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:
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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