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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 124 Amending Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of 1972n ORDINANCE NO. 124 AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE, TEXAS, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 49, COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE OF 1972, BY PROVIDING FOR A NEW ARTICLE VI -A ENTITLED "PLANNED OFFICE PARK"; PROVIDING FOR ZONING REGULATIONS AND USES WITH RESPECT THERETO AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH, TOGETHER WITH THE ZONING MAP, WILL CONSTITUTE THE ZONING PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE PLANNED OFFICE PARK USE WITHIN THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, the Town of Westlake is residential in character, consisting predominately of tracts of land of not less than ten (10) acres; and WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 49, the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance for the Town of Westlake currently provides for the following zoning districts: Low Density Residential, High Density Residential, Local Retail, and Industrial; and WHEREAS, the property zoned High Density Residential, Local Retail and Industrial is situated along State Highway 114, and none of the property so zoned is actually developed; and WHEREAS, it appears that there is a need for a new "Planned Office Park" zoning district to permit the development of office parks on large tracts of land; and Page 1 of 9 WHEREAS, the Town Council of the Town of Westlake is desir- ous of creating a "Planned Office Park" zoning district and creating rules and regulations for the same so that such district would be compatible to the surrounding or abutting residential districts, and would maintain the rural atmosphere of the com- munity; and WHEREAS, the governing body, after considering the recommen- dations of the Planning and Zoning Commission, made after the holding of public hearings as provided by Ordinance and after issuing notices and holding public hearings 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 it will promote the public health, safety, and welfare of the present and future residents of Westlake to establish a "Planned Office Park" zoning district; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN OF THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE, TEXAS: VTOMADA That Ordinance No. 49, Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of 1972, is hereby amended by adding a new Article VI -A entitled "Planned Office Park" which will hereinafter read as follows: ARTICLE VI -A "P" - PLANNED OFFICE PARK "Section 1. Purpose. The zoning regulations and district as herein estab- lished, have been made in accordance with the comprehensive plan Page 2 of 9 for the purpose of promoting the public health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the residents of the Town. It has been designed to permit the development of office parks in the Town, and still maintain the rural, open -space atmosphere that exists in the community. The regulations provide for suitable landscaping, green -belt, and parking areas; and establish high standards of appearance and external effects so as to minimize the impact of a large office complex on the existing characteristics of the community. The regulations are designed to protect the quietness and privacy of the surrounding residential areas. "Section 2. Principal Uses Permitted. In a Planned Office Park District, no building, structure or premises shall be used other than for the following purposes, together with the accessory uses specified in Section 3. A. Office buildings for business and professional use, including administrative, executive, engineering, accounting, scientific, research and development, educational, information processing, computers, statistical and financial purposes, provided such use shall not involve any machinery or process which pollutes the environment, including without limitation those which emit dust, smoke, odor, fumes, noise, vibration, or the like. B. Educational facilities and temporary accommodations for employees, customers, and visitors to such edu- cational facilities. "Section 3. Accessory Uses Permitted. No accessory uses shall be permitted in a Planned Office Park District other than the following: A. Buildings and uses accessory to a principal use, including the following: Page 3 of 9 1. Clinics, cafeterias, limited retail trade and service uses and recreation facilities, pro- vided that all such accessory uses shall be for the comfort, convenience, and use of the occu- pants, employees, and business visitors of the principal use. 2. Off-street parking and off-street loading space as required. 3. Storage and maintenance facilities. 4. Utility services and facilities. 5. Gate houses, bus stops, pedestrian shelters and any similar structures. 6. Caretaker houses. 7. Signs, subject to illumination and size standards. 8. Fire station or security building. "Section 4. Dimensional Standards and Requirements. shall apply: The following dimensional standards and requirements A. The minimum required lot area shall be 150 acres. B. The maximum percent of lot to be occupied by principal use buildings shall be 10%, excluding courtyards, atria, etc., and by accessory use buildings 2%. C. The minimum size of any front, side, or rear yard for principal and accessory use buildings shall be: 1. 500 feet from any public road, street or highway; provided, however, the minimum set back from State Highway 114 shall be 200 feet. 2 500 feet from any any low density residential district. D. Accessory use buildings and structures may be located in the required yard areas, provided they are no closer than 500 feet as set out in C. above, provided that for utility service facilities, bus stops, gate houses, signs and similar types of Page 4 of 9 minor accessory structures such setback will not be required. Except as permitted above, the 500 foot minimum required yard setback area from property boundaries shall be maintained as a buffer area. E. The maximum permitted building height for any principal or accessory building shall not exceed 700 feet mean sea level. The maximum permitted building height for accessory structures which are located within 500 feet of any street or property boundary shall be 20 feet as measured above the average grade of the actual building site provided that said structure does not exceed 700 feet mean sea level. Section 5. Provisions for Water, Sewer, Security, Fire and Ambulance. The Town of Westlake is not in the position to provide water, sewer, police, fire and ambulance services to Planned Office Park Districts within the Town. Therefore the following will apply to owners and/or occupiers of the land and buildings in such dis- trict. A. Police or security, fire and ambulance services, if any, will be the sole responsibility of the owner or occupier of the property. B. Water will be provided by an entity which has a surface water source of supply, or an entity which has contracted to purchase water from an entity that has a surface water source of supply. No water wells may be drilled in a Planned Office Park District. A copy of the contract(s) for water supply shall be filed as a part of the ordinance prior to the issuance of any building permit in a Planned Office Park District. C. Sewage will not be treated by septic tanks. Sewage will be treated by a Municipal Utility District or other political subdivision approved by the Town of Westlake that has a permit from the Texas Department of Health to treat sewage. A copy of Page 5 of 9 the contract for sewage treatment shall be filed prior to the issuance of any building permit in a Planned Office Park District. An Owner or developer of an office park in this district may not provide for its own sewage treatment system, unless the plans and specifications for such system are approved by the Town Council. "Section 6. Requirement of Comprehensive Site Plan. In establishing a Planned Office Park District in accor- dance with this section, the Town Council may require the owner to file a comprehensive site plan of the development. Such site plan shall be filed with and approved by the City Council prior to the issuance of any building permit in a Planned Office Park District. Such site plan shall set forth the locations of ingress and egress to the property, public or private streets or drives, with adequate right -o£ -way, sidewalks, utilities, drainage, parking space. It shall specify the location and height of buildings, lot coverage, yards and open spaces, screening walls, fences and landscaping, and shall provide a reasonable transition to and protection of the adjacent property. Such site plan shall be in addition to and not in lieu of any preliminary plat required by any other ordinance or any statute. "Section 7. Platting Required. All petitions for rezoning to establish a Planned Office Park Disrict must also concurrently follow subdivision platting pro- cedures of the Town of Westlake. "gaof-inn R !'nnliif-inns 'Pn TTc Every Planned Office Park District approved under the Page 6 of 9 provisions of this ordinance shall be considered as an amendment to the ordinance as applicable to the property involved. In the ordinance creating a Planned Office Park District, the Town Council may impose conditions relative to the standard of development in such district, and such conditions shall be complied with before a certificate of occupancy shall be issued for the use of any structure which is located in the Planned Office Park District. Such conditions shall not be construed as conditions precedent to the approval of the zoning ordinance, but shall be construed as conditions precedent to the granting of a certificate of occupancy. "Section 9. Referenced on zoning Mat. All Planned Office Park Districts approved in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance or by subsequent amendment thereto shall be referenced on the zoning district map and a list of such planned development districts together with the category of uses permitted therein shall be maintained in the appendix of this ordinance. "Section 10. Penalty. That the violation of any provision of this ordinance shall be deemed an offense punishable by a fine not exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), and each violation thereof shall be and is hereby deemed to be a district and separate offense and punished as such. Page 7 of 9 M.Ar,4 1 It is hereby declared to be the intention of the Town Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared unconstitu- tional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this ordinance since the same would have been enacted by the Town Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section. PART III All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance or any part thereof are hereby repealed. nTnT TC) This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage, and it is accordingly so ordained. PASSED AND APPROVED this the 167 day of , A. D., 1982. Dale White, Mayor Town of Westlake, Texas Page 8 of 9 ATTEST: �- To Se retary Town of Westlake, Texas APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM: Town Attorney Town of Westlake, Texas Page 9 of 9