HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1986-047 CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 86-47
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING APPENDIX B, S'ECTION 2, SUB-
SECTION (B)(14) OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO SUBDIVI�ION
ENGINEERING PLANS; REPEALING ALL INCONSISTENT ORDI-
NANCES; PROVIDING A �EVERABILITY CLAUSE; DECLAIZ.ING
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AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, there is a substantial amount of development by subdividers
' occuring within the City of Grapevine; and
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WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the residents of the City of
Grapevine to provide that subdividers be responsible for paving the streets in and
around each development; and
WHER.EAS, the City Council has devised a fair and impartial method by
which each subdivider will pay for that portion of paving for which he should be
fairly responsible; and find� and determines that the provisions of this ordinance
are in the best interest of the health, safety, morals and betterment of the
citizens of the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED B�' THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS:
Section 1. That all of the findings contained in the preamble are found
to be true and correct and the City Council does hereby incorporate said findings
into the body of this ordinance as if copied in their entirely.
Section 2. That Appendix B, Section 2, Subsection (B)(14) of the City
Code is hereby amended in the following particulars and all other sections,
subsections, paragraphs, definitions, words and phrases are not amended but are
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hereby ratified, verified and affirmed:
"(f) Where the proposed subdivision is located adjacent to
a substandard road or street and it is deemed not feasible to
improve said road or street at the time of development of the
subdivision, the subdivider shall pay to the city a fee equal to one-
half (1/2) the cost of improvements required to meet city standards
(including, but not limited to, excavation, subgrade preparation,
paving, drainage facilities, utility adjustments and engineering) and
dedicate the necessary right-of-way for said road or street as a
condition precedent to the acceptance of the subdivision improve-
ments by the city for maintenance purposes. No Building Permits
will be issued until all fees have been paid. The estimate of the
cost of said improvement shall be determined by the Director of
Public Works and made available to the subdivider. The fee shall
be placed by the City into a Street Improvement Escrow Fund, and
shall be specifically reserved and used for the improvement of said
road or street. When a thoroughfare is improved adjaeent to a
subdivision for which a street improvement fee was collected from
the subdivider, there shall not be a curb and gutter assessment
levied by the City against the property for which said fee was
collected. If the improvement to saic3 road or street does not
occur within a twenty (20) year period from the date the fee is so
placed on deposit with the City, said fee, including any earned
interest thereon, shall be returned to the property owners of record
at that time."
Section 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent or in
conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby expressly repealed to
the extent of the inconsisteney or conflict.
Section 4. If any section, article, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or
word in this ordinance, or application thereto any person or circumstances is
held invalid or unconstituional 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 5. The fact that the present ordinances and regulations of the
City of Grapevine, Texas, are inadequate to properly safeguard the health,
safety, morals, peace, and general welfare of the inhabitants of the Clity of
Grapevine, Texas, creates an emergency for the immediate preservation of the
� public business, property, health, safety, and �eneral welfare of the public which
requires that this ordinance become effective from and after the date of its
passage and it is accordingly so ordained.
DATED this the 5th day of August , 1986.
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Mayor Pro Tem, City of Grapevine, Texas
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City Secretary, City f Grapevine, Texa�
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City Attorney, City of Gr evine, Texas
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