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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 12, "UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE,"
SECTION 7.6.F, "BUFFER REQUIREMENTS, MINIMUM BUFFER STANDARDS," OF THE CODE
OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, BY AMENDING CERTAIN
SECTIONS AS SET OUT BELOW; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; DECLARING A
PENALTY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTNE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS:
PART 1: That Chapter 12, "Unified Development Ordinance," Section 7.6.F, "Buffer
Requirements, Minimum Buffer Standards," 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 provi-
sions 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.
PASSED, ADOPTED and APPROVED this 24th
ATTEST:
.onme Hooks, Ci y ecretary
day of May , 2007.
APPROVED:
MAYOR
APPROVED:
City Att ey
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EXHIBIT "A"
That Chapter 12, "Unified Development Ordinance," Section 7.6.F, "Buffer Requirements, Minimum
Buffer Standards," of the Code of Ordinances of the City of College Station, Texas, is hereby amended by
amending Buffer Requirements, Minimum Buffer Standards to read as follows:
F. Minimum Buffer Standards
The buffer requirements are designed to permit and encourage flexibility in the widths of
buffer yards, the number of plants required in the buffer yard, and opaque screens.
Standard buffer requirements are depicted in the table below.
DEVELOPING USE ABUTTING PARCEL*
(Use more restrictive of the zoning or the developed use.)
(Classification) Single-family
Residentialt Multi-Family
Residential~k Non-
Residential
Single-familyt N/A N/A N/A
Multi-Family %~ 10 (1) N/A N/A
Office 10 (1) N/A N/A
Commercial 15 (2) 10 (1) N/A
Industrial 25 (2) 15 (2) 5
SOB 50 (2) 50 (2) 50 (2)
~ Includes duplexes.
t Includes manufactured homes, mobile homes, manufactured home parks, and
townhouses.
* When an abutting parcel is vacant and zoned A-O, Agricultural Open, the
Administrator shall use the future land use of the property as designated on
the Comprehensive Land Use Plan in lieu of the zoning category in determining
the buffer requirement.
[number] Depth of buffer yard
(1) Fence
(2) Wall