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Home My WebLink About664 06-23-1981ORDINANCE NO. 664 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 347, SAME BEING THE ZONING CODE OF THE CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS, WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN PARKING REQUIREMENTS, FACADES AND COMMON WALL CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AN EFFECTIVE DATE; A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION THEREOF; AND DE- CLARING AN EMERGENCY. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS, that Ordinance No. 347, same being the Zoning Code of the City of Euless, Texas, is here- with amended in the following respects: I. Sub - sections (2) and (3) of Section 7 -201, entitled "Uses Permitted" are amended to hereafter read as follows: (2) Two (2) single - family attached dwellings. (3) Two - family dwellings (duplexes). II. Sub - section (12) entitled "Construction Requirements" of Section 7 -202, entitled "Area Requirements ", is amended to hereafter read as follows: (12) Construction Requirements. All dwellings and accessory buildings erected in the "R -2" Dwelling District shall have eighty percent (80 %) masonry veneers on all exterior wall ele- vations, except the rear exterior wall ele- vation. The required eighty percent (80 %) masonry veneer requirement shall be calculated by finding eighty percent (80 %) of the area that describes the exterior wall elevation, exclusive of windows and doors and inclusive of any append- ages to the wall. The common walls in any single - family attached dwelling shall be constructed as a double wall unit that meets a two (2) hour fire rating and has an approved soundboard inte- grated between wall studs that are staggered and off -set along either side of such soundboard. Such double wall unit shall be constructed in its entirety to the roof deck and shall meet the requirements of the Euless Building Code. III. Section 7 -309, presently entitled "Single- Family Attached Dwellings ", is amended to hereafter be entitled as "Townhomes (Three (3) Or More Single - Family Attached Dwellings) ": Section 7 -309 is further amended by the addition of a new Sub - section (8) to be entitled and read as follows: (8) Special Construction Requirements for Town - homes. The common walls in any townhome shall be constructed as a double wall unit that meets a two (2) hour fire rating and has an approved soundboard integrated between wall studs that are staggered and off -set along either side of such soundboard. Such double wall unit shall be constructed in its entirety to the roof deck and shall meet the requirements of the Euless Build- ing Code. Townhome units shall each have a minimum floor area of not less than eleven hun- dred (1,100) square feet and shall not exceed a maximum building height of forty -five (45) feet. IV. Sub - section (1) of Section 7 -310, entitled "Construction Requirements For All Multiple - Family Zoning Districts ", is amended to hereafter read as follows: (1) All buildings hereafter erected in the Multiple - Family Dwelling Districts shall have eighty percent (80 %) masonry veneer on all ex- terior wall elevations. The required eighty percent (80 %) masonry veneer requirement shall be calculated by finding eighty percent (80 %) of the area that describes the exterior wall ele- vation, exclusive of windows and doors and in- clusive of any appendages to the wall. V. Sub - section (1), presently entitled "One- Family Dwelling (detached) and Sub - section (2), presently entitled "One- Family Dwelling (attached) of Section 7 -1300, entitled Definitions And Explanations Applicable To Use Regulations, are herewith re- entitled to read as follows: (1) Single- Family Detached Dwellinqs. -2- (2) Single - Family Attached Dwellings (Including Townhomes). VI. Sub - section (3), entitled "Two- Family Dwelling" of Section 7 -1300, entitled "Definitions and Explanations Applic- able To Use Regulations ", is herewith amended to be re- entitled and read as follows: (3) Two - Family Dwelling (Duplex). A detached building having two (2) dwelling units on a single lot and occupied by not more than two families. VII. Section 8 -501, entitled "Special Off - Street Parking Provisions - Residential Districts ", is herewith amended to be re- entitled and read as follows: Section 8 -501. Special Off - Street Parking Provisions - Certain Residential Districts. Each single - family detached dwelling, single - family attached dwelling, (including townhomes) and two - family dwelling units shall have a minimum of two (2) off - street parking spaces for each single - family residential unit. For example, a townhome comprised of three (3) single- family attached dwellings shall be required to have an aggregate minimum of six (6) off - street parking spaces, two (2) for each single - family residential units located therein. If such off - street parking spaces are accessable from the front of the property, same shall be located behind any applicable building line but in no event nearer than twenty (20) feet from the front property line. If such off - street parking spaces are accessable from the rear of the property, same shall not be located within any applicable rear building line but in no event nearer than twenty (20) feet from the rear property line. Wn Off - street parking spaces shall be required to be covered with either a carport or an enclosed garage or a combination thereof, provided, how- ever, such required off - street parking spaces for other than townhomes, if located behind the applicable dwelling unit, may either be covered as above provided or may be screened by an appropriate screening fence as provided by and in conformity with the standards of sub - section (1) of Section 10 -104 hereof. VIII. Severability Clause. That it is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections, para- graphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section. IX. Emergency Clause. By the affirmative vote of four or more of its members, the City Council declares that this is an ordinance for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health, and safety, and is an emergency measure within the meaning of Article II, Section 11 of the City Charter; and the requirement that it be read at two meetings, as specified in Section 11, is hereby dispensed with. X. Penalty for Violation. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the terms and provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in an amount not to exceed $200.00. Each such violation shall be deemed a separate offense and shall be punishable as such hereunder. -4- XI. Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as provided by the Euless City Charter and the laws of the State of Texas. PRESENTED AND PASSED on first and final reading on the 23rd day of June , 1981, at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Euless, Texas, by a vote of 4 ayes, 0 nayes and 0 abstentions. ATTEST: c� Kay ney, City ecretary APPROVED A� TO FORM: ob McFarl6rd, City Attorney -5- APPROVED: Harold Samuels, Mayor