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Home My WebLink About09643 ORD - 02/11/1970AN 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 N0. 6106, PASSED AND APPROVED ON THE 29TH DAY OF MARCH, 1961, BY AMENDING ARTICLE 27, "FRONT AND SIDE YARD REGULATIONS ", BY AMENDING SUBSECTION 27- 3.03.02 SO AS TO ELIMINATE THE REQUIREMENT OF PROVIDING TW- FRONT YARDS ON A THROUGH LOT WHEN A NOTE APPEARS ON A RECORDED PLAT RESTRICTING ACCESS TO ONE OF THE ABUTTING STREETS, AND PERMITTING MINIMUM REAR YARD SETBACK ACCORDING TO THE APPLICABLE ZONING DISTRICT; AMENDING SUBSECTION 27- 3.03.E BY REMOVING SAID SUBSECTION FROM SECTION 27-3-03 FRONT YARDS AND ADDING THE SAME TO SECTION 27-3 SIDE YARDS AND RENUMBERING THE SAME AS SUBSECTION 27 -3. .2.�; THAT A NEW SUBSECTION 27- 3.03.03 BE ADDED, PROVIDING OR MAKING AVAILABLE A GREATER BUILDABLE AREA ON A LOT LOCATED ON A CUL -DE -SAC OR ON A KNUCKLE WHERE A STREET MAKES A TURN; AMENDING SUBSECTION 27- 3.03.4- BY REMOVING SAID SUBSECTION FROM SECTION 27- 3.03 FRONT YARDS AND ADDING THE SAME AS A NEW SUBSECTION TO SECTION 27-3.04 SIDE YARDS, TO BE NUMBERED SUBSECTION 27- 3.04.06 AND AMENDED SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A GARAGE FRONTING ON A SIDE STREET WILL BE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN TWENTY FEET (20') SET BACK; RENUMBERING SUBSECTIONS 27- 3.03.05 AND 27- 3.03.06 TO HEREAFTER BE DESIGNATED AS 27 -3. 03.04 AND 27- 3.03.05, RESPECTIVELY; AMENDING SUBSECTION 27- 3:o4.04 SO AS TO MAKE AVAILABLE MORE BUILDABLE AREA ON BUTT LOTS OR REVERSE CORNER LOTS; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, THE ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION HAS FORWARDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL ITS REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN AMEND- MENTS 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 CITY COUNCIL, IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROPER NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC, SAID PUBLIC HEARING HAVING BEEN HELD ON FEBRUARY 4, AT REGULAR 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 DECIDED BY THE CITY COUNCIL THAT TO APPROVE THE HEREINAFTER SET FORTH AMENDMENTS WOULD BEST SERVE PUBLIC HEALTH, NECESSITY AND CONVENIENCE AND THE GENERAL WELFARE OF THE CITY AND ITS CITIZENS: 9643 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. 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 RECORDS, AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, AND IN PARTICULAR AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE N0. 61o6, PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE 29TH DAY OF MARCH, 1961, BE, AND THE SAME IS HEREBY, AMENDED BY MAKING THE CHANGES HEREINAFTER SET OUT. SECTION 2. THAT ARTICLE 27,"FRONT AND SIDE YARD REGULATIONS, OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, BE, AND THE SAME 15 HEREBY, AMENDED BY AMENDING SUBSECTION 27- 3.03.02 TO HEREAFTER READ AS FOLLOWS: "27- 3.03.02. ON THROUGH LOTS THE REQUIRED FRONT YARD SHALL BE PROVIDED ON EACH STREET EXCEPT WHERE A NOTE APPEARS ON A RECORDED PLAT RESTRICTING ACCESS TO ONE OF THE ABUTTING STREETS IN SUCH CASE THE REQUIRED REAR YARD SHALL BE THE MINIMUM AS REQUIRED BY THE APPLICABLE ZONING DISTRICT." SECTION 3. THAT SUBSECTION 27- 3.03.03 BE REMOVED FROM SECTION 27 -3.0 FRONT YARDS AND ADDED TO SECTION 27 -3.04 SIDE YARDS AS A NEW SUBSECTION TO BE DESIGNATED AS 27- 3.04.,005 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE. SECTION 4. THAT A NEW SUBSECTION 27- 3.03.03 BE ADDED TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, SAID NEW SUBSECTION 27- 3.03.0 TO HEREAFTER READ AS FOLLOWS: "27-3-03-03 THE FRONT BUILDING LINE AROUND THE CIRCULAR PORTION OF A CUL -DE -SAC OR THE CIRCULAR PORTION OF A KNUCKLE WHERE A STREET MAKES A TURN MAY BE REDUCED TO NO LESS THAN FIFTEEN (15) FEET." SECTION 5. THAT SUBSECTION 27- 3.03.04 BE REMOVED FROM SECTION 27 -3.03 FRONT YARDS, OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, AND THAT THE SAME BE ADDED TO SECTION 27 -3.04 SIDE YARDS AS A NEW SUBSECTION TO BE DESIGNATED AS 27- 3.04.061 AND AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: -2- "27- 3.04.06 PRIVATE GARAGES DETACHED OR ATTACHED TO THE MAIN BUILDING IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS ONLY AND ENTERING ON THE SIDE STREET OF A CORNER LOT SHALL MAINTAIN A YARD OF TWENTY (20) FEET FROM SUCH ENTRANCE IN FRONT OF THE GARAGE FRONTING ON SUCH SIDE STREET." SECTION 6. THAT THE PRESENT SUBSECTIONS 27- 3.03.0 AND / 27- 3.03.06 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI BE RENUMBERED TO HEREAFTER BE DESIGNATED AS SUBSECTIONS 27- 3.03.2� AND 27- 3.03.0, RESPECTIVELY: SECTION 7. THAT SUBSECTION 27- 3.0+.01+ OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI BE AMENDED TO HEREAFTER READ AS FOLLOWS: °27- 3.014.010 THE SIDE BUILDING LINE ON A BUTT LOT OR REVERSE CORNER LOT MAY BE REDUCED TO NO LESS THAN FIFTEEN (15) FEET WHERE SUCH LOTS FACE LOT FRONTAGES OR NON- RESIDENTIAL AREAS ACROSS A STREET EXCEPT AS PROVIDED FOR IN SECTION 27- 3.014.06.° SECTION S. THAT ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CON- FLICT HEREWITH ARE HEREBY EXPRESSLY REPEALED. SECTION 9. PUBLICATION SHALL BE MADE ONE TIME IN THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, WHICH PUBLICATION SHALL CON- TAIN THE CAPTION STATING IN SUBSTANCE THE PURPOSE OF THE ORDINANCE. SECTION 10. THE NECESSITY FOR MAKING THE AFORESAID CHANGES IMMEDIATELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAINTAINING AT ALL TIMES A COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE 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 THAT SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY 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_Z / DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1970. ATTES C TY E R TAR APPROVED: DAY OFj BRUARY, 11970: CITY ATTOW(NEY ?THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS Corpus Christi, Texas ./ day of _, 19 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL Corpus Christi, Texas For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance, a public emergency and imperative necessity exist- for the suspen- sion 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, request that you suspend jaid Charter rule or requirement and pass this ordi- nance finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council. Respectfully, r 7olloowTHE ing R CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS The Charter rule was suspended by th vote: Jack R. Blackmon Gabe Lozano, Sr. V. A. "Dick "Bradley, Jr.. Eduardo E. de Ases Ken McDaniel W. J. '.'Wrangler" Roberts Ronnie Sizemore 11 The above ordinance was passed by the foll ing vote: Jack R. Blackmon Gabe Lozano, Sr. V. A. "Dick" Bradley, Jr. Eduardo E. de Ases Ken McDaniel W. J. ',Wrangler" Roberts_ Ronnie Sizemore ' Y: I