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Home My WebLink AboutORD 1986-002 ORDINANCE NO. 86-02 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 82-73, THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS , SAME BEING ALSO KNOWN AS APPENDIX "D" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF GRAPE- VINE, TEXAS, BY PROVIDING FOR AMENDMENTS �� AND CHANGES TO DISTRICT REGULATIONS BY AMENDING SECTION 16 RELATIVE TO R-5. 0 ZERO LOT LINE DISTRICT; PROVIDING A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF ONE � w THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1 , 000. 00) FOR EACH OFFENSE AND A SEPARATE OFFENSE SHALL BE DEEMED COMMITTED UPON EACH DAY DURING OR ON WHICH A VIOLATION OCCURS; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; DECLARING AN EMER- GENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS: Section 1 . That Ordinance No. 82-73, the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City of Grapevine, Texas, same being also known as Appendix "D" of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Grapevine, Texas is hereby amended in the following particulars, and all other sections , subsections, paragraphs, definitions, words and phrases of said Appendix "D" are not amended but are hereby ratified, verified, and affirmed: A. That Section 16 relating to R-5. 0 Zero Lot Line District °" regulations be amended to read as provided in Exhibit "A" , attached hereto and incorporated herein for all � purposes by this reference. Section 2 . Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1, 000 .00) for each offense and a separate offense shall be deemed committed upon each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues . Section 3. If any section, article, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word in this ordinance, or application thereto any person or circumstances is held invalid or unconstitutional by a Court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance; and the City Council hereby declares it would have passed such remaining portions of the ordinance despite such invalidity, which remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect. Section 4 . The fact that the present ordinances and regu- lations of the City of Grapevine, Texas, are inadequate to properly safeguard the health, safety, morals, peace, and general welfare of the public creates an emergency which requires that �'`` this ordinance become effective from and after the date of its passage, and it is accordingly so ordained. �� PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS on first reading on this the 7th day of January, 1986. PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS on second reading on this the 21st day of ,7annar� r 1986. APPROVED: �/`%� Mayor ATTEST: �::,. �,,� City Secretary APPROVED AS TO FORM: �� City Attorney ,�.` � �-� �� EXHIBIT "A" TO ORDINANCE NO, 86-02 Sec. 16 R-5. 0 Zero-Lot-Line District Regulations. �; PURPOSE: The R-5 . 0 Zero-Lot-Line District is established to provide for areas requiring minimum lot sizes of five thousand (5 ,000) square feet for medium population densities within integral neighborhood units. This district is intended to be a zero-lot-line dwelling �"°`�" district allowing a maxirnum density of eight (8) units per acre. USES GENERALLY: In an R-5 . 0 Zero-Lot-Line district no land shall be used and no building shall be erected for or converted to any use other than as hereinafter provided. A. Principal Uses: 1 . Single-family detached dwellings. 2 . Churches, convents and other places of worship. 3 . Parks , playgrounds and nature preserves , publicly owned. 4 . Public utility uses required to service the district. 5. Temporary buildings when they are to be used only for construction purposes or as a field office within a subdivision approved by the city for the sale of the real estate of that subdivision only. Such temporary � construction buildings shall be removed immediately upon completion or abandonment af construction and such field office shall be removed immediately upon occupancy of �'�` ninety-five (95) percent of the lots in the subdivision. B. ACCESSORY USES: The following uses shall be permitted as accessory uses to a R-5. 0 Zero-Lot-Line District provided that none shall be a source of income to the owner or user of the principal single-famil_y dwellings , except for customary home occupation: 1 . Off-street parking and private garages in connection with any use permitted in this district. 2. Cabana, pavilion or roofed area. 3. No dwelling shall be closer than twelve (12) feet between the face of the exterior walls of neighboring dwelling unit. 4 . Private swimming pool. 5 . Storage buildings one hundred twenty (120) square feet or less and having no plumbing. � � 6 . Signs subject to the provisions of Section 60 . 7 . Customary home occupation. �:.�� Section 16 , Page 1 When any of the foreaoing permitted accessory uses are detached from the principal single-family dwelling, said uses shall be located not less than forty-five (45) feet from the front lot line, twenty (20) feet from any street � right-of-way, and six (6) feet from rear and side lot lines. Accessory buildings m�r� th.�r �;�teQn !.l�l f�e± in height �; � shall be set back from the rear property line, six (6) feet plus two (2) additional feet for each additional foot of height over sixteen (16) feeta The heiaht of the struc�ure shall be measured from the top of the slab or from its bottom floor. C. CONDITIONAL USES: The following conditional uses may be permitted provided they meet the provisions of Section 48 , and a Conditional Use Permit is issued. 1 . Public and non-profit institutions of an educational, religious or cultural type excluding correctional institutions . 2 . Non-profit community centers and swimming pools and tennis courts. 3 . Publ�c and private Country Clubs and golf courses excluding miniature golf courses. 4 . Memorial gardens and cemeteries. � .a D. LIMITATION OF USES: �t� 1 . No more than three (3) persons unrelated by blood or marriage may occupy residences within an R-5. 0 Zero-Lot-Line Zoning District. 2. Storage of inechanical or farm equipment incidental to any permitted or conditional use shall be screened in accordance with the provisions of Section 50 , Alternate B or E, from any adjacent residential development or use. 3. Private or public alleys shall not be located in the 25 foot required rear yard. E. PLAN REQUIREMENTS: No application for a building permit for the construction of a principal building shall be approved unless a plat, meeting all requirements of the City of Grapevine , has been approved by the City Council and recorded in the official records of Tarrant County. An access easement of six (6) feet shall be provided and �"`'" indicated within the subdivision plat on all contiguous lots to allow the adjacent owner access to the twelve inch (12") side yard on each lot. �� Section 16 , Page 2 F. DENSITY REQUIREMENTS: The following density requirements shall apply: �-- 1 . Maximum Density. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The maximum density within the R-5 .0 District shall not exceed eight (8) dwelling units per acre of �ar gross azea. 2 . Lot Size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lots for any permitted use shall have a minimum area of tive thousand (5 , 000) square feet. 3 . Minimum Open Space. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .All areas not devoted to buildings, structures or off-street parking area shall be devoted to grass , trees , gardens , shrubs or other suitable landscape material. In addition, all developments shall reserve open space in accordance with the provisiors of Section 51. 4. Maximum Building Coverage. . . . . . . .The combined area occupied by all main and accessory �,,,, buildings and structures shall not exceed forty (40) percent of the total lot �=•w area. 5. Maximum Impervious Area. . . . . . . . . .The combined area occupied by all buildings, structures , off-street parking and paved areas shall not exceed sixty (60) percent of the total lot area. 6. Minimum Floor Area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The minimum square footage of a dwelling unit shall be not less than twelve hundred (1 , 200) square feet of floor area. G. AREA REGULATIONS: The following minimum standards shall be required: 1 . Depth of front yard, feet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 �,,. , 2 . Depth of rear yard, feet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 3 . Width of side yard on each side, feet. . 12" on one side r�,... 11 ' on opposite side Provided, however, the side yard setbacks contained in this Section G3 shall not apply to final subdivision plats approved and filed prior to January 21, 1986 , and the side yard set- backs applied to the approved plat shall be those in force and effect prior to the adoption of this ordinance. Section 16 , Page 3 4 . Width of lot, feet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Except reverse frontage� lots shall be a �., ,, minimum of 95 ' in width. 5. Depth of lot, feet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 `�'p� 6. Distance Between Bi�ildings -- The minimum distance between principal or accessory buildings on adjacent lots shall be not le�s than twelve (12) feet. 7 . Only one single-family detached dwelling shall be permitted on each lot or lot of record, as the case may be. 8 . No dwelling shall be closer than twelve (12) feet between the face of the exterior walls of neighboring dwelling units. H. BUFFER AREA REGULATIONS Whenever an R-5. 0 Zero-Lot-Line District is located adjacent to an existing multi-family district (RMF-1 , RMF-2 , R-3 . 75, R-TH) or a non-residential district , without any division such as a dedicated public street, park or permanent open space, all principal buildings or structures shall be setback a minimum of forty (40) feet from the adjoining property line. The setback area shall contain appropriate landscape improvements, fencing, berms or trees to adequately buffer adjoining uses. �, ., I. HEIGHT REGULATIONS: The following maximum height regulations shall be observed: � 1 . Height of principal structure, two (2) stories not to exc.eed thirty-five (35) feet. 2. Height of accessory structure, one story not to exceed sixteen (16) feet, except a storage building which shall not exceed ten (10) feet in height. J. OFF-STFEET PARKING: Provisions for the parking of automobiles shall be allowed as an accessory use to any principal permitted use provided that such shall not be located on a required front yard. Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of Sections 56 and 58 of this Ordinance and other applicable ordinances of the City. Parking of recreational vehicles, recreational trailers, motor homes or boats is allowed in the required front yard for a period not to exceed 72 hours; towed trailers and the like is prohibited in the required front yard. �:.� K. OFF-STREET LOADING �,� No off-street loading is required in the R-5. 0 District for Section 16 , Page 4 residential uses. Off-street loading for conditional uses may be required as determined by the Planning Commission. �:, , �;:,� � � _ �:.� �:..,4 �._,u. 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