HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 99-11 ORDINANCE NO. 9 9-11
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING 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 NOVENiBER 1984, AND BEING THE
ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY, BY AMENDING SUBSECTION b.l
OF SECTION 7.R.9., ENTRYWAY OVERLAY DISTRICT RESIDENTIAL
STANDARDS, BY REVISING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR BERMS ON
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS ALONG ENTRYWAY CORRIDORS;
PROVIDING A 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. Appendix C of the Friendswood City Code, same being City of
Friendswood, Texas, Ordinance No. 84-15, as amended, originally passed and approved the
19`'' day of November 1984, and being the Zoning Ordinance of the City, is hereby amended
by deleting the current language in subparagraph b.l of paragraph 9 of subsection R of Section
7 thereof, which provides as follows:
[Residential development not facing the entryway ( i.e. subdivision, 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 substituting therefor the following:
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 grade. 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
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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 entryway
corridors shall include detailed information and visual representations of the
proposed barrier, and such other information as the Commission may
reasonably determine to be necessary.
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
19``' day of November 1984, and being the Zoning Ordinance of the City, is hereby further
amended by replacing the word [wall] with barrier in subparagraph b.2 of paragraph 9 of
subsection R of Section 7.
Section 3. 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
being the Zoning Ordinance of the City, Ordinance No. 84-15, originally adopted the 19`'' day
of November 1984, as it may have been previously amended, remain unchanged and in full
force and effect.
Section 4. Any person who shall violate any provision of this Ordinance shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be �ned in an amount not to
exceed $2,000. Each day of violation shall constitute a separate offense.
Section 5. 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
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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 21 s t day of June ,
1999.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED on second and final reading this26thday of
July , 1999
Harold L. Whitaker
Mayor
ATTEST:
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Deloris McKenzie, T C
City Secretary
MOTION: COUNCILMEI��BER MEL MEASF.LES
2ND: COUNCILP�EP�lBER KYTTErI HAJECATE
APPROVED: UNANIMOUSLY
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