480-EEEEE ORDINANCE NO. 480-EEEEE
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 480, AS AMENDED, THE
COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE,
TEXAS; PERTAINING TO WRITTEN NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS;
PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL
ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR
A PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS HEREOF; PROVIDING A SAVINGS
CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION IN PAMPHLET FORM;
PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Southlake, Texas is a home rule city acting under its charter
adopted by the electorate pursuant to Article XI, Section 5 of the Texas Constitution and
Chapter 9 of the Local Government Code; and
WHEREAS, the city has adopted Ordinance No. 480, as amended, as the
Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance for the city; and
WHEREAS, the city council has determined that it is appropriate and in the best
interest of the city to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare of its residents
by amending Ordinance No. 480 as provided herein; and
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council have given
published notice and held public hearings with respect to the amendment of the zoning
ordinance as required by law.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS:
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SECTION 1
Ordinance 480, as amended, the City of Southlake's Comprehensive Zoning
Ordinance Section 46.3.a, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Before taking action on any proposed amendment, supplement, or change, the City Council
shall submit the same to the Planning and Zoning Commission for its recommendation and
report. The Planning and Zoning Commission, shall hold a public hearing on any application
for any amendment, supplement, or change prior to making its recommendation and report to
the City Council. Written notice of all public hearings before the Planning and Zoning
Commission, on a proposed amendment, supplement, or change to a district boundary shall
be sent to all owners or persons rendering taxes on real property lying within three-hundred
(300) feet of the property for which the change is requested. Such notice shall be given not
less than ten (10) days before the date set for hearing by depositing a notice properly
addressed and postage paid in the United States Post Office to such property owners as their
ownership appears on the last approved City tax roll.
SECTION 2
This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances of the City of
Southlake, Texas, except where the provisions of this ordinance are in direct conflict with the
provisions of such ordinances, in which event the conflicting provisions of such ordinances
are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the phrases, clauses,
sentences, paragraphs and sections 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.
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SECTION 4
Any person, firm or corporation who violates, disobeys, omits, neglects or refuses to
comply with or who resists the enforcement of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall
be fined not more than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for each offense. Each day that
a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense.
SECTION 5
All rights and remedies of the City of Southlake are expressly saved as to any and all
violations of the provisions of Ordinance No. 480, as amended, or any other ordinances
affecting zoning yard regulations which have accrued at the time of the effective date of this
ordinance; and, as to such accrued violations and all pending litigation, both civil and criminal,
whether pending in court or not, under such ordinances, same shall not be affected by this
ordinance but may be prosecuted until final disposition by the courts.
SECTION 6
The City Secretary of the City of Southlake is hereby authorized to publish this
ordinance in book or pamphlet form for general distribution among the public, and the
operative provisions of this ordinance as so published shall be admissible in evidence in all
courts without further proof than the production thereof.
SECTION 7
The City Secretary of the City of Southlake is hereby directed to post the proposed
ordinance in its entirety on the City website together with a notice setting out the time and
place for a public hearing thereon at least ten (10) days before the second reading of this
ordinance, and if this ordinance provides for the imposition of any penalty, fine or forfeiture
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for any violation of any of its provisions, then the City Secretary shall additionally publish
this ordinance in the official City newspaper one time within ten (10) days after passage of
this ordinance, as required by Section 3.13 of the Charter of the City of Southlake.
SECTION 8
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and
publication as required by law, and it is so ordained.
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PASSED AND APPROVED on the 1st reading the 1st day of June 2021.
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