Ord 075-96 6/4/1996L7
ORDINANCE NO. 5 -q ip
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE DEFINITION
AND REGULATION OF CERTAIN KINDS OF GROUP HOMES AND
HALFWAY HOUSES; FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING
AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE WAS PASSED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
AS REQUIRED BY LAW.
WHEREAS, the Planning & Zoning Commission recommended amending the Zoning Ordinance
definition and regulation of certain kinds of group homes and halfway houses; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas deems that the proposed
amendment hereafter described is in accordance with the Comprehensive Land Use Plan and in the
public interest.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WICHITA
FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION i. Appendix C, Section 2030, definitions shall be amended by adding the following:
GROUP HOMES
A residential living arrangement defined in the Community Home For Disabled Persons Location Act,
licensed by the State to provide food and shelter; personal guidance; care; supervision for not more than
(6) disabled persons and two (2) supervisors. This classification includes, assisted living for the aged for
no more than six (6) persons and two (2) supervisors or nursing personnel. This does not include
activities defined under "Personal Care Home."
PERSONAL CARE HOME
A residential living arrangement that provides food, shelter and guidance for no more than six (6) persons
and two (2) supervisors or nursing personnel including but not limited to: maternity homes, shelters for
victims of crime, abuse, and neglect.
HALFWAY HOUSE
A publicly or privately operated use providing housing for juveniles or adults, regardless of the number of
residents, for any of the following: (1) residence in lieu of institutional sentencing, (2) housing for
parolees, (3) residence to those needing correctional institutionalization.
The underlined text shall be added to the definition of Community Residential Center.
COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL CENTER
A publicly or privately operated use providing housing and care for individuals legally confined. Such
use is historicallv described to include. but not limited to. orisons, iails. boot camas, and similar uses.
SECTION 2. Appendix C, Section III, shall be amended by adding the following :
a. The term "Group Homes" shall be added to the "Permitted Uses" section of the Single
Family -1, Single Family -2, Limited Commercial, General Commercial, Multifamily
Residential, Residential Mixed Use and River Development District zoning districts.
"Group Homes" shall be added to the "Conditional Uses" section of the Central Business
district.
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M b. The term "Personal Care Home" shall be added to the "Permitted Uses" section of the
General Commercial, and Central Business District zoning districts. "Personal Care
Home" shall be added to the "Conditional Uses" section of the Single Family -1, Single
Family -2, Limited Commercial, Multifamily Residential, Residential Mixed Use and River
Development District zoning districts.
C. The term "Halfway House" shall be added to the "Permitted Uses" section of the Heavy
Commercial zoning district. "Halfway House" shall be added to the "Conditional Uses"
section of the General Commercial, Central Business District and Heavy Commercial
zoning districts.
SECTION 3. It is hereby officially found and determined that the meeting at which this ordinance
was passed was open to the public as required by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 4th day of June 1996.
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ATTEST:
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CITY ERK
ORDINANCE NO. 72-96
ORDINANCE WAIVING.
SECTION 27 -30 OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES '
WITH RESPECT TO
PLACING SIDEWALK ON
THE WEST END OF MAR-
IAN LANE, ADJACENT
TO THE SOUTHEAST
CORNER OF LOT 3,
BLOCK 38, JOHN HIRSCHI
SUBDIVISION AND THE
j NORTH SIDE OF LOOP 11
ACCESS ROAD ADJA-
CENT TO THE SOUTH
LINE OF LOT 3, BLOCK
38, JOHN HIRSCHI SUBDI-
VISION
ORDINANCE NO. 73-96
ORDINANCE WAIVING
APPENDIX A, SUBDIVI-
SIONS SECTION 9 (b) (2)
(a) OF THE CODE OF OR-
DINANCES WITH RE-
SPECT TO PLACING
CURB AND GUTTER ON
THE EAST SIDE OF LOOP
11 ACCESS ROAD ADJA-
CENT TO THE WEST
LINE OF LOT 3, BLOCK 1,
BEVERLY INDUSTRIAL
DISTRICT
ORDINANCE NO.74 -96
ORDINANCE REZONING
903 NORTH BROOK, LOT
1, BLOCK 33, ORIGINAL
TOWNSITE, FROM SIN-
GLE FAMILY -2 TO
HEAVY COMMERCIAL
CONDITIONED ZONING
DISTRICT (CASE R 96 -04);
v FINDING AND DETER -
f1 MINING THAT THE
MEETING AT WHICH
THIS ORDINANCE WAS
PASSED WAS OPEN TO
THE PUBLIC AS RE-
QUIRED BY LAW
ORDINANCE NO. 7S-96
ORDINANCE AMENDING
41 THE ZONING ORDI-
NANCE DEFINITION AND
REGULATION OF CER-
TAIN KINDS OF GROUP
HOMES AND HALFWAY
HOUSES; FINDING AND
DETERMINING THAT
THE MEETING AT
WHICH THIS ORDINANCE
WAS PASSED WAS OPEN
TO THE PUBLIC AS RE-
QUIRED BY LAW
ORDINANCE NO. 76-96
ORDINANCE WAIVING
SECTION 22 -1 (A) (2) AND
SECTION 22.1 (A) (9) OF
THE CODE OF ORDI-
NANCESTO PERMIT VE-
HICLES ON THE GRASS
AND SIGNS DURING A
HERMANAS HISPANAS
EVENT SEPTEMBER 7,
.1996 IN SCOTLAND PARK
ORDINANCE NO.77 -96
ORDINANCE WAIVING
SECTION 27.30 OF THE
C,qDE OF ORDINANCES
WITH RESPECT TO
PLACING A SIDEWALK.
O THE EAST SIDE OF
TURTLE CREEK ROAD,
ADJACENT TO THE
WEST LINE OF LOTS 49
AND 58, CANYON TRAILS,
SECTION FOUR
ORDINANCE NO.78.96
ORDINANCE WAIVING'
APPENDIX A, SUBDIVI-
SIONS SECTION 9 (B) 0)
(a) OF THE CODE OF OR-
DINANCES WITH RE-
SPECT TO PLACING
CURB AND GUTTER ON
TWE EAST SIDE OF TUR-
T E CREEK ROAD, AD-
J�CENT TO THE WEST
LINE OF LOTS 49 AND 58,
CILNYON TRIAL, SEC -
TION FOUR
ORDINANCE NO. 79-96
ORDINANCE WAIVING
APPENDIX A, SUBDIVI-
SIONS SECTION 9 (B) (2)
(A) OF THE CODE OF OR-
D,INANCES WITH RE-
SPECT TO PLACING
CURB AND GUTTER ON
THE EAST SIDE OF
e)
Affidavit of Publication
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF WICHITA
Ad #189604
On this 25th day of Jun e
1996
A.D............. personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority
Mary E. Newell bookkeeper
for the Times Publishing Company of Wichita Falls, publishers of the Wichita Falls
Times /Record News, a newspaper published at Wichita Falls in Wichita County,
Texas, and upon being duly sworn by me, on oath states that the attached
advertisement is a true and correct copy of advertising published
in one ( 1) issues thereof on the following dates:
June 16, 1996
Bookkeeper for imes Publishing Company
of Wichita Falls
ode:) Subscribed and sworn to before me this the day and year first above written:
ORDINANCE NO. 79-96
ORDINANCE WAIVING
APPENDIX A, SUBDIVI-
SIONS SECTION 9 (B) (2)
(A) OF THE CODE OF.OR-
D1NANCES WITH RE-
SPECT TO PLACING
CURB AND GUTTER ON
THE EAST SIDE OF
PETERSON ROAD, ADJA-
CIENT TO THE WEST
LINE OF LOT 1, UNIT 68,
WICHITA VALLEY
FARMS SUBDIVISION
ORDINANCE NO. 80-96
ORDINANCE WAIVING
APPENDIX A, SUBDIVI-
SIONS SECTION 9 (B) (2)
(a) OF THE CODE OF OR-
DINANCES WITH RE-
SPECT TO PLACING
CURB AND GUTTER ON
THE WEST END OF MAR-
IAN LANE, ADJACENT
TO THE SOUTHEAST
CORNER OF LOT 3,
BLOCK 38, JOHN HIRSCHI
SUBDIVISION
ORDINANCE NO. 81-96
ORDINANCE WAIVING
SECTION 27.30 OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES
WITH RESPECT TO
PLACING SIDEWALK ON
THE EAST SIDE OF LOOP
11 ACCESS ROAD AND
THE NORTH SIDE OF IN-
DUSTRIAL DRIVE ADJA-
CIENT TO THE WEST AND
SOUTH LINES OF LOT 3,
BLOCK 1, BEVERLY IN-
DUSTRIAL DISTRICT
1 ORDINANCE NO. 82-96
AN ORDINANCE WAIV-
ING THE 25 FOOT FRONT
SETBACK REQUIRE -
MENT AS REQUIRED UN-
DER APPENDIX C,
ZONING ORDINANCE, OF
THE CODE OF ORDI-
NANCES; FINDING AND
DETERMINING THAT
THE MEETING 'AT
WHICH THIS ORDINANCE
WAS PASSED WAS OPEN
TO THE PUBLIC AS RE-
QUIRED BY LAW