HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1991-048 � ,,
ORDINANCE NO. 91-48
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 42
SUPPLEMENTARY DISTRICT REGULATIONS; 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
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 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 42 relative to Supplementary District
Regulations is hereby amended by amending Section 42 .G. 7 . to
read as follows:
�� 7. No object or combination of objects, including
but not limited to any structure, fence, wall,
screen hedge, tree, bush, shrub, billboard or
mound of earth, terrace, bank or barrier shall
be erected, placed, planted or maintained on any
corner lot in such a manner as to create a
traffic hazard by obstructing the view of the
drivers of motor vehicles using the streets
adjacent thereto. The natural existing terrain
which cannot be removed by reasonable
landscaping techniques including retaining walls
constructed below or at the same grade line of
� said natural existing terrain shall be excluded
from the objects otherwise prohibited by this
paragraph. And said object or combination of
� objects, erected, placed, planted or maintained
on a corner lot or parkway adjacent thereto so
�.,, as to interfere with the visual line of sight at
an elevation between three (3) feet above the
top of the adjacent roadway curb and six (6)
feet above the top of the adjacent street curb,
�""' or if there is no curb then from the average
street curb grade, within a triangular area
formed by the intersection of the adjacent
street right-of-way lines, the right-of-way line
twenty (20) feet from the intersection, shall be
prima facie evidence that said object, or
combination of objects, so erected, placed,
planted or maintained is an obstruction
constituting a traffic hazard. Any object or
combination of objects, placed, planted, or
maintained is an obstruction constituting a
traffic hazard. Any object or combination of
objects, piaced, planted or maintained in
violation of this paragraph, shall be removed
upon written notice by certified mail from the
Building Official of the City, or his
representative, to the owner, agent or occupant
of the premises where such obstruction has been
erected, placed, planted or maintained. Failure
of the owner, agent or occupant to remove such
an obstruction within ten (10) days after
� receipt of such notice shall constitute a
violation of the Zoning Ordinance. "
�`� 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) for each offense and a separate
offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which an
offense occurs or continues.
Section 3 . If any section, article, paraqraph, 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 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 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 16th day of Jul� , 1991.
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APPROVED:
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Willi m D. Tate
Mayor
ATTEST:
Huff
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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John F. Boyle, Jr.
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City Attorney
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