HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 2006-23 (Title: An Ordinance amending the City's Zoning Ordinance to provide certain egceptions
from yard, landscape, buffering, access, and other requirements for gasoline service
stations located within the Original Business District.)
ORDINANCE NO.2006-23
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING APPENDIX C OF THE FRIENDSWOOD
CITY CODE, SAID APPENDIX C BEING CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD,
TEXAS, ORDINANCE NO. 84-15, AS AMENDED, ORIGINALLY
ADOPTED THE 19TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1984, AND BEING THE
ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY, by adding to subsection J of
SECTION 8 THEREOF A NEW PARAGRAPH 10; PROVIDING
CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS FROM SCREE1vING, BUFFERING,
LANDSCAPING, DRIVEWAY WIDTH, AND YARD AND SETBACK
REQUIREMENTS FOR GASOLINE FILLING STATIONS LOCATED
WITHIN THE ORIGINAL BUSINESS DISTRICT; PROVIDING A
PENALTY OF AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,000 FOR EACH DAY
OF VIOLATION OF ANY PROVISION HEREOF; AND PROVIDING
FOR SEVERABILITY.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD,
STATE OF TEXAS:
Section 1. City of Friendswood, Texas, Ordinance No. 84-15, as amended, originally
adopted the 19th day of November, 1984, same being Appendix C of the Friendswood City Code,
and also being the zoning ordinance of the City, is hereby amended by adding to Subsection J of
Section 8 thereof a new Paragraph 10 to provide as follows:
J. Performance standards.
10. Gasoline Stations or other alternative vehicle fuel pumpin� facilities located
within the Original Business District (OBD); exceptions and nerformance
repuirements.
a. Shall have a minimum five (5') foot landscaped buffer ad_iacent to
each public right-of-wav,located within the repuired vard ,
b. Landscane buffers with drivewav cuts are not required to have trees,
however, shrubs shall be planted with a height of not less than two (2)
feet_when_planted and not more than three and one half feet (3 1/2)
when mature.
c. Requirements for driveway widths, distances between driveways and
distances from intersections mav be modified using the modification
procedures of the Design Criteria Manual.
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d. Fuel service islands and their attendant canonies may be located
within a required front or side vard provided the canopies extend no
closer than five feet (5) from the property line or ad_iacent street right
of wav
e. The minimum buildin�set back shall be five feet(5') from the interior
side or rear property line when ad_iacent to other commercial zoning
districts.
f. The minimum front building set back shall be twenty-five feet (25')
from the front adiacent street ri�ht of wav.
Section 2. Any person who shall violate any provision of this Ordinance shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined in an amount not to exceed
$2,000. Each day of violation shall constitute a separate offense.
Section 3. In the event any clause, phrase, provision, sentence, or part of this
Ordinance ar the application of the same to any person or circumstances shall for any reason be
adjudged invalid or held unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, it shall not affect,
impair, or invalidate this Ordinance as a whole or any part or provision hereof other than the part
declared to be invalid or unconstitutional; and the City Council of the City of Friendswood,
Texas, declares that it would have passed each and every part of the same notwithstanding the
omission of any such part thus declared to be invalid or unconstitutional, whether there be one or
more parts.
PASSED,APPROVED on first reading this 25tb day of September 2006.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED on second and final reading this the 16tb
day of October 2006.
CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
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Dav . H. S it
Mayor
ATTEST: o� FR�ENO�
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D loris McKenzie, T C * *
City Secretary �
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