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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1819 - zoning City of West University Place Harris County, Texas Ordinance No. 1819 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE, TEXAS REGARDING THE BUILDING OFFICIAL AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIAL; AND CONTAINING FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT. WHEREAS, the City Council and the Zoning & Planning Commission C'Z&PC") of the City of West University Place, Texas (tcCitytt) 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 (UZoning Ordinance"); WHEREAS, the Z&PC has made a final report to the City Council with respect to such proposal, which report is attached as Exhibit A and made a part of this ordinance; and WHEREAS, the City Council has considered the report of the Z&PC and now formally approves and adopts that report; 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 recommended by the Z&PC, according to the Z&PC's final report in Exhibit A, 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 All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of the conflict only.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, paragraphJ 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, 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. ~ ONSIDERED, PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading on ~p&~~ /;/, ~t?1. Councilmembers Voting Aye: Councilmembers Voting No: Councilmembers Absent: ~0 SIDERED, PASSED AND APPROVED on second reading, AND SIGNED, on .... ~ ~OC ~ CounciJmembers Voting Aye: Councilmembers Voting No: Councilmembers Absent: ~igned:~r Recommended: City Ma ger Approved as to legal form: J\J~ City Attorney codes/updates to/54 0 adopting ADMINJSTRA TIVE OFF JC IAL Exhibit A Zoning & Planning Commission City of West University Place, Texas 3800 University Boulevard West University Place, Texas'77005 ~/[) , 2005 Honorable Mayor & Members of the City Council City of West University Place 3808 University Boulevard Houston, Texas 77005 Subject: Final report on a proposal to amend the zoning ordinance of the City of West University Place, Texas (~Cityn) relating to the BUILDING OFFICIAL AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIAL To the Honorable Mayor & Members of City Council: The Zoning & Planning Commission of the City submits this, its final report, on the subject proposal, for the assistance of the Council as well as other interested persons. Scope of Proposal_ The proposal is to amend the Zoning Ordinance so that every reference to "building officialN would read ~administrative official." The existing definition of ~building officialu would be deleted, and the following definition would be added: Administrative official. The person designated as such by the City Manager. The purpose is to allow more administrative flexibility in the Department of Public Works. For example, the City Manager could designate the building official as the administrative official (as in the past), or the City Manager could separate the two functions by designating a different person as the administrative official.. proceedinqs After Preliminary Report.. Pursuant to public notices, the Zoning & Planning Commission and the City Council held a joint public hearing on October 24, 2005. The hearing provided an opportunity for parties in interest and citizens to be heard in relation to the proposal. At the hearing, City staff explained the proposal, and there was discussion with City Council members and staff. The Commission has considered all of this information and the Comprehensive Plan. The Commission recommends no amendments to the proposal. Recommendation. Based on the review given this proposal, the Commission: (i) finds that the proposal would be in the public interest and consistent with the Comprehensive Plan, (ii) finds that the proposal reasonably addresses circumstances which have arisen since the last comprehensive revision of the zoning ordinance, (iii) makes its final recommendation favorable to the proposal, and (iii) recommends that the City Council adopt the proposal. The Vote. This report was authorized by the Commission at its meeting held on the date of this report. The vote was as follows: Commissioners Brown,Xt')tti:n,l Horowitz/hssQ.111OJJtJ!G1eM:4r1;;oted naye;" no ~noes;" BeJo~~ absent. .f Respectfully submitted: ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE, TEXAS By: (~~/Q(6~ For the Commission