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RESOLUTION NO. R2009-16
A RESOLUTION APPROVING AND ADOPTING
UPDATES/AMENDMENTS TO THE "DESIGN CRITERIA MANUAL"
FOR THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS; APPROVING THE
STANDARDS CONTAINED THEREIN FOR THE DESIGN,
CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF PUBLIC
INFRASTRUCTURE AND RELATED FACILITIES AND
IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE CITY; AND REPEALING ALL
PRIOR DESIGN CRITERIA MANUALS AND REPEALING OTHER
RESOLUTIONS OR PARTS OF RESOLUTIONS INCONSISTENT ON
OR CONFLICT HEREWITH. (PARKING GROUP TABLE)
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WHEREAS, consistent with APPENDIX B "Subdivisions", Section V(b), of The City
Code of the City of Friendswood, the City of Friendswood Design Criteria Manual shall be
updated from time to time and adopted by Resolution; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined a need for updating the City of
Friendswood Design Criteria Manual to provide for the most current and comprehensive
standards covering the design, construction, and installation of public infrastructure and related
improvements within the City; and
WHEREAS, the changes approved hereto pertain to the Parking Group Table attached as
Appendix C to the Design Criteria Manual; and
WHEREAS, the City of Friendswood-Community Development Department "Design
Criteria Manual", which document is updated/amended and attached hereto, shall be approved
and adopted as the most recent Design Criteria Manual for the City of Friendswood; now
therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD,
TEXAS:
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Section 1. The facts and matters set forth in the preamble of this Resolution are
hereby found to be true and correct.
Section 2. That certain City of Friendswood-Community Development Department
"Design Criteria Manual", dated March 2009, a true and correct copy of which is attached hereto
as Exhibit A and for all things made a part hereof, is hereby adopted. The standards and related
documents contained and referred to therein shall control and are hereby established as minimum
design, construction, and installation standards for certain public infrastructure and related
improvements within the City of Friendswood, Texas, for City projects and subdivision and other
related development. In the event of conflict between any provision of the Design Criteria
Manual and any ordinance of the City, or between the Design Criteria Manual and any condition
of plat or development approval imposed by the City, the provisions of any such ordinance or
term or condition of approval shall control.
Section 3. The Director of Community Development shall maintain copies of such
Design Criteria Manual and related documents, which shall be made available, upon payment of
the reasonable costs of publication thereof, to any person requesting same. The Director is
further directed to periodically evaluate and review such standards and, when deemed necessary
and appropriate, recommend changes to City Council.
Section 4. All other resolutions adopting prior versions of the Design Criteria Manual
or any resolution inconsistent or in conflict herewith, are, to the extent of such inconsistency or
conflict, hereby repealed.
PASSED, APPROVED AND RESOLVED on this 6th day of April, 2009.
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David J. H. Smith
Mayor
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City Secretary
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CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
DESIGN CRITERIA MANUAL
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City Engineer
Approved By
Resolution No. R2009-16
April 6, 2009
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CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Design Criteria Manual
Table of Contents
SECTION
I. Graphic Requirements
II. Wastewater Collection System Design Requirements
III. Water Line Distribution System Design Requirements
IV. Street Paving Design Requirements
V. Storm Drainage Design Requirements
VI. Site Development Requirements
VII. Modification Procedures
APPENDICES
A. Attachments
B. Figures
C. Parking Group Table
D. Qualified Tree List
City of Friendswood Design Criteria Manual
Community Development Department GRAPHIC and Design REQUIREMENTS
SECTION I
GRAPHIC and Design REQUIREMENTS
1.0 GENERAL
Should any portion of this Section conflict with any provisions of the Subdivision Ordinance or
Zoning Ordinance,the latter two(2)will govern.
The Director of Community Development shall have the final interpretation of any provisions in
this manual.
The Director of Community Development has the right to issue administrative orders or design
criteria modifications for just cause related to any provisions or conditions in this manual.
1.01 CHAPTER INCLUDES:
Graphic and Design requirements for construction drawings.
1.02 REFERENCES
City of Friendswood Standard Details, latest version. These can be purchased from Community
Development or downloaded from www.ci.friendswood.tx.us
1.03 DEFINITIONS
A. CADD (Computer Aided Drafting Design) - the preparation of documents utilizing
computer facilities for the production of drawings, plans, prints and other related
documents.
B. HCFCD—Harris County Flood Control District
C. GCCDD—Galveston County Consolidated Drainage District
1.04 DESIGN REQUIREMENTS
A. Provide a cover sheet for all projects involving three or more design drawings (excluding
standard detail sheets). Plan sheet numbers shall be shown on the cover sheet or area key
map. Include a vicinity map to identify project locations. Also provide approval block for
the Director of Public Works and the Director of Community Development with a note
stating that approval is valid for 1 year only from date of signatures.
B. Preliminary drawings shall be prepared on nominal 24 inch x 36 inch or 22 inch x 34 inch
overall paper stock.
C. Final drawings shall be on mylar or produced by CADD on mylar. The engineer shall also
submit, at the time of plan approval, an electronic version of the CADD drawings on
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