HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-4228 - Ordinance - 12/10/2020ORDINANCE NO. 2020-4228
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING APPENDIX A, “UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT
ORDINANCE,” ARTICLE 11, “DEFINITION,” SECTION 11.2, “DEFINED TERMS,” OF
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, BY
AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS RELATED TO THE DEFINITIONS OF
“RELATED” AND “FAMILY”; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
DECLARING A PENALTY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION,
TEXAS:
PART 1: That Appendix A, “Unified Development Ordinance,” Article 11, “Definitions,”
Section 11.2, “Defined Terms,” of the Code of Ordinances of the City of College
Station, Texas, be amended as set out in Exhibit “A” and Exhibit “B” attached
hereto and made a part of this Ordinance for all purposes.
PART 2: If any provision of this Ordinance or its application to any person or circumstances
is held invalid or unconstitutional, the invalidity or unconstitutionality does not
affect other provisions or application of this Ordinance or the Code of Ordinances
of the City of College Station, Texas, that can be given effect without the invalid
or unconstitutional provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this
Ordinance are severable.
PART 3: That any person, corporation, organization, government, governmental subdivision
or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association and any other legal
entity violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not less
than twenty five dollars ($25.00) and not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00)
or more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) for a violation of fire safety, zoning, or
public health and sanitation ordinances, other than the dumping of refuse. Each day
such violation shall continue or be permitted to continue, shall be deemed a separate
offense.
PART 4: This Ordinance is a penal ordinance and becomes effective ten (10) days after its
date of passage by the City Council, as provided by City of College Station Charter
Section 35.
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PASSED, ADOPTED and APPROVED this 10th day of December, 2020.
ATTEST: APPROVED:
_____________________________ _____________________________
City Secretary Mayor
APPROVED:
_______________________________
City Attorney
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Exhibit A
That Appendix A, “Unified Development Ordinance,” Article 11, “Definitions,” Section 11.2,
“Defined Terms,” of the Code of Ordinances of the City of College Station, Texas, is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 11.2. - Defined Terms.
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“Family: A family is any number of persons occupying a single dwelling unit, provided that no such family
shall contain more than four (4) persons, unless all members are related by blood, adoption, guardianship,
or marriage, are an authorized caretaker, or are part of a group home for disabled persons. When counting
the number of unrelated persons in a single dwelling unit, a maximum of one group of persons related by
blood, adoption, guardianship, marriage, an authorized caretaker, or members of a group home for disabled
persons shall be permitted, provided that all other persons shall each count as one unrelated person.
Guardianship shall include foster children, exchange students, or those in the process of securing legal
custody of a person under age 18. Any asserted common law marriage must be subject to an affidavit of
record under the family code, or a judicial determination. The term “family” shall not be construed to mean
a club, a lodge, or a fraternity/sorority house.”
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Exhibit B
That Appendix A, “Unified Development Ordinance,” Article 11, “Definitions,” Section 11.2,
“Defined Terms,” of the Code of Ordinances of the City of College Station, Texas, is hereby
amended by deleting the following language:
“Related: Persons are related when they are within the first or second degree of consanguinity or
affinity. Persons are not related by affinity unless lawfully married, and any asserted common law
marriage must be subject to an affidavit of record under the family code, or a judicial
determination.”