Ordinance No. 952F"
ORDINANCE NO. 952
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, BY THE AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER
27, SUBDIVISIONS, BY THE AMENDMENT OF SECTION 27- 33(h.)
THEREOF, SO AS TO ALLOW THE PLANNING & ZONING COM-
MISSION THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS CON-
CERNING THE MAXIMUM BLOCK LENGTH FOR RESIDENTIAL
STREETS; REPEALING ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH;
CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE
EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN:
Section 1: That the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Baytown, Texas, is hereby amended by amending Chapter
27, Subdivisions, by the amendment of Section 27-33(h) thereof,
which shall read as follows, to -wit:
Section 27 -33. Streets.
(h) Block length
(1) Maximum block length for resi-
dential, 1,200 feet, measured
along the center of the block,
except under special conditions
and upon approval by the Planning
and Zoning Commission.
(2) Maximum block length along a
major thoroughfare, 1,600 feet,
except under special conditions
and upon approval by the Planning
and Zoning Commission.
Section 2: Repealing _Clause: All ordinances or
parts of ordinances inconsistent with the terms of this or-
dinance are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such
repeal shall be only to the extent of such inconsistency
and in all other respects this ordinance shall be cumulative
of other ordinances regulating and governing the subject
matter covered by this ordinance.
Section 3: Savings Clause: If any provision,
section, exception, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause
or phrase of this ordinance or the application of same to
any person or set of circumstances, shall for any reason be
held unconstitutional, void or invalid, such invalidity shall
not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this
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ordinance or their application to other persons or sets of
circumstances and to this end all provisions of this ordi-
nance are declared to be severable.
Section 4: Effective Date: This ordinance shall
take effect from and after its passage by the City Council.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative
vote of the City Council of the City of Baytown, this the
12th day of December, 1968.
Seaborn Cravey, Mayor
ATTEST:
Edna Oliver, City Clerk
APPROVED:
William R. Laughlin, City Attorney