HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 98-1024 ORIGINAL
CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 95-1024
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS
AMENDING ~ COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE
OF THE CITY, THE SAME BEING APPENDIX A-ZONING
OF THE CITY'S CODE OF ORDINANCES, AS AMENDED,
BY AMENDING SECTION 24-100 (6) WITH REGARD TO
APPLICATION FEES; PROVIDING FOR A SCHEDULE OF
FEES AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of The Colony desires to amend the comprehensive zoning ordinance
of the City, the same being Appendix A- Zoning of the Code of Ordinances, as amended; and
WHEREAS, the Fees Committee of the City of The Colony held a meeting on February 5,
1998, and made recommendations to the City Council for amending the Zoning ordinance with regard
to application fees; and
Wi:rEREAS, all legal notices, requirements and conditions having been complied with regard
to the amendment of the Zoning ordinance;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF THE COLONY, TEXAS:
Section 1: Incorporation ofpremises. The above and foregoing premises aretrue and correct
and are incorporated herein and made a part hereof for all purposes.
Section 2..Amendment. That Section 24-100 (6) of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance
of the City, Ordinance No. 61, dated June 4,1979, the same being Appendix A-Zoning of the Code
of Ordinances of the City, relating to application fees is hereby amended as follows:
"Upon filing of an application for an amendment or change in classification or
boundary of a zoning district, the applicant shall pay to the City a filing fee in
accordance with a "schedule of fees" as approved by the City Council and amended
from time to time".
Section 3. Penalty. It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any provision of this
Ordinance, and any person violating or failing to comply with any provision hereof shall be fined,
upon conviction, in an amount not more than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00), and a separate
offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
Section 4. Severabili~. The sections, paragraphs, sentences, phrases, clauses and words
of this Ordinance are severable, and it'any section, paragraph, sentence, phrase, clause 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 affect the validity of the remaining portions
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of this Ordinance, and the City Council hereby declares that it would have passed such remaining
portions of this Ordinance despite such invalidity, which remaining portions shall remain in full force
and effect.
Section 5. Effective date. This Ordinance shall become effective from and at~er its date
of adoption and publication as provided by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of The Colony, Texas this the
16t~ day of March ~ 1998.
Mary ~lair ~'atts, Mayor
ATTEST:
Patti A. Hicks, TRMC, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Atto~ey '
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