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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, AS FOLLOWS:
1. BY AMENDING ARTICLE 3, "DEFINITIONS" BY ADDING'
A NEW SUBSECTION DESIGNATED SUBSECTION 3- 1.11.1
CANOPY OR MARQUEE, DEFINING CANOPY OR MARQUEE;
2. BY AMENDING ARTICLE 4AFR, "FARM -RURAL DISTRICT ",
BY AMENDING SECTION 4AFR -2 USE REGULATIONS, BY
CHANGING ITEM (13) SO AS TO PROHIBIT FLASHING OR
MOVING ILLUMINATION ON TEMPORARY OUTDOOR ADVERTIS-
ING STRUCTURES, AND TO PROHIBIT THE OVERHANGING
OR PROJECTING INTO THE PUBLIC RIGHT -OF -WAY OF SUCH
STRUCTURES; AND BY CHANGING ITEM (14)(b) SO AS TO
PROHIBIT ILLUMINATED SIGNS AND TO PROHIBIT THE OVER-
HANGING OR PROJECTING OF SUCH SIGNS INTO THE PUBLIC
RIGHT -OF -WAY;
3. BY AMENDING ARTICLE 5, "'R -1A' ONE - FAMILY DWELLING
DISTRICT ", BY AMENDING SECTION 5 -2 USE REGULATIONS,
BY CHANGING ITEM (11) SO AS TO PROHIBIT ILLUMINATED
SIGNS; AND BY CHANGING ITEM (12) SO AS TO PROHIBIT
FLASHING OR MOVING ILLUMINATION ON SIGNS COVERED
THEREUNDER;
4. AMENDING ARTICLE 7, "'R -2' TWO - FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT ",
BY AMENDING SECTION 7 -2, USE REGULATIONS, BY ADDING A
NEW ITEM TO BE NUMBERED (4) PROVIDING THAT SIGN
REQUIREMENTS SHALL BE THE SAME AS THOSE IN "R -1A" ONE -
FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT;
5. AMENDING ARTICLE 8, "'A -1' APARTMENT HOUSE DISTRICT ",
BY AMENDING SECTION 8 -2, USE REGULATIONS, BY CHANGING
ITEM (4) SO AS TO PROVIDE REGULATIONS FOR THE PLACING
OF' SIGNS ON BUILDINGS COVERED THEREUNDER;
6. BY AMENDING ARTICLE 9, "'A -2' APARTMENT HOUSE DISTRICT ",
BY AMENDING SECTION 9 -2, USE REGULATIONS, BY CHANGING
ITEM (9) SO AS TO PROVIDE REGULATIONS FOR THE PLACING
OF SIGNS ON BUILDINGS COVERED THEREUNDER;,
7. BY AMENDING ARTICLE 10, "'AT' APARTMENT- TOURIST
DISTRICT ", BY AMENDING SECTION 10 -2, USE REGULATIONS,
BY CHANGING ITEM (6) SO AS TO PROVIDE REGULATIONS FOR
THE PLACING OF SIGNS ON BUILDINGS COVERED THEREUNDER;
8. BY AMENDING ARTICLE 11, "'AB' PROFESSIONAL OFFICE
DISTRICT ", BY AMENDING SECTION 11 -2, USE REGULATIONS,
BY CHANGING ITEMS (7) AND (10) SO AS TO PROVIDE REGU-
LATIONS FOR THE PLACING OF SIGNS ON BUILDINGS COVERED
THEREUNDER;
9. BY AMENDING ARTICLE 12, "'B -1A' TOURIST COURT DISTRICT ",
BY AMENDING SECTION 12 -2 USE REGULATIONS, BY CHANGING
ITEM (3) SO AS TO PROVIDE REGULATIONS FOR THE PLACING
OF SIGNS ON BUILDINGS COVERED THEREUNDER;
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10. BY AMENDING ARTICLE 13, "'B -1' NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS
DISTRICT ", BY AMENDING SECTION 13 -2, USE REGULATIONS,
BY CHANGING ITEM (7) SO AS TO PROVIDE REGULATIONS
FOR THE PLACING OF SIGNS COVERED THEREUNDER;
11. AMENDING ARTICLE 14, "'B -2' BAYFRONT BUSINESS DISTRICT ",
BY AMENDING SECTION 14 -2, USE REGULATIONS, BY CHANG-
ING ITEM (16) SO AS TO PROVIDE REGULATIONS FOR THE
'PLACING OF SIGNS COVERED THEREUNDER;
12. BY AMENDING ARTICLE 16, "'B -4' GENERAL BUSINESS
DISTRICT ", BY AMENDING SECTION 16- 2,.USE REGULATIONS,
BY CHANGING ITEM (10) SO AS TO PROVIDE REGULATIONS
FOR THE PLACING OF SIGNS COVERED THEREUNDER;
13. BY AMENDING ARTICLE 17, "B -5' PRIMARY BUSINESS
DISTRICT ", BY AMENDING SECTION 17 -2, USE REGULATIONS,
BY CHANGING ITEM (8) SO AS TO PROVIDE REGULATIONS FOR
THE PLACING OF SIGNS COVERED THEREUNDER;
14. BY AMENDING ARTICLE 20, "I -2' LIGHT INDUSTRIAL
DISTRICT ", BY AMENDING SECTION 20 -2, USE REGULATIONS,
BY ADDING A NEW ITEM (2)•SO AS TO PROVIDE REGULATIONS
FOR THE PLACING OF SIGNS COVERED THEREUNDER; AND BY
RE- NUMBERING THE PRESENT ITEM (2) TO HEREAFTER BE
ITEM (3);
15. BY AMENDING ARTICLE 21, "'I -3' HEAVY INDUSTRIAL
DISTRICT ", BY AMENDING SECTION 21 -2, USE REGULATIONS,
BY ADDING A NEW ITEM (3) SO AS TO PROVIDE REGULATIONS
FOR THE PLACING OF SIGNS COVERED THEREUNDER; AND BY
RE- NUMBERING THE PRESENT ITEM (3) TO HEREAFTER BE
ITEM (4) ;
16 BY AMENDING ARTICLE 26, "NONCONFORMING USES ", BY
AMENDING SECTION 26 -1, NONCONFORMING•USE OF LAND,
BY AMENDING THE FIRST SENTENCE TO HEREAFTER PER-
TAIN TO ALL DISTRICTS EXCEPT "I -2" AND "I -3 ";
AMENDING SECTION 26 -2, NONCONFORMING USE OF BUILDINGS,
SO AS TO INSERT THE WORDS "OR STRUCTURE" FOLLOWING
THE WORD "BUILDING" WHEREVER IT IS USED THROUGHOUT
THIS SECTION, INCLUDING THE HEADING WHICH SHALL READ
SECTION 26 -2, NONCONFORMING USE OF BUILDINGS OR
STRUCTURES; BY AMENDING SECTION 26 -3, TERMINATION
OF NONCONFORMING USE, BY AMENDING THE FIRST SENTENCE
SO AS TO INCLUDE THE WORD "STRUCTURE" FOLLOWING THE
WORD "BUILDING" IN THE FIRST LINE OF SAID SENTENCE;
BY AMENDING SECTION 26 -4 DESTRUCTION OF A NONCONFORM-
ING USE SO AS TO ADD THE WORDS "OR STRUCTURE" FOLLOW-
ING THE WORD "BUILDING" WHEREVER IT IS USED THROUGHOUT
THIS SECTION, AND TO INSERT THE WORDS "PHYSICAL REPRO-
DUCTION COST" IN LIEU OF THE WORDS "FAIR MARKET VALUE"
WHEREVER THESE WORDS ARE USED THROUGHOUT THIS SECTION;
AND BY AMENDING SECTION 26 -5, INTERMITTENT USE, SO AS
TO INSERT THE WORDS "OR STRUCTURES" FOLLOWING THE WORD
"BUILDING" IN THE SECOND LINE OF SAID SECTION;
17. BY AMENDING ARTICLE 27, "SUPPLEMENTARY HEIGHT, AREA &
BULK REQUIREMENTS ", BY AMENDING SECTION 27 -3.02 '
ACCESSORY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES, BY DELETING
SUBSECTION 27- 3.02.03 IN ITS ENTIRETY, AND BY RE-
NUMBERING THE PRESENT SUBSECTIONS 27- 3.02.04, 27-3.02.05
27- 3.02.06 TO HEREAFTER BE DEGIGNATED 27- 3.02.03,
27- 3.02.04 AND 27- 3.02.05, RESPECTIVELY;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN
CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; AND DECLAR-
ING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the 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 Council of the City of Corpus Christi,
in accordance with proper notice to the public, said public hear-
ing having been held on March 29,1971, and March 31, 1971, at
.Spacial Council Meeting of.the City Council in the Council Chamber
at 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
Borth amendments would best serve the public health, necessity
and convenience and the general welfare of the City and its citizens:
.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 No. 6106, 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 3, DEFINITIONS, of the Zoning Ordi-
nance of the City of Corpus Christi, be, and the same is hereby
amended by amending Section 3 -1 by adding a new subsection as follows:
"3- 1.11.1 Canopy or Marquee. A roof -like structure of a
. permanent nature which projects from the wall of a
building or structure and overhangs a private or public
way."
SECTION 3. ' That Article 4AFR, FARM -RURAL DISTRICT, of the
Zoning Ordinance of the City of Corpus Christi, be and the same
is hereby amended by amending Section 4AFR -2 Use Regulations by
changing Items (13) and (14)(b) to hereafter read as follows:
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and
"(13) Temporary outdoor advertising structures, not
necessarily pertaining to uses on the land; provided
said structures shall not exceed three hundred (300)
square feet in area nor utilize or incorporate flash-
ing, moving, or intermittent illumination, and shall
not overhang or project into the public right -of -way;
and provided further that said structures shall be
removed within thirty (30) days after the "F -R" Farm-
Rural District zoning is changed to any zoning classi-
fication which does not permit said outdoor advertising
structures."
"(14) (b) One temporary non - illuminated sign not to exceed •
forty (40) square feet in area and not to exceed
thirty -five (35) feet in height nor overhang or
project into the public right -of -way and pertain
only to the products sold at the temporary sales
stand or pertaining to such other permitted uses
in this district."
SECTION 4. That Article 5, "R-1A" ONE- FAMILY DWELLING
DISTRICT, of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Corpus Christi,
be and the same is hereby amended by amending Section 5 -2 Use
Regulations by changing Items (11) and (12) to hereafter read as
follows:
and
"(11) Temporary non - illuminated signs of not more than
four (4) square feet pertaining to the lease, hire,
or sale of a building or premises on which such sign
is located."
"(12) Accessory buildings and uses including, but not
limited to, private garages, servants quarters, guest
houses, swimming pools, home barbecue grills, storage,
off - street parking and loading spaces, customary
church bulletin boards and identification signs, which
shall not utilize or incorporate flashing, moving, or
intermittent illumination and shall not exceed thirty
(30) square feet in area for permitted public and semi-
public uses."
SECTION 5. That Article 7, "R -2" TWO- FAMILY DWELLING
DISTRICT, of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Corpus Christi,
be and the same is hereby amended by amending Section 7 -2, Use
Regulations by adding anew Item to be numbered (4) which shall
read as follows:
"(4) Sign requirements shall be the same as those in the
"R-1A" One - family Dwelling District."
SECTION 6. That Article 8, "A -1" APARTMENT HOUSE DISTRICT,
of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Corpus Christi, be and the
same is hereby amended by amending Section 8 -2, Use Regulations
by changing Item (4) to hereafter read as follows:
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"(4) Accessory buildings and uses, including for permitted
apartment buildings or apartment developments, one
identification sign which shall not utilize or in-
corporate flashing, moving, or intermittent illumi-
nation, shall be placed flat against the wall of the
building, shall not project more than eighteen (18) •
inches from the wall of the building or structure,
and shall not extend above the height of the building.
The sign area shall not exceed ten (10) square feet
and shall indicate only the name and address of the
building or development and the management thereof.
A building or group of buildings on.a corner lot
shall be permitted one such sign for each fronting
street."
SECTION 7. That Article 9, "A -2" APARTMENT HOUSE DISTRICT,
of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Corpus Christi, be, and
the same is hereby amended by amending Section 9 -2, Use Regulations,
by changing Item (9) to hereafter read as follows:
"(9) Accessory buildings and uses, including for permitted
non - residential uses and apartment hotels, one illumi-
nated identification sign which shall not utilize or
incorporate flashing, moving, or intermittent illumi-
nation, shall be placed flat against the wall of the
building, shall not project more than eighteen (18)
inches from the wall of the building or structure,
and shall not extend above the height of the building.
The sign area shall not exceed fifteen (15) square
feet, and shall indicate only the name and address of
the building and the management thereof. A building
or group of buildings on a corner lot shall be permitted
one such sign for each fronting street."
SECTION 8. That Article 10, "AT" APARTMENT- TOURIST DISTRICT,
of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Corpus Christi, be, and
the same is hereby amended by amending Section 10 -2, Use Regulations,
by changing Item (6) to hereafter read as follows:
"(6) Accessory buildings and uses, including for permitted
non- residential•uses, hotels, apartment hotels, motels
and the like, one identification sign which shall not
utilize or incorporate flashing, moving, or intermittent
illumination and shall not exceed more than ten (10)
feet in height nor overhang or project into the public
right -of -way. The sign area shall not exceed thirty
(30) square feet and shall indicate only the name and
address of the building and the management thereof.
If the sign is placed on a wall of the building, it
shall be placed flat against the wall, shall not pro-
ject more than eighteen (18) inches from the wall of
the building or structure, and shall not extend above
the height of the building. Restaurants are permitted
as an accessory use provided such restaurant does not
contain a combined total floor area of more than fifty
(50) square feet per dwelling unit."
SECTION 9. That Article 11, "AB" PROFESSIONAL OFFICE DISTRICT,
of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Corpus Christi, be, and the
same is hereby amended by amending Section 11 -2, Use Regulations,
by changing Items (7) and (10) to hereafter read as follows:
and
"(7) Business and professional offices and office buildings,
'provided that there shall be no advertising sign or
device on the lot, nor in or on any of the exterior
doors or windows of the buildings, except that there
shall be permitted one non - flashing, internally illumi-
nated or backlighted sign identifying the building
placed flat against the building which shall not pro-
ject more than eighteen (18) inches from the wall of
the building or structure, and shall not extend above
the height of the building nor exceed twenty (20)
square feet in area. In addition, there shall be
permitted one (1) non- illuminated sign or name plate
placed flat against the wall of the building not to
exceed one (1) square foot in display surface for
each office or professional person occupying the
building; no bdilding may be constructed with, or
altered to produce a store front, show window, or
display window; there shall be no display from windows
or doors and no storage of merchandise in the build-
ings or on the premises; there shall be no machinery
or equipment, other than machinery or equipment custom-
arily found in professional or business offices, used
or stored in the building or on the lot."
"(10) Apartment hotels, provided that there shall be no
exterior signs on the premises except as provided in
Item (7) above. A business may be conducted within
the building for the convenience of the occupants of
the building, provided there shall be no entrance to
such place of business except from inside the building
and further provided that there be no exterior signs
advertising such business."
SECTION 10. That Article 12, "B -1A" TOURIST COURT DISTRICT,
of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Corpus Christi, be, and the
same is hereby amended by amending Section 12 -2, Use Regulations,
by changing Item (3) to hereafter read as follows:
3) Accessory buildings and uses, including an accessory
identification sign which shall not utilize or in-
corporate flashing, moving or intermittent illumi-
nation, shall not exceed ten (10) feet in height,
shall not overhang or project into the public right -
of way, and shall not exceed thirty (30) square feet
in area, indicating only the use of the premises.
If such sign is located on a wall of the building,
it shall be placed flat against the wall, shall not
project more than eighteen.(18) inches from the wall
of the building or structure, and shall not extend
above the height of the building. A tourist court,
motel or motor hotel containing at least twenty (20)
dwelling units may include a restaurant, club room,
shop, or retail store as an accessory use, provided
such shop or store is operated primarily for the
convenience of guests and does not contain a combined
total floor area of more than fifty (50) square feet
per tourist court dwelling unit."
SECTION 11. That Article 13, "B-1" NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS
DISTRICT, of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Corpus Christi,
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be and the same is hereby amended by amending Section 13 -2, Use
Regulations, by changing Item (7) to hereafter read as follows:
"(7) Advertising signs, which shall not utilize or in-
corporate flashing, moving,or intermittent illumi-
nation, pertaining only to a use conducted within
the building. Such signs if freestanding shall not
overhang or project into the public right -of -way,
shall not exceed twenty -five (25) feet in height,
and shall not exceed forty (40) square feet in area.
Any sign or display in excess of forty (40) square
feet in area shall be attached flat against a wall
of the building, shall not project more than eighteen
(18) inches from the wall of the building or structure,
and in no case shall any sign or display project
above the height of the building. If the sign is
placed on the edge of a canopy or marquee, the letters
shall not exceed one (1) foot in height and shall not
project above or below the canopy or marquee. If the
sign is attached to the underside of the canopy or
marquee, it shall not extend outside the line of the
canopy or marquee and shall maintain a clear height
of eight (8) feet between the sidewalk and bottom of
the sign."
SECTION 12. That Article 14, "B -2" BAYFRONT BUSINESS
DISTRICT, of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Corpus Christi,
be, and the same is hereby amended by amending Section 14 -2, Use
Regulations, by changing Item (16) to hereafter read as follows:
"(16) Signs not exceeding sixty (60) square feet in area
and used only to advertise the principal business
or activity conducted on the premises. For each
one (1) foot of lot frontage in excess of one hundred
(100) feet, one (1) additional square foot of sign
area shall be permitted, provided the total sign area
shall not exceed two hundred and sixty (260) square
feet. The permitted square feet in sign area may be
divided among several smaller signs, provided only
one sign, not attached flat against a wall of the
building, shall be permitted for each lot or other
area greater than one lot under one ownership. No
sign which is other than flat against the wall shall
in any event exceed one hundred and fifty (150) square
feet in area. In no case shall any sign project above
the height of the building, and if attached flat
against a wall of the building such sign shall not
project more than eighteen (18) inches from the wall
of the building or structure. No signsshall be per-
mitted, regardless of size, which revolve, whirl,
move, flash, or make noise. No agency of the City
of Corpus Christi may grant a variance, exception,
or take any action which would permit a sign to be
erected in excess of the size provided herein.or
different from the provisions contained herein."
SECTION 13. That Article 16, "B -4" GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT;
of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Corpus Christi, be, and the
same is hereby amended by amending Section 16 -2, Use Regulations,
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by changing Item (10) to hereafter read as follows:
"(10) Outdoor advertising structures pertaining only to
the use conducted within the building. If the free-
standing sign is located within a minimum depth of
the front yard as defined in Article 24, such sign
shall not exceed (40) square feet in area, shall not
utilize or incorporate flashing, moving, or inter-
mittent illumination, shall not overhang or project
into the public right -of -way, and shall not exceed
twenty -five (25) feet in height."
SECTION 14. That Article 17, "B -5" PRIMARY BUSINESS
DISTRICT, of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Corpus Christi,
be, and the same is'hereby amended by amending Section 17 -2, Use
Regulations, by changing Item (8) to hereafter read as follows:
"(8) Outdoor advertising structure. If the sign is free-
standing, it shall not overhang or project into the
public right -of -way. If the sign is attached to a
wall of the building, it may project into the public
right -of -way for a distance of not more than twenty -
four (24) inches with a clear height of nine (9) feet
above the sidewalk and shall not extend above the
height of the building. If the sign is placed on
the edge of a canopy or marquee the letters shall not
project above or below the canopy or marquee; and if
attached to the underside of the canopy or marquee,
it shall not extend outside the line of the canopy
or marquee and shall maintain a clear height of
eight (8) feet between the sidewalk and the bottom
of the sign."
SECTION 15. That Article 20, "I -2" LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT,
of the Zoning Qrdinance of the City of Corpus Christi, be, and the
same is hereby amended by amending Section 20 -2, Use Regulations,
by adding a new Item (2) to read as follows:
"(2) Outdoor advertising structures. If the freestanding
'sign is located within the minimum depth of the front
yard as defined in Article 24 of this Ordinance, such
sign shall not exceed forty (40) square feet in area,
shall not utilize or incorporate flashing, moving, or
intermittent illumination, shall not overhang or pro-
ject into the public right -of -way, and shall not exceed
twenty -five (25) feet in height."
and by re- numbering the present Item (2) to Item. (3).
SECTION 16. That Article 21, "I -3 ", HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT,
of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of'Corpus Christi, be, and the
same is hereby amended by amending Section 21 -2, Use Regulations,
by adding a new Item (3) to read as follows:
"(3) Outdoor advertising structures and sign requirements
shall be the same as those in the "I -2" Light Industrial
District."
and by re- numbering the present Item (3) to Item (4).
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SECTION 17. That Article 26, NONCONFORMING USES, of the
Zoning Ordinance of the City of Corpus Christi, be, and the same
is hereby amended by amending the first sentence of Section 26 -1,
Nonconforming Use of Land, to hereafter read as follows:
"In all districts, except "1 -2" and "1 -3 ", where land is
being used as a nonconforming use, and such use is the
principal use and not accessory to the main use conducted
in a building, such use shall be discontinued not later
than two (2) years from the date of passage of this Ordi-
nance."
And by amending Section 26 -2, Nonconforming Use of Buildings, by
inserting the words "or structure" following the word "building"
where it is used throughout this Section, including the heading
which shall read "Section 26 -2, Nonconforming Use of Buildings or
Structures ".
And by amending the first sentence of Section 26 -3, Termination
of Nonconforming Use, to hereafter read as follows:
"Any use of a building, structure, or land which was a
legal conforming use prior to the date of passage of
any amendment to the Zoning Ordinance and which is not
thereafter in conformity shall be treated as a permissible
nonconforming use after the date of the passage of the
amendment."
And by amending Section 26 -4, Destruction of a Nonconforming Use,
to hereafter read as follows:
"Section 26 -4 Destruction of a Nonconforming Use. No build-
ing or structure which has been damaged by any cause what-
soever to the extent of more than fifty (50) percent of the
physical reproduction cost of the building or structure
immediately prior to damage, shall be restored except in
conformity with the regulations of this Ordinance, and all
rights as a nonconforming use are terminated. If a building
or structure is damaged by less than fifty (50) percent of
the physical reproduction cost, it may be repaired or recon-
structed and used as before the time of damage, provided
that such repairs or reconstruction be substantially com-
pleted within twelve (12) months of the date of such damage.
Calculation of physical reproduction cost shall be made from
the quantities and prices of materials and the hours and
costs of labor as of the date immediately prior to damage,
reasonably required to reproduce the building or structure
in its condition as of the time of damage."
And by amending Section 26 -5, Intermittent Use, to hereafter read
as follows:
"Section 26 -5 Intermittent Use. The casual, intermittent,
temporary, or illegal use of land, buildings, or structures
shall not be sufficient to establish the existence of a.
nonconforming use and the existence of a nonconforming.
use on the part of a lot or tract shall not be construed
to establish a nonconforming use on the entire lot or tract."
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SECTION 18. That Article 27, SUPPLEMENTARY HEIGHT, AREA,
AND BULK REQUIREMENTS, of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of
Corpus Christi, be, and the same is hereby amended by amending
Section 27 -3.02 Accessory Buildings and Structures, by deleting
subsection 27- 3.02.03 in its entirety, and by renumbering present
subsections 27- 3.02.04, 27- 3.02.05 and 27- 3.02.06 to hereafter
be designated as subsections 27- 3.02.03, 27- 3.02.04 and 27- 3.02.05,
respectively.
SECTION 19. If for any teason.any section, paragraph,
subdivision, clause, phrase, or provision of this Ordinance shall
be held invalid by final judgment of a court of competent juris-
diction, it shall not affect any valid provisions of this or any
other ordinance of the City of Corpus Christi to which these
rules and regulations relate.
SECTION 20. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith shall be and are hereby repealed to the extent
of conflict herewith. -
SECTION 21. Publication shall be made one time in the
official publication of the City of Corpus Christi, by publish-
ing the caption of this Ordinance stating in substance the purpose
of the ordinance.
SECTION 22. The necessity of making the above amendments
to the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Corpus Christi in order
to up -date the existing ordinance and keep abreast of changing
conditions creates a public emergency and 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 but 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 ordi-
nance be passed finally on the date of its introduction and take
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effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passage,
and publication, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, this the 31st day
of March, 1971.
ATTEST. '
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City Secretary
APPROVED:
31ST DAY OF
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Ci#�y Attorne
R
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,TEXAS
Corpus Christi, Tex s
(/ /- o f , 197/
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 said 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,
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote:
Jack R. Blackmon
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
V. A. "Dick" Bradley, Jr.
Eduardo E. de Ases
Ken McDaniel
W. J. "Wrangler" Roberts
Ronnie Sizemore
passed b the folio in
The above or dinance was
p by g vote:
Jack R.'Blackmon
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
V. A. "Dick" Bradley, Jr.
Eduardo E. de Ases
Ken McDaniel
W. J. "Wrangler" Roberts
Ronnie Sizemore
PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT
STATE OF TEXAS, }ss: .
County of Nueces.
Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came
Leland G. Barnes , who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that he is the
Olagdfiod Mgggggr of the Corpus Christi Caller and The Corpus Christi Times,
Daily Newspapers published at Corpus Christi, Texas, in said County and State, and that the publication of
Legal — Notice of passage _of an Ordinance No. 10228 -- amending. the zoning
ordinance -- adopted on Aug. 27, 1337 --- definitions by adding a mewlsubsec-
of which the annexed is a true copy, was published in limas tian. -- defining canopy
or Marquee-- -
on the_9 h... day of April 19. 71..., and- onee -eaeh• thereaftes4ese
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this 13th , ; y of.� April 19 . _Zl
Louise Vick
o : Public, Nueces County, Texas -