HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-2492 - Ordinance - 02/08/2001ORDINANCE NO. 2492
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 SEVERABILrrY 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 capadty of existing infrastructurea; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OE 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 3:
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 ($2,000.00). 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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PASSED, ADOPTED and APPROVED this 8th day of February, 2001.
APPROVED:
Lynn McIlhaney (
ATTEST:
City ~ecretary Connie I-l'ooks
APPROVED:
City Attort~
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EXHIBIT "A"
That Chapter 9, "Subdivisions", of the Code of Ordinances of the City of College Station is hereby
amended by adding a new Section 18 to read as follows:
SECTION 18: PL&TTING AND REPLATrlNG WITHIN
OLDER RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS
18-A.
In addition to the other provisions of this ordinance, no application for 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 created prior to July 15, 1970, may be considered for
approval unless:
18-A.1 The plat does not create an additional lot or building plot.
18-A.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 def'med 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.
18-A.3 This moratorium on an application for a change to a plat shall apply to the following
areas:
Area A-
An area bounded by Texas Avenue, Holleman Drive, Glade Avenue,
Southwest Parkway, Wellborn Road and George Bush Drive and reflected
in Illustration A below.
Illustration A
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Area B-
An area bounded by Texas Avenue, University Drive, Tarrow Street,
Lincoln Avenue, University Drive, the Earl Rudder Freeway and Harvey
Road and reflected in Illustration B beloxv.
Illustration B
18-B. Expiration of Section 18
This section and subsections shall expire on January 1, 2002.
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