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Home My WebLink About08142008 ZPC Agenda Item 2 r City of West University Place Harris County, Texas Ordinance No. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WEST'UNIVERSITY PLACE, TEXAS REGARDING GARAGES AND MANEUVERING AREAS; AND CONTAINING FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT. WHEREAS, the City Council and the Zoning & Planning Commission ("Z&PC") of the City of West University Place, Texas ("City") have held a joint public hearing on a proposal to amend the Zoning Ordinance of the City, as last re-formatted and re- adopted by Ordinance No. 1672, adopted March 12, 2001 and as subsequently amended ("Zoning Ordinance"); WHEREAS, the Z&PC has made a final report to the City Council with respect to such proposal, which report is on file with the City Secretary; and WHEREAS, the City Council has considered the report of the Z&PC and now formally approves and adopts that report, with a minor change to the wording about maneuvering area discussed in workshop on July 28, 2008; and WHEREAS, all notices, hearings and procedures relating to amending the Zoning Ordinance, as may be required by law, the City Charter or the Zoning Ordinance, have been duly given, held and followed, and the City Council has jurisdiction to amend the Zoning Ordinance as provided herein; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE: Section 1. The City Council officially finds, determines, declares and adopts all of the matters set out in the preamble of this ordinance, and the Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended as shown in the exhibit which is attached and made a part of this ordinance for all purposes. Section 2. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of the conflict only. Section 3. If any word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, section or other part of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, shall ever be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, neither the remainder of this ordinance, nor the application of such word, phrase, R ' e clause, sentence, paragraph, section or other part of this ordinance to any other persons or circumstances, shall be affected thereby. Section 4. The City Council officially finds, determines and declares that a sufficient written notice of the date, hour, place and subject of each meeting at which this ordinance was discussed, considered or acted upon was given in the manner required by the Texas Open Meetings Act, as amended, and that each such meeting has been open to the public as required by law at all times during such discussion, consideration and action. The City Council ratifies, approves and confirms such notices and the contents and posting thereof. The City Council officially finds, determines and declares that sufficient notices of the joint public hearing were given, and the City Council ratifies, approves and confirms such notices, including the contents and the method in which they were given. Section 5.. This ordinance shall become effective on the tenth day following its publication, as provided in the City Charter. CONSIDERED, PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading on Councilmembers Voting Aye: Councilmembers Voting No: Councilmembers Absent: CONSIDERED, PASSED AND APPROVED on second reading, AND SIGNED, on , Councilmembers Voting Aye: Councilmembers Voting No: Councilmembers Absent: Attest: Signed: City Secretary (Seal) Mayor Recommended: City Manager Prepared by: James L. Dougherty, Jr. Approved as to legal form: City Attorney Exhibit Amendment relating to garages, maneuvering area, etc. (with minor change discussed in workshop on 7-28-08; see yellow highlight area) Amend Table 7-4a as follows: General Rule Every building site, garage space and related structure must Table 7-4a: conform to the applicable regulations shown, by District, in this table. ("N/A" means the rule does not apply.) Exceptions/Special Rules (1) See special rules Garage space noted in table. (3) See Article 9 regarding Planned Development Districts. (3) See Note 1 regarding special exceptions. SF-1 SF-2 SF-3 TH GR- GR- C Item Regulation 1 2 Garage Garage Minimum:. 1-02_0 per DU_-(1 _0j er Dt1 for old. stock Minimum.- 2.0 per D space, in parking housin,,) each must he unclosed or semi- each -Mmust be in rr general spaces. See enclosed and ndioin a driv w:iv. enclosed gapage. Article 10. Maximum- 1.0 per 2:500 2.225 sq. ft of building site area, not to exceed 4.0. Minimum N-'~A 10 feet wide 20 feet deep (for each required 12 ft. wide pep spaee, garage garage parking space) 25 ft. deep (for each L rkirn required garage )ace ' parking space) dimen- sions Garage Maneuver- N!A ;Articlc_1.0. doors or ing area openings Door or Prohibited unless: (i) the garage door is set back ten (May affect eligibility opening feet or more from the front yard, and (ii) there is as QMDS. See facing only open area above the driveway for at least definitions in Article 2.) front seven feet inward from the front yard, and (iii) any street line. structure above the driveway (rind within 10 feet of the front _vn.r'd) ..must be cantilevered or suspended from the building (no special posts or vertical supports being allowed). Door or Prohibited unless (1) the garage door is set back ten (May affect eligibility opening feet or more from the side street line, and (ii) there as QMDS. See facing side is only open area above the driveway for at least definitions in Article 2.) street line seven feet inward from the side street line, and (iii) any structure above the driveway (and within 10 feet, of the side street line) must be cantilevered or suspended from the building (no special posts or vertical supports being allowed). Garage Limit on Max. 600 sq. ft. GFA in any accessory building N/A accessory non-garage containing garage space. buildings space Note 1. Special Elviceptions . The ZBA may issue a special exception for a parking area, garage or driveway in another location or with a different design than prescribed by this table, if it finds that: (i) the other location or design will not unreasonably interfere with available light and air and will not significantly alter access for fire- fighting and similar needs; (ii) the other location or design will prevent the destruction of a qualified tree; (iii) in the case of the remodeling of a principal building, the location requested is the same location as an existing parking area, garage or driveway; or (iv) the location or design requested is necessary for safety considerations. -'Ff t ~-•(;al-` -r'rf'-+}}W ~ T ra .r~~1232E n,~lF}F3 2 ft10fig r. l., 2 4 .1, thati the "P tx ttitt t:. ~ F}~ a.}.>lt:, rt>alalt~ >v~~a-liar' tlaer a--l4tw l~rt f r ing aIV --4i4n-ila}r- anm+--Ina7y h4~ --ftrtrffted-...14~wwa+(I r i tuifvd ma t Tfr rE a Amend the second page of Table 7-4a in the same manner as shown above, so that: (i) changes applicable to SF Districts apply to "PDD-SF" Districts and (ii) changes applicable to the TH District apply to "PDD-TH" Districts (but not PDD-C). Amend subsection (c) of Section 10-102 as'follows: (c) :a-~d-n;~zZWP,?qZ?ManeuveringAreas. In addition to the minimum dimensions for parking spaces, there must be sufficient driveways and other maneuvering areas to allow ordinary, practical use of each required parking space, fHIl ew * _ Maneuvering areas for non-SVI) usUI, mu,t also comply with the following (1) S" - Abel - gavage . b ar-ea.To facilitate access to each required garage parking space there must be a maneuvering area immediately outside the garage opening. [ The minimum dimensions are 24 ft. long and 2 ft. wider than the arage opening and the area must be located entirely on the building site. (2) Maneuvering areas may not be counted toward the required number of parking spaces kexee,t o sites with SFr' . nlyM (3) Maneuvering areas (excer~rt thu,e serving only one or two dwelline unit,) must be :provided. sized and arranged so that a large vehicle can leave the street driving forward, enter any required parking space driving forward, park in that space, and then re-enter the street area driving forward, all with no more than two stops to change directions. As used in this section, "large vehicle" means a truck 18 feet long, with a turning radius of 24 feet (outside of bumper). J',- cWtj : This a, not apply to inane g . that ser-ve only one or- two d.welling Units. (.~4) Reasonable. usable "overharr<g" above low landscaping_and similar areas mav be counted toward required rruaneuvering, area.