480-029CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 480-29
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 480, THE
COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
$OUTHLAKE, TEXAS; GRANTING A ZONING CHANGE ON A
CERTAIN TRACT OR TRACTS OF LAND WITHIN THE CITY
OF SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS BEING APPROXIMATELY A 2.14
ACRE TRACT OF LAND OUT OF THE B.J. FOSTER
SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 519, TRACT 1A1A2E, AND
MORE FULLY AND COMPLETELY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT
"A" FROM AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT TO MANUFACTURED
HOUSING 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
and effect of such lights on established character of the
neighborhood; location, lighting and types of signs and relation of
signs to traffic control and adjacent property; street size and
adequacy of width for traffic reasonably expected to be generated
by the proposed use around the site and in the immediate
neighborhood; adequacy of 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 transportation, water, 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 City; 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 pcpulation, and facilitates the adequate provision
os 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 feels 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 of 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:
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Section 1. That Ordinance No. 480, the Comprehensive Zoning
Ordinance of the City of Southlake, Texas, passed on the 19th day
of S~ptember, 1989, as originally adopted and amended, is hereby
amended so that the permitted uses in the hereinafter described
areas be altered, changed and amended as shown and described below:
Being approximately a 2.14 acre tract of land out of the B.J.
Foster Survey, Abstract No. 519, Tract 1A1A2E, as more fully
and completely described in Exhibit "A," attached hereto and
incorporated herein.
From Agricultural District to Manufactured Housing District.
Section 2. That the City 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 of land 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. All 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
comprehensive 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 not repeal any of the provisions of said ordinances
except in those instances where provisions of those ordinances are
in direct conflict with the provisions of this ordinance.
Section 6. That the terms and provisions of this ordinance
shall be deemed to be severable and that if the validity of the
zoning affecting any portion of the tract or tracts of land
described herein shall be declared to be invalid, the same shall
not affect the validity of the zoning of the balance of said tract
or tracts 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 in 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.
PASSED AND APPROVED on the 1st reading the day of
, 1990.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY SECRETARY
PASSED AND APPROVED on the 2nd reading the day of
, 1990.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
CITY ATTORNEY
DATE:
ADOPTED:
EFFECTIVE:
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