HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1984-059 ORDINANCE N0. 84-59
AN ORDINANCE AN1II�iDING ORDINANC� NO. 70-10,
THE COMPREEIIIVSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE OF Tf�
CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEX1�S, S1�NIE BEING ALSO
KNC74�7N AS APPIIVDIX "A" OF � CITY CODE OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, GRANTING A ZONING ��ANGE
ON A TRACI' OF I�1VD DESCRIBID AS BEING A
� LOT, TRACT, OR PARCEL OF LAI�ID LYING AND
� BEING SITUATID IN TARRANI' COUN'I'Y, Z�,.S,
BEING A PAR'I' OF THE E. COX SURVEY, ABSTRACT
� NO. 352 IN THE CITY OF GRP,PF�TINE, TEXAS,
MORE FULI,Y A1�ID CiOItiPLEI'ELY DESCRIBID IN Tf�
BODY OF THIS ORDINANC.E; ORDERING A CHANGE
IN Tf� USE OF SP,ID PROPEF�I'Y FFZOM "R-1"
SINGLE—FANIILY DWEL�LING DISTRICT UNDER
ORDINANC� NO. 70-10 TO "CN" NEIGE�ORHOOD
C�RCIAL ZONING DISTRICI' UNDER ORDIl�IANC�
NO. 82-73; CORRECTING Z'HE OFFICIAL ZOrdING
MAP; PRESERVING ALL 0'I�IIIt PORTIONS OF THE
ZONING ORDINI�ICE; PROVIDING A CI�AUSE
RF7,ATING 'I�0 SEVERABILII^Y; DEI'ERNIINING THAT
THE PUBLIC IIVZ�RES�I'S, MOR�ILS AI�ID GENERAL
WII.�'ARE DII�ND A ZONING Q�ANGE AND AN�ID-
MENTT Tf�REIN NlADE; PROVIDING A PII�I�LTY NOT
TO EXC.'Em THE SUM OF ONE THOUSAND DOT,T,ARS
($1,000.00) AI�ID A SEPARATE OFFE�tSE SHALL BE
DF.E��D COMMI'IrI�D UPON EACfi DAY DURING OR ON
WHICH A VIOLATT_ON OCC[JF2S; AND D�'7CLARING AN
II,'�FtGENC..'Y
4V��2E',AS, applications were made to amend the Official Zoning Map, City of
Grapevine, Texas, by making applications for same with the Planning & Zoning
Commission of the City of Grapevine, Texas, as required by State statutes and
the zoning ordinances of the City of Grapevine, Texas, and all the legal
requireements, conditions and prerequisites having been complied with, the case
having come before the City Council of the City of Grapevine, Texas, after all
legal notices requiren�nts, conditions and prerequisites having been complied
with; and,
Wf�REAS, the City Council of the City of Grapevine, Texas, at a public
hearing called by the City Council did consider the following factors in
making a determination as to whether these requested changes should be granted
or denied; safety of the motoring public and the pedestrians using the facil-
ities in the area immediately surrounding the site; safety fr�n fire hazards
and measures for fire control, protection of adjacent property fran flood or
water d�nages, noise producing elements and glare of the vehicular and sta-
tionary lights and effect of such lights on established character of the
neighborhood, location, lighting and types of signs and relation of signs to
traffic control and adjacent property, street size and adequacy of width for
traffic reasonably �.xpected to be generated by the proposed use around the
site and in the �diate neighborhood, adequacy of parking as determined by
requirem�nts of this ordinance for off-street parking facilities, location of
ingress and egress points for parking and off-street locating spaces, and
protection of public health by surfacing on all parking areas to control dust,
effect on the promr�tion of health and the general welfare, effect on light and
� air, the effect on the overcrowding of the land, the effect on the concen-
� tration of population, the effect on the transportation, water, sewerage,
� schools, parks and other facilities; and,
y WI-IEREREAS, the City Council of the City of Grapevine, Texas, at a public
hearing called by the City Council of the City of Grapevine, �exas, did
consider the foll�aing factors in making a determination as to whether this
requested change should be granted or denied; effect on the congestion of the
streets, the fire hazards, panics and other dangers possibly present in the
securing of safety frcgn same, the effect on the promotion of health and the
general welfare, effect on adequate light and air, the effect on the over-
craading of the land, the effect on the concentration of population, the
effect on the transportation; water, sewerage, schools, parks and other public
facilities; and,
W�RF�S, the City Council further considered among other things the
character of the district and its peculiar suitability for particular uses and
with the view to oonserve the value of buildings, encourage the most appro-
priate use of land throughout this city; and,
WHEREA.S, the City Council of the City of Grapevine, Texas, does find that
there is a public necessity for the zoning change, that the public demznds it,
that the public interest clearly requires the amexic�hnent, that the zoning
changes do not unreasonably invade the rights of those who bought or improved
�— property with reference to the classification which existed at the time their
original investrrent was made; and,
WI�RE',AS, the City Council of the City of Grapevine, Texas, does find that
the change in zoning lessens the congestion in the streets, helps secure
safety fran fire, panic and other dangers; prorrotes health and the general
welfare; provides adequate light and air; prevents the overcrawding of land;
avoids undue concentration of population; facilitates the adequate provisions
of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks and other public require-
ments; and,
Wf-IEREA.S, the City Council of the City of Grapevine, Texas, has determined
that there is a necessity and need for this change in zoning and has also �
found and determined that there has been a change in the conditions of the
property surrounding and in close proximity to the property requested for a
change since this property was originally classified and therefore, feels that
a change in zoning classification for the particular piece of praperty is
needed, is called for, and is in the best interest of the public at large, the
citizens of the City of Grapevine, Texas, and helps proirote the general
health, safety, and welfare of this congrninity.
NOW, 'I�iEREFORE, BE IT ORDAII�IID BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPE�TINE, TEXAS:
Section l. That the City of Grapevine Ordinance No. 70-10, being the
Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City of Grapevine, Texas, same being
also lmawn as Appendix "A" of the City Code of Grapevine, Texas, be, and the
t same is hereby amended and changed in that the use of the following described
property, to-wit:
Being a tract of land out of the E. Cox Survey, Abstract No. 352, in the
City of Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas, more fully and completely described
in Exhibit "A", attached hereto and made a part hereof, which was previously
zoned "R-1" Single-Family Dwelling District is hereby changed. tA "CN" Neigh-
borhood Commercial Zoning District, all in accordance with Com�rehensive
Zoning Ordinance No. 82-73, as atre-nded.
Section 2. The City Manager is hereby directed to correct the official
zoning map of the City of Grapevine, Te�s, to reflect the herein change in
zoning.
Section 3. That in all other respects the use of the tract or tracts of
land herein above described shall be subject to all the applicable regulations
contained in said City of Grapevine zoning ordinance and all other applicable
and pertinent ordinances of the City of Grapevine, Texas.
Section 4. That the zoning regulations and districts as herein estab-
lished have been made in accordance with the comprehensive plan for the
puzpose of pr�ting health, safety, mc�rals and the general welfare of the
� co�rninity. They have been designed with respect to both present conditions
= and the conditions reasonably anticipated to exist in the foreseeable future,
} to lessen congestion in the streets; to secure safety fran fire, panic, flood
'__ and other dangers; provide adequate light and air; to prevent overcrowding of
land, to avoid undue concentration of population; facilitate the adequate
provisions of transportation, water, sewerage, drainage and surface water,
parks and other public requiremsnts, and to make adequate provisions for the
normal business, co�rercial needs and development of the comrnuzity. They have
been made with reasonable consideration, among other thir.gs, of the character
of the district, and its peculiar suitability for the particular uses and with
a view of conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appro-
priate use of land throughout the community.
Section 5. This ordinance shall be c�mzlative of all other ordinances of
the City of Grapevine, Texas, affecting zoning and shall not repeal any of the
provisions of said ordinances except in those instances where provisions of
those ordinances which are in direct conflict with the provisions of this
ordinance.
Section 6. That the terms and provisions of this ordinance shall be
deemed to be severable and that if the validity of the zoning affecting any
portion of the tract or tracts of land descri.bed herein shall be declared to
— be invalid, the same shall not affect the validity of the zoning of the
balance of the tract or tracts of land described herein.
Section 7. That any person or corporation who shall violate any of the
� provisions of this ordinance or fail to comply therewith, or with any of the
requirements thereof, or who shall build or alter any building or use in
violation of any detailed statement or plan submitted and approved hereunder,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be liable to a fine of not more
than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) , and each day such violation shall be
permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense. The awner or awners
of any buildi.ng or premises, or part thereof, where anything in violation of
this ordinance shall be placed or shall exist, and any architect, builder,
contractor, agent, person, or corporation c-mployed in connection therewith, -
and who may have assisted in the commission of any such violation, shall be
guilty of a separate offense and upon conviction shall be fined as herein
provided. The City of Grapevine, likewise, shall have the paaer to enforce
the provisions of this ordinance through civil court action as provided by
state law.
Section 8. The fact that the present zoning ordinance and regulations of
the City of Grapevine, Texas are inadequate to properly safeguard the health,
safety, morals, peace, and general welfare of the inhabitants of the City of
Grapevine, Texas, creates an emergency for the i��ediate preservation of the
public business, property, health, safety and general welfare of the public
which requires that this ordinance shall become effective from and after the
date of its final passage, and it is accordingly so ordained.
PASSID AND APPROVED by tY?e City Council of the City of Grapevine, Texas
� on this the 7th day of August, 1984.
APPROVED:
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Mayor
ATTEST:
Ci Secretazy
APPFtOVID AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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City Attorney
EXHIBIT "A" TO
ORDINANCE NO. 84-59
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
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CITY PARCEL NO. 139B
BEING a parcel of land located in Grapevine , Tarrant
County, Texas, and being more particularly described as
follows:
BEGINNING at a point in the centerline of Hall-
Johnson Road, said point being 835 . 0 feet, more or less ,
west of the point of intersection of the centerline of Hall-
Johnson Road and the west right-of-way line of William D.
Tate Avenue; -
THENCE northerly, a distance of 550 . 0 feet, more or
less, to a point for corner;
THENCE westerly, a distance of 840 . 0 feet, more or less ,
to a point for corner;
THENCE southerly, a distance of 550 . 0 feet, more or
less, to a point in the centerline of said Hall-Johnson
Road;
THENCE easterly, with said centerline a distance of
840 . 0 feet, more or less, to the POINT OF BEGINNING.
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