HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 866-99 08-24-1999
• ORDINANCE NO. 866-99
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SUBSECTION C "USES
PERMITTED" OF SECTION 12 "C-1 RESTRICTED
COMMERCIAL" AND SUBSECTION C "USES PERMITTED"
OF SECTION 13 "C-2 GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT"
OF CHAPTER 12 "ZONING" OF THE RICHLAND HILLS
CODE OF ORDINANCES, TO DELETE THE
REQUIREMENT FOR SPECIAL USE PERMITS FOR
RESTAURANTS, CAFES AND OTHER EATING
ESTABLISHMENTS; AMENDING SUBSECTION H "SIGN
POSTING" OF SECTION 23 "AMENDMENTS" OF CHAPTER
12 "ZONING" OF THE RICHLAND HILLS CODE OF
ORDINANCES, TO REVISE REQUIREMENTS FOR
INFORMATION TO BE PLACED ON SIGNS ADVISING OF
PROPOSED ZONING CHANGES; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE
AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, current ordinances of the City of Richland Hills, Texas, require special use
permits for uses such as bakeries, cafes, ice cream shops and restaurants; and
• WHEREAS, the Richland Hills Planning and Zoning Commission has conducted work
shops and has recommended that said special use permit requirement be removed; and
WHEREAS, the Richland Hills Planning and Zoning Commission has also considered the
wording currently required for signs posted on property proposed to be rezoned, and has
recommended that such wording requirements be revised; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Richland Hills, Texas, after considering the
recommendations of the Planning and Zoning Commission, finds and determines that the changes
hereinafter set forth, as recommended by the Planning and Zoning Commission, would promote the
health, safety and general welfare of the citizens of the City of Richland Hills.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS:
I.
That Item (5) under Subsection C "USES PERMITTED" of Section 12 "C-1 RESTRICTED
COMMERCIAL" of Chapter 12 "ZONING" of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Richland
Hills, Texas, as amended, be hereby amended to hereafter be and read as follows:
• ORDINANCE NO. PAGE 1
• (5) Bakeries, cafes, confectioneries, ice cream shops and restaurants which prepare food
stuffs for on-site retail sale only;
II.
That Item (51) under Subsection C "USES PERMITTED" of Section 13 "C-2 GENERAL
COMMERCIAL DISTRICT" of Chapter 12 "ZONING" of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Richland Hills, Texas, as amended, be hereby amended to hereafter be and read as follows:
(51) Restaurants;
III.
That Subsection H "SIGN POSTING" of Section 23 "AMENDMENTS" of Chapter 12
"ZONING" of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Richland Hills, Texas, as amended, be hereby
amended to hereafter be and read as follows:
H. SIGN POSTING
The administrative official shall have at least one (1) sign erected on the property to
be rezoned which sign shall have a total area of at least four (4) square feet. Such
sign or signs shall, if possible, be located adjacent to streets. Such sign shall be
• erected on or before the first date of the first notice to property owners and shall be
removed immediately after final action by the city council or when the applicant
withdraws the request, whichever comes first. The sign shall state that a zoning
change has been requested, for information to call the City of Richland Hills
Community Development Department, and shall provide a telephone number. The
erection or continued maintenance of signs shall not be deemed a condition precedent
to the granting of any zoning change or holding of any public hearing.
IV.
Severability Clause. That it is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that
the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are severable, and if any
phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared invalid or
unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such
invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences,
paragraphs and sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City
Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such invalid or unconstitutional phrase,
clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
• ORDINANCE NO. 866-99
PAGE 2
V.
Saving Clause. That Chapter 12 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Richland Hills, Texas,
as amended, shall remain in full force and effect, save and except as amended by this ordinance.
VI.
Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and
publication as provided by the Richland Hills City Charter and the laws of the State of Texas.
PRESENTED, GIVEN FIRST READING AND APPROVED at a regular meeting of the
Richland Hills City Council on the 24thday of August, 1999, by a vote of 4 ayes, 0 nays,
and 0 abstentions.
~ ~ ~ • APPROVED:
t' '
~
' '
. ~
`I ' J C. F. Kelley, ayor
ATTEST: ~ ° ~ ~ ~ '
. a
, Y
r,., l A 1 ~ ~ 4 '
\
Tern Willis, City Secretary
APP VED AS TO FO AND LEGALITY:
s A. Cribbs, City Attorney
G:\Docs\R\RHills\Ord -restaurant permit -zoning signs.wpd
ORDINANCE NO. 866-99 PAGE 3