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ORDINANCE 0-92-886
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE, SECTION 27.2, TO ALLOW
ISSUANCE OF BUILDING PERMITS FOR PROPERTY IMPROVEMENTS ON UNPLATTED
LAND UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES; AND
DIRECTING PUBLICATION
the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Colleyville, Section
27.2 provides that no building permit shall be issued
unless the property has been platted of record; and
it has been the policy of the City of Colleyville to
allow the issuance of plumbing permits, electrical
permits and mechanical permits for unplatted land parcels
but not building permits for structural modifications on
unplatted land parcels; and
EHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Colleyville desires to
allow the issuance of building permits for unplatted land
parcels for property improvements such as room additions,
structural remodeling and construction of swimming pools
and accessory buildings where a principal residential
structure exists;
EC 2.
NOW, THEREFORE,
BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEYVILLE,
THAT the Zoning Ordinance, Section 27.2 is hereby
repealed.
THAT the Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended to add a
revised Section 27.2 which shall read:
27.2 BUILDING PERMITS REQUIRED - No building or other
structure shall be erected, moved, added to, or
structurally altered without a permit therefor
where aplicable, and issued by the administrative
official. No building permit shall be issued by
the administrative official except in conformity
with the provisions of this ordinance, unless he
receives a written order from the Zoning Board of
Adjustment in the form of an administrative review,
special exception, or variance as provided by this
ordinance. No building permit shall be issued
unless the property has been platted of record,
except that a building permit may be issued for
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unplatted property meeting all of the following
five criteria:
a. The parcel is a "lot of record" as defined
herein; and
b.
Right-of-way and easements
Master Plan roads or
facilities exist; and
sufficient for
drainage/utility
c. The parcel adjoins an approved public street;
and
d. The parcel contains a principal residential
use in a residential structure; and
EC. 3.
e. The requested construction permit(s) and all
construction permits issued for the parcel
within the past three years allow improvements
whose combined value does not exceed 50% of
the appraised value of the parcel as shown in
the current parcel record of the Tarrant
Appraisal District.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the
provisions of this ordinance as read with the Zoning
Ordinance of the City of Colleyville thereto shall be
guil ty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall
be fined in a sum not to exceed Two Thousand Dollars
($2,000.00). Each and every day such violation continues
shall constitute a separate offense and shall be
punishable as such.
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The City Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to
cause publication of the descriptive caption and penalty
clause hereof as an alternative method of publication
provided by law.
o IT IS SO ORDERED.
first reading and public hearing being conducted on the 11~
of ~DUQ~~~r ,1992.
second reading and public hearing being conducted on the I~.!
of .J).u..fW\.b~r , 1992.
third reading and public hearing being conducted on the Is*i
of f)tp.em-Iot.(" , 1992.
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Richard Newton
Mayor