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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 18-024 amending PD 20 - outdoor learning center - UP United Methodist ChurchORDINANCE NO. 18-024 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY PARK, TEXAS, AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE AND MAP OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY PARK, AS HERETOFORE AMENDED, BY AMENDING PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NO. 20, DESCRIBED AS LOT 1A, BLOCK 45, FOURTH SECTION, OF UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION, AN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY PARK, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS, AND COMMONLY KNOWN AS 4024 CARUTH; APPROVING AN AMENDED DETAILED SITE PLAN AS EXHIBIT "A" FOR PD-20; PROVIDING SPECIAL CONDITIONS; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS ($2,000.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of University Park and the City Council of the City of University Park, in compliance with the laws of the State of Texas with reference to the granting of zoning classifications and changes, have given the requisite notices by publication and otherwise, and have held due hearings and afforded a full and fair hearing to all property owners generally and to all persons interested and situated in the affected area and in the vicinity thereof, and the City Council of the City of University Park is of the opinion and finds that a zoning change should be granted and that the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance and Map should be amended; Now, Therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY PARK, TEXAS; SECTION I. The Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance and Map of the City of University Park, Texas, are hereby amended by amending Planned Development District No. 20 (“PD-20”) for the University Park United Methodist Church on Lot 1A, Block 45, Fourth Section, of University Heights Subdivision, an addition to the City of University Park, Dallas County, Texas, and more commonly known as 4024 Caruth Boulevard, University Park, Texas, to adopt an amended detailed site plan ("site plan") for a portion of PD-20, setting forth the additional land uses permitted, which site plan is attached hereto as Exhibit "A" (3 pages) and made a part hereof for all purposes, the same as if fully copied herein. That such amended detailed site plan contains the data required by Section 17-101(2) of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, and is hereby approved in all respects. SECTION 2. Approval of the amended detailed site plan for Planned Development District No. 20 is subject to the following special conditions: A. Development of the property shall be in accordance with the amended detailed site plan submitted and approved in accordance with Section 17-101(2) and all other provisions of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City of University Park, as amended hereby, and, unless otherwise defined herein, all terms used shall have the respective definitions assigned to them in the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance; B. The uses on the property shall be those allowed in the ordinance granting Planned Development District 20, PD-20, as previously amended and as amended hereby, as shown on Exhibit "A"; C. The addition of a children’s outdoor learning center (“center”), and a walking/bike path along the inside perimeter of the existing Colgate/Preston Road fenced lawn area, as depicted in Exhibit “A”, are subject to the following special conditions: 1. The center will include butterfly-friendly plantings, berms, raised planting gardens, an innovative walking path, a pad for picnic tables, child-sized boulders for climbing, and a bamboo teepee structure in an area which measures approximately 72 feet by 45 feet as shown on Exhibit “A”; 2. The center will be enclosed by a four feet high wrought iron fence, painted satin black, having 3 1/2 inches between pickets, to match the existing fence on the east side enclosing the infants’ and toddlers’ playground, and with one gate with child-proof latches; 3. The center will utilize an artificial, permeable, fire retardant surface (AstroTurf) designed to provide a soft, safe play environment. The east end will incorporate pump/water feature and varying height tree stumps for seating; 4. The maximum height of the structures in the center will not exceed eight feet (8’), measured from the abutting natural grade; 5. No additional outdoor lighting, signage, or permanent structure, except as shown on the site plan, will be permitted; 6. Normal hours of operation for the center will be during the business hours and special daytime functions of the Church and its Weekday School; and 7. The walking/bike path outside the center (“path”) will be five feet (5’) in width, of a solid, comfortable surface material for walking, edged with steel edging under the existing fence line and bend-a-board edging on the inside, and will incorporate two large pads for picnic tables, all as shown in Exhibit “A”; 8. No additional outdoor lighting or permanent signage may be used for the path and existing irrigation will be modified as necessary to accommodate the path. SECTION 3. All ordinances of the City of University Park in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance or the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance as amended hereby are hereby repealed. SECTION 4. Should any sentence, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase or section of this ordinance be adjudged or held to be unconstitutional, illegal, or invalid, the same shall not affect the validity of this ordinance as a whole, or any part or provision thereof other than the part decided to be invalid, illegal or unconstitutional, and the same shall not affect the validity of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance as a whole. SECTION 5. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions or terms of this ordinance or of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, as amended hereby, shall be subject to the same penalty as provided for in the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City of University Park, Texas, as heretofore amended, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not to exceed the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) for each offense, and each and every day such a violation is continued shall be deemed to constitute a separate offense. SECTION 6. This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage and the publication of the caption, as the law and Charter in such cases provide. DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of University Park, Texas, on the 191h day of June 2018. APPROVED: £ a ·P OLIN LANE, JR., MAYOR ATTEST: ~~ CHRISTINE GREEN, CITY SECRETARY EXHIBIT "A" ORDINANCE NO. 18-024 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY PARK, TEXAS, AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE AND MAP OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY PARK, AS HERETOFORE AMENDED, BY AMENDING PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NO. 20, DESCRIBED AS LOT lA, BLOCK 45, FOURTH SECTION, OF UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION, AN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY PARK, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS, AND COMMONLY KNOWN AS 4024 CARUTH; APPROVING AN AMENDED DETAILED SITE PLAN AS EXHIBIT "A" FOR PD-20; PROVIDING SPECIAL CONDITIONS; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS ($2,000.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Duly passed by the City Council of the City of University Park, Texas, on the 191h day of June, 20 18. APPROV~· e . OLIN B. LANE, MAYOR g ATTEST: CURIS'I'INE GREEN, CI'I'Y SECRETARY