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TO: HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
FROM: ROGER NELSON, CITY MANAGER O�W
H.T. HARDY, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
DATE: APRIL 18, 2000
SUBJECT: AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 12, DEFINITIONS; SECTION 25, "CC",
COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT; SECTION 26, "HC",
HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT; SECTION 29, "HCO",
HOTEL/CORPORATE OFFICE DISTRICT; AND SECTION 32, "BP",
BUSINESS PARK DISTRICT RELATIVE TO HOTELS AND MOTELS.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the City Council and the Planning and Zoning Commission consider
the following amendments to Section 12, Definitions; Section 25, "CC", Community
Commercial District; Section 26, "HC", Highway Commercial District; Section 29, "HCO",
Hotel/Corporate Office District; and Section 32, "BP", Business Park District relative to
hotels and motels, and take any action necessary.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
In the past year and a half, the City of Grapevine has experienced a proliferation of
requests for the development of hotels and motels. In order to insure that these
facilities develop in an appropriate manner relative to the health, safety, and welfare of
the public, the following changes to the hotel/motel regulations are proposed:
A. All proposed hotels/motels must obtain a conditional use permit; and
B. All hotels/motels must meet the following design standards:
a. Each guestroom shall have a minimum area of 380 sq. ft.
b. A full service restaurant with full kitchen facilities and which provides service to
the general public shall be required.
c. On-site staff is required 24 -hours a day, seven days a week.
d. The following amenities shall be provided:
1. A minimum of 1,000 sq. ft. of meeting or conference room or a ratio of 3 sq. ft
of conference room per guest room, whichever is greater; and
2. A swimming pool with a minimum area of 1,000 sq. ft.
The following changes are proposed for Section 12, Definitions:
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A. The addition of a definition of a bed and breakfast facility:
BED AND BREAKFAST FACILITY shall mean an accessory use to a single-family
dwelling unit in which no more than twelve rooms in the principal residential structure
are set aside for guest clients; breakfast is available on-site to only such guest
clients at no extra cost; length of stay of guest clients ranges from one to thirty days;
and the owner/operator of the principal structure resides on-site. Bed and breakfast
homestay does not include uses such as motels, hotels, community residential
homes, boarding or lodging houses, apartment dwellings, guest cottages or single-
family dwelling transient rental.
B. A modification of the definition of a hotel:
HOTEL OR MOTEL shall mean a building or arrangement of buildings, in which
there are thirteen or more guestrooms used designed and occupied as a
temporary abiding place of individuals who are lodged with or without meals, in
which the rooms are usually occupied singly for hire, in which there are not
provisions for cooking in individual rooms or apartments. Access to guestrooms shall
be restricted exclusively to interior corridors. These corridors shall be accessed via
the main lobby of the building or entryways individually equipped with some form of
security controlled access system.
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ORDINANCE NO.
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; SECTION 25
61CCIJ COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
REGULATIONS; SECTION 26 "HC" HIGHWAY
COMMERCIAL DISTRICT; SECTION 29 "HCO" HOTEL AND
CORPORATE OFFICE DISTRICT; AND SECTION 32 "BP"
BUSINESS PARK DISTRICT, 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
WHEREAS, the City of Grapevine has proposed several amendments to the Official
Zoning Map of the City of Grapevine, Texas and has submitted same to the Planning &
Zoning Commission of the City of Grapevine, Texas as required by State statutes and the
zoning ordinances of the City of Grapevine, Texas and all the legal requirements,
conditions and prerequisites having been complied with, the case having come before the
City Council of the City of Grapevine, Texas after all legal notices, requirements, conditions
and prerequisites having been complied with; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Grapevine, Texas at a public hearing
called by the City Council did consider the following factors in making a determination as
to whether the requested changes should be granted or denied; safety of the motoring
public and the pedestrians using the facilities in the areas immediately surrounding the
effected zoning districts; safety from fire hazards and measures for fire control, protection
of adjacent property from flood or water damages, noise producing elements and glare of
the vehicular and stationary lights and effect of such lights on established character of the
neighborhoods, location, lighting and types of signs and relation of signs to traffic control
and adjacent property, street size and adequacy of width for traffic reasonably expected
to be generated by the proposed uses around the effected zoning districts and in the
immediate neighborhoods, adequacy of parking, location of ingress and egress points for
parking, and protection of public health and the general welfare, effect on light and air, the
effect on the transportation, water sewerage, schools, parks and other facilities; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Grapevine, Texas at a public hearing
called by the City Council of the City of Grapevine, Texas did consider the following factors
in making a determination as to whether the requested changes should be granted or
denied; effect on the congestion of the streets, the fire hazards, panics and other dangers
possibly present in the securing of safety from same, the effect on the promotion of health
and the general welfare, the effect on adequate light and air, the effect on the
overcrowding of the land, the effect on the concentration of population, the effect on the
transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks and other public facilities; and
WHEREAS, the City Council further considered among other things the character
of the effected zoning districts and their peculiar suitability for particular uses and with the
view to conserve the value of buildings, encourage the most appropriate use of land
throughout this city; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Grapevine, Texas does find that there is
a public necessity for the proposed zoning ordinance amendments, that the public
demands it, that the public interest clearly requires the amendment, that the zoning
ordinance amendments do not unreasonably invade the rights of those who bought or
improved property with reference to the classifications which existed at the time their
original investment was made; and does find that the changes in the zoning ordinance
lessen the congestion in the streets, help secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers;
promote health and the general welfare; provide adequate light and air; prevent the
overcrowding of land; avoid undue concentration of population; facilitates the adequate
provisions of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks and other public
requirements; and
WHEREAS, hotels present unique public health and safety concerns relative to fire
protection, which concerns can be addressed by regulating the minimum space of hotel
facilities as such regulation ensures adequate access and safety for Fire Department
personnel and sufficient ventilation and emergency exit access at hotels; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Grapevine, Texas has determined that
there is a necessity and need for these changes in the zoning ordinance and has also
found and determined that there has been a change in the conditions of the effected
zoning districts and surrounding properties since their original classification; and, therefore,
feels that changes in the zoning ordinance are needed, are called for, and are in the best
interest of the public at large, the citizens of the City of Grapevine, Texas and help promote
the general health, safety, and welfare of this community.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS:
Section 1. All matters stated in the preamble are found to be true and correct and
are incorporated herein as if copied in their entirety.
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Section 2. 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 Definitions is amended by the addition of Subsection A.29a
to read as follows:
"29a. BED AND BREAKFAST FACILITY shall mean an accessory use to a
single-family dwelling unit in which no more than twelve (12) rooms in
the principal residential structure are set aside for guest clients;
breakfast is available on-site to only such guest clients at no extra
cost; length of stay of guest clients ranges from one (1) to thirty (30)
days; and the owner/operator of the principal structure resides on-site.
Bed and breakfast homestay does not include uses such as motels,
hotels, community residential homes, boarding or lodging houses,
apartment dwellings, guest cottages or single-family dwelling transient
rental."
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B. That Section 12 Definitions, Subsection A.197 is amended in its entirety to
read as follows:
"197. HOTEL OR MOTEL shall mean a building or arrangement of
buildings, in which there are thirteen or more guestrooms used,
designed and occupied as a temporary abiding place of individuals
who are lodged with or without meals, in which the rooms are
usually occupied singly for hire, in which there are not provisions
for cooking in individual rooms or apartments. Access to guest
rooms shall be restricted exclusively to interior corridors. These
corridors shall be accessed via the main lobby of the building or
entryways individually equipped with some form of security
controlled access system."
C. That Section 25 "CC" Community Commercial District Regulations,
Subsection A.7 is deleted in its entirety.
D. That Section 25 "CC" Community Commercial District Regulations is
amended by the addition of Subsection C.17 to read as follows:
17. Hotels and motels. Hotels approved prior to April 18, 2000, shall be
deemed a lawful, permitted use and shall have the same status as
that authorized pursuant to this Ordinance; provided, however, no
such building, structure, or use shall be altered, changed or expanded
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unless a conditional use permit therefore has been granted pursuant
to this ordinance."
E. That Section 25 "CC" Community Commercial District Regulations is
amended by the addition of Subsection M.7 to read as follows:
117. Hotel/motel facilities are required to meet the following standards:
a. Each guest room shall have a minimum area of 380 sq. ft.
b. A full service restaurant with full kitchen facilities and which
provides service to the general public shall be required.
C. On-site staff is required 24 -hours a day, seven days a week.
d. The following amenities shall be provided:
1. A minimum of 1,000 sq. ft. of meeting or conference
room or a ratio of 3 sq. ft of conference room per guest
room, whichever is greater;
2. A swimming pool with a minimum area of 1,000 sq. ft."
F That Section 26 "HC" Highway Commercial District is amended by the
addition of Subsection C.21 to read as follows:
"21. Hotels and motels. Hotels approved prior to April 18, 2000, shall be
deemed a lawful, permitted use and shall have the same status as
that authorized pursuant to this Ordinance; provided, however, no
such building, structure, or use shall be altered, changed or expanded
unless a conditional use permit therefore has been granted pursuant
to this ordinance."
G. That Section 26 "HC" Highway Commercial District is amended by the
addition of Subsection M.9 to read as follows:
109. Hotel/motel facilities are required to meet the following standards:
a. Each guest room shall have a minimum area of 380 sq. ft.
b. A full service restaurant with full kitchen facilities and which
provides service to the general public shall be required.
C. On-site staff is required 24 -hours a day, seven days a week.
d. The following amenities shall be provided:
1. A minimum of 1,000 sq. ft. of meeting or conference
room or a ratio of 3 sq. ft of conference room per guest
room, whichever is greater;
2. A swimming pool with a minimum area of 1,000 sq. ft."
H. That Section 29 "HCO" Hotel and Corporate Office District, Subsection A.1
is deleted in its entirety.
1. That Section 29 "HCO" Hotel and Corporate Office District is amended by the
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That Section 29 "HCO" Hotel and Corporate Office District is amended by the
addition of Subsection C.8 to read as follows:
118. Hotels and motels. Hotels approved prior to April 18, 2000, shall be
deemed a lawful, permitted use and shall have the same status as
that authorized pursuant to this Ordinance; provided, however, no
such building, structure, or use shall be altered, changed or expanded
unless a conditional use permit therefore has been granted pursuant
to this ordinance."
J. That Section 29 "HCO" Hotel and Corporate Office District is amended by the
addition of Subsection M.7 to read as follows:
117. Hotel/motel facilities with feW8F thaR 990 Feems are required to meet
the following standards:
a. Each guestroom shall have a minimum area of 380 sq. ft.
b. A full service restaurant with full kitchen facilities and which
provides service to the general public shall be required.
C. On-site staff is required 24 -hours a day, seven days a week.
d. The following amenities shall be provided:
1. A minimum of 1,000 sq. ft. of meeting or conference
room or a ratio of 3 sq. ft of conference room per guest
room, whichever is greater;
2. A swimming pool with a minimum area of 1,000 sq. ft."
K. That Section 32 "BP" Business Park District, Subsection A.15 is deleted in
its entirety.
L. That Section 32 "BP" Business Park District is amended by the addition of
Subsection C.5 to read as follows:
115. Hotels and motels. Hotels approved prior to April 18, 2000, shall be
deemed a lawful, permitted use and shall have the same status as
that authorized pursuant to this Ordinance; provided, however, no
such building, structure, or use shall be altered, changed or expanded
unless a conditional use permit therefore has been granted pursuant
to this ordinance."
M. That Section 32 "BP" Business Park District is amended by the addition of
Subsection M.6 to read as follows:
116. Hotel/motel facilities with feweF thaR 300 Feems are required to meet
the following standards:
a. Each guestroom shall have a minimum area of 380 sq. ft.
ORD. NO. 5
addition of Subsection C.8 head as follows:
118. Hotels and motels. Ho*s approved prior to April 18, 2000, shall be
deemed a lawful, permitted use and shall have the same status as
that authorized pursuant to this Ordinance; provided, however, no
such building, structure, or use shall be altered, changedor expanded
unless a conditional use permit therefore has been gr -
1, 94ted pursuant
to this ordinance."
J. That Section 29 "HCO" Hotel and Corporate Office DistrictJI's amended by the
addition of Subsection M.7 to read as follows:
117. Hotel/motel facilities with fewer than 300 ro7 I S are required to meet
the following standards: 11
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a. Each guest room shall have a mini hum area of 380 sq. ft.
b. A full service restaurant with ful�kitchen facilities and which
provides service to the generalpublic shall be required.
C. On-site staff is required 24A'hodrs a day, seven days a week.
d. The following amenities sh6j'l�be provided:
1. A minimum of 1,007 sq. ft. of meeting or conference
room or a ratio of sq.
, ft of conference room per guest
room, whicheverIs gr6ter;
2. A swimming p of withia minimum area of 1,000 sq. ft."
K. That Section 32 "BP" Business ark Distri9, Subsection A.15 is deleted in
its entirety.
L. That Section 32 "BP" Buse ess Park Distri is amended by the addition of
Subsection C.5 to read s follows: C�
'15. Hotels and m,6tels. Hotels approved' nor to April 18, 2000, shall be
deemed a #Mul, permitted use and shall have the same status as
that lt aut
Ih -ized pursuant to this Ordnance; provided, however, no
such b 'ding, structure, or use shall b altered, changed or expanded
such d
I n
/unles a conditional use permit there re has been granted pursuant
c
tot s ordinance."
M. That S tion 32 "BP" Business Park District is amended by the addition of
Subs tion M.6 to read as follows:
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116. Hotel/motel facilities with fewer than 3V rooms are required to meet
the following standards:
a. Each guest room shall have a minimum area of 380 sq. ft.
b. A full service restaurant with full kitchen facilities and which
provides service to the general public shall be required.
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C. On-site staff is required 24 -hours a day, seven days a week.
d. The following amenities shall be provided:
1. A minimum of 1,000 sq. ft. of meeting or conference
room or a ratio of 3 sq. ft of conference room per guest
room, whichever is greater;
2. A swimming pool with a minimum area of 1,000 sq. ft."
Section 3. 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 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
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 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 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 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 April, 2000.
ATTEST:
ORD. NO. 6