HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1987-050 ORDINANCE NO. 87-50
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 GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, BY PROVIDING FOR
�"""' AMENDMENTS AND CHANGES TO ZONING REGU-
LATIONS BY AMENDING SECTION 53 H. l .c,
SECTION 53 H. 2 .a AND SECTION SECTION 53
�,�, H. 2.b RELATIVE TO LANDSCAPING
REGULATIONS; PROVIDING A PENALTY NOT TO
EXCEED THE SUM OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS
($1, 000. 00) AND A SEPARATE OFFENSE SHALL
BE DEEMED COMMITTED UPON EACH DAY DURING
OR ON WHICH A VIOLATION OCCURS; 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 53 H. l .c relative to Landscaping
+rr� Regulations shall read as follows :
c. Interior areas of parking lots shall contain
planting islands located so as to best relieve the
expense of paving. Planter islands must be located
no further apart than every twelve (12) parking
spaces and at the terminus of all rows of parking.
Such islands shall contain at least one (1) tree.
Planter islands shall not be required for lots
containing less than thirty-five thousand (35, 000)
square feet. The remainder shall be landscaped with
shrubs, lawn, ground cover and other appropriate
material not to exceed three (3) feet in height.
Interior planter islands shall have a minimum size
of ten (10) by twenty (20) feet.
B. That Section 53 H. 2.a relative to Landscaping
Regulations shall read as follows :
a. Whenever an off-street parking or vehicular use area
� abuts a public right of way, except a public alley,
a perimeter landscape area of at least fifteen (15)
feet in depth shall be maintained between the
abutting right of way and the off-street parking or
� vehicular use area. An appropriate landscape screen
or barrier shall be installed in this area and the
remaining area shall be landscaped with at least
grass or other ground cover.
Necessary accessways from the public right of way
shall be permitted through all such landscaping.
The maximum width for accessways shall be: fifty
(50) feet for non-residential two way movements;
thirty (30) feet for residential two way movements;
twenty (20) feet for non-residential one way
movements; and fifteen (15) feet for residential one
way movements .
C. That Section 53 H.2.b relative to Landscaping
Regulations shall read as follows :
� b. Whenever an off-street parking or vehicular use
areas abuts an adjacent property line, a perimeter
landscape area of at least ten (10) feet in width
shall be maintained between the edge of the parking
area and the adjacent property line. Accessways
between lots may be permitted through all perimeter
landscape areas Maximum width for accessways shall
be twenty-five (25) feet. Landscaping shall be
designed to visually screen the parking area.
Whenever such property is zoned or used for
residential purposes, the landscape buffer shall
include a wall, hedge, or berm not greater than
eight (8) feet in height nor less than three (3)
feet in height.
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 this the � day of A„g„Gt , 1987 .
APPROVED:
Mayor
� ATTEST:
it Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CZ
City Attorney