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Home My WebLink AboutORD 1377 - ORD Calling Joint Public Hearing Before Zoning & Planning Commission "'i~ 251 ~ I ' ~~ ORDINANCE NUMBER 1377 ," : j..i,.l". ,~~ . ~". ;'\. ~ .~:<"~1,4'V; ".' "~":1~~ AN ORDINANCE CALLING A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE ZONING & PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL IN RELATION TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY; PRESCRIBING AND APPROVING THE TYPE OF NOTICE TO BE GIVEN AND THE FORM OF NOTICE; CONTAINING FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE TEXAS: Section 1. There is hereby called a joint public hearing before the Zoning & Planning Commission and the City Council of the City of West University Place, Texas. Such public hearing shall be held in the Community Building at the intersection of Auden Street and Rice Boulevard beginning at 7:00 o'clock p.m. on September 18, 1990. Such hearing may be adjourned or recessed from time to time and from place to place. I I 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 proposed adoption and readoption of the City's existing zoning ordinance (lIzoning ordinancell), with miscellaneous amendments and zoning district boundary changes as follows: Miscellaneous Amendments (1) Simplyfying and conforming the graphics on the zoning district map by: (1) eliminating horizontal and vertical stripe designations of City and school facilities in the SF District, (2) eliminating shading of other areas in the SF District, except where necessary to indicate the appl icabi 1 ity of specific ordinances or other measures affecting specific sites, (3) eliminating internal division lines in the SF District around areas designated by horizontal stripes, vertical stripes or shading, and (4) adding a dot pattern to conform the boundaries of the PDD-TH1 District (Bellaire Townhouse P.D.D.) to its correct boundaries, including the building sites fronting on Bellaire Boulevard between Mercer Street and the city limits of the City of Southside Place. (2) Conforming the zoning, ordinance to, state, _ legislation, including references to the new Local Government, Code and the Penal Code. r (3) Clarification of the method of applying height limits. (4) Amendment of the side street. setback regulations for corner building sites. (5) Clarification of regulations restricting use of building sites for residential purposes. .- 1I~1~rl:':".=nlll:~c:l:11CI:::::"l":" " . _.:1 'TJ!1lI!rmmmrnI!!rII!l:.;Jl].:lI!1 . :....II..I~II(IlIII1I11IIl..lioIh.l._I, , IIl..ll!L..!II ,- [.,.....,.---~II II!;I Il.L.-.L.J r II--~-~ Ordinance Number 1377 i t. (6) Clarification and changes to the definition of "sign" and sign regulations. (7) Additional restrictions on small construction signs and small real estate signs. (8) Clarification of the definition of "subdivided lot." (9) Changes in the regulations governing the realignment of subdivided lot boundaries. (10) Various changes in special setback regulations, including cross-referencing and regulations relating to garage space and building lines. (11) Adopting eXisting Code of Ordinance regulations affecting qualified trees and conforming the zoning ordinance thereto. (12) Greater restrictions and clarifications relating to driveways. (13) Clarification of the procedures for consideration of planned development districts. (14) Changes to regulations relating to parking areas. (15) Clarification of a special regulation non-conformities involving side setback regulations. (16) Various amendments to the Projection Schedule which regulates the projection of structures into setback areas. for prior (17) Various conforming and clarifying amendments to the PNC Schedule which regulates prior non-conformities. (18) Amendments to clarify the regulations for single-family (detached) uses in non-SF districts. (19) Clarifications to the regulations involving accessory structures and accessory uses. (20) Additional regulations involving sexually oriented businesses. (21) Changes in the special regulations governing minimum size of building sites. (22) Changes in the regulations affecting building space in rear setback areas and accessory quarters. Zoning District Boundary Changes. , (a) Changes to the zoni ng di s tri ct map in the block bounded by Kirby Drive, Plumb Street, Lake Street and Tangley Street to accomp 1 ish the fo 11 owi ng: (1) change the zoni ng di stri ct for the building sites in this block which adjoin Kirby Drive and which 252 II I I I I ~ ~~, ] [' Ordinance Number 1377 2'sa are now predominantly used for commercial purposes from PDD-TH2 (Kirby Drive Townhouse P.D.D.) to C (Commercial District) and (2) change the zoni ng di stri ct for those porti ons of the bui 1 di ng sites in this block which adjoin Lake Street and which are now included in the Commercial District from C (Commercial District) to SF (Single-Family District). (b) Change the zoning district for the "JMH No. 3 Site" from C (Commercial District) to SF (Single-Family District). This site is 1 oca ted on the south side of Mi lton Street wes t of Co 11 ege Street (also known as Lots 5, 6, 7 8, and 9 of Block 20 of the College View, Third Addition, City of West University Place, Harris County, Texas) , (c) Change the zoning district of the "Eastern Star Temple Site" from SF (Single-Family District, with a special use, designation for temple use) to PDD-TH4 (Weslayan Townhouse P.D.D.) This site is located along the south side of, Bissonnet Street, east of Academy Street, and it is bounded by the existing Weslayan Townhouse P.D.D. on the East and Browning Street on the South. This site is sometimes known as 4002 Browning Street, Houston, Texas 77005. Section 3. Such proposed amendments have been submitted and are hereby resubmitted to the Zoning & Planning Commission for its consideration. Section 4. (a') The City staff ,is hereby authorized to give notice of such hearing. The notice shall include the date, time, place and subject of the hearing, and it shall be in substantially the following form: I: I ' I~j NOTICE OF P~BLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that a joint public hearing will be held before the Zoning & Planning Commission and the City Courici 1 of the City of West' Uni vers i ty Pl ace, Texas (the '"City") in the Community Building located on Auden Street at the intersection with Rice Boulevard, beginning at 7:00 o'clock PM on'September 18,1990. The hearing may be adjourned or recessed from time to time :and from place to place. 'The 'purpose of the hearing is to provide' an opportunity for parties in inter~st'and citizens to be heard in .relation to a proposed adoption and readoption of the City's existing zoning ordinance ("zoning ordinance"), with miscellaneous amendments and zoning district' boundary changes as follows: (here insert the, description of the amendments and changes as shown in this ordinance, above). . lJU ~LJ ...! ::ll' 'OUII1lI[[[]L, I" JIll .--DIIIlIIIIUlllliJlP> 1.1, JLl!LIL'] I 1--1~ - - '--- - t:Cl! I' ~ . Ordinance Number 1377 ( 254 Additional information on the proposed amendments and I changes and the zoning ordinance may be obtained at the Municipal Building, 3800 University Boulevard, Houston, Texas J 77005. Signed and issued this ____ day of , 1990. Isl City Secretary (b) The notice shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City at least 15 days prior to the date set for the hearing. Such notice shall also be sent to all utility ratepayers in the City (as shown in the City's most current ratepayer list as of August 1,1990) by depositing the same, properly addressed and postage prepaid, in a local post office on or before the tenth day prior to the date set for the hearing (which notices may be included in the IICity Currentsll newsletter, on the utility bills themselves or on a separate document). Such a notice shall also be sent to owners of real property within 200 feet of any property on which a change in zoning district boundaries is proposed, as such owners are shown on the last approved City tax roll, by depositing the same in the United States Mail, in the City, properly addressed with postage paid, on or before the eleventh day preceding the date set for the hearing. ---. (c) The notice provisions of this section shall be in lieu of any I other noti ce requi red by the Texas Local Government Code, as amended, . I 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 Zoning & Planning Commission and the City Council in connection therewith. Section 6. 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, the remainder of this ordinance and the application of such word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, section or other part of this ordinance to any other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. Section 7. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of the conflict only. 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. ---. I I ---..J ;~ 255 Ordinance Number 1377 Section 9. The need to consider the important proposed amendments and changes at the earliest possible date, with adequate prior notice being first duly given, creates an emergency requiring the suspension of the rule requiring the reading of ordinances at two regular meetings before final passage, and such state of emergency is hereby declared, and such rule is hereby suspended, so as to allow this ordinance to be read once, at this meeting, before final passage. This ordinance takes effect upon its final passage and signature. ., PASSED AND APPROVED this ~ day of August , 1990. Voting Aye: Voting No: Absent: Mayor Higley, Councilmembers Bell, Jenkins, Redeker, Watson None None Signed: Laura C. Higley, Mayor ,-.., i I i i I I , I ATTEST: Approved as to Form: Audrey Nichols, City Secretary James L. Dougherty, Jr., City Attorney (SEAL) na;;: Jr:. n m J:1T