HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 06 - AM07-02 Zoning Ordinance AmendmentsAM07-02 - Zoning Ordinance Amendments to Section 12, Definitions relative to "depth of lot" and "depth of rear yard"
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(1) Sales of motor vehicles shall be limited to a maximum of two vehicles
per calendar year.
71-91. RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE.
92. DAY CARE ACTIVITY SPACE shall mean an area or rooms used for
children's activities including those separate from a group's classroom,
excluding day care single use areas which include, but are not limited to,
bathrooms, hallways, storage rooms, cooking areas of kitchens, and indoor
swimming pools.
93. DAY NURSERY shall mean a place where children are left for care between
the hours of 6:00 A.M. and 12:00 midnight.
93a. DENSITY shall mean the measure of the degree to which land is filled with
residential units designed to accommodate a family group. Measurement
excludes public or private streets in calculating density per acre.
94. DEPTH OF FRONT YARD shall mean the minimum distance from the front
lot line to the front line of a building.
95. DEPTH OF LOT shall be defined as the mean omental distance between
the front and rear lot lines.
96. DEPTH OF REAR YARD shall be defined as the mean heriz minimum
distance between the rear line of a building other than an accessory building
and the rear lot line.
97. DETACHED shall mean having no physical connection above the top of the
floor line of the first floor with any other building or structure.
98. DISTRICT shall mean a section of the City of Grapevine for which the
regulations governing the area, height and use of building are uniform.
99. DUPLEX shall mean a detached building having separate accommodations
for two (2) single-family dwellings or occupied by two (2) families.
100. DWELLING shall mean an enclosed building or portion thereof having
accommodations for only one family or occupied by one family.
101. EFFICIENCY APARTMENT shall mean a dwelling unit in a multifamily
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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL 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 CITY CODE, BY
PROVIDING FOR AMENDMENTS AND CHANGES TO
ZONING REGULATIONS BY AMENDING SECTION 12
DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED
THE SUM OF TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS ($2,000.00) AND
A SEPARATE OFFENSE SHALL BE DEEMED COMMITTED
UPON EACH DAY DURING OR ON WHICH A VIOLATION
OCCURS; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY 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 City Code is
hereby amended in the following particulars, and all other sections, subsections,
paragraphs, definitions, words and phrases of said Appendix "D" and not amended but
hereby ratified, verified, and affirmed:
A. That Section 12 Definitions is hereby amended by amending paragraphs 95
and 96 to read as follows:
"95. Depth of lot shall be defined as the mean distance between the front
and rear lot lines.
96. Depth of rear yard shall be defined as the minimum distance between
the rear line of a building other than an accessory building and the
rear lot line."
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) 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 or 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 safeguard the health, safety, morals, peace
and general welfare of the inhabitants of the City of Grapevine, Texas, creates an
emergency for the immediate preservation of the public business, property, health, safety
and general welfare of the public which requires that this ordinance shall become effective
from and after the date of its final passage, and it is accordingly so ordained.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS on this the 15th day of May, 2007.
ATTEST:
ORD. NO. 2