HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-3236 - Ordinance - 02/25/2010ORDINANCE NO. 2010-3231
, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 12, "UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE,"
SECTION 7.9.A, "NON-RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS, APPLICABILITY," AND
SECTION 11.2, "DEFINED TERMS," OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION, TEAS, BY AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS AS SET OUT BELOW; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; DECLARING A PENALTY; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTN~DATE.
BE IT ORDAIlVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEAS:
PART 1: That Chapter 12, "Unified Development Ordinance," Section 7.9.A, "Non-Residential
. Architectural Standards, Applicability," and 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: 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 orsections ofthis ordinance, which shall remain in full force and effect.
PART 3: That any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions ofthis chapter shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by
a f ne of not less than Twenty-five Dollars x$25.00} nor more than Two Thousand
Dollars x$2,000.00}. Each day such violation shall continue or be permitted to continue,
shall be deemed a separate offense. Said Ordinance, being a penal ordinance, becomes
effective ten X10} days after its .date of passage by the City Council, as provided by
Section 35 of the Charter of the City of College Station.
PASSED, ADOPTED and APPROVED this 25~' day of February, 2010.
APPROVED:
MAYOR
EST:
,
City Secretary
APPROVED:
_ City Attorney
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EXHIBIT "A"
That Chapter 12, "Unified Development ordinance," Section 7.9.A, "Non-Residential Architectural
Standards, Applicability" of the Code of ordinances of the City of College Station, Texas, is hereby
amended by amending the exemptions to read as follows:
7.9 Non-Residential Architectural Standards
A. Applicability
The design standards of this Section shall apply to development, redevelopment, and
facade changes to all non-residential buildings located in any zoning di$trict with the
exception of the M-1, M-2, R&D, NG-1, NG-2, and NG-3 districts. All buildings shall be
subject to the following standards. This applies to single tenant buildings, multiple tenant
buildings, and any grouping of attached or stand alone buildings and associated pad sites.
Exemptions: Churches; municipal industrial facilities; and private utility buildings that
are screened from public or private rights-of--way and adjacent properties.
That Chapter 12, "Unified Development ordinance," Section 11.2, "Defined Terms" of the Code of
ordinances of the City of College Station, Texas, is hereby amended by adding a definition of Industrial
to read as follows:
11.2 Defined Terms
Indu9trial, Municipal: A municipal use or structure that serves a public need and is primarily
engaged in the provision, distribution, collection, transmission, or disposal of water, storm
and sanitary sewage, electricity, information, and telecommunication, including structures
associated with private utilities; research and laboratory activities; warehousing and
distribution; bulk storage facilities operation; storage and maintenance of service vehicles;
cleaning of equipment; solid waste management; municipal recycling; public works yards,
container storage; or similar activity. ordinarily these areas have low parking turn-over, few
pedestrians, but a large amount of truck traffic.