HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 2006-044 ORDINANCE NO. 2006-44
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS
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, BY PROVIDING FOR
AMENDMENTS AND CHANGES TO ZONING
REGULATIONS BY AMENDING SECTION 31, "LI" LIGHT
INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; PROVIDING A PENALTY NOT TO
EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS
($2,000.00) AND A SEPARATE OFFENSE SHALL BE
DEEMED COMMITTED UPON EACH DAY DURING OR ON
WHICH A VIOLATION OCCURS; DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS:
Section 1. That 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
is hereby amended in the following particulars, and all other sections, subsections,
paragraphs, definitions, words and phrases of said Appendix "D" and not amended but
hereby ratified, verified, and affirmed:
A. That Section 31, "LI" Light Industrial District is hereby amended by amending
paragraph C. Conditional Uses, by the addition of subparagraph 22. to read
as follows:
"22. Planned Industrial Center."
B. That Section 31, Light Industrial District is hereby amended by the addition
of paragraph P. Planned Industrial Center Design Requirements to read as
follows:
"P. PLANNED INDUSTRIAL CENTER DESIGN REQUIREMENTS: Each
lot or parcel of land created within a Planned Industrial Center shall
comply with the following requirements:
1. MINIMUM YARD REQUIREMENTS OF PLANNED
INDUSTRIAL CENTERS: The front yard requirements
contained in Section 31.G.3. shall be applicable to each lot or
parcel of land within a Planned Industrial Center. A minimum
fifteen (15) foot side and a minimum thirty (30) foot rear yard
shall be required around the outside perimeter of a Planned
Industrial Center. Minimum side and rear yard requirements
of interior lots may be required if deemed necessary by City
Council in order to meet the provisions of Section 48.
Perimeter lots in a Planned Industrial Center shall have a
minimum twenty (20) feet of frontage on a public right-of-way.
Interior lots in a Planned Industrial Center that have no
frontage on a public right-of-way must have a minimum twenty-
five (25) foot dedicated public access easement connecting to
a public right-of-way.
2. LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS OF PLANNED
INDUSTRIAL CENTERS: The minimum landscaping
requirements of Section 53.H.2(b) shall be applicable around
the outside perimeter of a Planned Industrial Center. For
interior lots the minimum landscaping requirements of Section
53.H.2.(b) may be required if deemed necessary by City
Council in order to meet the provisions of Section 48.
3. MINIMUM OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS OF PLANNED
INDUSTRIAL CENTERS: At least fifteen (15) percent of the
total site area of the Planned Industrial Center shall be devoted
to nonvehicular open space (Nonvehicular open space is any
area not devoted to buildings, parking, loading, storage, or
vehicular use.)
4. BUILDING SEPARATION REQUIREMENTS OF PLANNED
INDUSTRIAL CENTERS: The minimum distance between
principal or accessory buildings on the same lot required by
Section 31.G.6 may be modified if deemed necessary by City
Council to accommodate for accessory structures. The
platting of property lines shall not place any existing building in
violation of the building code of the City of Grapevine.
Perpetual building separation easements may be approved by
the Building Official to achieve equivalency to the requirements
of the code.
5. BUILDING ELEVATIONS OF PROPOSED STRUCTURES
SHALL BE SUBMITTED WITH THE SITE PLAN REQUIRED
BY SECTION 48.D.7. "
Section 2. 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.
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Section 3. If any section, article, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word in
this ordinance, or application thereto any person or circumstances is held invalid or
unconstitutional by a Court or 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 4. 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 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 20th day of June, 2006.
APPROVED:
William D. Tate
Mayor
ATTEST:
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Linda Huff
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
John F. Boyle, Jr.
City Attorney
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