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ORDINANCE 2184
AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS,
AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 1874, THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING
ORDINANCE, TO ESTABLISH THE MINIMUM HEIGHT OF MASONRY
SCREENING WALLS FOR HOTELS/MOTELS WHEN ABUTTING
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, after appropriate notice and public hearing the following recommendation is
submitted to the City Council of the City of North Richland Hills, Texas, by the Planning and
Zoning Commission; and
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of North Richland Hill, Texas, has
forwarded a recommendation to the City Council for the amendment of Ordinance No. 1874,
the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, by changing the said 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 320. Special Land Use Regulation, Number 14 for Hotels/Motels be hereby
amended to read as follows:
(14) Hotel/Motel - Must have ten or more units and include a check-in lounge. A masonry
screening wall, not less than eight (8) feet in height, shall be required when a hotel/motel is
abutting residential property.(See Section 920)
2.
THAT, Article 9, Landscaping, Buffering, and Screening Regulations be amended to insert the
following paragraph as Section 920 B NO.5:
Section 920 B NO.5 Screening Wall Required, Motel/Hotel Abutting Residential Districts A
Permanent screening wall of masonry type construction, not less than eight (8) feet in height
shall be erected for any Motel or Hotel development which abuts any residential zoning district.
This regulation shall be applicable to all new construction; or any proposed building remodeling,
alteration, addition, or expansion in which the value of the proposed building remodeling,
alteration, addition, or expansion, exceeds seventy five percent of the current appraised value
of the existing structures, excluding the value of the land; or any proposed building addition
intended to increase the square footage of the building by thirty percent or greater. The
permanent screening wall shall be constructed along the entire length of the common property
line between such properties, and within the property required to erect the screening wall.
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3.
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 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.
4.
EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage.
APPROVED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION THIS 27th DAY OF February
1997.
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PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL THIS 24TH DAY OF MARCH 1997.
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