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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08397 ORD - 03/29/19673/29/67:E • . AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE STANDARDS FOR SCREENING FENCES IN CONNECTION WITH REZONING AND SPECIAL PERMITS; SETTING FORTH THE SPECIFICATIONS OF SAID STANDARDS WITH REFERENCE TO DRAWINGS FILED IN THE CITY ENGINEER'S OFFICE, A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, ON OCCASIONS AT THE TIME OF THE GRANTING OF SPECIAL PERMITS AND APPLICATIONS FOR REZONING, THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SCREENING FENCE IS REQUIRED AS A CONDITION OF THE REZONING OR SPECIAL PERMIT, AND IT BEING DEEMED THAT CERTAIN MINIMUM STANDARDS SHOULD BE REQUIRED IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH FENCE CONSTRUCTION, THIS ORDINANCE 15 ADOPTED: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. THE MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SCREEN- ING FENCES IN CONNECTION WITH SPECIAL COUNCIL PERMITS OR GRANTS OF REZONING APPLICATIONS SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS: 1. IT SHALL HAVE A MINIMUM HEIGHT OF SIX FEET (61) FROM THE NATURAL GROUND. 2. IT SHALL HAVE BRICK COLUMNS SPACED NO FURTHER THAN EIGHTEEN FEET (181) APART. 3. THE COLUMNS SHALL BE AT LEAST 12" X 24" AND SHALL REST ON CONCRETE PIERS. 4. THE CONCRETE PIERS SHALL CONSIST OF A ROUND CONCRETE PIER AT LEAST 10" IN DIAMETER, PLUS A CONCRETE CAP AT LEAST 8" VERTICAL THICK- NESS AND 24" X 24" HORIZONTAL MEASUREMENTS. THE CONCRETE FOUNDATION COLUMNS SHALL BE CARRIED TO CLAY BEYOND SIX FEET (61) IF NECESSARY. 1155. AT INTERVALS NO GREATER THAN THE CENTER LINE BETWEEN BRICK 4 COLUMNS, " X 41, POSTS SET IN AT LEAST THREE FEET (3') OF CONCRETE IN A HOLE REAMED TO A MINIMUM OF TEN INCHES (10 ") SHALL BE INSTALLED. 6. CLASS "B" 250W CONCRETE SHALL BE USED FOR FOUNDATION. 7. ALL LUMBER MATERIALS SHALL BE #Z OR BETTER STANDARD FENCE GRADE CEDAR. 8397 8. BRICK SHALL BE STANDARD CLAY BRICK OR LIGHT WEIGHT CONCRETE BLOCK. ALL BRICK COLUMNS SHALL BE AT LEAST 714" ABOVE NATURAL GROUND LEVEL. 9. WHERE SPECIAL SOIL CONDITIONS OR EXCEPTIONAL TERRAIN CONDITION EXISTS OR WHERE A MORE SUBSTANTIAL TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION IS DESIRED, THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS MAY APPROVE VARIANCES FROM THE ABOVE P41NIMUM REQUIREMENTS. SECTION 2. AN EXAMPLE OF STANDARD SCREENING FENCE DETAIL DRAWING IS ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY ENGINEER IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF. ALL MINOR DETAILS OF CONSTRUCTION SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH DRAWING DETAIL. SECTION 3. THE NECESSITY TO ESTABLISH UNIFORMITY IN CONSTRUCTION OF SCREENING FENCES CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN 114PERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION 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 COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR HAVING DECLARED SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO EXIST, AND HAVING REQUESTED THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, THIS THE Chi DAY of J) )a L 6-4, , 1967. ATTEST• M D MAYOR THE Cn-YO F CO RPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS CITY ECRE A70YLEGAL APPROVED AS FORM DAY OF CH, 1967: CITY ATTORNEY ■m ego �� a 4 71 77. 7 F7, 17 13.4 CIV, • 4:x 4' Oojrlj- @ helal co /s. -ILJ envvw. WA7, AL .4,IV- Al,--2 A/K A IV 6'0,Z elM,,V CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS I .aa DAY OF 1 g�• 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 SMALL 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, MAYOR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: DR. MCIVER FURMAN JACK BLACKMON PATRICK J. DONNE DR. P. JIMENEZ, JR. KEN MCDANIEL RONNIE SIZEMORE WM. H. WALLACE THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE. DR. MCIVER FURMAN U JACK BLACKMON PATRICK J. DONNE DR. P. JIMENEZ, JR. KEN MCDANIEL RONNIE SIZEMORE WM. H. WALLACE