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Exception to Subdivision Platting for Marshall E. Dickens (Precinct 4)
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1) The Court finds that:
a.) Marshall E. Dickens has requested approval for an exception from subdivision platting regulations for a small subdivision, by application attached; and
b.) The property to be divided is a 154.52 acre tract situated in the S.F. Austin 114 League, Abstract No. 26, Brazoria County, Texas, being the same called 154.522 acre tract conveyed to Elizabeth Cole as described in File No. 1993-006415 of the Official Records of Brazoria County, Texas and conveyed to Marshall E. Dickens in County Clerk’s File No. 2025-044721; and
c.) The 154.52 acre tract is to be divided into 3 tracts along County Road 809 and 1 tract along County Road 809 and County Road 505: Tract 1 with 11.414 acres and approximately 300.54 feet of frontage along CR 809, Tract 2 with 11.414 acres and approximately 300.18 feet of frontage along CR 809, Tract 3 with 11.414 acres and approximately 299.82 feet of frontage along CR 809, and Tract 4 with 120.281 acres and approximately 1,802.83 feet of frontage along CR 809 and approximately 2,407.64 feet of frontage along CR 505; and
d.) The Brazoria County Environmental Health Department has provided a letter dated June 4, 2026 stating they have no objection to the proposed division, under certain conditions; and
e.) This tract of land is in Drainage District #11. Drainage District #11 has provided a letter dated June 12, 2026, stating they have no objection to the subdivision; and
f.) The small subdivision approval requested by Marshall E. Dickens is in accordance with the criteria established in Brazoria County Subdivision Regulations Article 4, Section D, Pages 16-17; and
g.) The applicant has submitted to the County Engineer a plat of survey prepared by a Registered Professional Surveyor showing the proposed division.
2) It is therefore ordered that an exception for filing a plat of the division for small subdivision of Marshall E. Dickens tract be granted. This exception is granted upon the following conditions:
a.) The applicant must record the survey in the Official Public Records of Brazoria County, Texas within 90 days from the approval by Commissioners Court or this court order is void, said document setting forth the allowable division and to be approved by the County Engineer; and
b.) Any further division of any of the affected lots must conform to the Brazoria County Subdivision Regulations; and
c.) No building permits will be issued for development on said tracts unless the Brazoria County Environmental Health Department has approved the proposed development.
3) It is ordered that a certified copy of this court order be recorded in the Official Public Records of Brazoria County at the expense of the applicant.