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Home My WebLink AboutORD 1985-055 ORDINANCE NO. g5-�5 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE N0. 82-%3 , 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 ANiENDMENTS AND CHANGES TO DISTRICT REGULATIONS BY AMENDING SECTION 29 RELATING TG HOTEL/CORPORATE OFFICE DIS- TRICT REGULATIONS; PROVIDING A PENALTY �`' � NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1 , 000 . 00) FOR EACH OFFENSE AND A SEPARATE OFFENSE SHALL BE DEEMED COM- MITTED UPON EACH DAY DURING OR ON WHICH A VIOLATION OCCURS; PROVIDING A SEVER- ABILITY CLAUSE; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY CGUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS : Section l . 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 r«tified, verified, and affirmed: A. That Section 29 relating to Hotel/Corporate Office District Regulations be amended to read as provided ir. �i Exhibit "A" , attached hereto and incorporated herein for all purposes by this reference . 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 One Thousand Dollars ($1,000 . 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 ordin«nce, 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 pro- perly safeguard the health, safety, morals, peace, and general *`°`� welfare of the public 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 17th day of September, 1985. APPROVED: Mayor + ATTEST: � ,,�...v �t�V — City Secretar APPROVED AS TO FORM: ___--�� '�� _ ----- City Attorney � �, , � .. � EXHIBIT "A" TO ORDINANCE NO. 85-55 Sec. 29. HCO Hotel and Corporate Office District. PURPOSE: The HCO District is established to provide areas to � accommodate hotel-motel development. These districts are also intended to encourage the development of planned office complexes and corporate office parks in the City of Grapevine. HCO Districts are ,�,�„ intended to include extensive open space and landscaping and should be located in areas which can take advantage of the regional access provided by the freeway system and within reasonable proximity to the Dallas-Fort Worth Regional Airport. USES GENERALLY: In a HCO Hotel and Corporate Office District no land shall be used and no building shall be erected for or converted to any use other than as hereinafter provided. A. PERMITTED USES : No building or structure or part thereof, shall be erected, altered, altered or used, in whole or in part, for other than one or more of the following specified uses : 1. Hotels and motels except that all suite hotels-motels shall be permitted only as a conditional use. 2. Banks and financial institutions . 3. Offices for business , & professional use. 4. Laboratories for scientific, educational and industrial research and development. 5. Medical and dental laboratories ; hospitals and clinics . 6. Office and studio facilities for radio and television except for broadcasting towers . 7 . Public facilities and utilities including easements and rights of way. 8. Parks and playgrounds , publicly owned. 9. Golf courses , public and private. 10. Professional and business schools . 11 . Private clubs , excludin_g alcoholic beverages . 12. Restaurants excluding fast food and drive-in facilities . 13. Planned retail development provided that said use is part of a mixed use development, located within a fully enclosed building and not more than twenty (20%) percent of the total acreage if the applicable HCO District is utilized for �. % retail purposes . B. ACCESSORY USES : The following uses shall be permitted as accessory uses to a principal use provided that none shall be a �� source of income to the owner or user of the principal use: Section 29 , Page 1 i . Off-street parking in conjunction with a permitted use. 2. Signs , advertising uses on the premises , in accordance with �° - Section 60 of this Ordinance. 3 . Indoor and outdoor swimming pools . �;:.� 4 . Tennis courts , health clubs and related recreation facilities provided they are for the primary use of tenants , customers or persons associated with a principal use. C. CONDITIONAL USES : The following conditional uses may be permitted provided a Conditional Use Permit is issued pursuant to , Section 48 and the following minimum standards are met : 1 . All suite hotels and motels including kitchen facilities provided that such facilities shall not be utilized for permanent rentals ; the maximum length of a rental shall not exceed forty-five (45) days and conversion to permanent rental units is expressly prohibited unless a new conditional use permit is issued and said conversion meets all requirements of the most comparable residential zoning district. 2. Educational institutions - public and private 3. Regional Trade Center Facilities including combined office-showroom facilities , office-warehouse facilities and `� ' display area provided that the following ratios of office to other floor area are not exceeded: � a. office and showrooms - not more than 60% percent of total floor area shall be devoted to showroom space. b, office and warehouses - not more than 50� percent of total floor area shall be devoted to warehouse space. c. display or exhibit - not more than 75% percent of total floor area shall be devoted to display or exhibit space. 4 . Hotels and motels having seventy-five (75) or more units , dining rooms , bars , personal ser��ice shops such as beauty and barber shops , newstands , retail and offices provided the following minimum standards are met: a. Serving of alcoholic beverages shall require a Permit in conformance with Section 48 of this Ordinance. b . Such uses shall be located in the main building and stiall be of a design and size as to cater primarily to the guests or occupants of the main use. �"`°`' c . Access to such conditional uses shall be limited to the interior of the building and there shall be no direct public access from the exterior of the building, �-.�� provided that doors for exit purposes or fire and safety Sectien 29 , Page 2 purposes may be located in the e�teri.or walls of the building. � � d. There shall be no show windows or displays relating to retail stores , personal service shops or offices on the exterior of the building or visible from any street or w�,� adjacent property. D. LIMITATION OF USES : None specified. E. PLAN REQUIREMENTS : 1 . A Site Plan shall be required in accordance with the provisions of Section 47 of this Ordinance. 2. A Landscape Plan, in accordance with Section 53 of this Ordinance, shall be required. F. DENSITY REQUIREMENTS : The following density requirements shall apply: 1. MAXIMUM DENSITY - The maximum density within the HCO District shall not exceed a floor area ratio of 3 . 0 . 2. LOT SIZE - Lots for any permitted use shall have a minimum area of two (2) acres except that planned HCO development on land parcels in excess of fifty (50) acres may have a minimum lot size of thirty thousar_d (30, 000) square feet �° provided the minimum open space requirements for the over all district are increased to forty (40) percent. �` � 3. MINIMUM OPEN SPACE - At least thirty (30%) percent of the total lot area shall be devoted to open space. Minimum open space requirements may be calculated on the basis of the overall development including required buffer areas , provided that the minimum open space on any individual lot within the development is not less than fifteen (15) percent. Minimum open space areas may included plazas , paved recreation areas and similar urban open space. 4 . MAXIMUM BUILDING COVEP.AGE - The combined area occupied by all main and accessory structures shall not exceed forty (40) percent of the total lot area. In the event a plaiined development contains structured parking, the maximum coverage may be increased to fifty (507 ) percent of the total lot area provided the minimum open space requirement is increased to forty (40�) percent. 5 . MAXINNM IMPERVIOUS AREA - The combined area occupied by all buildings , structures , off-street parking and paved areas shall not exceed seventy (70%) percent of the total lot area. Open space amenities such as sidewalks , paved *� • recreational areas , plazas , and common open space areas may be excluded from impervious area calculations provided at least forty (40) percent of the total development area is ��;,,� devoted to minimum open space requirements . Section 29 , Page 3 G. AREA REGULATIOTIS : The following minimum standards shall be required for each 1ot within an HCO distri.ct : 1 , LOT WIDTH - Every lot shall have a minimum width not less �-- than one hundred fifty (150) feet. 2. LOT DEPTH - Every lot shall have a minimum depth not less � than two hundred (200) feet. 3 . FRONT YARD: Every lot shall have a front yard of not less than fifty (50) feet which shall be utilized as a landscaped setback area. Front yards shall not be used for any building, structure, fence, wall or storage area, except that sigr_s may be permitted in this area. Front yards shall be landscaped with grass , shrubbery, vines , or trees and no part shall be paved or surfaced except for minimum access , driveways and sidewalks in accordance with Section 53 of this Ordinance. 4 . SIDE YARD - Every lot shall have a side yard on each side, each of which shall be not less than twenty-five (25) feet in width. 5 . REAR YARD - Every lot shall have a rear yard not less than forty (40) feet in depth. 6 . DISTANCE BETWEEN BUILDINGS - The minimum distance between principal or accessory buildings on adjacent Iots shall be not less than twenty (20) feet or one half the average �' ` height of the two adjacent buildings , whichever is greater. H. BUFFER AREA REGULATIONS : Any development in an HCO District � � shall maintain a buffer yard at least seventy-five (75) feet in width around the perimeter of the property. Such buffer yards shall not contain buildings and structures , parking or loading areas and shall be landscaped with trees , shrubbery and grass . Whenever a perimeter buffer is required, no additional yard requirements shall apply. Whenever two developments within an HCO District are adjacent , the minimum buffer area between the two developments may be waived by the Planning Commission provided the minimum buffer is maintained on all external boundaries of the HCO District. I . HEIGHT: 1 . Whenever a building exceeds forty (40) feet in height the minimum yards or perimeter buffer yard, as the case may be , shall in increased by four (4) feet for each ten (10) feet or fraction thereof by which the building height exceeds forty (40) feet . 2 . No accessory structure shall be erected or altered to a ��°M height exceeding twenty (20) feet except that structured parking may be erected to a height not to - exceed fifty (50) feet. � Section 29 , Page 4 3 . Al1 structures shall comply in all respects with the restrictions on height contained in the DFW International Airport Zoning Ordinance. �� J. LANDSCAPING REQUIR.EMENTS : Landscaping shall be required in accordance with Section 53 of this Ordinance. � K. OFF-STREET PARKING: Of_f-street parking shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of Section 56 of this Ordinance. No off-street parking area shall be located closer than fifty (50) feet to any Residential District nor ten (10) feet to any adjacent property line. L. OFF-STREET LOADING: Off-street loading shall be provided in accordance with Section 57 of this Ordinance. M. DESIGr1 REQUIREMENTS : The following design requirements shall apply in the HCG District : 1. No outdoor storage, except for refuse disposal, shall be permitted. Refuse disposal areas shall be landscaped and screened from view. 2. Mechanical and electrical equipment, including air conditioning units , shall be designed, installed and operated to minimize noise impact on surrounding property. All such equipment shall be screened from public view. 3 . Lighting shall be designed to reflect away from any adjacent '` residential area. � , 4. The masonry requirements of Section 54 shall be met. �._.} �,.� Section 29 , Page 5