HomeMy WebLinkAbout2002-2544 - Ordinance - 01/24/2002ORDINANCE NO. 2544
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 9, "SUBDIVISIONS" OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, BY ADDING
CERTAIN SECTIONS AS SET OUT BELOW, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE, DECLARING A PENALTY, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, there are certain areas within the City of College Station that are served by
aging infrastructure and facilities that are not designed to accommodate increases in the area
density or handle additional development:
WHEREAS, the existing codes and regulations related to subdivision, platting and replatting,
do not adequately protect these areas from incompatible increases in density; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to ensure that development and redevelopment within
older subdivisions does not exceed the capacity of existing infrastructure; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION,
TEXAS:
PART 1:
Chapter 9, "Subdivisions", of the Code of Ordinances of the City of College
Station, Texas, be amended as set out in Exhibit "A", attached hereto and made a
part of this ordinance for all purposes.
PART 2:
That if any provisions of any section of this ordinance shall be held to be void or
unconstitutional, such holding shall in no way effect the validity of the remaining
provisions or sections of this ordinance, which shall remain in full force and
effect.
PART 2:
That any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this
chapter 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) nor
more than Two Thousand Dollars ($2000.00). Each day such violation shall
continue or be permitted to continue, shall be deemed a separate offense. Said
Ordinance, being a penal ordinance, becomes effective ten (10) days after its date
of passage by the City Council, as provided by Section 35 of the Charter of the
City of College Station.
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SECTION 18:
PLATTING AND REPLATTING WITHIN OLDER RESIDENTIAL
SUBDIVISIONS
18-A.
This section applies to all property in which any portion of that property meets the following
criteria:
18-A.1
Any portion of the property is currently zoned or developed for single family
residential uses as of January 1, 2002 with the exception of NG-1, NG-2 and
NG-3 zoning districts; and,
18-A.2
The subject property is part of a lot or building plot that was created prior to
July 15, 1970. This also includes lots that may have been vacated or
replatted after July 15, 1970 but where the original plat predates July 15,
1970.
18-B.
18-C.
In addition to the other provisions of this ordinance, no plat, replat, vacating and resubdividing
plat or other plat intended to provide for the resubdivision of an existing lot or lots in a
residential subdivision may be approved unless:
18-B.1
The plat does not create an additional lot or building plot.
18-B.2
A plat which does create an additional lot or building plot must meet or
exceed the average width of the lots along the street frontage, for all lots in
the block and contain at least 8,500 square feet of space for each dwelling
unit.
For the purpose of this section, a lot shall be defined to include the lot, lots
and/or portions of lots that have been combined and used as a residential
plot, as of the effective date of this ordinance.
It is the applicant's responsibility to provide documentation during the application process
regarding the original plat in which the lot was created.
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PASSED, ADOPTED and APPROVED this 24th day of January 2002.
APPROVED:
Lynn l~cllhaney, Mayor
ATTEST:
C 6nnie'l-I'o~ks,-'City ge~r-eta~
APPROVED:
Cit~ Attome~5~
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