HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 96-10 � . _ � � . . ,
ORDINANCE NO. 9 6-10
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS,
ORDINANCE NO. 84-15, AS AMENDED, ORIGINALLY ADOPTED THE
19TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 1984, SAME ALSO BEING APPENDIX C TO
THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY CODE,AND BEING THE ZONING ORDINANCE
OF THE CITY, BY DELETING FROM PARAGRAPH 3 OF SUBSECTION Q
OF SECTION 7 THEREOF ALL OF SUBPARAGRAPH b AND
SUBSTITUTING THEREFOR A NEW SUBPARAGRAPH b; PROVIDING
THAT BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES SHALL BE LIMITED TO TWO
STORIES, EXCEPT THAT BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES LOCATED IN
ZONING DISTRICT SFR (SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL) ARE
PERMITTED TO HAVE TWO AND ONE-HALF STORIES IF NO LIVING
QUARTERS ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE TOP ONE-HALF (1/2) STORY;
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 1. City of Friendswood, Texas, Ordinance No. 84-15, as amended, originally
adopted the 19th day of November, 1984, same being Appendix C of the Friendswood City Code,
and being the Zoning Ordinance of the City, is hereby amended by deleting subparagraph b of
paragraph 3 of Subsection Q of Section 7 thereof, which provides as follows:
[b. A building or structure may exceed the maximum height established by the
applicable district regulations if the building or structure will fit under an
imaginary line that is 63.5 degrees, with the horizontal, at the outer edge
of the yard.]
and substituting therefor the following:
b. A building or structure mav not exceed two (2) stories; except, buildings
or structures located in SFR Districts mav have two and one-half(2-1/2�
stories,provided there are no livin�quarters located within the top one-half
(1/2, stor�
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Section 2. 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 3. In the event any clause, phrase, provision, sentence, or part of this
Ordinance or the application of the same to any person or circumstance 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 2oth day of May , 1996.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED on second and final reading this 3rd day of
June , 1996.
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Evelyn . Newm
Mayor
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De oris McKenzie, T C
City Secretary
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