HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 72ORDINANCE NO. /
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS, AMENDING
ORDINANCE NO. 38 BY AMENDING SECTION 6(c) REGULATING FENCES IN
FRONT YARD BUILDING SET -BACK AREAS; AMENDING SECTION 9(a)2 TO
PROVIDE A MINIMUM HEIGHT OF FOUR FEET (41) FOR FENCES AROUND
SWIMMING POOLS; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF THE
COLONY, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Ordinance No. 38 is hereby amended by amending
Section 6(c) to read as follows, to -wit:
"SECTION 6 YARD, FRONTAGE REGULATIONS
(c) Front Yard Requirements: Only a decorative
fence may be erected in the front yard build-
ing set -back area, and only if all of the
following requirements are met:
1. Material shall not be of wire, mesh or
chain link. Samples of all other mate-
rials to be used shall be approved by
the City Building Official.
2. No fence shall be erected to a height
greater than three feet (3') above the
finished lot grade.
3. The solid area of the fence shall not
exceed fifty percent (50%) of the total
area of the fence.
4. No fence shall be constructed on a cor-
ner lot that does not afford proper vis-
ual clearance approved by the City
Building Official for traffic approach-
ing the intersection in either direction.
Proper visual clearance shall be main-
tained for a distance of not less than
thirty feet (30') on each street."
SECTION 2. Ordinance No. 38 is hereby amended by amending
Section 9(a)2 to read as follows, to -wit:
"SECTION 9 SWIMMING POOL REGULATIONS.
(a) Private Pools (Single Family Residence):
2. Minimum height of four feet (4')"
SECTION 3. The provisions of this ordinance are severable,
and should any section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase
hereof be declared unconstitutional, such declaration shall not
effect any of the remaining portions hereof.
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall take effect immediately
from and after its passage and the publication of the caption,
as the law and charter in such cases provide.
THIS ORDINANCE WAS READ in an ope/n� meeting of the City
Council on the � o day of ( /1 1979.
THIS ORDINANCE WAS DULY PASSED on Second Reading on the
day of , 1979.
APPROVED:
NFYOR
ATTEST:
CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO THE LEGALITY
OF THE FORM:
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CITY ATTORNEY