HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 326 THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS
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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.
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