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Home My WebLink About11950 ORD - 03/13/1974JRR:jkh:hb:3 /12/74:1st 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 BY ORDINANCE NO.6106, AS AMENDED, BY DELETING THE THROUGH 9; KEEPING IN EFFECT ALL OTHER PROVISIONS OF THE EXISTING ORDINANCE AS AMENDED; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has forwarded to the City Council its reports and recommendations concerning certain amendments to the text of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Corpus Christi; and WHEREAS, public hearing was held at which hearing all persons wishing to appear and be heard were heard, to consider the some before the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi, in accordance with proper notice to the public, said public hearing having been held on February 6, 1974, at Regular Council Meeting of the City Council in the Council Chambers 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 forth amendment would best serve public health, necessity and convenience and the general welfare of the City of Corpus Christi 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, as amended, be and the same is hereby amended by making the 11950 changes hereinafter set out. SECTION 2. That Article 15 of the Zoning Ordinance, entitled "'B -3' Shopping Center District Regulations" be and the same is hereby deleted and in lieu thereof there is hereby adopted a new Article 15, to be designated as "'B -3' Business District Regulations ", and reading as follows: "ARTICLE 15. 'B -3' BUSINESS DISTRICT REGULATIONS Section 15-1 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 'B-3' Business District. The purpose of this district is to provide sufficient space in appropriate locations for all types of commercial and miscellaneous service activities, particularly along certain existing major streets where a general mixture of commercial and service activity now exists, but which uses are not characterized by extensive warehousing, frequent heavy trucking activity, open storage of material, or the nuisance factors of dust, odor, and noise associated with manufacturing. Section 15-2 Use Regulations. A building or premises shall, be used only for the following purposes: (1) Any use permitted in the 'B-1' Neighborhood Business District except dwellings, boarding and lodging houses. (2) Amusement place in an enclosed building, auditorium or theater except open air drivein theaters. (3) Athletic field or baseball field. (4) Boat, automobile, recreation vehicle, and mobile home sales and storage. (5) Bottling works, dyeing and cleaning works or laundry, plumbing and heating shop, painting shop, upholstering shop not involving furniture manufacture, tinsmithing shop, tire sales and service including vulcanizing but no manufacturing, wholesale house, sales office and sample room, appliance repairs, and general service and repair establishments similar in character to those listed in this item, -provided that no outside storage of material is permitted, and further provided that no -2- use permitted in this item shall occupy more than 6,000 square feet of floor area. (6) Bowling alleys and billiard parlors. (7) Food storage lockers. (8) Hospitals or clinics for animals, but no open kennels shall be permitted. (9) Hotels, motels, or motor hotels. (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 forty (40) square feet in area, shall not utilize or incor- porate flashing, moving, or intermittent illumination, shall not overhang or project into the public right -of -way, and shall not exceed twenty -five (25) feet in height.��.�� -�s�� (11) Printing, publishing, and engraving. g[ -lz 7y (12) Milk distributing stations, provided there is no bottling on the premises. (13) Radio or television broadcasting stations, studios, and offices, but not sending or receiving towers. (14) Skating rink in an enclosed building. (15) Swimming pool or natatorium.. (16) Accessory buildings and uses. (17) Public or governmental buildings. (18) Temporary storage of personal goods for holding or safe- keeping in a depository, containing individual or separate bays not ex- ceeding three hundred (300) square feet in area. Such storage building or buildings shall not exceed one (1) story in height. Section 15 -3 Parking Regulations. The parking regulations for permitted uses are contained in Article 22 of this Ordinance. Section 15 -4 Off- street Loading Regulations. The off - street loading regulations for permitted uses are contained in Article 23. Section 15 -5 Height and Area Regulations. Height and area requirements shall be as set forth in the chart of Article 24, and in addition the following regulations shall apply: -3- 15 -5.01 There shall be a side yard not less than ten (10) feet in width on the side of a lot adjoining an 'R -IA', 'R- 1B','R -2', 'A -1', or 'A -2' residential district. 15 -5.02 There shall be a rear yard not less than ten (10) feet depth on the rear of a lot adjoining an 'R -lA', 'R -1B', 'R -2, 'A -119 or 'A -2' residential district. 15.03 Any boats, automobiles, recreational vehicles, or mobile homes stored or displayed for sale shall not be permitted in the yard areas required by Article 24. Section 15-6 Supplementary height, area, and bulk regulations are contained in Article 27." SECTION 3. That Article 24 Height, Area and Bulk Requirements be and the same is hereby amended by amending Section 24 -1 as follows: A. Amend Article 15 "B-3" Shopping Center District by changing the designation to "B -3" Business District. . B. Strike the warding "See special regulations as contained in Article 15 ". C. Add a Column 4 to contain the number "20 ". D. Add the wording "None except as required in Section 15 -5" in Columns 5 through 9. SECTION 4. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in direct conflict herewith are hereby expressly repealed. All other portions and parts of said Zoning Ordinance, as amended, are hereby kept in full force and effect. SECTION 5. Publication shall be made one time in the official publication of the City of Corpus Christi, which publication shall contain the caption stating in substance the purpose of the ordinance. SECTION 6. That the necessity of making the aforesaid changes 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 -4- • 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, having requested the suspension of the Charter rule and that this ordinance take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED this the -day of March, 1974. ATTEST: City Secret 1 MAYOR r' THE CITY-�F S CHRISTI, TEXAS APPROVED: �J DAY OF MARCH, 1974: I � ' �Sd City Atto ir • Corpus Christi, Texas day o f // Lam(, , 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 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, G� 0� MAYOR c U// T CITY C0 CHRISTI, TEXAS The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote: Jason Luby James T. Acuff Rev. Harold T. Branch Thomas V. Gonzales Ricardo Gonzalez Gabe Lozano, Sr. J. Howard stark The above ordinance was passed by the following vote: Jason Luby James T. Acuffa Rev, Harold T. Branch Thomas V. Gonzales Ricardo Gonzalez Gabe Lozano, Sr. J. Howard Stark i