HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 96-16 . , 5 . . . � , . .
ORDINANCE NO. 9 6-16
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING APPENDIX C OF THE FRIENDSWOOD
CITY CODE, SAID APPENDIX C BEING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF
THE CITY, BY STRIKING FROM SECTION 15 THEREOF ALL OF
SUBSECTIONS B AND E AND SUBSTITUTING THEREFOR NEW
SUBSECTIONS B AND E; PROVIDING THAT THE PLANNING AND
ZONING COMMISSION SHALL MAKE FINAL REPORTS TO THE CITY
COUNCIL REGARDING PROPOSED CHANGES TO DISTRICT
BOUNSDARIES OR REGULATIONS WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS
FOLLOWING THE CLOSE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING THEREON;
REMOVING THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF
FIVE MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL IS NECESSARY TO ADOPT A
CHANGE TO A DISTRICT BOUNDARY OR REGULATION WHEN THE
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DOES NOT RECOMMEND
APPROVAL OF SUCH CHANGE; PROVIDING THAT THE AFFIRMATIVE
VOTE OF THREE-FOURTHS OF THE MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL IS
REQUIRED TO ADOPT ANY CHANGE TO A DISTRICT BOUNDARY OR
REGULATION IN THE EVENT OF WRITTEN PROTEST OF THE
OWNERS OF TWENTY PERCENT (20%) OR MORE OF EITHER THE
AREA OF THE LOTS INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED CHANGE OR THE
AREA OF LOTS ADJOINING SAME AND EXTENDING 200 FEET
THEREFROM; AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
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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 Friendswood City Code, said Appendix C being the
Zoning Ordinance of the City, is hereby amended by striking from Section 15 thereof all of
Subsection B, which Subsection B provides as follows:
["B. Submission to planning and zoning commission. Before taking action on
any proposed amendment, supplement, or change the city council shall submit
the proposed revision to the planning and zoning commission for its
� recommendation and report. The planning and zoning commission shall make
its final report within 60 days."]
and substituting therefor a new Subsection B to provide as follows:
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"B. Submission to planning and zonin� commission. Before taking
action on any proposed amendment, supplement, or chan�y ordinance of a
district boundary or re�ulation, the city council shall submit the pro,Qosed
revision to the plannin� and zoning commission for its recommendation and
report. The planning and zonin� commission shall make its report within thirty
(30) days following the close of the public hearing thereon."
Section 2. Said Appendix C of the Friendswood City Code is hereby further
amended by striking from Section 15 thereof all of Subsection E, which Subsection E provides
as follows:
["E. Vote required in the event of nonapproval or protest. Unless such
proposed amendment, supplement, or change has been approved by the planning
and zoning commission or in case of a protest signed by the owners of twenty
percent (20%) or more either of the area of the lots included in such proposed
change, or those immediately adjacent to the rear thereof extending 200 feet
therefrom, or all of those directly opposite thereto extending 200 feet from the
street frontage of such opposite lots, such amendment shall not become effective
except by the favorable vote of five members of city council."]
and substituting therefor a new Subsection E to provide as follows:
"E. Vote required in the event of protest. In the event of a written
protest to an, s�proposed amendment, supplement, or change to a district
boundary or re�ulation si n�y the owners of twenty percent (20%) or more
either of the area of the lots included in such proposed chan�e or those
immediately adjacent to the area of the lots or land immediatelv adjoining the
area covered by the proposed change and extending 200 feet from that area,
such amendment shall not become effective except by the favorable vote of
three-fourths of all members of city council."
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 of provision hereof other than the part
declared to be invalid or unconstitutional; and the City Council of the City of Friendswood,
declares that it would have passed each and every part of the same notwithstanding the omission
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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 5th day of August , 1996.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED on second and final reading this 19 th day of
August , 1996.
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Evelyn . Newm
Mayor
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Deloris McKenzie, T
City Secretary
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