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Home My WebLink AboutORD 1990-079 � ORDINANCE NO. 90-79 � AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, 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 GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, BY PROVIDING FOR AMENDMENTS AND CHANGES TO ZONING REGULATIONS BY AMENDING SECTION 12 DEFINITIONS; BY AMENDING SECTION 26 "HC" HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS; BY AMENDING SECTION 29 "HCO" HOTEL AND CORPORATE OFFICE DISTRICT; BY AMENDING SECTION 42 SUPPLEMENTARY DISTRICT REGULATIONS; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 49 SPECIAL USE PERMITS; PROVIDING A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS ($2, 000 . 00) FOR EACH OFFENSE AND A SEPARATE OFFENSE SHALL BE DEEMED COMMITTED EACH DAY DURING OR ON WHICH AN OFFENSE OCCURS OR CONTINUES; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE � 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 12 relative to Definitions is hereby amended by amending definition 194 to read as follows: "194 . Half-Way House shall mean an institution for criminal rehabilitation. " B. That Section 26 relative to "HC" Highway Commercial District Regulations is hereby amended by amending subsection I. 1 to read as follows: " 1 . No principal structure shall be erected or altered to a height exceeding two (2) stories or thirty-five (35) feet. " � � C. That Section 29 relative to "HCO" Hotel and Corporate Office District is hereby amended by adding a new subsection A. 14 to read as follows: '�r' "14 . Parking garages exceeding two (2) stories. " D. That Section 29 relative to "HCO" Hotel and Corporate Office District is hereby amended by amending a subsection B. 1 to read as follows: " 1 . Off-street parking and parking garages in conjunction with a permitted use not exceeding two (2) stories in height. " E. That Section 29 relative to "HCO" Hotel and Corporate Office District is hereby amended by amending subsection G. 4 to read as follows: " 4 . Side yard - A minimum side yard of fifteen (15) feet or ten (10) percent of the width of the lot, whichever is greater, but in no case more than twenty-five (25) feet. F. That Section 29 relative to "HCO" Hotel and Corporate Office District is hereby amended by amending subsections H through I to read as follows: " H. Buffer Area Regulations: Any development in an "� HCO District adjacent to a residential district shall maintain a seventy-five (75' ) foot buffer adjacent to the residential district. Such buffer yards shall not contain buildings and structures, parking or loading areas and shall be landscaped with trees, shrubbery and grass. Whenever a buffer is required, no additional yard requirements shall apply. I. Height: 1 . Height of principal buildings shall not exceed one-half the shortest distance between the structure and the nearest adjacent residential zoning district. 2 . No accessory structure shall be erected or altered to a height exceeding twenty (20) feet except for two (2) story parking garages. 3 . All structures shall comply in all respects with the restrictions on height contained in the DFW International Airport Zoning ,�, Ordinance. " �„ G. That Section 29 relative to "HCO" Hotel and Corporate Office District is hereby amended by adding a new subsection M. 5 to read as follows: � " 5 . Whenever a concept plan is approved pursuant to Section 45 of this ordinance, the minimum landscaping requirements of Section 53.H. 2. (b) shall be applicable around the outside perimeter of the subdivision. For interior lots of subdivisions with two (2) or more lots, the minimum landscaping requirements of Section 53 .H.2 . (b) may be required, if deemed necessary by the City Council. " H. That Section 42 relative to Supplementary District Regulations is hereby amended by amending subsection A. l . (g) to read as follows: " (g) Concrete mixing or batching plant used temporarily by contractors during the construction of buildings or public improvements, and in such cases, the period of time for which the use is granted may be for a period of time provided in the contract for completion of such buildings or public improvement, providing such temporary use � is renewed annually. " � I. That Section 42 relative to Supplementary District Regulations is hereby amended by adding a new subsection A. l. (k) to read as follows: " (k) Temporary shelter for the homeless occupied by more than three (3) persons unrelated by blood or marriage during periods of severe weather conditions as determined by the Grapevine Office of Emergency Management in all residential districts. " J. That Section 42 relative to Supplementary District Regulations is hereby amended by adding a new subsection A.7 to read as follows: "7. Temporary concrete mixing or batching plant for use during the construction of buildings or public improvements for thirty (30) days or less may be approved by the Director of Community Development. " K. That Section 49 relative to Special Use Permits is hereby �* amended by adding a new subsection B.11 to read as follows: "11 . Group Care Homes for the Mentally Retarded, Abused �,,, Women, Physical and Psychiatric Rehabilitation but excluding criminal correctional facilities in any i i �,,, district except for 'R-7 .5 ' , 'R-12. 5 ' and 'R-20 ' Single-Family Districts. Half-way houses or criminal correction facilities shall not be permitted in any district, except as provided for � in Section 38 , Governmental Use District. " 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 Two Thousand Dollars ($2 ,000 .00) for each offense and a separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which an offense 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 regulations of the City of Grapevine, Texas, are inadequate to properly safequard 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 this the 18th day of December , 1990 . APPROVED: � William D. Tate Mayor ATTEST: aJ Linda Huff "'"�" City Secretary � a�+, APPROVED AS TO FORM: �tirr Adrienne C. Leonard City Attorney � �rr � �