Ordinance No. 9,539ORDINANCE NO. 9539
• AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS,
IMPOSING A 90 -DAY MORATORIUM ON THE PLACEMENT OF STORM SEWER
PIPE AND /OR CULVERTS IN OPEN ROADSIDE DITCHES IN THE rUL1E ANN
VILLA SUBDIVISION; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
WHEREAS, on March 13, 2003, portions of the City of Baytown, including Julie Ann Villa
Subdivision, received in excess of 5 inches of rain over a three -hour period; and
WHEREAS, such rainfall event is greater than what the interior drainage system in Julie Ann
Villa Subdivision is designed to handle and thus caused internal drainage problems; and
WHEREAS, it is assumed that such problems were caused, in part, by the additional runoff from
other development in the area, which flows into an outfall channel adjacent to and servicing the Julie
Ann Villa Subdivision; and
WHEREAS, in order to mitigate the impact to the outfall channel and Cedar Bayou, Chambers
County Municipal Utility District No. I will be performing drainage improvements to the outfall
channel; and
WHEREAS, such improvements will entail deepening the outfall channel and cutting a new
channel directly to Cedar Bayou without increasing the 100 -year base flood elevation thereby bypassing
the Julie Ann Villa Subdivision; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires a reasonable period of time to study the effects of the
impending improvements, the impact that piping roadside ditches will have on the interior drainage
system in the Julie Ann Villa Subdivision, and the effectiveness of applicable codes and policies of the
City of Baytown; NOW THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
Section 1: That the City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, hereby imposes a
moratorium upon the placement of storm sewer pipe and/or culverts in open roadside ditches in the Julie
Ann Villa Subdivision, until applicable codes and policies have been reviewed and revised as
appropriate; provided that this moratorium shall expire ninety (90) days from the date of this ordinance
unless extended by further ordinance.
Section 2: That the moratorium established in Section 1 hereof shall have no application to
the placement of storm sewer pipe and/or culverts in open roadside ditches for the following properties
in the Julie Ann Villa Subdivision since the owners of such properties purchased storm sewer pipe
and/or culverts for installation prior to the effective date of this ordinance:
® 1. 207 S. Circle Drive,
2. 10010 Gloria, and
3. 322 Circle Drive.
Section 3: This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage by the City
Council of the City of Baytown.
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INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED, by the affirmative vote of the City Council of the City of
Baytown this the 27'h day of March, 2003.
ATTEST:
VY �T S _�"I, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
NACIO RAMaEZ, , City Attorney
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PETE C. ALFARO, Mayor