HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1994-051 ORDINANCE NO. 94-51
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS AMENDING THE GRAPEVINE CODE
OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING APPENDIX B,
SUBDIVISIONS, AND BY AMENDING CHAPTER 20,
STREETS, SIDEWALKS, AND OTHER PUBLIC WAYS,
ARTICLE III SIDEWALKS AND DRIVEWAYS, SECTION
20-44 DRIVEWAY DESIGN AND PLACEMENT
STANDARDS; REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES;
PROVIDING A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE
SUM OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00) 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 is currently experiencing significant growth and
development in the non-single family residential sector, and
WHEREAS, this unprecedented growth is generating significant increases in
non-single family residential traffic, and
WHEREAS, the frequency of non-single family residential driveway placement
is resulting in marked traffic conflicts and congestion, and
WHEREAS, the current Driveway Design and Placement Requirements have
insufficient restrictions in place to provide City Staff the ability to adequately control
the placement of driveways on Public Streets, and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest for the safety and welfare of the Motoring
Public to provide adequately designed and coordinated driveway placement along City
Streets.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS:
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Section 1 . That Appendix B of the Grapevine Code of Ordinances relating to
,�,.�, Subdivisions is hereby amended by providing amendments and by renumbering said
Subsections as shown in Exhibit "A", attached hereto and made a part hereof.
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Section 2. That Chapter 20, Article III, Section 20-44 of the Grapevine Code
of Ordinances relating to Driveway Design and Placement is hereby amended by
providing amendments and by renumbering said Subsections as shown in Exhibit "B",
attached hereto and made a part hereof.
Section 3. That all ordinances or any parts thereof in conflict with the terms
of this ordinance shall be and hereby are deemed repealed and of no force or effect
provided, however, that the ordinance or ordinances under which the cases currently
filed and pending in the Municipal Court of the City of Grapevine, Texas shall be
deemed repealed only when all such cases filed and pending under such ordinance or
ordinances have been disposed of by a final conviction or a finding of not guilty, nolo
contendere, or dismissal.
Section 4. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of
this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction in the
Municipal Court, shall be fined in an amount not to exceed the sum of Two Hundred
Dollars (5200.00) for each offense and a separate offense shall be deemed committed
each day during or on which an offense occurs or continues.
Section 5. If any section, article, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word
in this ordinance, or application thereto any person or circumstance 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 this ordinance despite such
, invalidity, which remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 6. The fact that the present ordinances and regulations of the City of
Grapevine, Texas do not adequately regulate the traffic within the City creates an
emergency and the preservation of the public health, safety, and welfare requires that
this ordinance take effect immediately from and after the date of its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS on this the 27st day of .lune , 1994.
APPROVED:
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William D. Tate
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Ord. No. 94-51
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ATTEST:
Linda Huff
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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John F. Boyle, Jr.
City Attorney
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Ord. No. 94-51
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APPENDIX B -- SUBDIVISIONS
SECTION 2 -- PLAT APPROVAL
SUBSECTION (A) -- PRELIMINARY PLAT
PARAGRAPH (9) Amended in its entirety to read as follows:
"(A)(9)(a) Preliminary plats of property in the R-MF-1 and R-MF-2 districts, as
well as commercial and industrial property shall be accompanied by an Internal
Traffic Circulation Plan (plan). This plan shall be submitted as part of the Site
Plan or Concept Plan submittal package.
The plan shall provide for interconnected access between adjacent
nonresidential and R-MF-1 and R-MF-2 properties to serve identified single or
multiple centralized access points meeting the City's Driveway Design &
Placement Standards. (Section 20-44) The plan shall reflect all proposed
driveway access points from subject property to City Streets.
These internal routes shall be encompassed within dedicated Public Access
Easements reflected on the Preliminary Plat. The plan shall provide a
connection point to the Internal Traffic Circulation Network across subject
property for each surrounding or abutting property and shall include the
construction of a concrete or asphalt driving surface up to the property lines of
the abutting properties. Joint Access Driveways are encouraged by the City
for use with the single or multiple centralized access points onto City Streets.
In cases where one or more of the properties abutting the subject property have
been developed and provisions have been made in these developments to
connect to a future Internal Traffic Circulation Network when subject tract is
developed, the development of subject tract shall include a connection to the
Internal Traffic Circulation Network of the abutting properties at the point or
points established by the previously developed abutting properties.
(b) Where the preliminary plat submitted for approval covers only a part of the
owner's or subdivider's entire contiguous holding of property or only a part of
a larger undeveloped tract under different ownership and the property is zoned
non residential, R-MF-1 or R-MF-2, a preliminary plan of the prospective future
street systems as well as a preliminary plan of the proposed Internal Traffic
Circulation Network in the part of the holding not included in the Preliminary
Plat submittal shall be furnished with the Site Plan or Concept Plan submittal
and the street system and Internal Traffic Circulation Network proposed in the
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Preliminary Plat will be considered in light of adjustments and connections with
the preliminary plan of the street system and the Internal Traffic Circulation
Network proposed for the part of the holding not submitted in the preliminary
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(c) EXCEPTION The Internal Traffic Circulation Plan requirements shall not
apply to existing developments that have no provisions for Internal Traffic
Circulation Networks under these requirements but may be applied to revised
or new Site Plans or Concept Plans of existing developments in cases where
extensive reconstruction of the site is proposed."
APPENDIX B -- SUBDIVISIONS
SECTION 2 -- PLAT APPROVAL
SUBSECTION (B) -- FINAL PLAT
PARAGRAPH (6) Amended in its entirety to read as follows:
"(B)(6)(a) An accurate boundary survey of the property which is being
subdivided, noting the bearings and distances of the boundary lines, same being
referenced to original survey lines, or established subdivisions showing lines of
all adjacent lands and properties; lines of adjacent streets, alleys, and
easements, noting width and names of each shall accompany the submission
of final plats to the city. Streets, alleys and easements of adjacent subdivisions
shall be shown in a different manner than those of the proposed subdivision,
preferably dotted.
(b) Final plat submittals for property in the R-MF-1 and R-MF-2 districts, as
well as commercial and industrial property shall be accompanied by an Internal
Traffic Circulation Plan (plan) if no preliminary plat is required for the property.
This plan shall be submitted as part of the Site Plan or Concept Plan submittal
package.
The plan shall provide for interconnected access between adjacent
nonresidential and R-MF-1 and R-MF-2 properties to serve identified single or
multiple centralized access points meeting the City's Driveway Design and
Placement Standards. (Section 20-44) The plan shall reflect all proposed
driveway access points from subject property to City Streets.
These internal routes shall be encompassed within dedicated Public Access
Easements reflected in the Final Plat and shall provide for efficient traffic flow
through the subject property. The plan shall provide a connection point to the
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Internal Traffic Circulation Network across subject property for each
surrounding or abutting property and shall include the construction of a
concrete or asphalt driving surface up to the property lines of the abutting
� properties. Joint Access Driveways are encouraged by the City for use with
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the singie or multiple centralized access points onto City Streets.
In cases where one or more of the properties abutting the subject property have
been developed and provisions have been made in these developments to
connect to a future Internal Traffic Circulation Network when subject tract is
developed, the development of subject tract must include a connection to the
Internal Traffic Circulation Network of the abutting properties at the point or
points established by the previously developed abutting properties.
(c) Where the final plat submitted for approval covers only a part of the
owner's or subdivider's entire contiguous holding of property or only a part of
a larger undeveloped tract under different ownership and the property is zoned
non residential, R-MF-1 or R-MF-2, a preliminary plan of the prospective future
street systems as well as a preliminary plan of the proposed Internal Traffic
Circulation Network in the part of the holding not included in the Final Plat
submittal shall be furnished with the Site Plan or Concept Plan submittal and
the street system and Internal Traffic Circulation Plan proposed in the Final Plat
will be considered in light of adjustments and connections with the preliminary
plan of the street system and the Internal Traffic Circulation Network proposed
for the part of the holding not submitted in the final plat.
(d) EXCEPTION The Internal Traffic Circulation Plan requirements shall not
' �- apply to existing developments that have not made provisions for Internal
Traffic Circulation Networks under these requirements but may be applied to
revised or new Site Plans or Concept Plans of existing developments in cases
where extensive reconstruction of the site is proposed."
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CHAPTER 20 STREETS, SIDEWALKS & OTHER PUBLIC WAYS
ARTICLE III SIDEWALKS & DRIVEWAYS
SECTION 20-44 DRIVEWAY DESIGN AND PLACEMENT STANDARDS
AMENDED AS FOLLOWS:
Section 20-44 (c)(2)c. is amended to read as follows:
"c. Joint Access Drives shall meet or exceed a minimum width of thirty-five
(35) feet, shall be no greater than a maximum width of forty-five (45) feet and
shall have no less than ten (10) feet on either property. The full drive width
and access pavement to both properties shall be constructed with the first
development. Approval of a Joint Access Drive may require a signed letter of
agreement between the owners of each property submitted with the Site Plan
or Concept Plan in the event that dedicated Public Access Easements do not
exist. (Fig. 20.3)
Section 20-44(d1(1)b. is amended to read as follows:
"b. The curb radii for a commercial drive shall be twenty (20) feet. (Fig. 20.2)"
Section 20-44(d)(1)c. is amended to read as follows:
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"c. The curb radii for an industrial drive shall be twenty (20) feet. (Fig 20.2)"
Section 20-44(e) is amended by the addition of a new subsection (6) to read
as follows:
"(e)(6) EXCEPTIONS:
(a) Where a newly platted corner lot fails to meet the minimum lot widths
necessary to provide the minimum spacings for driveways, the lot will be
permitted one driveway for principal access. The single driveway shall be
located so as to pose the least effect on traffic flow in the adjacent public
street. The City reserves the right to require that this single driveway be
constructed as a Joint Access Drive.
(b) Where the newly platted corner lot dimensions meet the minimum lot width
necessary to provide the minimum spacing for driveways on only one side of
�,,,� the lot, driveway access will be allowed only on the side of the lot where the
driveway can be placed in compliance with the City Driveway Design &
Placement Standards.
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(c) A newly platted lot abutted by previous developments which made no
provisions for Internal Traffic Circulation Network connections to subject lot
shall not be denied driveway access to City Streets when the lot cannot meet
the City Driveway Design and Placement Standards. The lot will be permitted
one driveway for principal access located so as to pose the least effect on
traffic flow in the adjacent public street.
(d) A corner lot platted for multiple pump island gasoline stations with
insufficient lot dimensions to meet the City Driveway Design & Placement
Standards shall place the driveway accessing each public street as far from the
intersection as the lot dimensions permit up to the maximum required spacing
for a corner lot identified in Figure 20.2 while maintaining the minimum 20'
spacing from the side property line. Joint Access Driveways shall not be
allowed for access to multiple pump island gasoline stations.
(e) A lot abutting a corner gasoline station lot utilizing the "Multi-pump Island
Exception" must place the next successive driveway along the City Street no
less than the minimum spacing between driveways identified in Figure 20.2
from the gasoline station driveway or, if the lot dimensions of subject lot
preclude this spacing, must construct a Joint Access Driveway on the side
property line of the subject lot that is the greatest distance from the side lot
line common to the gasoline station lot. Subsequent spacings of driveways
along the public street shall meet the requirements identified in Figure 20.2."
Section 20-44(e) Figures 20.2 and 20.3 shall be amended as follows:
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ROADWAY TYPE A B C • D E
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NON RESIDENTIAL LOCAL STREET 100' 20'- 45' 50' 20' 20'
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MINOR ARTERIAL 200' 20'- 45' 300' 20' 20'
�, MAJOR ARTERIAL 200' 20'- 45' 300' 20' 20'
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FIGURE 20.3
DRIVEWAY TYPE A MIN B MIN
RESIDENTIAL 9' 20'
NON-RESiDENTiAL 10' 35'
COMMERClAL 10' 35'
INDUSTRIAL 10' 35'
ONEWAY INGRESS 1 Q' 22'
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ONEWAY EGRESS 10' 20'
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