HomeMy WebLinkAbout769 01-10-1984ORDINANCE NO. 769
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER
347, SAME BEING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS,
TO AUTHORIZE VARIANCES OF ZONING STAN-
DARDS WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN COMMUNITY
UNIT DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE CITY OF
EULESS, TEXAS: PROVIDING PROCEDURES AND
REQUIREMENTS THEREFOR: PROVIDING A PEN-
ALTY FOR VIOLATION THEREOF: PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE: PROVIDING AN EF-
FECTIVE DATE; AND DECLARING AN EMER-
GENCY.
oiHEREAS, the Comprehensive Zoning Code of the City of
Euless, Texas, presently requires standards applicable to all
property located within a Community Unit Development Zoning
District; and
WHEREAS, to provide flexibility in variance of such stan-
dards in larger Community Unit Development projects where
alternative and additional development aspects, amenities,
and features provide corresponding safeguards, the Council is
of the opinion that provision for variance should be made.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS, that subsection (4) of Section 7 -1111,
entitled Standards for Approval of a Community Unit Develop-
ment, be and the same is hereafter amended to be and read as
follows:
I.
(4) For Community Unit Developments,
the City Council may, after re-
commendation from the Planning
and Zoning Commission, approve
with the final plat of any
portion of the Community Unit
Development, standards which differ
from those found in the zoning district
in which the Community Unit Development
is located.
To establish standards, a detailed site
plan shall be submitted with applica-
tions for final platting. Said detailed
site plans shall contain, but not be
limited to, the information stated in
Section 7 -1107, herein. Any standards
not specifically varied on the said de-
tailed site plans shall comply with, or
be more restrictive than, the standards
of the zoning district in which the
Community Unit Development is located.
Detailed site plans, upon approval by
the City Council, shall become a part of
the engineering specifications and
plans accompanying the final plat and,
therefore, shall be subject to the same
nullification and expiration procedures
thereof (See Article I, Section 19,
Euless Subdivision Rules and Regula-
tions).
II.
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
*_hereof, 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.
III.
Severability Clause. That it is hereby declared to be the
intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs,
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 sec-
tion.
IV.
Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage and publication as provided
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by the Euless City Charter and the laws of the State of Texas.
V.
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.
PRESENTED AND PASSED on the
10th day of January, 1984, at
Council of the City of Euless,
nays, and 0 abstentions.
ATTEST:
Kay Ra' ey, City 7 retary
APPROVED TO FORM:
'�- W&aL�
ob McFa 1 nd, City Attorney
first and final reading on the
a regular meeting of the City
Texas, by a vote of 4 ayes, 0
APPROVED:
_ [� SLY•
Harold D. Samuels, Mayor
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