§ 7-171.1. Surveys and setbacks.  


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  • (a)

    Before any gravel pit, as defined in this article, may commence operation, the person making the application for the gravel pit shall have a survey conducted by registered surveyors of the land which is proposed for the gravel pit. After the survey is complete, the person making the application for the gravel pit shall cause to be constructed, on the property on which the gravel pit is to be located, metal marker poles of at least six (6) feet in height above the surrounding ground at each corner of the gravel pit and at five hundred-foot intervals along the boundary line of the permitted acreage.

    (b)

    A minimum setback distance of three hundred (300) feet shall be required from the outer limit of the gravel pit acreage to any existing right-of-way for utility and street improvements. A minimum setback distance of one thousand (1,000) feet shall be required from the outer limit of the gravel pit acreage to any primary or secondary thoroughfare, as shown on the city's thoroughfare plan or as defined in chapter 14 of this Code, unless the thoroughfare is an existing interstate highway and meets the criteria of the Texas Quarry and Pit Safety Act.

(Ord. No. 4324, § 4, 2-16-88; Ord. No. 5809, § 7, 9-2-97)

Cross reference

Land development, platting, ch. 14; streets, alleys, sidewalks, easements and other public ways, ch. 23; utilities and services, ch. 26.