is performed in the county and a city is additioned to. In both cases you are preparing a subdivision plat, but I think I would agree with the plan checker on that one.
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It should only be an addition if it is being freshly annexed, going from non-municipal status to municipal status. Once it is inside the city limits, further platting would be a subdivision of whatever was brought in as an addition.
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They are still typically called additions, but it then becomes a replat of so and so addition to the city of blank. Again, your local mileage may vary, just what I have noticed in my state.
