HomeMy WebLinkAbout786 04-10-1984ORDINANCE NO. 786
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 147 & 1.48, SAME BEING
THE EULESS SUBDIVISION RULES AND REGULATIONS: AMENDING
ARTICLE I, SECTION 25(a)(7) TO INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL
EXCEPTION TO CORRECTED PLATS; PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, there arc eight (8) exceptions currently stated in Article 1,
Section 25(a) Corrected Plat - Submittal Requirements which allow amending a plat
of residential lots without compliance with the required replatting formalities
of public hearing notice, consent, etc.; and
WHEREAS, the 68th State Legislature added a ninth exception which applies
to relocation of lot lines between adjacent property owners where each such owner
joins in the plat amendment; and
WHEREAS, in order to not be more restrictive than permitted by State law
requirements;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EULESS,
TEXAS:
1.
That Article I, Section 25(a)(7) of the Euless Subdivision Rules and
Regulations, is hereafter amended to be and read as follows:
(7) "To relocate one or more lot lines or to correct an error in courses
and distances of lot lines between one or more adjacent lots where the
owner or owners thereof join in the application for plat amendment and
where the number of lots remains unchanged and provided that such
amendment does not attempt to remove recorded covenants or re-
strictions and does not have a material adverse affect on the property
rights of the other owners in the plat."
II.
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 or competent jurisdiction, such unconstitu-
tionality 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.
I 11.
Penalty for Violation. Any person, firm, or corporation violating the terms
and provisions of this ordinance, or the amendments to the City of Euless Charter
hereby made, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof,
shall be liable to a fine in an amount not to exceed Two Hundred ($200.00)
Dollars, and each day such violation shall be permitted to exist shall constitute
a separate offense, as provided by Ordinance No. 715, and subsequent amendments
to the Euless City Charter and the Statutes of the State of Texas.
IV.
Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its passage as provided by the Euless City Charter and the laws of the State
of Texas.
PRESENTED AND GIVEN FIRST READING at a regular meeting of the Euless City
Council on the 27th day of March 1984, by a vote of 5 ayes, 0 nays,
and 0 abstentions.
GIVEN SECOND READING, PASSED, AND APPROVED at a regular meeting of the
Euless City Council on the 10thday of April , 1984, by a vote of 5
ayes, Q nays, and Q abstentions.
APPROVED:
Harold Samuels, Mayor
ATTEST:
ORDINANCE NO. 786, PAGE TWO OF TWO