Ordinance 14-S-11 - UDC Article 16 DefinitionsORDINANCE NO. 14 -S -11
AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS
AMENDING PART III, SCHERTZ CODE OF ORDINANCES, THE UNIFIED
DEVELOPMENT CODE (UDC) ARTICLE 16 DEFINITIONS SPECIFICALLY THE
DEFINITION "LOT OF RECORD"; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT WITH THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance No. 10 -S -06, the City of Schertz, Texas (the "City ")
adopted as Amended and Restated Unified Development Code on April 13, 2010, as
further amended (the "Current UDC "); and
WHEREAS, City Staff and has reviewed the Current UDC and have recommended certain
revision and updates to, and reorganization of, the Current UDC;
WHEREAS, all required notices have provided; and
WHEREAS, on February 12, 2014 the Planning and Zoning Commission conducted a
public hearing and thereafter recommended approval; and
WHEREAS, on March 4, 2014 the City Council conducted a public hearing and
determined that the proposed amendments are appropriate and in the interest of the public
safety, health and welfare;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SCHERTZ, TEXAS:
Section 1. The current UDC, Article 16 is hereby amended as follows:
Lot of record: A lot which is part of a subdivision, the plat having been duly
approved by the appropriate authority and recorded in the office of the
County recorder of deeds and records.
Section 2. The recitals contained in the preamble hereof are hereby found to be true, and such
recitals are hereby made a part of this Ordinance for all purposes and are adopted as a part of the
judgment and findings of the Council. .
Section 3. All ordinances and codes, or parts thereof, which are in conflict or inconsistent with
any provision of this Ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict, and the
provisions of this Ordinance shall be and remain controlling as to the matters resolved herein.
Section 4. This Ordinance shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the
State of Texas and the United States of America.
Section 5. If any provision of this Ordinance or the application thereof to any person or
circumstance shall be held to be invalid, the remainder of this Ordinance and the application of
such provision to other persons and circumstances shall nevertheless be valid, and the City
hereby declares that this Ordinance would have been enacted without such invalid provision.
Section 6. It is officially found, determined, and declared that the meeting at which this
Ordinance is adopted was open to the public and public notice of the time, place, and subject
matter of the public business to be considered at such meeting, including this Ordinance, was
given, all as required by Chapter 551, as amended, Texas Goverment Code.
Section 7. This Ordinance shall be effective upon the date of final adoption hereof and any
publication required by law.
PASSED ON FIRST READING, the 4'h day of March, 2014.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED ON SECOND READING, the 11'h day of March, 2014
CITY O TEXAS
Mayor, Michael R. Carpenter
ATTEST: ,
ecretary, Brenda Dennis
(CITY SEAL)