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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01797 ORD - 05/15/1945HT/b& 5-9-45 W < y AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, ADOPTED ON THE 27TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1937, AND APPEARING OF RECORD IN-VOLUME 9, PAGE 565, OF THE ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION RECORDS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI. AND AS THEREAFTER AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, AND IN PARTICU- LAR AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE N0. 1425, PASSED AND APM07ED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF TBE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI ON MARCH 5, 19LO, BY AMEND- ING SUBSECTION 2 OF SECTION 34 OF SAID ORDI- NANCE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. BE IT CRDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TE.YAS: SECTION 1, That the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, adopted on the 27th day of August, 1937, and appearing of record in Volume 9. Page 565, of the Ordinance and Resolution Records of the City of Corpus Christi, and as thereafter emended from time to time, and in particular as amended by Ordinance No. 1425, passed and approved by the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi on March 5. 1942, be amended by amending subsection 2 of Section 34 of said Ordinance, so that subsection 2 of Section 34 of said Ordinance shall read hereafter as followsr "SECTION 34- Subsection 2 - - - (2) A Non-conforming Use other than the following: _ a. Signs as defined in Section 1, Subdivision 33. b. Automobile Wreaking Yard. c. Scrap Iron or Junk Storage. . d. Trailer Camp, located in a Dwelling, Apartment, Retail or Business District. May be continued subject to such regulations as to the maintenance of premises and the conditions of operation as may in the judg- m at of the Board of Adjustment ba vutoaably - required for the protection of adjacent property. All of the excepted uses above named which are not in strict conformity with tkaterms or this Ordinance are hereby prohibited and such uses now in existence in the City of Corpus Christi violating the provisions hereof shall be altered, replaced or removed to conform with the provisions of this Ordinance on or before the dates shown in the following schedules For Signs - August 1, 1943; For Automobile Wrecking Yard, February 1, 194.6; For Scrap Iron or Junk Storage - February 1, 1946; and for Trailer Camps - February 1, 1946." w__ . �7 97 SECTION 2. The fact that conditions caused by the war now in progress between the United States and the Axis powers has created a shortage of housing facilities and automobile parts, and the further fact that the present wording of Subsection 2 of said Section 34 has created much doubt and confusion in the minds of the persons concerned, and the enforcemeut officers of the City of Corpus Christi, in regard to such non - conforming uses, creates a public emergency and imperative public necessity requiring 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 several meetings of the City Council, and the Mayor having declared in writing that such public emergency and imperative necessity exist, and having requested that such Charter rule be suspended, 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, ACCCRDINGLY, SO ORDAINED, h PASSED AND APPROVED this / ✓ day of !. A. D., 1945. or. o orpue Christi, Texas ATTSSTs Bare a APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FCIW-. P � orn - 2 - Corpus Christi, Texas , 1945 TO THE IGMERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI Corpus Christi, Texas Gentlemen: For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing Ordinance, a public emergency and an imperative necessity exist for the suspension of the Charter rule or re- quirement that no Ordinance or Resolution shall be passed Finally on the date it is introduced, and that such Ordinance or Reso- lution shall be read at three several meetings of the City Councils I, therefore, hereby request that you suspend said Charter rule or requirement and pass this Ordinance finally on the date it.is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council. Respa4tSStl�,ya yor, z orpus C as s., Tax The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote! Roy L. Self B. G. Moffett 6ul R. R. Rambo N. C. Beck N. B. Marriott The above Ordinance was passed by the fo= llowing vote: Roy L. Self U B. G. Moffett R. R. Rambo N. C. Beck N. B. Marriott 179 `►