HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1988-027 ORDINANCE NO. 88-27
AN ORDINANCE 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 REGU-
LATIONS BY AMENDING SECTION 67
AMENDMENTS; PROVIDING A PENALTY NOT TO
y�, EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS
($2, 000.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE AND A
SEPARATE OFFENSE SHALL BE DEEMED
COMMITTED UPON 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 67 relative to Amendments is hereby
amended by renumbering the entire section as shown
,„„�„, in Exhibit "A" , attached hereto and made a part
hereof.
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 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 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 regu-
lations 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.
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PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS on this the 15th day of nrtarch , 1988 .
APPROVED:
Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Attorney
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"j EXHIBIT "A" TO
ORDINANCE N0. 88-27
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Sec. 6 7. AN�TDNI�ITS.
,� A. APPLICATION FOR ZONING CH�NGES.
1. Any person, firm or corporation requesting change in zoning of
� any property from one district classification to another
district classification under this ordinance shall make an
application in writing to the City Planning Depariment
requesting change in zoning, which application shall contain
the following infoxmztion.
a. Legal description of the land on which a zoning change is
requested, together with the local street address.
b. Name and address of the c�mer of the propertX.
c. Name and address of the person making the application, if
made by anyone other than the owner, tc�gether with a
statement that the person making the application is
authorized to act for the aaner in making the application.
d. Distr.ict use under which the property is regulated at the
time of making application and the district use requested
by the applicant
e. Any other information concerning the property as may be
reasonably requested by the City Planning Department.
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2. Upon filing of an application for a change in zoning with the
City Planning Department, the applicant shall gay to the City
`""'" the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) for all tracts that
do not exceed one (1) acre and an additional filing fee of
twenty five dollars ($25.00) per acre, on any part thereof,
for each additional txact that exceeds one (1) acre, no part
of which shall be returnable, regardless of the action taken
on the request.
3. A waiting period of one year, betw�en the date an application
for amendment to the zoning ordinance, or a requested change
in zoning, is denied by the City Council and a new application
for such a change or amenc�nent is accepted, is hereby
� established. The one-yPar waiting period shall be applicable
to all requested ame,nc�nents and change§ for the same zoning
district, or districts, on all or any portion of the property
previously considered for amenc�hnent or change in zoning;
provided, haw�ever, said one-year waiting period shall not be
applicable to any proposed amendment or change instituted by
the City Council or Planning and Zoning Camnission or to any
proposed amendment or change denied by the city council
without preju3ice. For purposes of this section, denied by
the City Council shall mean that on final reading: (a) a
r� motion by the city council to deny the requested zoning change
, passed by a majority of the quonun present and voting; or (b)
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paid in the United States Post Office to such property awners
as the ownership appears on the last approved city tax roll.
4. A public hearing shall be held by the City 'Council before
""��� adopting any proposed amenc3ment, supplement, or change. At
least fifteen (15) days' notice of the time and place of such
hearing shall be published in the official newspaper of the
� City of CYapevine.
5. Changes to any aspect of a zoning case or conditional use
application, including changes to concept plans or site plan,
that the City Council or Planning and Zoning Commission
consi.der, in their sole judgement, to be significant that are
proposed by the applicant Shall not be considered unless filed
with the City at least 14 days prior to the scheduled public
hearing. In the event such a proposed change is filed less
than 14 days prior to the scheduled public hearing, the
Planning and Zoning Cannission or City Council may decline to
consider the proposed changes or may continue the public
hearing to a date certain that is at least 14 ,days fram the
date said proposed change was filed. This section does not
apply to any changes propc�sed by the Planning and Zoning
Cca�unission or City Council.
6. If such proposed amendment, suppl�ent or change has been
denied by the City Planning and Zoning Cammission, or if a
protest against such proposed amendment, supplement or change
ha.s been filed with the City Secretary, duly signed and
acl�owledged by the owners of twenty (20$) percent or more,
"� � either of the area of the lots included in such proposed
change or those i��diately adjacent to and extending two
�„„�, hundred (2Q0) feet therefrom, such amenchnent shall not bec�
effective except by a three-fourths (3/4) vote of the members
of the City Council of the City of Grapevine..
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