HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 2022-062ORDINANCE NO. 2022-062
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE
ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE,
TEXAS, SAME BEING ALSO KNOWN AS APPENDIX "D" OF
THE CITY CODE OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, AMENDING
SECTION 12, DEFINITIONS, SECTION 25, "CC",
COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, SECTION 26,
"HC", HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, SECTION 29,
"HCO", HOTEL AND CORPORATE OFFICE DISTRICT,
SECTION 32, "BP", BUSINESS PARK DISTRICT; SECTION
41, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY, AND SECTION
56, OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS RELATIVE
TO THE HOTEL OR MOTEL AND BOUTIQUE HOTEL
DEFINITIONS, USE -SPECIFIC AND OTHER
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, PARKING
REQUIREMENTS (AM22-01); REPEALING CONFLICTING
ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A PENALTY; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE
WHEREAS, Section 12 of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Grapevine regulates
the Definitions of uses; Section 25, Community Commercial District regulates Land Uses
and Bulk, Dimensional, and Setback standards within the Community Commercial
District; Section 26, Highway Commercial District regulates Land Uses and Bulk,
Dimensional, and Setback standards within the Highway Commercial District; Section 29,
Hotel and Corporate Office District regulates Land Uses and Bulk, Dimensional, and
Setback standards within the Hotel and Corporate Office District; Section 32, Business
Park District regulates Land Uses and Bulk, Dimensional, and Setback standards within
the Hotel and Corporate Office District; Section 41, Planned Development Overlay
regulates Planned Development Overlays; and Section 56, Off -Street Parking
Requirements regulates parking standards; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to amend Section 12, Section 25, Section, 26,
Section 29, Section, 32, Section 41 and Section 56 of the Zoning Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Grapevine deems the passage of this
ordinance as necessary to protect the public, health, safety, and welfare; and
WHEREAS, the City Council is authorized by law to adopt the provisions contained
herein, and has complied with all the prerequisites necessary for the passage of this
Ordinance, including but not limited to the Open Meetings Act.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS:
Section 1. That all matters stated hereinabove are found to be true and correct
and are incorporated herein by reference as if copied in their entirety.
Section 2. Section 12 of the Zoning Ordinance — "Definitions", is hereby
amended by revising
"29a. BED AND BREAKFAST FACILITY shall mean an accessory use to a single-family
dwelling in which no more than 12 rooms in the principal residential structure are
set aside for guest clients; breakfast is available on -site to only such guest clients
at no extra cost; length of stay of guest clients ranges from one to 30 days; and
the owner/operator of the principal structure resides on -site. Bed and breakfast
homestay does not include uses such as motels, hotels, community residential
homes, boarding or lodging houses, multifamily residential dwellings, guest
cottages or single-family dwelling transient rental.
197. HOTEL OR MOTEL shall mean a building or arrangement of buildings on one lot,
in which there are 13 or more guestrooms used, designed and occupied as a
temporary lodging place of individuals with or without meals, in which the rooms
are individually rented. Access to guestrooms shall be restricted exclusively to
interior corridors. These corridors shall be accessed via the main lobby of the
building or entryways individually equipped with some form of security -controlled
access system.
33a. BOUTIQUE HOTEL shall mean a building or arrangement of buildings on one lot,
in which there are a minimum of 13 guestrooms, but not exceeding 125
guestrooms designed to blend into a community and reflect the visual design
aesthetics tied to the local area around them. These lodging facilities are smaller
in size, have a unique character, focus attention on design aesthetics, are located
in distinct districts, offer high levels of services, provide authentic cultural and
historic experiences, and exceptional guest services."
Section 3. Subsection 25 of the Zoning Ordinance — "Community Commercial
District", is hereby amended by revising Subsection (C) shall read as follows
"C. CONDITIONAL USES: The following uses may be permitted, provided they
meet the provisions of, and a Conditional Use Permit is issued pursuant to,
Section 48 of the Ordinance.
26. Boutique Hotel."
Section 4. Subsection 25 of the Zoning Ordinance — "Community Commercial
District", is hereby amended by revising Subsection (M)(7) shall read as follows
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7. Hotel/motel facilities are required to meet the following standards clearly designated
on the approved site plan:
(a) Each guestroom shall have a minimum area of three hundred thirty (330)
square feet.
(b) On -site staff is required 24-hours a day, seven days a week.
(c) A minimum room count of 200 rooms.
(d) A swimming pool, indoor or outdoor, with a minimum area of 1,000 square feet.
(e) If developing multiple buildings on one lot, the buildings must be conjoined and
architecturally integrated and cannot appear to be separate buildings externally or
internally. Construction of multiple buildings must occur at one time and cannot be
phased.
Hotel or Motel facilities are required to provide at least four (4) of the following features
clearly designated on the approved site plan:
(a) A full -service restaurant with full kitchen facilities and which provides services to
the general public;
(b) A warming kitchen intended for the preparation, staging and sale of food by a
caterer brought to the establishment from off -site to serve or foodservice options
including the offering of prepared and packaged foods;
(c) A minimum 4,000 square foot meeting or conference room space;
(d) A full -service indoor gym exercise facility with fitness equipment;
(e) Spa and wellness area a minimum of 1,000 square feet providing services such as
haircare, skin treatment, massages, other body treatments, and meditation;
(f) Outdoor flexible space a minimum 2,500 square feet intended for dining,
entertaining or relaxation, including but not limited to: a patio with sitting area and
furniture, outdoor dining, or outdoor exercise area, and
(g) Outdoor recreation and play space a minimum of 2,500 square feet, such as a
playground with permanent playground equipment, basketball court, volleyball
court, tennis court, pickle ball court, etc."
Section 5. Subsection 26 of the Zoning Ordinance — "Highway Commercial
District', is hereby amended by revising Subsection (C) shall read as follows
"C. CONDITIONAL USES: The following uses may be permitted, provided they
meet the provisions of, and a Conditional Use Permit is issued pursuant to,
Section 48 of the Ordinance.
30. Boutique Hotel."
Section 6. Subsection 26 of the Zoning Ordinance — "Highway Commercial
District', is hereby amended by revising Subsection (M)(9) shall read as follows
"9. Hotel/motel facilities are required to meet the following standards clearly designated
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on the approved site plan:
(a) Each guestroom shall have a minimum area of three hundred thirty (330)
square feet.
(b) On -site staff is required 24-hours a day, seven days a week.
(c) A minimum room count of 200 rooms.
(d) A swimming pool, indoor or outdoor, with a minimum area of 1,000 square feet.
(e) If developing multiple buildings on one lot, the buildings must be conjoined and
architecturally integrated and cannot appear to be separate buildings externally or
internally. Construction of multiple buildings must occur at one time and cannot be
phased.
Hotel or Motel facilities are required to provide at least four (4) of the following features
clearly designated on the approved site plan:
(a) A full -service restaurant with full kitchen facilities and which provides services to
the general public;
(b) A warming kitchen intended for the preparation, staging and sale of food by a
caterer brought to the establishment from off -site to serve or foodservice options
including the offering of prepared and packaged foods,
(c) A minimum 4,000 square foot meeting or conference room space;
(d) A full -service indoor gym exercise facility with fitness equipment;
(e) Spa and wellness area a minimum of 1,000 square feet providing services such as
haircare, skin treatment, massages, other body treatments, and meditation;
(f) Outdoor flexible space a minimum 2,500 square feet intended for dining,
entertaining or relaxation, including but not limited to: a patio with sitting area and
furniture, outdoor dining, or outdoor exercise area; and
(g) Outdoor recreation and play space a minimum of 2,500 square feet, such as a
playground with permanent playground equipment, basketball court, volleyball
court, tennis court, pickle ball court, etc."
Section 7. Section 29 of the Zoning Ordinance - "Hotel and Corporate Office
District", is hereby amended by revising Subsection (C) shall read as follows:
"C. CONDITIONAL USES: The following uses may be permitted, provided they
meet the provisions of, and a Conditional Use Permit is issued pursuant to,
Section 48 of the Ordinance.
11. Boutique Hotel."
Section 8. Subsection 29 of the Zoning Ordinance — "Hotel and Corporate Office
District", is hereby amended by revising Subsection (M)(7) shall read as follows
7. Hotel/motel facilities are required to meet the following standards clearly designated
on the approved site plan:
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(a) Each guestroom shall have a minimum area of three hundred thirty (330)
square feet.
(b) On -site staff is required 24-hours a day, seven days a week.
(c) A minimum room count of 200 rooms.
(d) A swimming pool, indoor or outdoor, with a minimum area of 1,000 square feet.
(e) If developing multiple buildings on one lot, the buildings must be conjoined and
architecturally integrated and cannot appear to be separate buildings externally or
internally. Construction of multiple buildings must occur at one time and cannot be
phased.
Hotel or Motel facilities are required to provide at least four (4) of the following features
clearly designated on the approved site plan:
(a) A full -service restaurant with full kitchen facilities and which provides services to
the general public;
(b) A warming kitchen intended for the preparation, staging and sale of food by a
caterer brought to the establishment from off -site to serve or foodservice options
including the offering of prepared and packaged foods;
(c) A minimum 4,000 square foot meeting or conference room space;
(d) A full -service indoor gym exercise facility with fitness equipment;
(e) Spa and wellness area a minimum of 1,000 square feet providing services such as
haircare, skin treatment, massages, other body treatments, and meditation;
(f) Outdoor flexible space a minimum 2,500 square feet intended for dining,
entertaining or relaxation, including but not limited to: a patio with sitting area and
furniture, outdoor dining, or outdoor exercise area; and
(g) Outdoor recreation and play space a minimum of 2,500 square feet, such as a
playground with permanent playground equipment, basketball court, volleyball
court, tennis court, pickle ball court, etc."
Section 9. Section 32 of the Zoning Ordinance - "Business Park District", is
hereby amended by revising Subsection (C) shall read as follows:
"C. CONDITIONAL USES: The following uses may be permitted, provided they
meet the provisions of, and a Conditional Use Permit is issued pursuant to,
Section 48 of the Ordinance.
11. Boutique Hotel."
Section 10. Subsection 32 of the Zoning Ordinance — "Business Park District", is
hereby amended by revising Subsection (M)(6) shall read as follows
"6. Hotel/motel facilities are required to meet the following standards clearly designated
on the approved site plan:
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(a) Each guestroom shall have a minimum area of three hundred thirty (330)
square feet.
(b) On -site staff is required 24-hours a day, seven days a week.
(c) A minimum room count of 200 rooms.
(d) A swimming pool, indoor or outdoor, with a minimum area of 1,000 square feet.
(e) If developing multiple buildings on one lot, the buildings must be conjoined and
architecturally integrated and cannot appear to be separate buildings externally or
internally. Construction of multiple buildings must occur at one time and cannot be
phased.
Hotel or Motel facilities are required to provide at least four (4) of the following features
clearly designated on the approved site plan:
(a) A full -service restaurant with full kitchen facilities and which provides services to
the general public;
(b) A warming kitchen intended for the preparation, staging and sale of food by a
caterer brought to the establishment from off -site to serve or foodservice options
including the offering of prepared and packaged foods;
(c) A minimum 4,000 square foot meeting or conference room space;
(d) A full -service indoor gym exercise facility with fitness equipment;
(e) Spa and wellness area a minimum of 1,000 square feet providing services such as
haircare, skin treatment, massages, other body treatments, and meditation;
(f) Outdoor flexible space a minimum 2,500 square feet intended for dining,
entertaining or relaxation, including but not limited to: a patio with sitting area and
furniture, outdoor dining, or outdoor exercise area; and
(g) Outdoor recreation and play space a minimum of 2,500 square feet, such as a
playground with permanent playground equipment, basketball court, volleyball
court, tennis court, pickle ball court, etc."
Section 11. Section 41 of the Zoning Ordinance - "Planned Development
Overlay", is hereby amended by revising Subsection (D) shall read as follows.-
"D. LIMITATION OF USES: Uses prohibited shall be those uses specifically prohibited
within the underlying zoning district. The following uses are expressly prohibited within a
"PD" Planned Development Overlay and cannot be established as a permitted,
conditional, or accessory use under any circumstances:
1. Freight forwarding warehouses
2. Outside storage of material/equipment
3. Retail establishments for used car sales and service
4. Commercial parking lots
5. Automotive repair garages
6. Salvage/wrecking yards
7. Retail sales of building material displayed in an unenclosed or incompletely enclosed
area with outside storage
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8. Those uses specifically designated in
"LI" Light Industrial District
9. Off-premise/billboard signage
10. Pawn shops
11. All uses listed in Section 49, Special
12. Bed and Breakfast"
paragraph D. Limitation of Uses in Section 31,
Uses
Section 12. Section 56 of the Zoning Ordinance - "Off -Street Parking
Requirements", is hereby amended by revising Subsection (C)(1) to shall read as follows
"Hotels or Motels: 1 parking space per guestroom for a hotel/motel with no restaurant or
meeting facilities; 1.25 parking spaces per guestroom of a hotel/motel with restaurant or
meeting facilities. The minimum number of parking spaces may be varied subject to and
conditions approval of a conditional use permit, pursuant to Section 48 of this ordinance
and an approved site plan."
Section 7. That all ordinances or any parts thereof in conflict with the terms of
this ordinance shall be and hereby are deemed repealed and of no force or effect;
provided, however, that the ordinance or ordinances under which the cases currently filed
and pending in the Municipal Court of the City of Grapevine, Texas shall be deemed
repealed only when all such cases filed and pending under such ordinance or ordinances
have been disposed of by a final conviction or a finding of not guilty, nolo contendere, or
dismissal.
Section 8. Any person, firm or corporation 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 ($2000.00) and a separate offense
shall be deemed committed upon each day during or on which a violation occurs or
continues.
Section 9. If any section, article, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word
in this ordinance, or application thereto any person or circumstance 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 10. The fact that the present ordinances and regulations 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 20th day of September, 2022.
APPROVED:
William . Tate
Mayor
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Tara Brooks
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Matthew C.G. Boyle
City Attorney
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