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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02314 ORD - 07/20/1948AN ORDINANCE ;_,f /�4 AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI ADOPTED ON THE 27TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1937, AND APPEARING OF RECORD IN VOLUME 9, PAGES 565 ET SE2 OF THE ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION RECORDS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, AND AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME THERE- AFTER, AND IN PARTICULAR AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 2266 PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE 4TH DAY OF MAY, 1948, AND APPEARING IN VOLm 16, PAGES 339 ET SEQ OF THE CRDINANCE AND RESOLUTION RECORDS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI BY AMENDING ARTICLE IV, SECTION 1; ARTICLE VIII, SECTION 1, PARAGRAPH 5 (a); ARTICLE Ix, SECTION 1, PARAGRAPH 9 (a); ARTICLE XII, SECTION 1; ARTICLE XVIII, SECTION 3, DIVISION Be ARTICLE %VIII, SECTTOR 3, DIVISION C OF SAID ORDINANCE NO. 2266, ADOPTED ON SAID MAY 4, 1948; AND AMENDING THE ZONING MAP ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI ON MAX 4, 1948,,}} IN THE FOLLOWING RESPECTS: THAT THE EAST ONE -HALF (4) OF THAT CERTAIN BLOCK BOUNDED BY WACO, RAMIREZ, CABRA, AND WEST BROADWAY BE ZONED FOR LIGHT INDUSTRY, THAT ALL THAT PORTION OF BLOCK B, LAMAR PARK, SECTION NO. 1 NOW ZONED FOR ONE - FAMILY DWELLING BE ZONED FOR NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS; THAT LOTS ONE (1) TO FIFTEEN (15), INCLUSIVE, BLOCK FORTY -TWO (42), AND LOTS ONE (1) TO FIFTEEN (15), INCLUSIVE, BLOCK FORTY -TWO (42), AND LOTS ONE (1) TO FIFTEEN (15), INCLUSIVE, BLOCK THIRTY - ONE (31) OF PROPOSED LINDALE PARK SUBDIVISION, SECTION THREE (3), BE ZONED AS A -1 FIRST APARTMENT HOUSE DISTRICT; THAT THE AREA IN THE VICINITY OF MORGAN AVENUE AND BALDWIN BOULEVARD AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN HE ZONED AS B-3 SECONDARY BUSINESS: PROVIDING THAT ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH ARE HEREBY REPEALED; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, the Zoning and Planning Commission has recommended to the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, that it is advis- able to make the hereinafter set out changes in the present Zoning Ordi- nance and the Zoning Map of the City of Corpus Chriati; and, WHEREAS, the City Council at its regular meeting held on June 15, 1948, ordered a Public Hearing to be held on the 8th day of July, 1948, at 4:00 o'clock P. M.; and, WHEREAS, proper notice of said hearing was published three times in the official newspaper of the city of Corpus Christi, in the manner provided by law; and, WNrucaa, the City Council did on the Bth day of July, 1948, hold such hearing, where all interested citizens, property owners, and other parties had the opportunity to be heard on the proposed amend- ments to the Zoning Ordinance and Map of the City of Corpus Christi, and at ouch hearing all parties interested and wishing to be heard were heard. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF _CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: a SECTION 1. That the Zoning Ordinance and Map of the City of a3, 4 Corpus Christi passed on the 27th day of August, 1937, aPpearing in Volume 9 at Pages 565 at seq of the ordinance and Resolution Records of the City of Corpaa Christi, and as amended from time to time, and in particular as emended by ordinance No. 2266 passed and approved by the 0117 Council of said City oa the 4th deep of May, 1948, end appearing is Volume 16, Pages 339 et eeq of the Ordinance and Resolution Records of Said City be amended as follows: 1. That Article I9, Section 1 of said ordinance No. 2266 be amended by adding to the definition of the term "SMVANTS, QWEMU. so that the same shall hereafter reads "MTMTS' QUAA MSs An accessory building or portion of the mein building located on the same lot as the main building and used as living quarter. for .sweats employed on the premises and not rented or otherwise used ae a separate do.. i.1le, and containing ao kitchen facilities., 2- That Article VIII, Section 1, paragraph 5 (a), and Article IS, Section 1, paragraph 9 (a), be amanded so that same shall hereafter read as fonmmt "Cuts sign, not exceeding fifteen (15) square feet in area, may be used to advertise the principal activity operated or conducted in the building, provided the sign is placed flat against, along or on the front of the bail and vrlth no portion of it projecting more than sia (6 inches iYom the mall of the building. A building em s corner lot myv have one sign for each street front.° 3. That Article III, Section 1 of said ordinance, be amended by inserting in the classifications thereunder the words "Business or Professional office., 11. That Article %VIII of said ordinance, Section 3, Division B - "Front Yard" - be emended by adding to the end of said Division B a sub- paragraph designated "(e)" readings "(e) Platted Subdivisions. On s lot in a platted eob- division in the R -1, R -2, A -1, A -2 and A -3 districts a building may be constructed having a front yard, in aon- foradty mith the building set back lines pertaining to said subdivision, but in no case shall such front yard be lase than fifteen (15) feet in depth." 5. That Article %VIII of said ordiaanoq, Section 3, Division C - "Side Yard" - be emended by adding to the and of said Division C a subparagraph designated " {d)" readings "(d) Platted Subdivisions. ou a lot in s platted subdivision in the $ -1, 8 -2, A -1, A -2 and A -3 diet - riots a building may be constructed having a aide r yard in conformity with the building set back lines pertaining to said subdivision but in no case shall such side yard be less than ten (10) feet in depth." RECOMfENM CHANGES IN ZONING MAP SECTION 2. That the said Zoning Nap approved by the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi on May 4, 1948, be amended in the following respects: I. That the East one -half (FJ) of that certain block of land located in the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, bounded by Waco, Ramirez, Cabra, and West Broadway Streets, said East one -half (Ea) being bounded on the East by said West Broadway and on the West by a line drawn paral- lel with said West Broadway and lying to the West of said Nest Broadway, a sufficient distance to comprise exactly one -half of said block, be zoned for Light Industry. 2. That the portion of Block B, Lamar Park, Section No. One (1) now zoned for One - Family Dwelling be zoned for Neighborhood Business. 3. That the area shown as Lots One (1) to Fifteen (15), inclusive, Block Forty -two (L12) and Late One (1) to Fifteen (15), in- clusive, Block Thirty -one (31) of the proposed ldndale Perk Subdivision, Section Three (3), as Shows. by plat dated May 26, 1948, and on file with the Zoning and Planning Commission at the City Planning Engineer *s office on Shoreline Drive, said area being more particularly described by metes and hounds as follows; 'The begin; ng point is located by starting at the southeast corner of a 25 -sore tract owned by the Corpus Christi Independent School District, being ale. the west corner of Swantner Drive and Minnesota Avenue interseotions thence H. 31 deg. 6- W. with the worth cat boundary line of Swantner Drive, a dietanoe of 1605.00 feet to a point for the east corner and beginning of the tract herein described; thence S. 58 dog. 54, W. a distance of 9)}8.07 feet to a point in the east boundary line of South Staples Street, for the south owner of the tract herein desoribed; thence H. 31 deg. 4tw with the East boundary line of South Staples Street, a dis- tance of 297.93 feet to a point for the West corner of the tract herein described; thence 80. 58 deg. 541 R. a distance of 604.30 feet to a point, the beginning of a curve to the left having a radius of 2117.7 -4 Poet and a central angle of 9 deg. 201 24o; thane in a northeasterly direction along sold curve, a distance of 345.12 feet to a point in the northwest boundary line of Swantner Drive extended, for the north corner of the Tract herein described; thence S. 31 deg. 06, S. with the northwest boundary line of Swentner Drive extended, a distance of 326.00 feet to the place of beginning,° be zoned as A -1 First Apartment Houea District. I;. That the area in the vicinity of Morgan Avenue and Baldwin Boulevard and described as followsa Lots Ten (10) to Twenty (20), inclusive, Block One (1), J. B. Wood Subdivision; Lota One (1) to Four (4). inclusive, ThirtY-aeven (37) and Thirty -eight (38), Yogart Subdivision; late One (1) and Two (2), Block Twenty -seven (27); Lots Two 2 Three (3), Four (4). Eight (S), Hine (9). Ten 10), Eleven (11), and Twelve (72), Block BlockT ] a o }, Twenty-four (24). -- - - Additions All of the area bounded by Morgan Avenue, Baldwin Boulevard and Rosewood Street; All of the area bounded by Morgan Avenue, Highland Avenue and Rosewood Street; Also the following strips of land: (a) A strip of land one hundred and fifty feet (150) in width bounded on the east by Rosewood Street, on the West by Congo Avenue and lying between the southerly boundary line of Baldwin Boulevard and a line one hundred and fifty (150) feet south thereof and running parallel therewith from said Rs—cd Street to Osage Avenue; (b) A strip of lend one hundred and fifty (150) feet in width bounded on the east by Cheyenne Avenue, on the west by Hiawatha Avenue and lying between the southerly boundary line of Baldwin Boulevard and a line one handrad and fifty (150) feet south thereof and running pare11e1 therewith from said Cheyenne Avenue to Hiawatha Avenue; (o) A strip of land ans hundred and fifty (150) feet in width bounded on the east by Mohawk Avenue, on the west by Virginia Avenue and lying between the southerly boundary line of Morgan Avenue and a line one hundred and fifty (150) feet south thereof and running parallel therewith from said Mohawk Avenue to Virginia Avenue; (d) A strip of land one hundred and fifty (150) feet in width bounded on the east by Cheyenne Avenue, on the west by Virginia Avenue and lying between the northerly boundary line of Morgan Avenue and a line one hundred and fifty (150) feet north thereof and running parallel therewith from said Cheyenne Avenue to Virginia Avenue; (e) A strip of laud we hundred and fifty (150) feet in width extending from Morgan Avenue to Baldwin Boulevard and lying between the westerly boundary line of Cheyenne Avenue and a line one h—drad and fifty (150) feet west thereof and ring parallel therewith from said Morgan Avenue to Baldwin Boule- vard; be zoned as B -3 Seoondaly Business. SECTION 3. That the official Zoning Map of the City of Corpus Christi is hereby amended as herein ordained. SECTION 1. That this Ordinance be published one time in the official newspaper of the City of Corpus Christi, and this ordinaaoe shall become affeotive i.nvosdistely upon such publication. SECTION 5. That all Ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. SECTIcK 6. That the said Zoning Ordinance and Map of the City of Corpue Christi, approved on the said 4th day of May, 1948, eaoept as here- in changed shall remain in full force wad affect. SECTION 7. The feet that it is of the greatest publio impor- tease to put in force immediately the changes in the Zoning Crdineaoe and Map as hereiaabove provided, for the purpose of providing for the orderly and progressive growth of the City, and the necessary proteotion of the lives, health, property and welfare of the citizens creates a public emergency and an imperative public necessity requiring the snapen- sion of the Charter Hale providing that ao ordinance or resolution be passed finally on the date it is introduced and that such ordinance or resolution shell be read at three (3) several meetings of the City ' Council, and the Mayor, having declared that such public emsrgency and such imperative public necessity exist, requests that said Charter Rule be suspended,and that this Ordinance take offset and be in full force and effect from and after its passage and after its publication one time as is provided and required by the Charter of the City of Corpus Christi, AND IT I3 30 ORDAINED, PASSED AND APPROVED thie,.& day of July, 1948. ATTESTt MA C l City of Corpus Christi, Texas a e-- APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FCMU T City `g or cy Corpus Christi, Texas july"gO • 1948 TO THE IMUMS OF THE CITY CCCHCII. Corpus Christi, Teas Gentlemen: For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance, a public emergency and imperative necessity exist for the suspension of the Charter rule or requirement that no ordinanoo or resolution shall be passed finally on the date it is Introduced, and that such ordinance or resolution shell be read at three meetings of the City Couaoils 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. Hespeotfully, 4 MAYM- PRO- i City of Corpus Christi, Texas The Charter rule was suspended by the following votes Wesley E. Seale George R. Clark, Jr. John A. Ferris E. R. Henry Joe T. Dawson The above ordinanos was passed by the following vote, Wesley E. Seale George E. Clark, Jr. John A. Ferris R. R. Homy Joe T. Dawson a3I q