Ordinance No. 3,899C.
Published: THE BAYTOWN sum 40712-1 4
Tuesday, July 17, 1984
Wednesday, July 18, 1984
ORDINANCE NO. 3899
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COLINCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 27, - AJBDIVISIM4V BY
AMENDING SECTION 27 -33 (b) (3), TO REQUIRE TOWNHOUSES TO
HAVE AT LEAST ONE COMMON WALL WITH ANOTHER UNIT;
REPEALING ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT FEREWr" CONTAiI04G A
SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDM A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND pROVKWG
FOR THE PUBUCATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOW 4,
TEXAS:
Section 1: That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Baytown is anxwX d
by the amendment of Chapter 27, "Subdivisions," by amending Section 27 -33 (b) (3),
which shall read as follows:
Sec. 27 -33 (b) Townhouse uwbdivWan requirements.
(3) Lots
a. Lot area shall be a minimum of two thousand five hundred
(2,500) square feet, except as provided herein below.
b. Lot width shall be a minimum of twenty -four (24) feet,
except as provided herein below.
C. Lot size may be reduced under the provision that open
space, as defined herein, is provided according to the following
schedule: For every one hundred (100) square feet of open space
per lot provided, the minimum lot area may be reduced by two
hundred (200) square feet and the width of the lot may be
reduced as shown below. No lot shall, however, have a lot area
of less than two thousand (2,000) square feet or a width of less
than twenty (20) feet.
Open Space Provided Minimum Minimum
per Dwelling Unit Lot Lot Area Lot Width
0 square feet 2,500 square feet 2-1 feet
100 square feet 2,300 square feet 23 feet
200 square feet 2,100 square feet 21 feet
250 square feet 2,000 square feet 20 feet
Open space must be provided in increments as shown above, and credit
will not be allowed on a proportionate basis. The dedication, location
and use of open space shall in all cases be subject to the approval of
the commission.
Section 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the terms
of this ordinance are hereby repealed, provided however, that such repeal shall be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.
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Section 3: If any provision, section, exception, subsection, paragrrph,
sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance or the application of same to any
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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
:y. this ordinance or their application to other persons or sets of circumstances and to
this end all provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable.
j` Section 4: An
Y Person who shall violate any provision of this ordinance shell
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine
of not more than Two Hundred and No /100 ($20p.C(l) Dollars.
Section 5: This Ordinance shall take effect from and after ten (10) days from
its passage by the City Council. The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice
hereof by causing the caption of this ordinance to be published in the official
newspaper of the City of Baytown at least twice within ten (10) days after the
Passage of this ordinance.
INTRODUCED, READ, and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City
Council of the City of Baytown, this the 12Th day of July, 1984.
mayor
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