HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-13-72 TC MinMEETING OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
TOWN OF WESTLAKE, TEXAS
A joint meeting of the Board of Aldermen and Zoning
Commission of the Town of Westlake, Texas, was continued at
the Town Hall at the Circle T Ranch, on November 13, 1972, at
7:30 o'clock p.m.
This meeting was a continuation of a public hearing
for the consideration of the adoption of a. Comprehensive Zoning
Ordinance for the Town of Westlake.
Present were Mayor Harmon, Aldermen Burger, Campbell,
Odom, Cathy and Webster.
Present from the Zoning Commission were Messrs. White
and Foster. The other member- of the Zoning Commission,
Mr. Shaneck, was absent.
The meeting was called to order by the Mayor and the
minutes of the regularly scheduled meeting of October 16, 1972,
were read and approved.
The Mayor asked Mr. Foster, Chairman of the Zoning
Commission, for the Zoning Commission's recommendation on adop-
tion of a Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance and Map. Mr. White
reported that they had two objections,to the wording of the
ordinance and the City Attorney was called upon to explain that
the language used in the heading and in the Purpose Section was
language required by State law. Mr. Foster then stated that the
Zoning Commission did not recommend the adoption of the Compre-
hensive Zoning Ordinance and Map, as presented to it.
The meeting was further assured by the City Attorney
that the initial map which was presented and which was styled,
"Future Land Use Plan" was not being considered and had no
place in the actual planning for the future of the Town.
A considerable discussion was held concerning the
adoption of the Zoning plan. Mr. Henry Seeligson appeared
before the Council and stated that he had not had any previous
notice and that his family was concerned because they were
owners of a considerable amount of land in the Town. Another
interested citizen stated that he felt it was unfair that each
person in the town had not been given personal notice. Mr. Roach
explained that he had been unable to obtain an accurate list of
the residents of Westlake and their addresses, and that the
notice was published in the newspaper on advice of counsel and
in accordance with State law.
Alderman Odom moved that the public hearing be closed
and that the Council adopt the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance
of 1972, together with the Map as official zoning map, both as
amended; the motion was seconded by Alderman Burger and Ordinance
No. 49, styled the "Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of 1972," to-
gether with the Zoning Map, was adopted by a vote of 3 to 2.
There being no further business to come before the Board,
the meeting was adjourned.
APPROVED:
ATTEST:
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ORDINANCE NO. 49
TOWN OF WESTLAKE
COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE OF 1972
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE, TO BE KNOWN
AS THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE, PROVIDING FOR ZONING
REGULATIONS AND USE DISTRICTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH A COMPRE-
HENSIVE PLAN, WHICH, TOGETHER WITH THE ZONING MAP, WILL
CONSTITUTE THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE;
PROVIDING A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED $200.00 FOR EACH
OFFENSE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the governing body, after considering the
recommendations of the.Zoning Commission, made after the
holding of a joint public hearing as provided by Ordinance
and after issuing notices and holding a public hearing and
affording every person whose property was affected or who
had any interest in the matter a free and fair opportunity
to be heard, finds that the Ordinance represents the best
judgment of the Zoning Commission and will promote the
public health, safety and welfare of the people; NOW, THERE-
FORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE TOWN
OF WESTLAKE, TEXAS:
ARTICLE I.
TITLE, DESIGNATION AND GENERAL PROVISIONS.
SECTION 1. This ordinance shall be known as the
Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Westlake of
1972.
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SECTION 2. Purpose
The zoning regulations and districts, as herein
�. established, have been made in accordance with a comprehensive
plan for the purpose of promoting health, safety, morals and
general welfare of the community. They have been designed to
lessen congestion in the streets; to secure safety from fire,
panic and other dangers; to provide adequate light and air;
to prevent the overcrowding of land; to avoid undue concentra-
tion of population; to facilitate the adequate provision of
transportation, water, sewages and other public requirements.
They have been made with reasonable consideration, among other
things, of the character of the district and its peculiar
suitability for the particular uses and with a view of con-
serving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appro-
priate use of land throughout the community.
SECTION 3. Definitions:
The following words shall, for the purpose of this
ordinance, have the meaning here applied, viz:
GENERALLY, words used in the present tense include the future,
words in the singular number include the plural, words in the
plural include the singular, the word "building" includes the
word "structure," the word "shall" is mandatory and not
,- directory.
AN ACCESSORY BUILDING is a building subordinate to the main
building on a lot and used for purposes customarily incidental
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to those of the main building.
AN ALLEY is a public right-of-way or thoroughfare which
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affords only a secondary means of access to abutting property.
V BUILDING is any structure built for support, shelter, or
enclosure of persons, animals, chattels, records, or other
movable property and when separated in a manner sufficient to
prevent fire, each portion of such building shall be deemed
a separate building.
A COURT is an open unoccupied space other than a yard, on the
same lot with a building and which is bound on two or more
sides by the building.
A CLINIC is a group of offices for one or more physicians,
surgeons or dentists engaged in treating the sick or injured,
but not including rooms for patients.
A DUPLEX. is a detached building having separate accommoda-
tions for and occupied by not more than two families
A FAMILY is one or more individuals living together as a
singe housekeeping unit, as distinguished from a group occu-
pying a boarding house, lodging house fraternity house or
' hotel.
z A GARAGE, attacheq, is a garage which has one or more walls
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common with the principal building on a lot or which is
attached to the principal building by an enclosed porch,
loggia, or passageway, the roof of which is a part or an
extension of the roof of the principal building and for the
purpose of the height and, as regulations of those ordin-
ances, such a garage is to be considered a part of the
principal building. A detached garage is a garage existing
separate and apart from the main building, but situated on
the same lot, tract or parcel of land with the main building.
HEIGHT is the height of a building or portion thereof, meas-
ured from the mean leavel of the ground surrounding the build-
ing to the highest point of the roof's surface, if a flat
surface; to the deck line of mansard roofs; or to the mean
height level between eaves and ridge for hip and gable roofs.
In measuring the height of a building, parapet walls not ex-
ceeding four feet in height, chimneys, cooling towers, orna-
mental cupolas, domes or spires shall be excluded.
A LOT is the parcel of land on which a principal building
and its accessories are placed, together with the required
open spaces.
OCCUPANCY as used in this ordinance pertains to and is the
purpose for which a building or land is used or intended to
be used. Changes of occupancy is not intended to include
change of tenants or proprietors.
REPAIR is the reconstruction or renewal of any part of an
existing building for the purpose of its maintenance. The
work "repairs" shall apply to structural alterations.
STANDARD MASONRY CONSTRUCTION in a Local Retail or Industrial.
area shall be constructed in accordance with the Building Code
of the Town of Westlake.
STORY means that portion of a building between the surface of
any floor and the surface of the floor next above, or, if
there be no floor above, then the space between the ground
floor and the ceiling next above.
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A HALF -STORY is the space under a sloping roof, which has the
line of intersection of roof decking and wall space not more
than three feet above the top floor level. A half -story,
containing an independent apartment or living quarters, shall
be counted as a full story.
SIGNS shall mean outdoor advertising of a business located on
the premises of the sign, but shall include outdoor advertis-
ing billboards.
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member of a building, such as a bearing wall, column, parti-
tion, beam or girder, or any change in the pitch or height
t �' of the roof.
STRUCTURE is anything constructed or erected, the use of
which requires permanent location on the ground or attached
to something having a fixed location on the ground.
NONCONFORMING USE means any building or land lawfully occupied
for a use which does not conform with the use or regulations
of the district in which it is situated.
ACCESSORY.UtE means a use customarily incident to the prin-
cipal use.
VISION CLEARANCE means a space left open and unobstructed by
fences, structures, shrubs, trees or other plant life along
streets at the corner in front of the building line of lots
contiguous to intersecting streets.
YARD means an open space on the same lot with a building
unoccupied and unobstructed by any portion of a structure
from the ground upwards.
FRONT YARD means an open unoccupied space on the same lot
with a building situated between the front of the building
and the street line of the lot.
REAR YARD means a space, unoccupied except by an accessory
building as hereinafter permitted, extending the full width
of the lot between a line projected the full width of the
lot along the rear wall of a main building and the rear lot
SIDE YARD means an open, unoccupied space on the same lot
with a building between the building and the side line of the
lot and extending through from the street or from the front
yard to the rear yard or to the rear lot line.
SECTION 4. General Provisions:
Except as hereinafter provided, no building shall
'be constructed, reconstructed, erected, converted, enlarged
or structurally altered, nor any building or land used which
does not comply with all the regulations established by this
ordinance in'the district in which such building or land is
located.
Except as hereinafter provided, no lot area shall
be so reduced or diminished that the yards or other open
spaces shall be smaller than herein prescribed.
Except as hereinafter provided, no yard or other open
space to be used in connection with any building for the pur-
pose of complying with the provisions of these regulations
shall be considered as providing a yard or open space for
any other building, nor shall a yard or other open space on
adjoining property be considered as providing a yard or open
space on a lot wherein a building is to be erected.
Except as hereinafter provided, every building here-
after erected or structurally altered shall be located on a
lot as herein defined and in no case shall there be more than
one main building and its accessory buildings on one lot,
except as specifically provided herein for local retail and
industrial districts.
In all residential and duplex areas, the main build-
ings shall not exceed 35% of the area of the lot, estate or
other land on which the same is situated.
ARTICLE III.
NEWLY ANNEXED TERRITORY
SECTION 1. All territory annexed to the Town of
Westlake hereafter shall be temporarily classified for Low
Density Residential use purposes only, until permanently
zoned by the governing body of the Town of Westlake. The
Zoning Commission shall, as soon as practicable after annexa-
tion of any territory to the Town of.Westlake, institute
proceedings bn its own motion to give the newly annexed
territory a permanent zoning, and the procedure to be followed
shall be the same as is provided by law for the adoption of
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the original zoning regulations.
SECTION 2. In an area temporarily classified for
Low Density Residential purposes only, no permit for the con-
struction of a building, other than authorized under such use
district regulations, shall be issued until such permit has
been specifically authorized by the governing body.
ARTICLE IV.
"L" - LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS
SECTION 1. Use Regulations:
In a Low Density Residential District, no land shall
be used and no building shall be erected for or converted to
any use, other than:
a. One -family detached dwellings.
b. Churches.
c. Schools, including elementary schools, high
schools, and institutions of higher education.
d. Libraries, parks, playgrounds and community
i centers owned and operated by the Town.
e. Telephone exchanges.
f. Temporary buildings necessary to new construc-
tion, provided they are razed and removed within thirty days
after substantial completion of such new construction, or,
failing completion of a new construction, then within sixty
days from the commencement of such temporary construction.
g: Fire stations.
h. One attached or detached garage with two or
more compartments, and which complies with all other require-
metns as to locations and size. A detached private garage
shall not occupy more than ten per cent (10%) of the area of
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the lot.
i. Servant's quarters, or other necessary buildings,
. wh_ich, together with the garage, shall not exceed ten per cent
(100) of the total area of the lot in the aggregate. No
accessory building shall be occupied as a place of abode or
dwelling by anyone other than a bona fide servant actually
and regularly employed by the occupant of the main building.
SECTION 2. Building Regulations:
a. Minimum Size - The minimum area of the main
residential building shall be one thousand eight hundred
(1,800) square feet, exclusive of garages, breezeways and
servant quarters.
b. Lot Size -.The minimum area of the lot shall be
twelve thousand (12,000) square feet.
SECTION 3. Setback Requirements:
a. Front Yard
(1) There shall. be a front yard having a depth
of not less than thirty (30) feet.
(2) Where lots have double frontage, running
through from one street to another, the required front yard
shall be provided on both streets.
b. Side Yard - There shall be a side yard on each
' side of the lot having a width of not more than ten (10)
feet or ten per cent (10%) of the width of the lot at the
building line'.
c. Rear Yard - There shall be a rear yard having
a depth of not less than twenty (20) feet.
SECTION 4. Height
No building or structure shall exceed two and
one-half (21) stories or twenty-five (25) feet.
SECTION 5. Parking Regulations:
Off-street parking space shall be provided on the
lot to accommodate two (2) motor cars for each dwelling unit,
however, no supporting member of any garage, carport or other
automobile storage structure shall be located within the
required front yard or side yard.
SECTION 6. Area of Coverage:
The main residential building, plus any garages or
accessory buildings, shall not in the aggregate exceed thirty-
five per cent (35%) of the area of the lot in size.
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ARTICLE V.
HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS
SECTION 1. Use Regulations - In an "H" Residential
District, no land shall be used and no building shall be
erected or converted to any use other than;
a. Townhouses
b. Duplexes
c. Apartments
SECTION 2. Building Regulations.
a. Area of Apartment Units - There shall be not
less than two thousand one hundred eighty (2,180) square
feet of land area in the lot or tract for each unit constructed
thereon.
b. Area of Duplex Units - There shall be not less
than four thousand three hundred fifty-six (4,356) square
feet of land area in the lot or tract for each unit con-
structed thereon.
c. Area of Townhouse Units - There shall be not
less than seven thousand two hundred (7,200) square feet
of land area in the lot or tract for each unit constructed
thereon.
SECTION 3. Setback Requirements
a. Front Yard - There shall be a front yard having
a depth of thirty (30) feet.
b. Side Yard - There shall be a side yard
between each tract or lot, having a width of not less than
fifteen (15) feet.
c. Rear Yard - There shall be a rear yard having a
depth of not less than fifteen (15) feet.
SECTION 4. Height
No building or structure shall exceed three (3)
stories or thirty (30) feet.
SECTION 5. Parking Regulations
There shall be provided facilities for off-street
parking at a ratio of 1.75 parking spaces per living unit.
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of all buildings constructed on any one tract, lot or parcel
in an "H" District shall not exceed thirty-five per cent
(35°x) of the total area of such tract, lot or parcel.
SECTION 7. Additional Definitions
a. An "Apartment" is a household unit in an apart-
ment house designed, used or suitable for occupancy by one
(1) or more persons. An "Apartment House" is a building
designed or arranged for occupancy as a residence of two (2)
or more families living; independently of each other.
b. A "Townhouse" is a single-family residence,
attached - a dwelling designed or constructed for occupancy
by one family and which is joined to another dwelling unit
at one or more sides by a party wall or abutting separate
wall and which is designed for occupancy by one family.
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ARTICLE VI.
"L -R" - LOCAL RETAIL DISTRICT REGULATIONS
SECTION 1. Use Regulations
In an "L -R" Local Retail District, no land shall be
used and no building shall be erected for or converted to
any use, other than:
�. Retail stores, offices, studios, personal
service shops, financial institutions,telegraph and telephone
offices, hotels, motels, restaurants, public garages, gasoline
service stations, laundries and washaterias, municipal build-
ings, clinics, and signs which in the opinion of the govern-
ing body.do not create a nuisance or fire hazard against
public safety.
SECTION 2. Height Regulations
The maximum height for the main building shall be
two (2) stories, but not exceeding twenty-five (25) feet.
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SECTION 3. Area Regulations
a. Front Yard - There shall be a front yard having
a depth of twenty-five (25) feet.
b. Side Yard - There shall be a side yard, having
a width of not less than fifteen (15) feet.
c. Rear Yard - There shall be a rear yard having a
depth of not less than fifteen (15) feet.
d. Parking Regulations
(1) Any building hereafter erected, altered
or converted for Local Retail use shall provide off-street
parking space at the following ratio: One (1) parking space
for each permanent employee and one (1) parking space for
each two hundred (200) square feet of floor space.
(2) Where more than one building is located
upon a lot, the parking requirements shall be based upon the
total floor area of all such structures.
(3) Professional offices shall provide off-
street parking space at a ratio of one (1) parking space for
each three-hundred (300) square feet of floor area.
(4) Establishments for the sale of, and those
for consumption on the premises of, food or refreshments, shall
provide off-street parking space in the ratio of one (1) space
for each two-hundred (200) square feet of floor space.
(5) Off-street parking must be provided for
the loading and unloading of freight and merchandise.
ARTICLE VII
INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS
SECTION 1. Use Regulations
In an Industrial District, no land shall be used
and no building shall be erected for or converted to any use
other than:
Any use permitted in a Local Retail District
and any lawful industrial business purpose, except permanent
dwellings, junk yards and scrap metal storage, slaughter
houses, animal fertilizer factories, manufacture or storage
of gun powder, fireworks or other explosives, production or
storage of garbage, offal, dead animals or refuse, stockyards,
cemetaries or any other use which is obnoxious or offensive
by reason of odor, dust, smoke, gas, or noise.
SECTION 2. Height Regulations
No building shall exceed three (3) standard stories
in height or thirty (30) feet. When a building is located
on a lot adjoining a Residential District, 'itshall not exceed
one (1) standard story in height, unless it is set back one
(1) additional foot from all required yard lines for each
• one (1.) foot of additional height above such height limit.
SECTION 3. Area Regulations
a. Lot -
The minimum area of the lot or
tract upon which each building is erected in an "I" District
shall be the equivalent of two (2) square feet for each
square foot of floor space in such building.
b. Front Yard - A front yard shall be
required for an industrial use as follows:
(1) When the street is less than sixty
(60) feet in width, the structure shall be placed not less
than fifty (50) feet from the center line of said street.
(2) When the street is sixty (60) feet in
width or more, the structure shall be placed not less than
thirty-five (35) feet from the right-of-way line of said street.
(3) When the frontage of one side of a
street within a block is partly in the Industrial District
and partially in a more restricted district, the front yard
shall conform to the front yard regulations of the more re-
stricted district.
c. Side Yard - A side yard of fifteen (15)
feet shall be required for an industrial use.
d. Rear Yard - A rear yard of fifteen (15)
feet shall be required for an industrial use, except where a
lot abuts a Residential District, in which event there shall
be a rear yard on the rear of the lot equal to twenty (20)
per cent of the depth of the lot, but in no case shall a
required rear yard be less than fifteen (15) feet in depth.
e. parking Regulations
(1) Manufacturing, industrial and process-
'ing establishments, repair shops, warehouses, storage build-
ings, lumber and supply yards, shall provide off-street park-
ing space at a ratio of one (1) space for each three (3)
employees. The maximum number of employees on duty at any
time, day or night, shall be the basis of determining parking
requirements for any establishment. Where the number of
employees is indeterminate, off-street parking space shall be
provided in a ratio of one (1) space for each one thousand
(1,000) square feet of floor area.
(2) Industrial and manufacturing buildings
shall provide and maintain off-street facilities for the load-
ing of merchandise and goods within the building or on the lot
and adjacent to a public alleyor private service drive to
facilitate the movement of traffic on the public streets.
Such space shall consist of a minimum area of ten (10) feet by
twenty-five (25) feet for each twenty thousand (20,000) square
feet of -'floor space or fraction thereof in excess of three
thousand (3,000) square feet in the building or on the lot
used for storage purposes.
f. Storage - Buildings erected in an Industrial
District shall provide for inside storage of raw materials,
inventory, supplies, machinery and equipment or shall screen
the same so that it is not visible from the public street, alley
( or sidewalk.
ARTICLE VIII.
"SP" - SPECIAL USE PERMITS
The Board of Aldermen of the Town may, after public
hearing and proper notice to all parties affected, and after
recommendation from the Zoning Commission containing such re-
quirements and safeguards as are necessary to protect adjoin-
ing property, authorize by Ordinance the location of any use
not provided for in this ordinance in any district under
special use permits.
Every special use permit granted under the provi-
sions of this Article shall be considered as an amendment to
the zoning ordinance_as applicable to such property. In grant-
ing such permit, the Board of Aldermen may impose conditions
which shall be complied.with by the grantee before certificate
of occupancy may be issued by the building official for the
use of the buildings on such property, pursuant to said special
use.permit; and such conditions shall not be construed as
conditions precedent to the granting of special use permit for
the change in zoning of such property, but shall be construed
as conditions precedent to the granting of the certificate of
occupancy. The followin'r, are regulating measures which can be
included in the consideration of a special use permit:
1. Parking stipulated as part of recommendation;
2. Site plan required in all applications;
3. Approval of means of ingress and egress;
4. Approval of building size and location;
5. Control of outside lighting and screening;
6. Special setbacks and/or building lines;
7. Surfacing of parking areas and drives;
8. Installation of curbs and drainage structures;
9. Approval of use or uses permitted;
14. Applications for building permits must be
submitted within one (1) year from date of approval for the
granting of a special use permit or the special use permit
shall be null and void.
ARTICLE IX.
NONCONFORMING USES
Any lawful use of property existing on the date of
the adoption of this ordinance which does not conform to the
regulations prescribed herein shall be deemed a nonconforming
use and may be continued subject to such regulations as to the
maintenance, of premises and conditions of operations as may,
in the judgment of the Board of Adjustment, be reasonably
required for the protection of adjacent property. A noncon-
forming use may be extended throughout an existing building
provided no structural alterations, except those required by
law or ordinance,shall be made therein, and, if no structural
alterations are made, a nonconforming use of a building may -be
changed to another nonconforming use of the same or more re-
stricted classification. A nonconforming use, if changed to
a conforming use, may not thereafter be changed back to any
nonconforming use. If a nonconforming use is discontinued for.
a period exceeding six months, such nonconforming use shall
be deemed to have been abandoned and any future use thereof
shall conform to the terms of this ordinance.
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ARTICLE X.
PEMITS AND CERTIFICATES
SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person,
firm or corporation to commence the construction, enlarge-
ment or structural. alteration of any building in the Town of
Westlake, or using or occupying the same without first apply-
ing for and securing a building permit, or to use or occupy
the same without first securing a certificate of occupancy
and compliance from the Town Secretary. Application shall
be made on forms furnished by the Town Secretary.
ARTICLE XI.
SPECIAL PARKING AND ARRA REGULATIONS AND EXCEPTIONS
SECTION 1, Vision Clearance
On any corner lot on which front and side yards are
required, no wall, fence, structure, sign, tree, shrub or hedge
May be maintained as to cause danger to traffic by obstructing
the view and when topography prevents a clear view, this bank
shall be removed.
SECTION 2. Building Lines
a. The front building line of the main dwell-
ing hereafter constructed in Residential Districts, or altered
in such manner as to change the position of such front build-
ing line, shall be located the distance rquired from the front
lot line as may be required in the residential district in which
such dwellings are located.
b. Open porches of dwellings may extend into
the front yard a distance of ten (10) feet from the main line
of the building. Cornices and eaves of the main building may
project not more than three (3) feet into the front yard.
SECTION 3.. Lot Area
On any lot separately owned on the date this ordin-
ance becomes effective, a single-family dwelling may be erected
even though such lot has less area than required by these regula-
tions.
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SECTIO14 4. Location of Dwellings and Buildings
Only one main building for single-family or two -
:family use, with permitted accessory buildings, may be located
upon a lot or unplatted tract. Every dwelling shall face or
front upon a street or officially -approved place, other than
an alley, which means of access shall have a minimum width
of fifty (50) feet. Where a lot or tract of land is used for
local retail or industrial purposes, more than one main build-
ing may be located upon the lot, but only when such buildings
conform to all the open space, parking and density requirements
applicable to the use and district, and when all such main
buildings face upon a street or officially -approved place,
ti other than an alley._ Whenever two or more main buildings, or
portions thereof, are placed upon a single lot or tract and
such buildings will.not face upon a street or officially -
approved place, the same may be permitted when the site plan
for such development is approved by the Zoning Commission
so as to comply with normal requirements for platting.
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ARTICLE XII.
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
SECTION 1. - It is the declared purpose of this
ordinance that nonconforming uses be eliminated and be re-
quired to conform to the regulations prescribed in the preced-
ing Articles of this ordinance, having due regard for the
property rights of the persons affected when considered in the
light of the public welfare and the character of the area sur-
rounding the designated nonconforming use and the conservation
and preservation of property. The Board shall from time to
time on its own motion, or upon cause presented by interested
property owners, inquire into the existence, continuation or
maintenance of any nonconforming use within the Town.
SECTION 2. - There shall be a Board of Adjustment
consisting.of five members, or as many as provided by law,
appointed by the Board of Aldermen. It shall have all the
powers granted by and -be organized and controlled by the pro-
visions of Section 7, Chapter 283, of the Laws of 1927 of the
State of Texas and any amendments thereto.
SECTION 3. - When in its judgment the public con-
venience and welfare will be substantially served, the Board
of Adjustment may, in specific cases, after public notice and
public hearing, require the discontinuance of nonconforming
uses under any plan whereby the full value of the structure
ARTICLE XV.
PENALTY OF VIOLATION
Any person or corporation who shall violate any of
the provisions of this ordinance or fail to comply therewith
or with any of the requirements thereof, or who shall build
or alter any building or use in violation of any detailed
statement or plan submitted and a pyroved hereunder, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction in the Municipal
Court of the .Town of Westlake, shall be subject to a fine not
to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for each offense, and
each day such violation shall be permitted to exist shall
constitute a separate offense. The owner or owners of any
building or premises or part thereof, where anything in viola-
tion of this ordinance shall be placed or shall exist, and any
architect, builder, contractor, agent, person or corporation
employed in connection therewith and who may have assisted in
the commission of any such violations shall be guilty of a
separate offense and, upon conviction, shall be fined as herein
provided.
ARTICLE XVI.
CIiANGES AND AP E1,MPMtENTc
SECTION 1. - The governing body may from time to
tide amend. supplement, or change by ordinance the boundaries
of the districts or the regulations herein established.
SECTION 2. - Before taking action on any proposed
amendment, supplement or change, the governing body shall sub-
mit the same to the City Zoning Commission for its recommenda-
t ion and report.
SECTION 3. - public hearings shall be held only after
notices required by the laws of the State of Texas shall have
been given in the manner required by law.
SECTION 4. -- The official zoning map of the Town of
Westlake shall be J,.ept in the office of the Town Secretary.
It shall be the duty of the Secretary, or such other person as
may be designated by the governing body, to keep the official
map current by entering on such map any changes which the
governing body may from time to time order by amendments to
the zoning ordinance and map. The Secretary, upon the adopt-
ion of this ordinance, shall affix a certificate identifying
the map in his office as the official zoning map of the Town
of Westlake.
ARTICLE. XVII.
-r T MNF
If any slcction, paragraph, subdivision, clause,
phrase, or provision of this ordinance shall be adjudged
invalid or held unconstitutional, the same shall not affect
the validity of this ordinance as a whole or any part or
provision thereof, other than t'he part so decided to be
invalid or unconstitutional.
A "MY fN r T V[TT T T
REPEALING CLAUSE
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
with this ordinance or any part thereof are hereby repealed.
\ ARTICLE XIX.
WHEN EFFECTIVE
This ordinance shall become effective immediately
upon its passage and publication of the caption, as the law
in such cases provides, and it is accordingly so ordained.
DULY PASSED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE TOWN
OF WESTLAKE, TEXAS, ON THE /a �1h DAY OF
APPROVED:
/ MAYOR
DULY ENROLLED:
SECRETARY I
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ATTORNEY