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HomeMy WebLinkAbout18046 ORD - 01/18/1984TEXAS: AN ORDINANCE • AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF.THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI BY AMENDING ARTICLE 25, SPECIAL PERMIT REGULATIONS, SECTION 25-1 AND DELETING SECTION 25-2 IN ITS ENTIRETY; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. r BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, SECTION 1. That the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Corpus Christi is hereby•amended by amending Article 25, Special Permit Regulations, so that Section 25-1 hereafter reads as follows: Section 25-1 Where the Commission is considering a change in zoning from an existing zoning classification to a • broader classification, where it is shown to the Commission at the hearing on the application for a change in zoning that the applicant has plans in sufficient detail as to show ° in full the proposed use of the buildings, structures, and premises and the provisions for sufficient off-street parking facilities, screening walls or fences, and landscaping, ,together with sufficient open space as to create a' transition between a lesser and more restricted district and the Commission, from evidence offered at such hearing and a review and study of such plans and statements made at the hearing finds that the proposed use and the effect upon surrounding property will not adversely affect the public health safety morals and general welfare and further finds that ample off-street parking facilities and • such safeguards as are required by the Commission have been agreed to be provided by the applicant for the protection of surrounding property, persons and neighborhood values, may, within its discretion by a majority vote of the Commission, make the following recommendation to the City Council: (A) That a special permit for such area be granted; provided there be included with such recommendation a site plan which shall indicate all the requirements determined to be necessary to provide for the protection of surrounding property, , persons, and neighborhood values together with the recommendations of the Commission as to the requirements for the paving of streets, alleys, sidewalks, driveways, parking lots, means of ingress and egress to the public street, provisions for drainage,- parking space and street layouts, and protective screening and open space. • k$bl d G d S .m,CROFILMt 18046 K ! : After receiving the recommendation from the Commission, the Council may, after public hearing as provided for zoning changes, grant the change of zoning, deny the change of zoning, or grant a special permit, and which permit is granted only in accordance with the same standards outlined in subparagraph (A) above; provided, however, that when the action taken by the Council is less restrictive as to use or as to density than the recommendation of the Commission, said Council action shall not be effective except by an affirmative vote of a majority plus one of the members present and voting. Every special permit granted by the Council shall be considered as an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance as applicable to such property. In granting such permit the City Council may grant same for such limited period of time as the Council may decide and may impose conditions which shall be complied with by the grantee before certificate of occupancy may be issued by the Building Inspector for such use of the buildings and improvements on such conditions shall not be construed as conditions precedent to the granting of a certificate of occupancy. Any such special permit shall be deemed to have expired within one (1) year of the date of the granting of the same unless the premises are actually being used under said permit; provided that additional time may be granted on motion by the Council or provided in the permit at the time of the granting of the same. Whenever the use for which the permit is granted is for any reason terminated, the permit shall be deemed to have expired. Whenever any motion or vote on a proposed ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance under this subsection has failed to receive a sufficient affirmative vote to be effective, unless some other action is taken by the Council at said meeting of the Council which has a sufficient affirmative vote to be effective, the proposed change in zoning or grant • of a special permit shall be deemed denied. SECTION 2. That the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Corpus Christi is hereby amended by amending Article 25, Special Permit Regulations, so that Section 25-2 is deleted in its entirety. SECTION 3. That upon written request of the Mayor or five Council members, copy attached, to find and declare an emergency due to the need for the immediate amendment to the Zoning Ordinance to promote the health,, safety, and economic development of the City, such finding of an emergency is made and declared requiring suspension of the Charter rule as to consideration and voting upon ordinances or resolutions at three regular meetings so that this ordinance is passed and shall take effect upon first reading as an emergency measure this the 18th day of January, 1984. ATTEST: ae itp etary ��e MAYOR APPROVED: /g tDAY OF JANUARY, 1984 2S .truce Aycockftity Attorney THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS Corpus Christi, Texas / Yu'K��//day of , 198 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, MAY Council Members THE I;ITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS The above ordinance was passed : the following vote: Luther Jones Betty N. Turner David Berlanga, Sr. Leo Guerrero Dr. Charles W. Kennedy Joe McComb Frank Mendez Mary Pat Slavik • 19046