1996M9-LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS
ORDINANCE NO.
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AN ORDINANCE
BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ,
TEXAS, PROVIDING THAT THE CODE OF ORDINANCES,
CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS BE AMENDED BY ADDING
SECTIONS 10-130, 10-131,10-132, 10-133 and
10-134, LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS; PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES
OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; AND
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ,
TEXAS:
SECTION I
THAT Chapter 10 of the Code of Ordinances, City of
Schertz, Texas be amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 10-130. New landscaping turf requirement.
In order to provide low water requirement
turf, all new landscaping turf installed or
planted in connection with building permits
issued after June 1, 1996 shall be either
buffalo grass, blue grama, zoysia, or bermuda.
Sec. 10-131. Consideration of other
requirement turf.
low
water
Other low water requirement turf products will
be considered and may be approved by a
designated City official or body on a
case-by-case basis.
Sec. 10-132. Necessity for low water requirement
turf.
This requirement for specific types of turf is
adopted to encourage conservation practices
under the Drought Management Plan of the City.
Sec. 10-133. Certain property excluded.
This requirement shall not prohibit the
installation or planting of any turf not
described in Sec. 10-130 (a "non-conforming
turf") if at least 50% of the non-impervious
cover area of the lot or parcel is already
planted in a non-conforming turf and the same
non-conforming turf is being installed or
planted.
Sec. 10-134. Effective Date.
The effective date of this requirement shall
be June 1, 1996."
SECTION II
Any person violating any prov1s1on of this Ordinance shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined an
amount not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200.00)
SECTION III
Should any portion or part of this Ordinance be held for any
reason invalid, unconstitutional, or unenforceable, the same
shall not be construed to affect any other valid portion
hereof, but all valid portions hereof shall remain in full
force and effect.
SECTION IV
The Council hereby determines that an emergency exists
requiring immediate action, and this Ordinance is hereby
passed as an emergency measure to be effective immediately
upon its passage, and the enactment of this Ordinance as an
emergency measure in accordance with the provisions of Section
4.09(e) of the City's Home Rule Charter will contribute to the
preservation of the public peace, health or safety.
PASSED, APPROVED AND
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ADOPTED
this
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City of Schertz, Texas
Mayor,
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City Secretary, City of Schertz
(SEAL OF CITY)
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THE STATE OF TEXAS,
County of Guadalupe
Before me, the undersigned authority, on this date personally appeared L . A. REYNOLDS
known
to me, who, being by me duly sworn, on his oath deposes and says that he is the Publisher of The Seguin
Gazette-Enterprise, a newspaper published in said county; that a copy of the within and foregoing
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was published in said newspaper
? times before the return day named therein, such
publications being on the following dates:
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MAY l6. 199fi
and a newspaper copy of which is hereto attached.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 20th day of MAY
A.D.,19 96 .
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ORDINANCE HlO. 96-M-9
BY THE CITY COUNCil
OF THE CITY OF
SCHERTZ. TEXAS PRO
VIDING THAT THE'CODE
. OF 0 RDINANCE~. CITY
I OF SCHERTZ. TE S BE
AMlDED BY DING
SEC IONS 1ll-130 ll-121
Ill-I . 1ll-133 AND 1ll-134,
LAN SCAPING RE-
QUIREMENTS; PROVID-
ING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE; REPEAliNG ALL
ORDINANCES OR PARTS
OF ORDINANCES IN
CONFliCT; AND DE-
CLARING AN EMERGEN-
CY.
Passed, Approved and
Adopted the 7th day of May
1996.
Norma Althouse,
City Secretary.
ORDINANCE NO. 96-M-9
BY' THE crrv COUNCil
OF THE CITY OF
SCHERTZ. TEXAS, PR~
VIDING THAT THE CODE
OF ORDINANCES, CiTY
OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS BE
AMENDED BY ADDI~(3
SECTIONS,Ill-I30.1p.121,
1ll-132,1ll-133A1'jif1ll-134.
LANDSCAPING RE-
QUIREMENTS; PROVID-
ING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE; REPEAliNG ALL
ORDINANCES OR PARTS
OF ORDINANCES IN
CONFliCT; AND DE-
CLARING AN EMERGEN-
CY.
Passed. Approved and
Adopted the 7th day of May
1996.
Nanna Althouse,
Cily Secretary
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