HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 99-41 ORDINANCE NO. 9 9—41
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS,
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 84-15, SAID ORDINANCE NO. 84-15
BEING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY, BY GRANTING A
SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A TELEPHONE ANSWERING SERVICE,
LOCATED AT 307 S. FRIENDSWOOD DRIVE, BUILDING F,
PROVIDING A PENALTY IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,000
FOR EACH DAY OF VIOLATION OF ANY PROVISION HEREOF; AND
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
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WHEREAS, the Friendswood City Council and the Friendswood Planning and Zoning
Commission conducted a joint public hearing on September 2, 1999, to consider an application
for a specific use permit for a telephone answering service, to be located at 307 S. Friendswood
Drive, Building F; and
WHEREAS, the hearing was duly called as provided by the laws of the State of Texas and
Ordinance No. 84-15 of the City of Friendswood, and that in such hearing all persons attending
were allowed to be heard on the question of whether or not the expansion of the use allowed on
said property by allowing a telephone answering service on the site would affect the public health,
safety, morale, convenience, or general welfare of the citizens of Friendswood, and whether or
not rezoning would violate the rights of any interested person; and
WHEREAS, the Friendswood Planning and Zoning Commission voted at its September 2,
1999, meeting to recommend approval of the application; and
WHEREAS, as a result of the said public hearing and the recommendation from the
Friendswood Planning and Zoning Commission, the City Council finds that such use is not
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detrimental to the community, and is in conformance with the Long Range Land Use Plan and the
comprehensive zoning ordinance; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCII. OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD,
STATE OF TEXAS:
Section 1. That City of Friendswood, Texas, Ordinance No. 84-15, passed and
approved on November 19, 1984, and known as the Zoning Ordinance, is hereby amended by
amending the zoning classification of certain property which is known municipally as 307 S.
Friendswood Drive, Building F, to allow the use of such described property for a telephone
answering service. All such facilities and related improvements shall be constructed on the site in
accordance with the site development plan presented to Commission and Council at the public
hearing of September 2, 1999 which is on file with the Community Development Department.
Section 2. The official zoning map of the City shall be revised to show the above
described tracts rezoned to SPECIFIC USE— TELEPHONE ANSWERING SERVICE.
Section 3. This Ordinance shall in no way reduce, amend, supplement, or change any
provision of any ordinance of the City of Friendswood, other than to accomplish the rezoning of
the tract described in Section 1 to SPECIFIC USE—TELEPHONE ANSWERING SERVICE.
Section 4. Any person who shall violate any provision of this Ordinance sha11 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 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,
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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 4th day of October ,
1999.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED on second and final reading this ��
day of October , 1999.
Harold L. Whitaker
Mayor
ATTEST:
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Deloris McKenzie, RM
City Secretary
MOTION: Councilmember Jerry Ericsson
2nd: Councilmember Larry Taylor
Approved: Unanimous
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