HomeMy WebLinkAbout18508 ORD - 10/09/1984AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS OF THE PLATTING ORDINANCE:
SECTION IV, DESIGN STANDARDS, G, PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS,
PARAGRAPH 1 BY ADDING A NEW SUBPARAGRAPH (d) IN REGARD TO
WETLANDS NOT BEING ACCEPTED AS SATISFYING PARK DEDICATION
AND RENUMBERING SUBPARAGRAPHS (d),(e), (f), and (g) to (e),
(f), (g) and (h); SECTION II, DEFINITIONS, BY ADDING A NEW
PARAGRAPH J DEFINING WETLANDS; SECTION IV, DESIGN STANDARDS,
G, PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS, PARAGRAPH 1 BY AMENDING
SUBPARAGRAPH (b) IN REGARD TO DEPOSITING MONEY IN LIEU OF
PARK DEDICATION; AND SECTION III, PROCEDURE B. GENERAL
PROCEDURE, PARAGRAPHS 3, 4, 6, AND 7 IN REGARD TO SPECIFIC
TIMES FOR SUBMISSION OF PLATS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That Section IV, Design Standards, Paragraph G, Parks and
Playgrounds, Subparagraph 1(d) of the Platting Ordinance be and is hereby
amended to read as follows, and subparagraphs (d), (e), (f), and (g) are
renumbered as (e), (f), (g), and (h):
rr d. Within any residential subdivision that includes
wetlands which would require an individual permit from the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the discharge of fill or
dredge material, those wetlands shall be excluded from the
calculation of land area which must satisfy the park
requirement as described herein. Additionally, those
wetlands will,;not be accepted as satisfaction of the park
requirement. Determination of those wetlands shall be made
by a representative of the U.S. Array Corps of Engineers and
shall be the responsibility of the developer.
Wetlands which may not be accepted as satisfaction of the
park requirement may be donated as a gift to the City for
use as passive recreational open space. "
SECTION 2. That Section II, Definitions, of the Platting Ordinance
be and is hereby amended by adding Paragraph J to read as follows:
rr J. Wetlands --those areas that are inundated or saturated
by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration
sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances
do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for
life in saturated soil conditions. Wetlands generally
include swamps, marshes, bogs and similar areas."
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SECTION 3. That Section IV, Design Standards, Paragraph G, Parks and
Playgrounds, Subparagraph 1(b) of the Platting Ordinance be and is hereby
amended to read as follows:
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(b) Within any residential subdivision of 20 acres or more,
located within the city or within the area of
extraterritorial jurisdiction of the city, the subdivider
shall be required to dedicate 5 percent of the total area of
the subdivision for park purposes at a location to be
designated by the Planning Commission. However, within any
residential subdivision of 20 acres or more containing lots
of one (1) acre or larger, the subdivider shall have the
right to request that the park dedication be satisfied by
depositing monies in accordance with paragraph (a) (2)
above. The subdivider shall also be required to file
restrictive covenants to provide that these lot areas shall
not be reduced until a satisfactory replat of such
subdivision or portion thereof is approved by the Planning
Commission. The plat shall be submitted to the Park Board
for review and recommendation as to the designation of land
for park purposes or monies in lieu of park land dedication.
To be considered by the Commission, such recommendation
shall be submitted to the Department of Planning by the
Monday prior to the Planning Commission meeting at which the
plat is scheduled to be considered."
SECTION 4. That Section III, Procedure, Subsection B, General
Procedure, Paragraphs 3, 4, 6, and 7 of the Platting Ordinance be and is hereby
amended to read as follows:
" 3. Type I and II plats shall be submitted to the Planning
Department no later than 19 days prior to the date at which
formal consideration of the plat is to be made by the
Planning Commission.
4. Type II plats shall be submitted to the Planning
Department no later than 33 days prior to the date at which
formal consideration of the plat is to be made by the
Planning Commission.
6. The Staff Plats Committee, as designated by the Director
of Planning, shall meet at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday 9 work days
from the submission date.
7. On Tuesday prior to the Planning Commission meeting,
corrected plats shall be submitted no later than 12:00 noon.
Failure to meet this deadline shall require a resubmittal of
the plat as if it were a new submission."
SECTION 5. That upon written request of the Mayor or five Council
members, copy attached, to find and declare an emergency due to the immediate
need for efficient and effective administration of City affairs by amending the
the Platting Ordinance as aforesaid, 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 9th day of October, 1984.
ATTEST:
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APPROVED: q DAY OF OCTOBER, 1984
J. BRUCE AYCOCK, CITY ATTORNEY
MAYOR
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THE CIT" OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
Corpus Christi, Texas
Q U\day of P790r1mm , 19811.
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,
Council Members
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Luther Jones
Betty N. Turner 9(�
David Berlanga, Sr. G)
Welder Brown
Leo Guerrero
Dr. Charles W. Kennedy
Joe McComb
Frank Mendez
Mary Pat Slavik
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STATE OF TEXAS, t„:
County of Nueces. J
PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT
Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came.
MARGARET RAMAGE first duly sworn, according to law, says that he is the
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of the Corpus Christi Caller and The Corpus Christi Times,
Daily Newspapers published at Corpus Christi, Texas,, in said County and State, and that the publication of
NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE#18508 AMENDING THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS
of which the annexed is a true copy, was published in Caller -Times Publishi_n�Co.
on the •15thaay of _._OCTOBER .19_8_4, and once each I.AX_._..._..thereafter for QAe
consecutive day
one
Times.
47.30 MARGARET RAMAGE
Subscribed and sworn to before me this..._ 24th
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Was passed and approved
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•) of Corpus Christi. Texas on
da the 9th day of October, 1984.
tor. The full text of said ordinance
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e, Office of the City Secretary.
• -s-Bill G. Read City Secretary
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