HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 2010-41 (Title: An ordinance amending section 7.Q District area and height regulations of the
Zoning Ordinance of the city by amending the regulation matrix and notes for commercial
districts to make the regulation matrix easier to understand by adding letters that
reference the corresponding matrix notes and by adding additional notes from other
section of the ordinance to the matrix.)
ORDINANCE NO. 2010-41
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING APPENDIX C OF THE
FRIENDSWOOD CITY CODE, SAID APPENDIX C BEING
ORDINANCE NO. 84-15, AS AMENDED, ORIGINALLY
ADOPTED THE 19TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1984, AND
BEING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY, BY
AMENDING THE REGULATION MATRIX TABLE AND
NOTES FOR COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS CONTAINED IN
SECTION 7-Q DISTRICT AREA AND HEIGHT
REGULATIONS BY ADDING LETTERS THAT
REFERENCE THE CORRESPONDING MATRIX NOTES
AND BY ADDING ADDITIONAL NOTES FROM OTHER
SECTION OF THE ORDINANCE TO THE MATRIX;
PROVIDING OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO THE
SUBJECT; PROVIDING A PENALTY OF AN AMOUNT
NOT TO EXCEED $2,000 FOR EACH DAY OF VIOLATION i
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. 84-15, as amended, originally
adopted the 19a' day of November 1984, same being Appendix C of the Friendswood City Code,
and same also being the Zoning Ordinance of the City, is hereby amended by amending the
regulation matrix and related notes for commercial districts contained in Section 7-Q by making
the regulation matrix for commercial districts easier to understand by adding letters that
reference the corresponding matrix notes, and by adding additional notes from other section of
the ordinance to the matrix,to read and provide as follows:
"Q. District area and height regulations.
1. No lot, parcel, premises or tract of land shall be created and no building permit shall be
issued for any request that does not meet the appropriate minimum lot area, width, depth, yard
and height regulations as set forth in the tables labeled section 7-Q.2, Regulation Matrix.
2. (See Regulation Matrix.)
REGULATION MATRIX- COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS
Circled letters (letters in parentheses)refer to paragraphs in section 7-Q.3
TABLE INSET:
Yards—Minimum Feet
Side
Interior Exterior
When
Abutting
Property When When
In a When Backing Backing
Residential Abutting Up to Up to
Lot Area Lot Lot District or property an an Height
Minimum Width Depth Garden In a Non- Abutting Abutting maximum Maximum
Zoning Square Minimum Minimum Rear Home Residential Side Rear Feet(b Landscape Exception Lot
District Feet Feet Feet I Front (a) I District District Yard Yard and e) Requirements Notes Coverage
CSC 15,000 100 150 30 15 25 10 25 10 40 Yes I 30%
NC 12,000 100 120 30 15 25 10 25 10 40 Yes D H I 30%H
D
20
t- 10,000 100 100 30 15 25 10 25 10 40 Yes D I 30%1
D
25
DD 15,000 E 0 0 0 0 G 15 0 0 0 70 Yes E F G 60%
[FJ15 maximum
F 4 stories
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OPD 10,000 100 100 30 15 25 10 25 10 40 Yes H_ I 30%
BP 10,000 100 100 30 25 25 101 25 101 40 Yes J I 40%
LI 15,000 100 100 30 A 25 25 10 25 10 40 Yes A[-1 I 50%
1 20,000 100 100 30 B 25 C 40 C 10 25 C 10 C 40 Yes B,C 60%
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A. When LI district is across the street from a residential district, front yard shall be a minimum
of 40 feet from street R.O.W.
B. When I district is across the street from a residential district, front yard setback shall be a
minimum of 50 feet from street R.O.W.
C. When industrial district abuts side and/or rear residential district,,setback shall be a minimum
of 90 [W feet.
D. When rear yard of an NC or LNC district abuts a non-residential district. [Miiiimum] rear
yard setback shall be a minimum of 15 feet [when- and abuts esidential Ai^'~^"
E. Lots within Downtown District (DD) in existence prior to the creation of the DD, shall be
deemed as lawfully existing and shall be allowed to develop under DD regulations. Further,
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tracts of any size in existence prior to the creation of the DD may be combined into larger
tracts and developed, even if the aggregate size is less than 15,000 square feet. Further, no lot
classified as within the DD zone may be subdivided to less than the minimum size of 15,006
square feet. [Rear yard se.bcek shall be 15 feet when rear yard abuts a residei#ial a
(Residential Distiet or garden Home Distrieo and 0 feet when rear yard abuts a Ron.'
resid2R }
F. When DD rear yard abuts a residential district (Residential District or Garden Home'
District),rear yard setback shall be a minimum of 15 feet.
G When DD rear yard abuts a non-residential district,rear yard shall be a minimum of 0 feet.
H. In NC and OPD, building site coverage, consisting of all buildings, structures and all navedi
surfaces, shall not exceed 90% of the total lot area, ner Sections 7.G.5. and 7.1-1.8.
I. In LNC, building site coverage, consisting of all buildings, structures and all naved surfaces J
shall not exceed 80% of the total lot area, per Section 7.G-1.6.
J. In BP, no structure shall be located within 25 feet of an exterior BP boundary. An exterior
BP boundary is one that abuts a zone other than BP, per Section 7.0.1.
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 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 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, and APPROVED on first reading this 12th day of December ,2010.
PASSED,APPROVED, and ADOPTED on second and final reading this the 10`h
day of January,2010.
David J. H. Smith
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ATTEST: �OF s�
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Melinda Welsh, TRMC
City Secretary s
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