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Home My WebLink About16456 ORD - 08/12/1981sp:6/17/81; 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 FROM TIME TO TIME, AND PARTICULARLY AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 6106, AS AMENDED, BY AMENDING SECTION 22-4 DESIGN STANDARDS, BY AMENDING SUBSECTIONS 22-4.01, 22-4.02, 22-4.03, 22-4.04, 22-4.05, 22-4.06. 22-4.07, and 22-4.08, RELATING TO OFF-STREET PARKING, ALL AS MORE FULLY SET FORTH HEREINAFTER; KEEPING IN EFFECT ALL OTHER PROVISIONS OF THE EXISTING ORDIN- ANCE 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 amendment to the text of --the-Zoning Ordinance of the City of Corpus Christi; WHEREAS, public hearing was held at which hearing all persons wish- ing 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 hearing having been held on Wednesday, June 10, 1981 at -Special 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 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 change hereinafter set out. SECTION 2. That Article 22, PARKING REGULATIONS, be amended by amend- ing Section 224 DESIGN STANDARDS, subsections 22-4.01, 22-4.02, 22-4.03, 1 456 MICROFILMED SD 2 7 Igp4 22-4.04, 22-4.05, 22-4.06, 22-4.07 and 22-4.08 relating to off-street park- ing, to hereafter read as follows: "Section 22-4 Design Standards: 22-4.01 As defined in Section 3-1, an off-street parking space is an all-weather surfaced area not in a street or alley, perma- nently reserved for the temporary storage of one automobile and_connected with a street or alley by an all-weather sur- faced driveway which affords unobstructed ingress and egress to -each space. Ifsuchparking lot contains four (4) or more vehicle-spaces, All surfaces shall be paved with asphalt or _concrete materials. 22-4.02 A building permit shall be required for the construction of any_commercial parking lot, or parking lot required by the terms of this Ordinance, which contains four (4) or more vehicle spaces. —Permit approval shal-1 be obtained from the Building_ Inspection Department -and the Department of Traffic and Transit. 22-4.03 Entrances orexitsfor all parking facilities shall comply with existing ordinances of the City of Corpus Christi. 22-4.04_ Screening in the form of a solid fence or shrubbery shall be required to protect neighboring residences from all parking lots hereafter constructed to contain ten (10) or more spaces. 22-4.05 Circulation within a parking area with more than one aisle must be such that a vehicle need not enter the street to reach another aisle within the same parking area. Dead end aisles -will not be permitted for angle parking unless adequate turn- around is provided. All circulation and maneuvering of vehicles must be within the parking lot property lines. 22-4-.06 All parking spaces shall be legibly marked on the pavement. 22-4-.07 A parking lot shall be designed to physically prevent any portion of a vehicle from encroaching into or overhanging any public or private property line by means of a permanently in- stalled curb, wall, or other such physical barrier. When in the opinion of the Building Official it becomes necessary to construct such header curb or barrier to prevent vehicles from parking on, turning on, or otherwise moving across existing or future sidewalks, said curb shall be constructed. 22-4.08 The minimum parking space standards are shown on the follow- ing table, with all dimensions being in feet. All parking spaces used to meet off-street parking requirements will satisfy all requirements of Section 22-4, except as noted in paragraph 22-4.01. • PARKING LAYOUT ONE—WAY- ONE—WAY TWO—WAY TWO—WAY . ff 1 T MINIMUM- REQUIRED PARKING LOT' DIMENSIONS Aisle width dimension is for aisle of less than 150 feet in length. Longer - aisle will require aisle width increase_to 17 feet to allow cars to pass.. - ONE-WAY TWO—WAY PARKING ANGLE B STALL WIDTH- A CURB LENGTH- B STALL DEPTH G= STALL LINE LENGTH 0 -STALL DEPTH INTERLOCK E AISLE WIDTH F WALL TO INTERLOCK G INTERLOCK TO INTERLOCK H WALL TO WALL I AISLE WIDTH J WALL TO INTERLOCK K INTERLOCK TO INTERLOCK L WALL TO WALL OQ 20 g}I -- --lb* -- -- 26, 20 -- __ NI :36; 45° - 9 .- • •12.7 - 17.7 -25:6 16.2 ' 10* 43.9 42.4 45.4 20 53.9 - g2,,¢ 55.4 600 9 10:4 19.8 22.8 18 14* 51.8 50 53.6 20 57.8 56 • 59.8 900 9 .s 9 18 18 -- .24 -- -- 60. :24 •-- -- 60 Aisle width dimension is for aisle of less than 150 feet in length. Longer - aisle will require aisle width increase_to 17 feet to allow cars to pass.. - SECTION 3. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby expressly repealed. SECTION 4. That the necessity of immediately making aforesaid change forthepurpose of maintaining at all times a comprehensive zoning ordinance for the City of Corpus Christi creates 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 irlayor or Council members having declared that such emergency and necessity exist, -having- requested the suspension of the Charter rule and that this ordin- ance- be passed finally on -the date of its introduction and take effect and be `in-f4Tl force and-effect—from and after its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO -ORDAINED, this )Z day of , 1981. At thsT: _-Ci Secretary- APPROVEDDAY =OF tir , 1981 J. -BRUCE AYCOCK, CITY-A*RNEY THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS Corpus Christi, Texas day of , 1981 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL Corpus Christi, Texas For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance or resolution, an emergency exists requiring suspension of the Charter rule as to consideration and voting upon ordinances or resolutions at three regular meetings; I/we, therefore, request that you suspend said Charter rule and pass this ordinance or resolution finally on the date it is, introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council. Respectfully, Respectfully, ouncil Members MAY THE C OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS The above ordinance was passed by the following vote: Luther Jones Betty N. Turner Jack K. Dumphy Bob Gulley Herbert L. Hawkins, Jr. Dr. Charles W. Kennedy Cliff Zarsky 16156.