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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 326 THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS ORDINANCE NO. ~p/~ AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 61, THE COM- PREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS, AS AMENDED, PASSED AND APPROVED ON JUNE 4, 1979, SAME ALSO BEING KNOWN AS APPENDIX A TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS, BY AMENDING SECTION 13 RELATING TO VEHICLE PARKING REGULATIONS BY AMENDING PARAGRAPH (7) OF SUBSECTION (13-103) RELATING TO SPECIAL OFF-STREET PARKING REGULATIONS; PRESERVING ALL OTHER PORTIONS OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY OF NOT LESS THAN ONE DOLLAR ($1.00) NOR MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,000.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE AND A SEPARATE OFFENSE SHALL BE DEEMED COMMITTED UPON EACH DAY DURING OR ON WHICH A VIOLATION OCCURS; DECLARING AN EMER- GENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS: Section 1. That Section 13 of Ordinance No. 61, the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City of Tbe Colony, Texas, as amended, passed and approved on June 4, 1979, same also being known as Exhibit A to the Code of Ordinances of the City of Tbe Colony, Texas, relating to vehicle parking regulations be and the same is hereby amended in the following particulars and all ether existing sections, subsections, paragraphs, words and phrases of said Ordinance No. 61 are not amended but shall remain intact and are hereby ratified, verified and affirmed: A. That paragraph (7) of subsection (13-103) relating to special off- street parking regulations is hereby amended to read as follows: "(7) An enclosed, attached garage of not less than two hundred twenty (220) square feet in floor area and with a minimum width of ten (10) feet shall be provided upon initial construction to each and every detached single-family dwelling unit, regardless of district." Section 2. This Ordinance shall be cumulative of all other ordinances of the City and shall not repeal any of the provisions of said ordinances except in those instances where provisions of those ordinances are in direct conflict with tbe provisions of this Ordinance. Section 3. If any sentence, article, paragraph, clause, phrase or word in this Ordinance, or application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid or unconstitutional by a Court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not effect the remaining portions of this Ordinance; and the City Council hereby declares it would have passed such remaining portions of this Ordinance despite such invalidity, which remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect. Section 4. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not less than One Dollar ($1.00) nor more than One Tbousand Dollars ($1,000.00) and a separate offense sball be deemed committed upon each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues. Section 5. The fact that the present ordinances and regulations of the City a,~e inadequate to properly safeguard the health, safety, morals, peace and general welfare of the inhabitants of the City creates an emergency for the immediate preservation of the public business, property, health, safety and general welfare of the public which requires that this ordinance shah become effective from and after the date of its final passage and publication as provided by law, and it is accordingly so ordained. PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS, this the /~ day of -~ ~, 1985. y r/City of~l~he ~ffi~ony, Texas'~ ATTEST: ity ~/~retary" [SEAL] APPROVED AS TO FORM: -2-