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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance No. 2011-14 (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 residential districts to change the front and rear yard setbacks in the Multi-Family Residential — Garden Home District (MFR- GHD) and to specify that parking is required in accordance with the Parking Group Table in the Design Criteria Manual.) ORDINANCE NO. 2011-14 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 FOR RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS CONTAINED IN SECTION 7-Q DISTRICT AREA AND HEIGHT REGULATIONS, SUBSECTION 2, BY AMENDING THE REGULATION MATRIX AND NOTES FOR RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS TO CHANGE THE FRONT AND REAR YARD SETBACKS IN THE MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL — GARDEN HOME DISTRICT (MFR-GHD) AND TO SPECIFY THAT THE PARKING IS REQUIRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PARKING GROUP TABLE IN THE DESIGN CRITERIA MANUAL; PROVIDING OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A PENALTY OF AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,000 FOR EACH DAY OF VIOLATION OF ANY PROVISION HEREOF; AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. X ff A' yC BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD; STATE OF TEXAS: i Section 1. City of Friendswood, Texas, Ordinance No. 84-15, as amended, originally adopted the 19'h 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 th regulation matrix and notes for residential districts contained in Appendix C, Section Q (2), to change the front and rear yard setbacks in the Multi-Family Residential— Garden Home District i (MFR- GHD) and to clarify that the parking requirements listed in the matrix are those specified by the Parking Group Table in the Design Criteria Manual, to read and provide as follows: "Appendix C. Zoning Ordinance 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.) I x REGULATION MATRIX-RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS Circled letters (letters in parentheses)refer to paragraphs in section 7-Q.3 TABLE INSET: r � Ord.2011-14 2 Units Lot Area Lot Yards-Minimum Feet Height Parking Zero Maximum per Minimum Width Front Rear Side Maximum Requirement Lot Lot 'i--� Acre Square ( ) Feet Unit Lines Coverage Feet a Interior Exterior (b and e) Y or (d) (Corner Lot) N Backing Backing Up to an Up to an Abutting Abutting Side Rear Yard Yard SFR 2.7 11,600 90 A 25 B 25 10 F 25 A 20 C 40 }2},K No 35% Single Family Residential SFR 2.7 15,600 120 25 B 25 10 25 B 20 C 40 No 35% Single A Family Residential SFR-E 05 87,120 150 75 25 25 35 35 40 }sJ—K No 20% Single A Family Residential Estate MFR-L 6 G 7,260 G 45 25 B 25 10 E,I 25 B 20 C 40 {2} K No 50% Multi G Family- Low MFR-M 9 — — 25 B 0 10 E,I 25 B 20 C 40 }21'--,K No 50% Multi Family- Medium ( 1 MFR-H 12 — — 25 B 0 10 E,I 25 B 20 C 40 PER No 50% Multi Family- High MHR 10 — — 25B 25 101 30 25B 20 {"3: :;K No 50% Mobile Home I A I — — — 25 B 25 101 25 B 20 C 40 f3}-K No 10% MFR- 6 6,000 60 {5)20 {_% 0 D,J 5 B,H 4 C,H 40 f2}:I{ Yes 50% GHD 13,11 20 D Garden Home District PUD- 2.7 6,000 40 20 B 15 51 20 B 20 C 40 {3},K No 40% Cluster Home District 20%Open Space PUD- 3 6,000 40 20 B 15 51 20 B 20 C 40 {3},I{ No 45% Cluster Home District 30%Open Space PUD- 4 6,000 40 20 B 15 51 20 B 20 C 40 }3} K No 50% Cluster Home District 40%Open Space I I Ord.2011-14 3 A. Lots of less than 120 feet wide require curbs. Lots 120 feet wide or greater may use open ditches. B. Thirty-five feet on thoroughfares. C. Twenty-five feet on thoroughfares. D. Zero set-back on side only,minimum five-foot separation between buildings. E. Ten foot minimum separation between buildings. F. Lots currently in existence with less than 90 feet of width that have structures already built upon them may continue with the same existing set back for additions provided they are not less than a minimum of five feet. G. Developer must elect either units per acre or lot area. Two family residential units on two lots are required when lot area is elected. H. Front yard and exterior side yard setbacks shall be measured from the edge of the street ROW or the edge of the Drainage Utility/Access easement (if streets are private) whichever is greater. I. Twenty-five feet when abutting land zoned single-family residential (SFR) district. J. Ten feet when abutting land zoned anything other than MFR- GHD (Garden Home District). K. Parking is required in accordance with the Parking Group Table in the Design Criteria' Manual. 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. Ord.2011-14 4 PASSED,APPROVED on first reading this 4th day of April,2011. PASSED,APPROVED, and ADOPTED on second and final reading this the 18th day of April,2011. ni David J. H. th Mayor ATTEST: o f* 0 FR1E�y�s I Melinda Welsh,TRMC � City Secretary s� 4rF OF I c Ord.2011-14 5 '