HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1992-035 ORDINANCE NO. 92-35
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
�, OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS AMENDING THE GRAPEVINE
CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 7
BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION; REPEALING
CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY IN A
SUM NOT TO EXCEED TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS
($2, 000. 00) FOR EACH SEPARATE OFFENSE 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
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE,
TEXAS:
Section 1. That the Grapevine Code of Ordinances Chapter 7,
Section 7-6 relative to Approval of subdivision plat prerequisite
to issuance of permit is hereby amended to read as follows:
��Section 7-6. Approval of subdivision plat prerequisite
"�'� to issuance of permit.
;,,��, No building permit shall be issued for the construction
of any new principal improvements on any undeveloped
tract, lot, or parcel of land unless and until a
subdivision plat encompassing said property has been duly
approved in accordance with all applicable state laws and
city ordinances. Unplatted single-family zoned tracts or
parcels of land with existing principal structures in
place will not require a subdivision plat to receive a
building permit for additions to existing structures or
construction of additional detached structures on the
site. "
Section 2. That all ord�nances of the City 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hereby are deemed repealed and of no force or effect provided,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Grapevine, Texas shall be deemed repealed only when all such cases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 3 . Any person, firm or corporation violating any of
the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be f ined 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 4. If any section, article, paragraph, sentence,
""�°'' clause, phrase or word in this ordinance, or application thereof to
any persons or circumstances is held invalid or unconstitutional by
a Court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect
a.�, 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 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 21st day of July , 1992.
APPROVED:
""�� William D. Tate
Mayor
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ATTEST:
Li d Huff
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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John F. Boyle, Jr.
City Attorney
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