HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1278 - ORD Calling Joint Public Hearing Before Planning & zoning Commission
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Ordinance No. 1278
AN ORDINANCE CALLING A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING
BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
AND THE CITY COUNCIL IN RELATION TO THE
ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY; PRESCRIBING
THE TYPE OF NOTICE TO BE GIVEN; CONTAINING
FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE
SUBJECT AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY tOUNCIL Of THE CITY OF WEST UNIVERSITY
PLACE TEXAS:
Section 1. There is hereby' called a joint publ ic hearing before
the Pl anningand ZoningCommi ssionand the City Council of the City of
West University Place, Texas. Such public hearing shall be held in the
Community cBui'ldingat Auden ahd Rice Boulevard beginning at 7:30
o'clock p.m.on~:Motiday~ February 23,1987. 'Such hearing may be
adjourned or recessed from time to time and from place to place.
Section 2. The purpose of such hearing is to provide an
opportunity for parties in interest and citizens to be heard in
relation to a revision of the City's zoni.ng ordinance, which is
generally described below:
(a) Establishment or re-establishment of the following
districts:
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First Single Family District
Second Single Family District
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General Residential District
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Commercial District
Various Planned Development Dis,tricts;
'(b) -Regtdra tionsfor:~s.tructures>' andtotherland' uses- ': i n each
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Numerous other regulati'ons:'fand prov;sions',.relat.;ng to
zoning a~d land use;
Approval of an updated zoning district map
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Sec.ti on' 3. Such proposed amendments have been submi tted and are
hereby resubmitted to the Planning arid Zoning Commission for its
consideration. .. ,
Section 4. The City ,staff is hereby authorized to prepare and
give notice of such hearing. The notice shall include the date, time,
place and subject of the hearing. 'Thel notice shall be publ ished at
least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City at least
15 days pri or to the date set for the heari ng. Such a noti ce shall
also be sent to owners of real propertYI as shown on the last approved
City tax roll, by depositing the same, properly addressed and postage
prepaid, in a local post office at least, ten ,days prior to the date set
for the hearing. The notice provision of this secti onsha 11 be in 1 i eu
of any other notice required by TEX. REV. CIV. STAT. ANN. art. 1011f,
as amended, or by any other statute or ordinance.
Section 5. The City staff is authorized to make all necessary
arrangements for said hearing and, to assist the Planning and Zoning
Commission in connection therewith.
Section 6. If any word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, '):,J
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, the remainder
of this ordinance and the application of such word, phrase, clause,
sentence, paragraph, secti on or other part of thi s ordinance to any
other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
Section 7. All ordinances and pa,rts of ordinances in confl ict
herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of the conflipt only.
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Section 8. The City Council officially finds, determines and
declares that 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 Open
Meetings LAW, TEX. REV. CIV. STAT. ANN. art. 6252-17, 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.
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Section 9. The need to consider the important proposed amendments
at the earliest possible date, witha:dequate prior notice being first
duly given, creates an emergency reqUfring 'the suspension of the rule
requiring the reading of ordinances ' at two regular meetings before
final passage, and such state of, emergency i's hereby declared, and such
rule is hereby suspended, so as to allow this ordinance to be read
once, at this meeting, before final passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this [Ltl day of February, 1987.
Councilmembers Voting Aye: Mayor Parks, Councilmembers
Higley, Bryan, Schwartzel,
Thompson
Councilmembers Voting No: None
Councilmembers Absent:. None
Michael L. Parks, Mayor
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ATTEST:
Approved as to Form:
James L. Dougherty, Jr.,
, Ci ty Attorney
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