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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 CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, BY PROVIDING FOR
AMENDMENTS AND CHANGES TO ZONING REGULATIONS
BY AMENDING SECTION 13 "R-20" SINGLE-FAMILY
DISTRICT REGULATIONS AND SECTION 14 "R-12.5"
SINGLE-FAMILY DISTRICT REGULATIONS RELATIVE TO
LIMITATION OF USES, AND BY AMENDING SECTION 26
"HC" HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS
RELATIVE TO LIMITATION OF USES; 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; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
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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 Code of
� Ordinances of the City of Grapevine, Texas is hereby amended in the following particulars,
and all other sections, subsections, paragraphs, definitions, words and phrases of said
Appendix "D" are not amended but are hereby ratified, verified and affirmed:
A. That Section 13, "R-20" Single-Family District Regulations, is hereby amended by
adding Section 13.D.4. to read as follows:
"4. Subdivisions approved prior to December 4, 1984 shall be deemed to
be lawful. These subdivisions shall have the same status as
subdivisions authorized pursuant to this ordinance. Buildings, or
�^ structures, within those subdivisions may meet the requirements of
Section 15.F., 15.G., and 15.1. of this ordinance, except no lot existing
at the time of passage of this ordinance shall be reduced in area
�"' below twenty thousand (20,000) square feet."
„ B. That Section 14, "R-12.5” Single-Family District Regulations, is hereby amended by
adding Section 14.D.4. to read as follows:
� "4. Subdivisions approved prior to December 4, 1984 shall be deemed to
be lawful. These subdivisions shall have the same status as
subdivisions authorized pursuant to this ordinance. Buildings, or
structures, within those subdivisions may meet the requirements of
Section 15.F., 15.G., and 15.1. of this ordinance, except no lot existing
at the time of passage of this ordinance shall be reduced in area
below twelve thousand five hundred (12,500) square feet."
C. That Section 26, "HC" Highway Commercial District Regulations, is hereby
amended by amending Section 26.D.2.(a) to read as follows:
"2.(a) All property zoned "HC", Highway Commercial, shall have driveway
access and frontage in accordance with Section 26, paragraph G.2.
only from a State Highway or Central Avenue except as provided in
Section D.3."
D. That Section 26, "HC" Highway Commercial District Regulations, is hereby
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amended by amending Section 26.D.3. caption to read as follows:
"3. Access to and frontage on a street other than a State Highway or
� .� Central Avenue will be permitted only for property zoned "HC',
Highway Commercial prior to the 15th day of July 1986, provided the
principal uses and conditional uses are limited to the following uses:"
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 an sum not
to exceed 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.
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 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 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 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 2�st day of October , 1997.
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� APPROVED:
Ted R. Ware
Mayor Pro Tem
ATTEST:
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City Secretary
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'� . APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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John F. Boyle, Jr. `' y
City Attorney
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