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AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI ADOPTED ON THE 27TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1937,
APPEARING OF RECORD IN VOLUME 9, PAGES 565 ET SEQ
OF THE ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION RECORDS, AS AMENDED.
FROM TIME TO TIME, AND PARTICULARLY AS AMENDED BY
ORDINANCE NO. 6106, PASSED AND APPROVED ON THE 29TH
DAY OF MARCH, 1961, BY AMENDING SECTION 4 -1 OF'ARTICLE
4, SO AS TO INCREASE THE ZONING DISTRICTS TO BE EIGHTEEN
(1$) IN NUMBER, BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW DISTRICT TO BE
DESIGNATED "'F -R' FARM -RURAL DISTRICT "; AND ADDING A NEW
ARTICLE TO BE DESIGNATED AS ARTICLE 4AFR, ESTABLISHING
SAID DISTRICT AND SETTING FORTH THE REGULATIONS PERTAIN-
ING TO SAME; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HERE-
WITH; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, THE ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION HAS FORWARDED TO
THE CITY COUNCIL ITS REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN AMEND-
. MENT TO THE TEXT OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS; AND
WHEREAS, PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD AT WHICH HEARING ALL PERSONS
`- WISHING TO APPEAR AND BE HEARD WERE HEARD, TO CONSIDER THE SAME BEFORE
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROPER NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC,
SAID PUBLIC HEARING HAVING BEEN HELD ON FEBRUARY 4, 1964, AT SPECIAL COUNCIL -
MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER OF THE CITY HALL IN
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI; AND
WHEREAS, BY MOTION DULY MADE, SECONDED AND CARRIED, IT WAS DE-
CIDED BY THE CITY COUNCIL THAT TO APPROVE THE HEREINAFTER SET FORTH
AMENDMENT WOULD BEST SERVE PUBLIC HEALTH, NECESSITY AND CONVENIENCE AND
THE GENERAL WELFARE OF THE CITY AND ITS CITIZENS: "
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: q
SECTION I. THAT THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, TEXAS, PASSED ON THE 27TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1937, APPEARING OF
RECORD IN VOLUME 9, PAGES 565 ET SEQ OF THE ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION
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RECORDS, AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, AND IN PARTICULAR AS AMENDED BY ORDI-
NANCE N0. 6105, PASSED AND'APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE 29TH DAY OF
MARCH, 1961, BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY AMENDED BY MAKING THE CHANGED HEREIN-
AFTER SET OUT.
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SECTION 2. THAT ARTICLE 4 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY 7y _, w
OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS, BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY AMENDED BY AMENDING v),dT?
• SECTION 4 -1 TO HEREAFTER READ 18, AS REFERS TO THE NUMBER OF ZONING ?_
DISTRICTS AND ADDING TO THE LIST AS THE FIRST ITEM IN SAID LIST "!F -RI
FARM -RURAL DISTRICT ", SAID SECTION 4 -1 TO HEREAFTER READ IAS FOLLOWS:
"SECTION 4-'l IN ORDER TO REGULATE AND RESTRICT THE LOCATION '
OF TRADES, INDUSTRIES AND THE LOCATION OF BUILDINGS ERECTED OR ALTERED
FOR SPECIFIC USES, TO REGULATE AND LIMIT THE HEIGHT AND BULK OF BUILD -
:• INGS HEREAFTER ERECTED OR STRUCTURALLY ALTERED TO REGULATE AND LIMIT
POPULATION DENSITY AND THE INTENSITY OF THE USE OF LOT AREAS AND TO
REGULATE AND DETERMINE THE AREAS OF YARDS, COURTS AND OTHER OPEN SPACES
WITHIN AND SURROUNDING SUCH BUILDINGSj THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI IS HEREBY
DIVIDED INTO DISTRICTS, OF WHICH THERE SHALL BE 18 IN NUMBERS KNOWN AS:
"F " -R FARM -RURAL DISTRICT
"R " -lA" ONE- FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT
` • "R " -1B" ONE- FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT `
` "11-2" TWO- FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT
r.. �• "A -1" APARTMENT HOUSE DISTRICT
"A -2" APARTMENT HOUSE DISTRICT
"AT" APARTMENT - TOURIST DISTRICT
"AB" PROFESSIONAL OFFICE DISTRICT
"B -1A" TOURIST COURT DISTRICT
"B -1" NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS DISTRICT
"B -2" BAYFRONT BUSINESS DISTRICT '
"B -" SHOPPING CENTER DISTRICT
I�B- " GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT
"B -5" PRIMARY BUSINESS DISTRICT
"B -6" PRIMARY BUSINESS CORE DISTRICT
"1 -1" LIMITED INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
"1 -2" LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
01 -3" HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT."
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SECTION 3. SAID ZONING ORDINANCE 6106 IS HEREBY FURTHER AMENDED
BY ADDING A NEW ARTICLE DESIGNATED AS ARTICLE 4AFR AND READING AS FOLLOWS:
ARTICLE 4AFR. "F -R" FARM -RURAL DISTRICT
SECTION 14AFR -1 THE REGULATIONS SET FORTH IN THIS ARTICLE, OR SET FORTH
ELSEWHERE.IN THIS ORDINANCE WHEN REFERRED TO IN THIS ARTICLE,
ARE THE REGULATIONS IN THE "F -R" FARM -RURAL DISTRICT. THE
PURPOSE OF THIS DISTRICT IS:
A. TO PERMIT THE CONTINUED USE OF THE LAND FOR
AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY;
B. TO ASSIST IN THE CONTROL OF SCATTERED COMMERCIAL
AND INDUSTRIAL USES OF THE LAND.
SECTION 14AFR -2 USE REGULATIONS. A BUILDING OR PREMISES SHALL BE USED
ONLY FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES:
1. .RESIDENCES OF OWNERS AND TENANTS, OTHER MEMBERS OF THEIR
FAMILIES AND THEIR EMPLOYEES;
2. TEMPORARY FARM LABOR CAMPS INCIDENT AND NECESSARY TO THE
GATHERING OF THE CROPS GROWING ON THE PREMISES
3. FIELD AND TRUCK CROPS
4. ORCHARDS AND VINEYARDS;
5. GREENHOUSES AND NURSERIES;
6. BRUSH LAND AND PASTURE LAND;
7. LIVESTOCK RANCHES, EXCEPT SWINE AND GUEST RANCHES;
S. SALE AND STORAGE OF HAY AND STRAW;
9. OIL AND GAS WELLS AND APPURTENANCES;
10. SCHOOLS COLLEGES, CHURCHES PUBLIC PARKS, GOLF COURSES,
AND OTHER SIMILAR PUBLIC AND SEMI PUBLIC USES;
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11. ,HOME OCCUPATIONS;
12. RAILROAD RIGHTS -OF -WAY, INCLUDING A STRIP OF LAND WITH
TRACKS AND AUXILIARY FACILITIES FOR TRACK OPERATIONS, BUT -
NOT INCLUDING PASSENGER STATIONS, FREIGHT TERMIPIALS, SWITCH-
ING AND CLASSIFICATION YARDS, REPAIR SHOPS)., ROUND HOURSE,
POWER HOUSES, INTERLOCKING TOWERS, AND FUELING, SANDING
AND WATERING STATIONS.
TEMPORARY
13. OUTDOOR ADVERTISING STRUCTURES, NOT NECESSARILY PERTAINING
TO USES ON THE LAND; PROVIDED HOWEVER, SAID STRUCTURES
SHALL NOT EXCEED 300 SQUARE FEET, AND PROVIDING FURTHER
THAT SAID STRUCTURES SHALL BE REMOVED WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER
THE "F -R" FARM -RURAL DISTRICT ZONING IS CHANGED TO ANY
ZONING CLASSIFICATION WHICH DOES NOT PERMIT SAID OUTDOOR _
ADVERTISING STRUCTURES.
14. ACCESSORY BUILDINGS AND USES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
A. TEMPORARY SALES STANDS FOR THE SALE OF FARM OR RANCH
PRODUCTS PRODUCED ON THE PREMISES, PROVIDED ONLY ONE
SUCH STAND MAY BE USED ON EACH FARM OR RANCH, AND SHALL
BE LOCATED NOT CLOSER THAN 30 FEET FROM AN ADJOINING
PROPERTY LINE, AND NOT LESS THAN 140 FEET FROM THE
ROADWAY.
B. ONE TEMPORARY SIGN NOT TO EXCEED 40 SQUARE FEET IN AREA
AND NOT TO EXCEED 35 FEET IN HEIGHT PERTAINING TO THE
PRODUCTS SOLD AT THE TEMPORARY SALES STAND OR PERTAIN-
ING TO SUCH OTHER PERMITTED USES IN THIS DISTRICT.
SECTION 4AFR -3 PARKING REGULATIONS. THE PARKING REGULATIONS FOR PERMITTED
USES ARE CONTAINED IN ARTICLE 22 OF THIS ORDINANCE. FOR TEMPORARY"
'r SALES STANDS PERMITTED IN THIS DISTRICT, THERE SHALL BE A MINIMUM
LL OF FIVE (5) OFF- STREET PARKING SPACES PROVIDED AND SO ARRANGED
THAT INGRESS AND EGRESS TO SUCH SPACES ARE FROM DRIVEWAYS APPROVED
III BY THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI.G
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.. .. SECTION 4AFR -4 OFF- STREET LOADING REGULATIONS. THE OFF - STREET LOADING i.
REGULATIONS FOR PERMITTED USES ARE CONTAINED IN ARTICLE 23. FOR s^-
ANY USE NOT CONTAINED IN ARTICLE 23 NO OFF- STREET LOADING REGU-•
LATIONS APPLY EXCEPT THAT LOADING AND UNLOADING SHALL'TAKE PLACE
OFF ANY PUBLIC RIGHT -OF -WAY.
SECTION 4AFR -5 AREA,REGULATIONS. THE LOTS IN THIS AREA SHALL HAVEAN AREA
OF FIVE (5) ACRES OR MORE.
SECTION 4AFR -6. SUPPLEMENTARY USE REGULATIONS ARE CONTAINED IN ARTICLE 25.
SECTION 4AFR -7. SUPPLEMENTARY HEIGHT AND AREA REGULATIONS ARE CONTAINED
., IN ARTICLE 27. ,
SECTION 4. THE FACT THAT THE ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION IS
IN THE PROCESS OF ESTABLISHING ZONING DISTRICTS IN THE AREA ANNEXED BY THE
CITY IN i96l AND 1962 AND IS AT THIS TIME DELAYING THE HOLDING OF PUBLIC
HEARINGS UNTIL THE FARM -RURAL DISTRICT PROVISIONS HEREIN PROVIDED ARE
°- ESTABLISHED CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY
REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLU-
TION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND THAT SUCH
ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE CITY
COUNCILS AND THE MAYORS HAVING DECLARED SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO
EXIST, HAVING REQUESTED THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE AND THAT THIS
ORDINANCE TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROMAAND AFT R ITS
PASSAGES IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINCE THIS THE DAY OF 74-
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��THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
CITY SECRETAR
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM THIS
18TH DAY OF MARCH, 196 . - ,
CITY ATTOR EY
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
V AY
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FORE-
GOING ORDINANCE, A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST FOR
THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT THAT NO ORDINANCE OR
RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, AND THAT
SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE MEETINGS OF THE CITY
COUNCIL) I, THEREFORE, HEREBY REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE
OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS THIS ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRO-
DUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
RESPECTFULLY,
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THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS.
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
JAMES L. BARNARD /
JAMES H. YOUNG /
JACK R. BLACKMON
JOSE R. DELEON Y
M. P. MALDONADO
W. J. ROBERTS ✓ /
W. H. WALLACE, JR. J
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLO NG VOTE:
JAMES L. BARNARD ✓/
JAMES H. YOUNG .I
JACK R. BLACKMON
JOSE R. DELEON ✓/
M. P. MALDONADO y%
W. J. ROBERTS
W. H. WALLACE, JR.