§ 3.9. Vacating Plats

3.9.1 Generally : The owners of land covered by a plat may vacate the plat at any time before any lot in the plat is sold. If lots in the plat have been sold, the plat, or any part of the plat, may be vacated on the application of all owners of lots in the plat.

3.9.2 Procedures : A request for a plat vacation shall be made on the forms provided by the City, with the required signature(s) and acknowledgments. The vacation shall be considered by the Planning Commission in the manner prescribed for the original plat. Once the request for vacation has been approved by the Planning Commission, an Order to Vacate shall be signed by the officers of the Planning Commission responsible for the signing of plats, and submitted to the Galveston County Clerk for filing. If the plat being vacated is located outside of the city limits, the vacation must also be approved by the Galveston County Commissioners Court prior to its submittal to the Galveston County Clerk. The Galveston County Clerk shall write legibly on the vacated plat the word "Vacated" and shall enter on the plat a reference to the volume and page at which the vacating instrument is recorded. On the execution and recording of the vacating instrument, the vacated plat has no effect.