HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 2008-054 ORDINANCE NO. 2008-54
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 Z08-08 ON A TRACT
OF LAND OUT OF THE L. LINCOLN 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; DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY 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
as Appendix "D" of the City Code of Grapevine, Texas, be, and the same is hereby
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amended and changed by Zoning Application Z08-08 to rezone the following described
property to-wit: being a 0.701 acre tract of land out of the L. Lincoln Survey, Abstract
No. 981, Tarrant County, 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. That 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. That 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. That 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.
Section 8. That the fact that the present ordinances and regulations of the City of
Grapevine, Texas, are inadequate to properly safeguard the health, safety, morals, peace
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and general welfare of the inhabitants of the City of Grapevine, Texas, creates an
emergency for the immediate 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.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS on this the 21st day of October, 2008.
APPROVED:
William D. Tate
Mayor
ATTEST:
Lin a Huff
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
John F. Boyle, Jr.
City Attorney
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EXHIBIT. 4 TO 9a„.,g. -5'4
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION Page Of
BEING a tract of land situated in the L. LINCOLN SURVEY, ABSTRACT No. 981, City of
Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas and being all those certain tracts of land described in
deed to Bobby G. Beard and wife, Patsy Ruth Beard, recorded in Volume 8205, Page 346,
Deed Records, Tarrant County, Texas, and being more particularly described by metes
and bounds as follows:
BEGINNING a 1/2-inch iron rod found at the Northeast corner of said Beard Tract, being
the Northwest corner of Lot 3, Block 1, Lake Park, an addition to the City of Grapevine,
Tarrant County, Texas, according to the plat recorded in Cabinet A, Slide 3688, Plat
Records, Tarrant County, Texas, and lying in the South right-of-way line of North Gravel
Circle (a fifty foot wide right-of-way);
THENCE S 00° 24' 58" W, 141.60 feet along the common boundary line between said
Beard Tract and said Lot 1, to a 1/2-inch iron rod found at the Southeast corner of said
Beard Tract and lying in the North boundary line of a tract of land described in deed to
Shirley Russell, recorded in Volume 13673, Page 466, Deed Records, Tarrant County,
Texas;
THENCE N 89° 45' 56" W, 215.67 feet along the South boundary line of said Beard Tract
to a 1/2-inch iron rod found at the Southwest corner thereof, being the Northwest corner
of a tract of land described in deed to David E. Walsh, Sr., recorded in Volume 13978,
Page 559, Deed Records, Tarrant County, Texas, and lying in the East right-of-way line of
Lonesome Dove Road (a variable width right-of-way);
THENCE N 00° 07' 11" E, 141.13 feet along the West boundary line of said Beard Tract
with said right-of-way line to a 1/2-inch iron rod found at the Northwest corner of said
Beard Tract, lying in the aforesaid South right-of-way line of aforesaid North Gravel Circle;
THENCE S 89° 53' 31" E, 216.40 feet along the North boundary line of said Beard tract
with the said South right-of-way line of North Gravel Drive to the PLACE OF BEGINNING,
containing 0.701 acre (30,536 square feet) of land.
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