HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1973-024 ORDINANCE NO, ��-24
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 10 OF THE
CITY CODE OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE,
TEXAS, AS AMENDED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, ON
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APRIL 7, 1970, THE SAME BEING THE
COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANGE
OF THE CITY OF GRA�EVINE, TEXAS, BY
ADDING THERETO CHAt'I'ER 20, PROVIDING
FOR STREETS AND EASEMENTS; AND
PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE,
THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE GITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS:
g SECTION l. That Title 10 of the City Code of Grapevine,
�" ' Texa s, a s a mended by the City Council of the City of Grapevine, Texa s, on
April 7, 1970, the same being the comprehensive zoning ordinance of the
City of Grapevine, Texas, be and is hereby amended by adding thereto a
Chapter 20, which shall read as follows:
"Ghapter 20: Streets and Easements
"A. As used in this Chapter� the following definitions
will apply:
"Major Street: A principal traffic artery, more or less
continuous across the City, which is intended to connect remote parts of
the City or area s adj acent thereto and to act as a principal connecting street
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with State and Federal highways and shall include each street designated as
a thoroughfare street on any master plan which may now be in effect or whic.h
may be a.dopted at a later date,
"Minor S�reet; A street which is intended primarily to serve
traffic within a neighborhood or limited residential district, and which is
not necessarily �ontinuous through several residential distri.cts.
Secondary Street; A street collecting traffic from other
�T � stree�s and serving as the mast direct route ta a major street,
'�" "B. Under the Constitution and laws of the State af Te�as
and the provisions of this ordinance, the zoning power of the City is hereby
exercised for the purpose of promoting the health, safety, morals and
general welfare of the general public under a comprehensive plan desa,gned
to lessen congestion in the stree�s, ta secure safety from fire, panic, and
other dangers, to pxomote the health and general welfare of the general
public, to provide adequate light and air, to prevent the over�crowding of
land, �o avoid undue concentration of population and to facilitate the adequate
provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks and other
public improvements, and the City CounGil. finds that transportation, water,
sewerage, drainage and public utility facilities are not adequate to lessen
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congestion in the streets, to secure safety from fire and panic, to prevent
unsa.nitary conditions, to provide adequate light and air, to prevent the
over-crowding of land, to avaid undue concentration of population, to
facilitate the adequate pravision of transportaxion, water, drainage, �ewerage,
and other public requirements in the area aoned herein should any portion of
said area be developed for residential or professional or commercial or
industrial or agricultrual or amusement or airport purposes and uses or a
combination of any of sai.d purposes and uses and the City of �rapevine shall regu�
late the use of all af the property rezoned herein in order to lessen congestion
���, in the streets, to secure sa�ety �rom fire, panic and other dangers, to promote
the health and general welfare of the general public, to provide adequate light
and air, to prevent the over-crowding of land, to avoid undue concentration of
population, and to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water,
drainage, sewerage, and other public requirements and in so regulating the
use of said property does hereby require that prior to the issuanGe of a building
permit and certificate of occupancy that the primary means of acGess have a
minimum right of wa.y width along the entire frontage of the property as follows,
�nd fu�th�r� �.� pr��erty shovld be a corner ]ot, sa�d
�ro�erty shail have ar.ce�s to both stre��s �avinQ a
m��imum r�ght �f way w�dth pri�r t� issu�n�e o� � �ui�ding
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p�rmi� and c�r�i�ic�tP of �c�up�n�y as f�ll�w�: ��ornpr
l.c�t� ;�h�ll be cc��rGidered �o front an pach ��re�t far pur-
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pca��s c�f det�rmini.nc� minimum ri_�ht o� way� :
MIN�MUM R�GH"1' +�F WAX - CENTERIa.�'NE�
RESTD�'NTIAX� TC'1 FR(�NT PROPERTY I.INE
Mi.n�r Stre�t �5 - �� feet
S��ondary Street 30 - �5 feet
Major Street; 35 - bQ feet
MC7I�TT-FAM ILY
Ma.nor StreP� 3� fee�
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Seconc��ry Street 35 - 4Q feet
Mai�r Stree� �� - 60 feet
Ct�MMER�IAL AND •
T.NDITSTRIAi.,.
Minna- Street 35 feet
Second�.ry Street 40 feet
M�ic�r �treet �5 - 50 feet
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�-, -� And th�t befar� �he i ssuance o� �. building permi� �nd
certificatP a�' occup�ncy, the owner �ha1,l �ause to exi�t
ra.ght of way for drai.naae, sew�raae. w�ter �nd utilz�tv ��
the City Manager sha11 dete�min� to be xe�scanablP �.nd nec��sar�r
tca ��cil.%'�at;e ad�*qua�.� pr�vi.���n for wat�r a sewe��c�e, c9r�in�a�;
an�. uti.�i,taes.
"G. Nothing in the above provision shall be interpreted as
requiring the dedica�ion of property.
"D. In arder to secure safety from fire, panic and other
danger�, and to facilitate the adequate provisian of t�ransportation, water,
sewerage, drainage, public utilities and prevent unsani�ary conditions, prior
to the i�suance of a building permit, the City Manager shall determine whether
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or not the owner af land zoned herein must file a plat showing existing and
proposed water Gaurses, drainage, drainage ditches, w�dths and dimensians
of proposed street or streets, alleys, easements, drainage facilities, lot
lines, building setback lines, topographical information with contours at an
interval of one foot referred to City data with reference to bench marks where
available, which contours shall fall wiChin one�third of a contour interval af
theirktrue location although contour intervals of five feet may be allowed if
the terrain is steeg enaugh to warran� these intervals as well as other
informatiQn reasonably required by the City Manager to determine the safe�y
- and effect of the proposed development and canstruction on the citizens af
� _ the City of Grapevine. No building permit shall be i ssued until the City
Manager ha s either apgroved said plat ar determined a plat i� nat required. "
SEGTIQN 2. It is hereby deGlared to be the intention of the
City Council af the Gity of Grapevine that the sections, paragraphs, sentenCes,
clauses and phrases of this ordinance are severa�le, and if any phrase, clause,
sentence, paragraph ar section af this ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional,
such un�onstitutionality or invalidity shall not affect any of the remaining
phrases, ciauses� sentences, paragraphs ar sections of this ordinance, si.nce
the same wot�ld have been enacted by the City Council without the incarporation
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in this ordinance of any such uncanstitutional or inva].id phrase, clause�
`# sentence� paragraph or seGtion.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE,
TEXAS, ON FIRST READING this the a.sth day of May A. D.
1973,
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PASSED AND APPROVED ON SECOND READING BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
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THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, this the 19th day of ,June A. D,
19 73.
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