480-025CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 480-25
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 480, THE
COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS; GRANTING A ZONING CHANGE ON A
CERTAIN TRACT OR TRACTS OF LAND WITHIN THE CITY
OF SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS BEING APPROXIMATELY A 1.90
ACRE TRACT OF LAND OUT OF THE W.W. HALL
SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 695, THE SOUTHERN PORTION
OF TRACT 3E, AND MORE FULLY AND COMPLETELY
DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A" FROM AGRICULTURAL
DISTRICT TO OFFICE-1 DISTRICT AND A 1.58 ACRE
TRACT OF LAND OUT OF THE SAME TRACT FROM
AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT TO COMMERCIAL-1 DISTRICT
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EXHIBIT ATTACHED HERETO
AND SUBJECT TO THE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS
CONTAINED IN THIS ORDINANCE; CORRECTING THE
OFFICIAL ZONING MAP; PRESERVING ALL OTHER
PORTIONS OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; DETERMINING THAT THE
PUBLIC INTEREST, MORALS AND GENERAL WELFARE
DEMAND THE ZONING CHANGES AND AMENDMENTS HEREIN
MADE; PROVIDING A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM
OF TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS ($2000.00) FOR
VIOLATIONS OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE; PROVIDING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Southlake, Texas is a homerule City
acting under its Charter adopted by the electorate pursuant to
Article XI, Section 5 of the Texas Constitution and Chapter 9 of
the Texas Local Government Code; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 211 of the Local Government Code,
the City has the authority to adopt a comprehensive zoning
ordinance and map regulating the location and use of buildings,
other structures and land for business, industrial, residential and
other purposes, and to amend said ordinance and map for the purpose
of promoting the public health, safety, morals and general welfare,
all in accordance with a comprehensive plan; and
WHEREAS, the hereinafter described property is currently zoned
as Agricultural under the City's Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, a change in the zoning classification of said
property was requested by a person or corporation having a
proprietary interest in said property; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Southlake, Texas, at
a public hearing called by the City Council did consider the
following factors in making a determination as to whether these
changes should be granted or denied: safety of the motoring public
and the pedestrians using the facilities in the area immediately
surrounding the sites; safety from fire hazards and damages; noise
producing elements and glare of the vehicular and stationary lights
a~d effect ot such lights on established character of the
neighborhood; location, lighting and types of signs and relation of
signs te traffic control and acjacent property; street size and
adecuacy of width for traffic reasonably expected to be generated
by the proposed use around the site and in the immediate
neighborhood; adequacy or parking as determined by requirements of
this ordinance for off-street parking facilities; location of
ingress and egress points for parking and off-street loading
spaces, and protection of public health by surfacing on all parking
areas to control dust; effect on the promotion of health and the
general welfare; effect on light and air; effect on the
over-crowding of the land; effect on the concentration of
population; and effect on transportauion, wazer, sewerage, schools,
parks and other public facilities; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Southlake, Texas,
further considered among other things the character of the
districts and their peculiar suitability for particular uses and
the view to conserve the value of the buildings, and encourage the
most appropriate use of the land throughout this Citv; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Southlake, Texas,
does find that there is a public necessity for the zoning changes,
that the public demands them, that the public interest clearly
requires the amendments, and that the zoning changes do not
unreasonably invade the rights of those who bought or improved
property with reference to the classification which existed at the
time their original investment was made; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Southlake, Texas,
does find that the changes in zoning lessen the congestion in the
streets, helps secure safety from fire, panic, and other dangers,
promotes the health and the general welfare, provides adequate
light and air, prevents the over-crowding of land, avoids undue
concentration of population, and facilitates the adequate provision
of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks and other public
requirements; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Southlake, Texas, has
determined that there is a necessity and need for the changes in
zoning and has also found and determined that there has been a
change in the conditions of the property surrounding and in close
proximity to the tract or tracts of land requested for a change
since the tract or tracts of land were originally classified and
therefore reels that the respective changes in zoning
classification for the tract or tracts of land are needed, are
called for, and are in the best interest of the public at large,
the citizens o~ the City of Southlake, Texas, and helps promote the
general health, safety and welfare of the community.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS:
Section !. That Ordinance No. 480, the Comprehensive Zoning
Orainance of the C1Ey ot Southlake, Texas, passed on the 19th day
of Sept=mber, 1989, as originally adopted and amended, is hereby
amena~d so that the permitted uses in the hereinafter described
areas be altered, changed and amended as shown and described below:
Being approximately a 1.90 acre tract of land and a 1.58 acre
nract or land out of the W.W. Hall Survey, Abstract No. 695,
the southern portion of Tract 3E, as more fully and completely
described in Exhibit "A," attached hereto and incorporated
herein.
From Agricultural District to Office-1 and Com~ercial-i
Districts, respectively.
Section 2. That the Citv Manager is hereby directed to
correct the Official Zoning Map of the City of Southlake, Texas, to
reflect the herein changes in zoning.
Section 3. That in all other respects the use of the tract or
tracts cf !and herein above described shall be subject to all the
applicable regulations contained in said Zoning Ordinance and all
other applicable and pertinent ordinances for the City of
Southlake, Texas. Ail existing sections, subsections, paragraphs,
sentences, words, phrases and definitions of said Zoning Ordinance
are not amended hereby, but remain intact and are hereby ratified,
verified and affirmed.
Section 4. That the zoning regulations and districts as
herein established have been made in accordance with the
comprehensiv~ plan for the purpose of promoting the health, safety,
morals and the general welfare of the community. They have been
designed, with respect to both present conditions and the
conditions reasonably anticipated to exist in the foreseeable
future; to lessen congestion in the streets; to provide adequate
light and air; to prevent over-crowding of land; to avoid undue
concentration of population; and to facilitate the adequate
provision of transportation, water, sewerage, drainage and surface
water, parks and other commercial needs and development of the
community. They have been made after a full and complete hearing
with reasonable consideration among other things of the character
of the district and its peculiar suitability for the particular
uses and with a view of conserving the value of buildings and
encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the
community.
Section 5. That this ordinance shall be cumulative of all
other ordinances of the City of Southlake, Texas, affecting zoning
and shall nor repeal any of the provisions of said ordinances
except -~ ~u~ose instances where provisions~ of those ordinances are
ir direct conflic% with uhe provisions cf this ordinance.
Section 6. That the terms and provisions of this ordinance
shall be deemed to be severable and that it the validity of the
zoning affecting an}' portion of the tract or tracts of land
described herein shall be declared to be invalid, the same shall
not affect nhe validity of the zoning of the balance of said tract
or traces of land described herein.
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Section 7. That any person violating any of the provisions of
this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be fined zn a sum not to exceed Two
Thousand Dollars ($2000.00). A separate offense shall be deemed
committed upon each day during or on which a violation occurs or
continues.
AND APPmO~D on the 1st reading the dav of
PASSED
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on the 2nd reading the ~/ day of
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A~ AND APPROVED
, 1990 .
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
CITY ATTORNEY
DATE:
ADOPTED:
EFFECTIVE:
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COUNTRY MEADOW ESTATES - 0-1 tlO~iEI LIAO
AUGUST 18, 1990
All that certain lot, tract or parcel of land located in the W.W. Hall Survey,
Abstract 695, Tarrant County, Texas, being a portion of that certain 25.196
acre tract described in deed to Homei Lido, Trustee and Jla liar Hwang, Trustee,
recorded in Vulume 7937, Page 294, Deed Records of Tarrant County, Texas
(D.R.T.C.T.), and being more particularly described by metes and bounds as
follows:
BEGINNING at a point in the East line of said 25.196 acre tract and the West
line of the certain 22 acre tract of land conveyed to Beulah B. Cross by deed
recorded in Volume 3989, Page 640, D.R.T.C.T., said point being North O1 degree
11 minutes 20 seconds East, 272.09 feet from an iron pipe found in the North
right of way (R.O.W.) line of F.M. No. 1709 for the Southeast corner of said
25.lg6 acre tract and the Southwest corner of said 22 acre tract;
THENCE
North 88 degrees 49 minutes 04 seconds West, 319.58 feet to a point
for corner;
THENCE
South DU degrees 09 minutes O0 seconds East, 272.09 feet to a point in
the North R.O.W. of sand F.M. 1709 for a corner;
THENCE
with the North R.O.W. line of said F.M. 1709, South 89 degrees 57
minutes 02 seconds West, 313.47 feet to an iron pipe found in the
North R.O.W. of said F.M. 17U9 for the Southeast corner of said 25.196
acre tract and the Southwest corner of said 22 acre tract;
THENCE
North O1 degree 11 minutes 2U seconds East, 272.09 feet to the Point
of Beginning and containing 1.gu acres of land.
COUNTRY HEADOW ESTATES - C-1
AUGUST ]8, 1990
HOMEI LIAD
All that certain lot, tract dP parcel of land located in the W.W. Hall Survey,
Abstract b95, Tarrant bounty, Texas, being a portion of that certain 25.196
acre tract described in deed to Homei Liao, Trustee and Jla Her Hwang, Trustee,
recorded in Volume 7937, Page 294, Deed Records of Tarrant County, Texas
{D.R.T.C.T.), and being more particularly described by metes and bounds as
follows:
BEGINNING at a point in the North right of way (R.O.W.) line of F.M. No. 1709
and being at the Southeast corner of Diamond Circle Estates, the plat of which
is recorded in Volume 388-177, Page 7, Plat Records of Tarrant County, Texas
(P.R.T.C.T.), said point being further described as hearing North DO degrees 09
minutes OU seconds West 50.~0 feet from the Southwest corner of aforesaid W.W.
Hall Survey, Abstract 695;
TIIENCE
with a common line of Diamond Circle Estates and said 25.]96 acre
tract and generally with a fence, North DO degrees 09 minutes O0
seconds West, 235.61 feet to a point for corner;
THENCE North 89 degrees 54 minutes UU seconds East, 290.00 feet to a corner;
TttENCE
South UU degrees O9 minutes O0 seconds East, 243.14 feet to a point
for corner in the North R.O.W. of said F.M. 1709;
THENCE with the North R.O.W. line of said F.M. 17~9. North 89 degrees 57
minutes U2 seconds West, 290.00 feet to the Point of Beginning and
containing 1.58 acres of land.