HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-4619 - Ordinance - 09/11/2025ORDINANCE NO.2025-4619
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING 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, BY
AMENDING THE DEFINITION OF 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" 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 111h day of September, 2025.
ATTEST:
City Secretary
APPROVED:
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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 by amending the definition of "family" to read as follows:
Sec. 11.2. - Defined Terms.
"Family: A family is any number of persons occupying a single dwelling unit. The term family
shall not be construed to mean a club, a lodge, or a fraternity or sorority house."