HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1994-068 � ,
ORDINANCE N0. 94-68
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 58 PARKING AND
LOADING AREA DEVELOPMENTSTANDARDS; PROVIDING
A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF 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; 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:
�a� 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 58, Parking and Loading Standards, is hereby amended by
amending Subsection 58.0. to read as follows:
"O. Internal traffic cross access providing interconnecting access between
developments or lots, exclusive of public street access, shall be required
between all non-residential developments to alleviate traffic hazards in the
public right-of-way. Cross access will not be required between industrial zoning
and other non-residential zoning districts. Specific exceptions are noted in the
Driveway Design and Placement Standards, Chapter 20, Article III, of the City
of Grapevine Code of Ordinances. Exceptions to this requirement would require
approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council through
either an approved concept plan or a site plan. Internal cross access will not
be required for properties having driveways approved by a concept plan in
accordance with Section 45, or a site plan in accordance with Section 47, prior
�, to June 21, 1994."
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) for each offense and a
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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 public creates an emergency which requires that this
ordinance 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 16th day of August , 1994.
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�. APPROVED:
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William D. Tate
Mayor
ATTEST:
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Li da Huff
City Secretary
„�,, APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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John F. Boyle, Jr. , ty Attorney
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