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ORDINANCE NO. 2214
AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 1874, THE
ZONING ORDINANCE, TO ESTABLISH REGULATIONS FOR ASSISTED LIVING CENTERS; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission has determined the need to establish regulations for
assisted living centers, and
WHEREAS, after appropriate notice and public hearing, the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of
North Richland Hills, Texas, has forwarded a recommendation to the City Council for amendment of
Ordinance No. 1874 by changing said Zoning Ordinance as set forth herein; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS:
1.
THAT, Section 310, Table of Permitted Uses, is hereby amended to insert the following:
A. Assisted Living Center shall be allowed by right in the C-1 District and elsewhere as a Planned
Development.
B. Assisted Living Center shall be allowed as a Planned Development elsewhere in the City.
2.
THAT, Appendix F, Schedule of Minimum Number of Parking Spaces is hereby amended to insert the
following:
A. Assisted Living Center .5 parking spaces per bed.
3.
THAT, Article 11, Definitions, is hereby amended to insert the following:
A. Assisted Living Center - A quasi-residential facility where room, board, and personal services are
provided within a structure containing multiple living quarters for seven or more elderly persons who are not
related to the owner. Personal care services include assistance with meals, dressing, movement, bathing, or
other personal needs or maintenance, or administration of medication by a person licensed to administer
medication, as defined by the Personal Care Facility Licensing Act, Section 247.002, Tex. Health and Safety
Code, V.T.CA
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, 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 invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect
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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 Number 1874, the Comprehensive 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 from and after its passage.
APPROVED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION THIS 26TH DAY OF JUNE, 1997.
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PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL THIS 28th DAY OF JULY, 1997.
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