HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 2000-25 ORDINANCE NO. 2000-25
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 99-37, WHICH
AMENDED APPENDIX C OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY CODE, SAID
APPENDIX C BEING CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS, ORDINANCE
NO. 84-15, AS AMENDED, ORIGINALLY ADOPTED THE 19TH DAY OF
NOVEMBER 1984, AND BEING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE
CITY, AND WHICH CREATED THE DOWNTOWN OVERLAY
DISTRICT BY DELETING THE SUNSET PROVISION OF SAID
ORDINANCE NO. 99-37; AND AMENDING SAID APPENDIX C BY
SECTION 7.5 BY DELETING THE HEIGHT REQUIREMENT
CONTAINEB IN PARACi�_4"l� 4 AND ADDING LANGUAGE
REGARDING SETBACKS; BY DELETING PARAGRAPH 8.a.,
REQUIRING CERTAIN LANDSCAPING; BY AMENDING PARAGRAPH
9a. BY ADDIlVG SUBPARAGRAPH 5, PROHIBITING GARAGE BAYS
OPENING ONTO FRIENDSWOOD DRIVE; BY REPLACING THE
CURRENT LANGUAGE IN PARAGRAPH 9.B.1. IN ITS ENTIRETY
WITH NEW VISUAL SCREENING STANDARDS; PROVIDING A
PENALTY OF AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,000 FOR EACH DAY
OF VIOLATION OF ANY PROVISION HEREOF; AND PROVIDING
FOR SEVERABILITY.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD,
STATE OF TEXAS:
Section �. Cit;� Ui rriendswc•nd �,rdinance No. 99-37, passed, approved and adopted
on the 18th day of October, l 999, is hereby amended by repealing what is contained therein as
Section 3:
"Section 3. This Ordinance shall expire nine (9)months after the effective date hereof,
unless repealed earlier or extended by Council."
Section 2. Appendix C of the Friendswood City Code, same being city of
Friendswood, Texas, Ordinance No. 84-15, as amended, originally passed and approved the 19tn
day of November, 1984, and being the Zoning Ordinance of the City, is hereby further amended
by deleting the fr:llowing pa;ugr��li;�. f.-�m Sec�ion 7.5 in its entirety:
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"4. Area and height regulations. Height of building and structures shall in no case
exceed two stories or 35 feet."
and adding the following language to paragraph 4:
4. Area regulations shall be determined by the underlying districts, except that all front
setbacks must be a minimum of 30 feet.
Section 3. Appendix C of the Friendswood City Code, same being city of
Friendswood, Texas, Ordinance No. 84-15, as amended, originally passed and approved the 19tn
day of November, 1984, and being the Zoning Ordinance of the City, is hereby further amended
by deleting the following from Subsection 7.5 of Section 7 the following paragraph 8.a.:
8. Landscaping. The minimum requirements for areas within the DOD areas
follows:
"a. Properties with frontage along the entryway shall provide a minimum ten-
foot wide landscape buffer along the entire length of the lot."
Section 4. App�ndix C of the Friendswood City Code, same being City of
Friendswood, Texas, Ordinance No. 84-15, as amended, originally passed and approved the 19th
day of November, 1984, and being the Zoning Ordinance of the City, is hereby further amended
by amending paragraph 9.a. of subsection 7.5 of Section 7 by adding a new subsection 5, to read
as follows:
5. Garage bays, or other similar large openings designed for automotive or industrial
work, or designed for automobiles to drive into, mav not face Friendswood Drive
within the Downtown Overlav District. Provided, however, that this prohibition
shall not ir��lude drive-thro�khs such as are typically found at banks or fast food
establisl;cnents.
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Section 5. Appendix C of the Friendswood City Code, same being City of
Friendswood, Texas, Ordinance No. 84-15, as amended, originally passed and approved the 19th
day of November, 1984, and being the Zoning Ordinance of the City, is hereby further amended
by amending paragraph 9.b. 1 of subsection 7.5 of Section 7 by deleting the current language in
its entirety:
"Residential development not facing the entryway (i.,e., subdivisions, etc.) shall be
required to install an opaque screening wall no closer than five feet from the street right-
of-way. Said wall shall be a minimum of six feet in height."
and replacing it with a new paragraph 9.b.1 to read as follows:
Residential developments not facing the entryway shall be required to
install a visual barrier to a minimum mature height of six (6) feet as
measured from the finished �rade. The barrier shall be set back from the
street right of way line by a minimum of five (5) feet. Various materials
may be utilized, including landscaped earth berms, provided the materials
are durable and require low maintenance. All barriers are required to be
maintained by the property owner or a Home Owners Association set up
for such purposes and filed of record. Subdivision plats submitted for
residential property along the entrvwav corridors shall include detailed
information and visual representations of the proposed barrier, and such
other information as the Commission mav reasonabl determine to be
necessary.
Section 6. Except as otherwise herein expressly amended, all other provisions of
Appendix C of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Friendswood, Texas, said Appendix C
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being the Zoning Ordinance of the City, Ordinance No. 84-15, originally adopted the 19t'' day of
November, 1984, as it may have been prev:dusly amended, remain unchanged and in full force
and effect.
Section 7. 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 8. 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 �r,y 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 24th day of July , 2000.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED on second and final reading this 2 4 th day of
August , 2000.
Harold L. Whitaker
Mayor
ATTEST:
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Deloris McKenzie, T C
City Secretary
MOTION: COUNICLMEMBER MEL T�EASELES
2ND: COUNCILMEMBER KIM BRIZENDINE
DOD Amendments APPROVED: 6-0 (T. Manison absent)
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