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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1997-075 �. _, ORDINANCE NO. g7-75 � AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS AMENDING ORDINANCE N0. 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 26, HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, AND SECTION 68, BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT; 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 AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE ��� 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 26 Highway Commercial District is hereby amended by the deletion of subsection "A.20. Pawn Shops". B. That Section 26 Highway Commercial District is hereby amended by amending subsection C.3. to read as follows: "C.3. Sales of building materials displayed in an unenclosed or incompletely enclosed area with outside storage." *'�� C. That Section 26 Highway Commercial District is hereby amended by the addition of subsections C.19. and C.20. to read as follows: "'�' "C.19. Pawn shops." � � "C.20. Qutside storage in conjunction with permitted uses in Section 26.A. and conditional uses in Section 26.C., provided that such storage shall be screened in accordance with Section 50, Alternates A or E." D. That Section 26 Highway Commercial District is hereby amended by amending subsection D.2.(a) to read as follows: "D.2.(a) All property zoned HC, Highway Commercial, shall have driveway access and frontage in accordance with Section 26, paragraph G.1 . only from a State Highway except as provided in Section D.2.(c)." E. That Section 26 Highway Commercial District is hereby amended by the addition of subsection D.2.(c) to read as follows: "D.2.(c) Access to and frontage on a street other than a State Highway will be permitted only for property zoned HC Highway Commercial prior to the 15th day of July 1986." F. That Section 26 Highway Commercial District is hereby amended by the � deletion of subsection D.3. in its entirety. � G. That Section 68 Board of Adjustment is amended by amending subsection 68.B. to read as follows: "B. In addition to the five (5) regular members of the Board of Adjustment, three (3) alternate members of the Board of Adjustment who shall serve in the absence of one or more regular members when requested to do so by the Mayor or City Manager, shall be appointed by a majority of the City Council, so that all cases heard by the Board of Adjustment will always be heard by a minimum of four (4) members." 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 (52,000.00) 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 � ORD. N0. 97-75 2 � _. 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. PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS on this the 15th day of .luly , 1997. APPROVED: *�� William D. Tate Mayor � ATTEST: 1 Linda uff City Secretary APPROVED AS TO FORM: John F. Boyle, Jr. " City Attorney �.--� ORD. N0. 97-75 3