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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1725 1 ORDINANCE NO. 1725 AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS AMENDING ORDINANCE 1080, THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE, TO ESTABLISH REGULATIONS REGARDING ACCESSORY BUILDINGS; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning commission of the Ci ty of North Richland Hills has forwarded a recommendation to the City Council for amendment of Ordinance No. 1080, the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, by changing the said ordinance as set forth herein. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS: 1. THAT, the language contained in section 24.7.1 be deleted and that Section 24.7.1 be hereby amended to read as follows: 24.7.1 TEMPORARY AND PORTABLE TYPE ACCESSORY BUILDINGS Temporary and portable accessory buildings which are not placed on a permanent foundation nor on a corner lot shall be allowed in any residential district or in the AG - Agricultural District when located not less than eighty (80') feet from the front property line nor less than three (3') feet from any other property line and shall comply with the following additional requirements: A. HEIGHT - Maximum of fifteen (15') feet. B. AREA - Maximum of two hundred (200) square feet. C. NUMBER ALLOWED - Two (2) per lot. D. REAR YARD OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENT Temporary and portable accessory buildings shall have no effect on the Rear Yard Open Space requirement of the District. E. SPECIAL CORNER LOT PROVISION - An accessory building on a corner lot shall not extend across the side setback line adjacent to the side street. F. USE - An accessory building shall not be used for a business or dwelling purpose. 2 2. THAT, the language contained in section 24.7.2 be deleted and that section 24.7.2 be hereby amended to read as follows: 24.7.2 PERMANENT TYPE ACCESSORY BUILDINGS Accessory buildings placed on a permanent foundation shall be allowed in any residential district or in the AG - Agricultural District and shall meet the minimum building line setback requirements of the Zoning District and shall comply with the following additional requirements: A. HEIGHT - Maximum of fifteen (15') feet. B. AREA - The total area of all permanent accessory buildings shall not occupy more than thirty (30) percent of the Rear Yard Open Space area. C. NUMBER ALLOWED - Two (2) per lot. D. REAR YARD OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENT - Permanent accessory buildings shall have no effect on the Rear Yard Open Space requirement of the District. E. MASONRY REQUIREMENT All permanent accessory buildings containing two hundred (200) square feet, or more, 1n area shall comply with the masonry requirements of the District. F. EASEMENTS - No permanent accessory building shall be located within or encroach upon any utility or drainage easement. G. USE - An accessory building shall not be used for a business or dwelling purpose. 3. THAT, Section 24.7.3 be added to read as follows: 24.7.3 ADDITIONAL AGRICULTURAL ACCESSORY BUILDING REQUIREMENTS Accessory buildings located in the AG - Agricultural District and the R-l-S Residential District which are used as stables, barns or for the housing of animals shall be exempt from the height limit and masonry requirement contained in section 24.7.2. 4. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. That it is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the section, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, 3 clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared invalid or unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidi ty or unconsti tutionali ty shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs or sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such invalid or unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section. 5. SAVINGS CLAUSE. That Ordinance 1080, The Zoning Ordinance of the City of North Richland Hills, Texas, as amended, shall remain in full force and effect, save and except as amended by this ordinance. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as provided by the North Richland Hills Charter and the laws of the state of Texas. APPROVED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION THIS 14thDAY OF MARCH 1991. SECRE'l'ARY PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL THIS 8th 1991 DAY OF APRIL ~7ß.~ ATTEST: · LEGAL AFFIDAVIT THE STATE OF TEXAS: COUNTY OF TARRANT Before me, the undersigned authority on this day personally ap- peared P. L. LaMon t known to me to be a credible person, who first being sworn, deposed and upon her oath said: That she is the CLAR of the MID CITIES NEWS, a newspa- per which has been regularly and continùously published and of general circulation in the City/I'own of N. RICHLANDS HILL,sfor a period of .more than one year next preceding the first publication of the attached LEGAL and that he caused said notice to be published in said newspaper on the following date(s). o~./ /7/ N~~lNG f.~~~~~~ 7301 Northeast Loop 820: to consider proposed amendments to Ordinance #1080 CZonlng OrdInance) regarding: Accessory Buildings TV Satellite Receiver Disc /s/ Tommv ...... Mayor I~J:=~¡/ ATTACH LEGAL COpy BEaE That the attached is a true and correct copy of said notice as publiahed on said dateCs) in said ~þ ~ Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the.2:L day of ~. 19..fÎL /,'---~:;~-t- ~\x-N'<\~CM- ( , Notary Public, ", '----_._._ TARRANT County, Tex..