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ORDINANCE NO. 70-10
A ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDING AND REPEALING PORTIONS OF ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 55-6 OF
THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, AS PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE 2nd
DAY OF AUGUST, A.D., 1955, TOGETHER WITH ALL AMENDMENTS THEREOF AND COMPILING, ENACTING
AND ADOPTING A COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE AND ZONING DISTRICT MAP, RETAINING THE
AREA WITHIN THE CORPORATE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE IN DISTRICTS IN ACCORDANCE
WITH EXISTING ZONING AND A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; DEFINING CERTAIN TERMS; REGULATING
THE LOCATION, SIZE, HEIGHT, BULK AND USE OF BUILDINGS IN SUCH RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS;
FIXING BUILDING LINES FOR EACH RESPECTIVE DISTRICT; FIXING THE PERCENTAGE ANY LOT
OR TRACT OF LAND TO BE OCCUPIED IN THE VARIOUS DISTRICTS; REGULATING THE SIZE OF ALLEYS,
COURTS AND OPEN SPACES IN EACH PARTICULAR DISTRICT; REGULATING THE DENSITY OF STRUCTURES,
BUILDINGS, INDUSTRY AND RESIDENCES AND THE ERECTION, REPAIR AND ALTERATION OF ALL
BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES IN EACH PARTICULAR DISTRICT; ADOPTING A CURRENT ZONING DISTRICT
MAP AND MAKING IT A PART OF THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR THE RETENTION OF THE LOCATION
AND OUTLINE OF ALL DISTRICTS ON SAID MAPS AND MAKING ALL FIGURES, LETTERS, MARKINGS
AND SYMBOLS ON SAID MAPS A PART OF THIS ORDINANCE; CREATING A BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
AND DEFINING ITS POWERS AND DUTIES; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE;
AUTHORIZING PUBLICATION OF THE DESCRIPTIVE CAPTION AND PENALTY CLAUSE THEREOF; PROVIDING
A SAVING CLAUSE; AND PRESERVING RIGHTS IN PENDING LITIGATION AND VIOLATIONS UNDER
EXISTING ORDINANCES; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, on the 2nd day on August, 1955, the City Council of the City of Grapevine,
Texas, in accordance with State of Texas Enabling Laws, V.T.C.A., Local Government
Code §§ 211.001 et seq., 371.041 et seq., did adopt a general Zoning Ordinance and
Zoning District Map which classified the area within the corporate boundaries into
various use districts and, from time to time, zoning changes and amendments have been
enacted and adopted and zoning districts have been expanded to cover territory annexed
to the City of Grapevine; and,
WHEREAS, through experience in administration of the Ordinance the City Council has
found the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Grapevine, Texas, as adopted August 2, 1955,
no longer affords full protection of the general welfare of the community and to the
individual citizens in the peaceful enjoyment of their homes and properties; and as
a result of urban growth and changing conditions has found it desirable in the interest
of promoting the health, safety, morals, convenience and general welfare of the people
to request the Planning and Zoning Commission to make a comprehensive study of the
Zoning Ordinance and existing land use and to recommend such changes in the Zoning
Ordinance and District Map as the Commission found appropriate and desirable; and,
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission, after one year's study, was of the opinion
that the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Grapevine should be changed in order to best
serve the public interest and general welfare, and to lessen the congestion in the
streets, to provide increased safety from fire, panic and other dangers, to provide
adequate light and air, to prevent overcrowding of land, to avoid undue concentration
of population, and to facilitate the provisions of adequate transportation, water,
sewerage, schools, parks, and other requirements; and,
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission has made a preliminary report on the recommended
revisions of the Zoning Ordinance to the City Council; and,
WHEREAS, the zoning regulations and zoning district name designations as hereinafter
prescribed represent changes from the zoning regulations and zoning district name
designations as contained in the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Grapevine adopted
on the 2nd day of August, 1955, and as subsequently amended, and whereas such changes
have been made in the public interest after study and in accordance with a comprehensive
plan, and whereas development which occurred under the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance
adopted on the 2nd day of August, 1955, are recognized and insofar as existing land
use and conditions prescribed the zoning district boundaries prevailing under Ordinance
55-6 are retained; it being the declared purpose of the Ordinance to revise and bring
into conformance with changed conditions the zoning regulations and district name
designations and to preserve and protect the appropriate use of the land in the City
of Grapevine heretofore established; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Grapevine did give public notice in the official
publication of the City of Grapevine on November 20, 1969 of a public hearing on the
proposal to revise the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Grapevine and did on December
18, 1969, hold a public hearing in conformance to the notice given; and after affording
all persons whose property was affected or who had interest in the proposed zoning
revisions a full and fair opportunity to be heard, officially closed the hearing on
December 18, 1969 and, after considering all testimony and reviewing the proposed
zoning regulations and district name designations, determined that it would be in
the public interest and would, in their best judgment, promote the health, safety,
morals and general welfare and convenience of the people to adopt the proposed Zoning
Ordinance and district name designation revisions substantially as recommended by
the Planning and Zoning Commission.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE:
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