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Home My WebLink AboutORD 2007-004 ORDINANCE NO. 2007-04 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 CITY CODE OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, GRANTING ZONING CHANGE Z06-17 ON A TRACT OF LAND OUT OF THE LINCOLN LEONARD SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 981, DESCRIBED AS BEING A TRACT OF LAND LYING AND BEING SITUATED IN THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS MORE FULLY AND COMPLETELY DESCRIBED IN THE BODY OF THIS ORDINANCE; ORDERING A CHANGE IN THE USE OF SAID PROPERTY FROM "R-20" SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT REGULATIONS TO "R-7.5" SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT REGULATIONS; CORRECTING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP; PRESERVING ALL OTHER PORTIONS OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE; PROVIDING A CLAUSE RELATING TO SEVERABILITY; DETERMINING THAT THE PUBLIC INTERESTS, MORALS AND GENERAL WELFARE DEMAND A ZONING CHANGE AND AMENDMENT THEREIN MADE; 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 AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE WHEREAS, 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 requirements, 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, requirements, conditions and prerequisites having been complied with; and WHEREAS, 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 facilities in the area immediately surrounding the site; safety from fire hazards and measures for fire control, protection of adjacent property from flood or water damages, noise producing elements and glare of the vehicular and stationary 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 expected to be generated by the proposed use around the site and in the immediate neighborhood, adequacy of parking as determined by requirements 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 promotion of health and the general welfare, effect on light and air, the effect on the transportation, water sewerage, schools, parks and other facilities; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Grapevine, Texas at a public hearing called by the City Council of the City of Grapevine, Texas did consider the following 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 from same, the effect on the promotion of health and the general welfare, the effect on adequate light and air, the effect on the overcrowding of the land, the effect on the concentration of population, the effect on the transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks and other public facilities; and WHEREAS, 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 conserve the value of buildings, encourage the most appropriate use of land throughout this city; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Grapevine, Texas does find that there is a public necessity for the zoning change, that the public demands it, that the public interest clearly requires the amendment, 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 investment was made; and does find that the change in zoning lessens the congestion in the streets, helps secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers; promotes health and the general welfare; provides adequate light and air; prevents the overcrowding of land; avoids undue concentration of population; facilitates the adequate provisions of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks and other public requirements; and WHEREAS, 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 property 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 promote the general health, safety, and welfare of this community. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS: Section 1. That the City of Grapevine Ordinance No. 82-73, being the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City of Grapevine, Texas same being also known ORD. NO. 2007-04 2 as Appendix "D" of the City Code of Grapevine, Texas, be, and the same is hereby amended and changed by Zoning Application Z06-17 to rezone the following described property to-wit: being a 0.28 acre tract of land out of the Lincoln Leonard Survey, Abstract No. 981, Tarrant County, Texas (1585 South Gravel Circle), more fully and completely described in Exhibit "A", attached hereto and made a part hereof, which was previously zoned "R-20" Single Family District Regulations is hereby changed to "R-7.5" Single Family District Regulations, all in accordance with Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance No. 82-73, as amended. Section 2. The City Manager is hereby directed to correct the official zoning map of the City of Grapevine, Texas 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 ordinances and all other applicable and pertinent ordinances of the City of Grapevine, Texas. Section 4. That the zoning regulations and districts as herein established have been made in accordance with the comprehensive plan for the purpose of promoting health, safety, morals and the general welfare of the community. 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 from 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 requirements, and to make adequate provisions for the normal business, commercial needs and development of the community. They have been made with reasonable consideration, among other things, 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 appropriate use of land throughout the community. Section 5. This ordinance shall be cumulative 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 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 described 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. 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) and a separate offense shall be deemed committed upon each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues. ORD. NO. 2007-04 3 Section 8. That this ordinance shall become effective from and after the date of its final passage, and it is accordingly so ordained. PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS on first reading on this the 16th day of January, 2007. PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS on second and final reading on this the 20th day February, 2007. APPROVED: Ted R. Ware Mayor Pro Tern ATTEST: Linda Huff City Secretary APPROVED AS TO FORM: John F. Boyle, Jr. City Attorney ORD. NO. 2007-04 4 Area Surveying, Inc. REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYORS BIT.. TO,Drc . 021"..()4 135 Sheffield Drive Fort Worth,TX 76134 Page / 817_293_5684 g of FIELD NOTES Lot 2 Description for a tract of land in the Leonard Lincoln Survey, Abstract Number 981, situated in the City of Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas, and being a portion of that tract described in a deed to H. T. Drennan and Bobbie J. Drennan, recorded in Volume 4497, Page 583, Deed Records of Tarrant County, Texas and being described by metes and bounds as follows: BEGINNING at 1\2" iron pin set with cap marked, "AREA SURVEYING", said pin lying North 89 degrees 54 minutes 00 second West a distance of 65.00 feet from a 3/4" iron pin found for the Northwest corner of Lot 1, Block 1, Ferguson Addition, according to the plat recorded in Cabinet A, Slide 9045, Plat Records, Tarrant County, Texas; THENCE North 89 degrees 54 minutes 00 seconds West a distance of 87.00 feet to a 112" iron pin set with cap marked, "AREA SURVEYING"; for the southeast corner of a tract of land described in a deed to Robert E. Drennan, recorded in Instrument Number D206061607, Deed Records, Tarrant County, Texas; THENCE North 00 degree 13 minutes 20 seconds East a distance of 140.08 feet to a 1/2" iron pin set with cap marked, "AREA SURVEYING" in the south line of South Gravel Road, for the northeast corner of said Robert E. Drennan tract; THENCE South 89 degrees 54 minutes 00 seconds East a distance of 87.00 feet along the south line of South Gravel Circle, and the north line of said H. T. and Bobbie J. Drennan tract to a 112" iron pin set with cap marked, "AREA SURVEYING THENCE South 00 degree 13 minutes 20 seconds West a distance of 140.08 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING, said described tract containing 0.28 of an acre of land. C:1Projec ts4447841Zoning Field Notes Lot 2.doc 4. 4:1306 Page 1 of 1