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Home My WebLink AboutORD 1996-021 ORDINANCE N0. 9s-2� 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 Z96-07 ON A TRACT OF LAND DESCRIBED AS BEING A TRACT OF LAND OUT OF THE A. FOSTER SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 518 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-TH" TOWNHOUSE DISTRICT REGULATIONS TO "GU" GOVERNMENT USE 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 (52,000.00) FOR � G 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 f�.� 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 amended and changed by Zoning Application Z96-07 to rezone the following " described property to wit: Being a 1 .935 acre tract of land out of the A. Foster Survey, Abstract No. 518, Volume 3440, of the Deed Records of Tarrant County (41 1 Ball Street) more fully and completely described in Exhibit "A", attached hereto and made a part hereof, which was previously zoned "R-TH" Townhouse District Regulations is hereby changed to "GU" Governmental Use District Regulations, all in accordance with Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance No. 82-73, as amended. Section 2. 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 p, 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. 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. �<..� ORD. N0. 96-21 3 Section 7. 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. 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 �6th day of April , 1996. APPROVED: , � William D. Tate Mayor ATTEST: �� , � ;. , �� Linda uff City Secretary APPROVED AS TO FORM: �_``o ,-- �;�C � ♦ John F. Boyle, Jr. <_ City Attorney ORD. N0. 96-21 4 EXHIBIT "A" to Ord. 96-21 Page 1 of 1 3. Legal Description of land: � � `" ^ O� A tract of land situated in the A. FOSTER SURVEY, Abstract No. 518, in the City �f Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas, and being part of a tract of land as � descri�bed in deed to C. C. Mitchell and wife, Bessie, recorded in Volume 3440, Page 379, of the Deed Records of Tarrant County, Texas, and being more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows: BEGINNING at a 1/2 inch iron rod set at the intersection of the curving East line bf Ball Street (a 68 foot wide right-of-way) with the South li�e of the abo�te":mentio�ed .Mitchell tract, same being the beginning af a curve� to the rigY�,�u�rid�� a radius of 1121.95 . feet, a central angle pf 03 degrees 22 minutes;.�� -�ieconds, a tangent of 33.11 feet, a chord distance of 66.19 feet, and a chord bearing of North 10 degrees 59 minutes 44 seconds East; THENCE in a Northerly direction along the said East line of Ball Street and said curve to the right for an arc distance of 66.20 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod set for corner at the end of said curve; THENCE North 12 degrees 41 minutes 09 seconds East along the said East line of Ball Street for a distance of 198.92 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod set for corner in the South line of a tract of land as described in deed to the City of Grapevine, recorded in Volume 6363, Page 167, Deed Records of Tarrant County, Texas; THENCE South 83 degrees 45 minutes 31 seconds East along the said South line of City of Grapevine tract and generally along a chain link fence for a distance of 279.74 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod found for corner in the East +�_--. line of said Mitchell tract, and the West line of a tract of land as described in deed to the City of Grapevine, recorded in Volume 6386, Page 444, Deed Records of Tarrant County, Texas; THENCE South 13 degrees 43 minutes 02 seconds East along the common line of Mitch�ll and City of Grapevine tract for a distance of 235.46 feet to a 1/2 � inch }ron rod found for corner at the Southeast corner of said Mitchell tract; THENCE South 84 degrees 55 minutes West along the said South line of Mitchell tract for a distance of 149.41 feet to an old wooden post in concrete found for corner; THEi7CE North 86 degrees 50 minutes 00 seconds West along the said South line of Mitchell tract for a distance of 241.77 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING, and containing 84,308 square feet or 1.935 acres of land, more or less. .,,.,,.:, � � �....,�