HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 97-09 ORDINANCE NO. 97-9
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 NOVEMBER, 1984, AND BEING THE
ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY, BY DELETING FROM THE
REGULATION MATRIX FOR RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS CONTAINED IN
SECTION 7.Q.3. THEREOF THE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO
GARDEN HOME DISTRICTS AND SUBSTITUTING THEREFOR NEW
PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO GARDEN HOME DISTRICTS, AND BY
STRIKING NOTE "H" FOLLOWING SUCH REGULATION MATRIX
APPLICABLE TO RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS AND SUBSTITUTING
THEREFOR A NEW NOTE "H"; PROVIDING SETBACK REQUIREMENTS
FOR SIDE AND REAR YARDS IN THE GARDEN HOME DISTRICT;
PROVIDING THAT SIDE YARDS ADJACENT TO STREETS SHALL BE
MEASURED FROM THE EDGE OF THE ADJACENT STREET RIGHT-OF-
WAY; 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 SEVERA.BILITY.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, STATE
OF TEXAS:
Section 1. Appendix C of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Friendswood,
Texas, said Appendix C being the zoning ordinance of the City, is hereby amended by striking
from the Regulation Matrix for Residential Districts contained in Section 7.Q.3. the provisions
applicable to Garden Home Districts, which provisions provide as follows:
[GHD 6 6,000 60 5 B,H 10 OD 25B 20C 35 2 Yes D 50%
Garden Home District]
and substituting therefor the following:
GHD 6 6,000 60 5 B,H 10 OD 5 B,H 4 C,H 35 2 Yes D 50%
Garden Home District
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Section 2. Said Appendix C of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Friendswood,
Texas, is hereby further amended by striking from Section 7.Q.3. thereof Note "H" following
the Regulation Matrix-Residential Districts, which Note "H" provides as follows:
[H. Front 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.]
and substituting therefor a new Note "H" to provide as follows:
H. Front and exterior side vard setbacks shall be measured from the ed�e of the street ROW
or the edge of the Draina e/g Utilitv/Access easement (if streets are private) whichever is
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Section 3. 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 4. 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 21st day of April , 1997.
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED on second and final reading this 19thday of
May , 1997.
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Harold L. Whitaker
Mayor
ATTEST
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Deloris McKenzie, T C
City Secretary
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