HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 2008-35 (Title: An Ordinance granting a Specific Use Permit to the Friendswood Baptist Church, to
authorize use of 2.343 acres located at 315 W. Shadowbend for Religious Organization
purposes.)
ORDINANCE NO.2008-35 j
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD GRANTING A
SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 315 W.
SHADOWBEND, SAME BEING 2.343 ACRES, BEING OUT OF LOT 11,
BLOCK 1, FRIENDSWOOD SUBDIVISION, ACCORDING TO THE MAP
OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 254, PAGE 37, MAP j
RECORDS OF GALVESTON COUNTY, FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS, FOR
RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION PURPOSES; PROVIDING FOR THE
AMENDMENT OF THE ZONING DISTRICT MAP OF THE CITY AS
ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE NO. 84-15, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF
THE CITY; CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE
SUBJECT; PROVIDING A PENALTY; AND PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABIIdTY.
r- WHEREAS, Friendswood Baptist Church (the "Owner"), has requested a Specific Use
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Permit for property located at 315 W. Shadowbend, same being 2.343 acres, being out of Lot 11,
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Block 1, Friendswood Subdivision, according to the map or plat thereof recorded in Volume 254,
Page 37, map records of Galveston County, Friendswood, Texas (the "Property"), and situated j
within the corporate limits of the City of Friendswood,Texas (the"City"); and
WHEREAS,the Property presently has a zoning classification of Single Family Residential
("SFR') pursuant to Ordinance No. 84-15, as amended, originally passed and approved the 19th
day of November 1984, same being the Zoning Ordinance of the City; and
WHEREAS,the Owner has made application to the City for the granting of a Specific Use
Permit to authorize use of the Property for religious organization uses, as authorized by the City's
Zoning Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council of the City have,
in the time and manner and after the notice required by law and the City's Zoning Ordinance;
conducted a public hearing on such request for the granting of the Specific Use Permit described
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above; and
WHEREAS,the Planning and Zoning Commission has recommended and the City Council
now deems it appropriate to approve such request;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. A Specific Use Permit for use of the Property for Religious Organization
(1997 NAICS #813) purposes is hereby granted.
f Section 3. The Zoning District Map of the City shall be revised and amended to show-
the Specific Use authorized hereby for the Property as provided in Section 2 hereof, with the
appropriate references thereon to the number and effective date of this Ordinance and a brief
description of the nature of the Specific Use authorized.
Section 4. This Ordinance shall in no manner amend, change, supplement, or revise
any provision of any ordinance of the City, save and except the granting of the Specific Use Permit
as herein provided.
Section 5. 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 6. In the event any 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
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invalid or held unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, it shall not affect, impair, oc
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,declares tha
it would have passed each and every part of the same notwithstanding the omission of any such parf
thus declared to be invalid or unconstitutional, whether there be one or more parts.
PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading this 20th day of October,2008.
PASSED,APPROVED, and ADOPTED on second and final reading this 3`d day of
November,2008.
Dav kH.
Mayor
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City Secretary
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