HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 2008-05 (Title: An ordinance amending the subdivision regulations of the city to increase the
minimum right-of-way widths for major thoroughfare and collector streets.)
ORDINANCE NO. 2008-05
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS,
ORDINANCE NO. 2000-01, AS AMENDED, ORIGINALLY ADOPTED
THE 17TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2000, BEING APPENDIX B OF THE
FRIENDSWOOD CITY CODE, AND BEING AN ORDINANCE
PROVIDING RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING PLATS AND
THE SUBDIVISION OF LAND, BY AMENDING SECTION III(D) BY
INCREASING THE MINIMUM RIGHT-OF-WAY WIDTH FOR MAJOR
THOROUGHFARE AND COLLECTOR STREETS; PROVIDING A j
PENALTY OF AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,000 FOR EACH DAY
OF VIOLATION OF ANY PROVISION HEREOF; AND PROVIDING
FOR SEVERABILITY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD,
STATE OF TEXAS:
Section 1. City of Friendswood, Texas, Ordinance No. 2000-01, as amended,
originally adopted the 17th day of December, 2000, same being Appendix B of the Friendswood
City Code, same also being an ordinance providing rules and regulations governing plats and the
subdivision of land, is hereby amended by amending Section III(d) table inset as follows:
"Section III. General requirements and design criteria.
d. Buffering major thoroughfares.
1. Where a subdivision abuts or contains an existing or proposed arterial street, the commission
may require marginal access streets, reverse frontage with screen planting contained in nonI
access reservation along the rear property line, deep lots with rear service alleys, or such other
treatment as may be necessary for adequate protection of residential properties and to afford
separation of through and local traffic. If landscaping or berming is used as a buffer between thb
major thoroughfare and residential property uses, the subdivider shall provide a ten-foot
landscape easement along the major thoroughfare according to the major thoroughfare plan and
shall construct sidewalks thereon in accordance with this chapter and the current design criteria.
2. Reserve strips controlling access to streets shall be prohibited except where their control is
' definitely placed in the city under conditions approved by the commission.
3. Street right-of-way widths shall be as shown in the general plan for the City of Friendswood,
and where not shown therein shall be not less than as follows:
TABLE INSET:
Street type Minimum right-of-way width
Major thoroughfare 490 120 feet
Collector 60 80 feet
Minor(private and public) 60 feet
Commercial streets 80 feet
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Boulevards 80 feet
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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
- $2000. Each day of violation shall constitute a separate offense.
Section 3. In the event any clause phrase,provision, sentence, or part of this Ordinance
or 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 t
be invalid or unconstitutional; and the City Council of the City of Friendswood, Texas, declare
that it would have passed each and every part of the same notwithstanding the omission of aw
such part thus declared to be invalid or unconstitutional,whether there be one or more parts.
PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading this 4th day of February, 2008.
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED on second and final reading this 18th day of
February, 2008.
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David J.H. Smith
Mayor
ATTEST:
Melinda K. Welsh OF FR�EaO�`y
Deputy City Secretary 0
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