Ord 016-2000 3/7/2000ORDINANCE NO. _►
ORDINANCE WAIVING SECTION 3140, SUBSECTION 5, OF
APPENDIX C, WICHITA FALLS CODE OF ORDINANCES TO ALLOW 15
FOOT FRONT SETBACKS IN THE DAVID A. KIMBELL, JR. PROPERTY
SUBDIVISION; FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT
WHICH THIS ORDINANCE WAS PASSED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
AS REQUIRED BY LAW.
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission has recommended a waiver
of Section 3140, Section 5, of the Appendix C, Zoning Ordinance, to reduce the front
setback for residential structures to 15 feet in the David A. Kimbell, Jr. Property
subdivision; and
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission has recommended that the
waiver to reduce the front setback for residential structures not apply to garages; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas concurs with the
recommendations of the Planning and Zoning Commission.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. Section 3140, Subsection 5, of Appendix C, Wichita Falls Code of
Ordinances, Zoning Ordinance, is hereby waived to allow a 15 -foot front setback for
residential structures on all proposed lots within the David A. Kimbell, Jr. Property
subdivision.
SECTION 2. This waiver shall not apply to that portion of a residential structure
containing a residential garage. All garages in said subdivision shall be setback 25 feet
minimum.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall become effective upon the filing of a final plat
of said subdivision within two years of the passage of this ordinance. Failure to file the
final plat within this period shall thereafter void this waiver.
SECTION 4. 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 7th day of March 2000.
ATTEST:
City Clerk