HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 2007-12 (Title: An ordinance amending the zoning ordinance to provide that conceptual
drawings may be submitted with an application for a specific use permit.)
ORDINANCE NO. 2007-12
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING APPENDIX C OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS, SAID
APPENDIX C BEING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY,
BY DELETING THE INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH OF
PARAGRAPH 3 OF SUBSECTION G OF SECTION 9 THEREOF
AND SUBSTITUTING THEREFOR A NEW INTRODUCTORY
PARAGRAPH OF PARAGRAPH 3 OF SUBSECTION G;
PROVIDING INFORMATION THAT MUST BE SUBMITTED
WITH APPLICATIONS FOR SPECIFIC USE PERMITS;
PROVIDING A PENALTY IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
$2,000 FOR EACH DAY OF VIOLATION OF ANY PROVISION
HEREOF; AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that a requirement that engineered
data accompany applications for specific use permits is uneconomical, tends to
discourage development within the City, and serves no essential purpose in the planning
process; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has considered an amendment to the City's zoning
ordinance that would allow the presentation of conceptual drawings with applications for
specific use permits; and
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council
conducted a joint public hearing to consider proposal; and
WHEREAS, the hearing was duly called as provided by the laws of the State of
Texas and Appendix C of the Code of Ordinances of the City, and that in such hearing all
persons attending who desired to be heard; and
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission has filed its written report
with City Council which recommends approval of the proposed amendment; and
WHEREAS, as a result of the said public hearing and the recommendation of the
Planning and Zoning Commission, the City Council hereby finds and determines that the
proposed amendment to the Zoning Ordinance would not be detrimental to the
community, and is in conformance with the zoning ordinance and comprehensive plan for
development of the City; now,therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FRIENDSWOOD, STATE OF TEXAS:
Section 1. The facts and matters set forth in the preamble of this Ordinance
are hereby found to be true and correct.
Section 2. City of Friendswood,.Texas, Ordinance No. 84-15, as.amended,
originally adopted the 19`s 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 as set forth below. Words being deleted are indicated by strike through, as
follows: "deleted." Words being added are indicated by underline, as follows:
"underline." Additions to words or phrases underscored in the existing ordinance text are
indicated by a double underline, as follows: "ordinances."
A. The introductory paragraph of Paragraph "3" of Subsection G of Section 9
is hereby amended to provide as follows:
3. Application procedure. An application for a specific use permit
shall be filed with the planning and zoning commission. The application
shall be accompanied by a conceptual site plan that whieh along with the
application, will become a part of the specific use permit, if approved.
Verification of all information contained in the conceptual site plan shall
be required to be certified by an engineer and/or surveyor, as applicable,
as a condition for the granting of any snecifrc use permit. The
accompanying conceptual site plan shall provide the following
information:
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Section 3. In the event any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase,
provision, sentence, or part of this Ordinance or the application of the same to any person
or circumstance 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 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 and every part of the same notwithstanding the
omission of any such part thus declared to be invalid or unconstitutional, or whether there
be one or more parts.
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Section 4. Any person who shall willfully, intentionally, or with criminal
negligence violate any provision of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in an amount not to exceed
$2,000.00. Each day of violation shall constitute a separate offense.
PASSED and APPROVED on first reading this 10th day of September 2007.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED on second and final reading this the
19� day of October 2007.
David J. H. Smith
Mayor
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D oSe McKenzie, C v o
City Secretary
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