HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 07/18 Concrete Paving
ORDINANCE NO.
07/18
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY PARK, TEXAS, AMENDING THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY PARK, CHAPTER 3, BUll.DING &
CONSTRUCTION, BY AMENDING SECTION 3.1413 TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS FOR
THE ADDITION, REPAIR, OR REPLACEMENT OF PUBLIC WALKS, ALLEYS, AND
DRIVEWAY APPROACHES; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN
CONFLICT; PROVIDING A SEVERABll.ITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY OF
FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF FIVE IltJNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00) FOR EACH
OFFENSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DAtE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY PARK,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That Chapter 3, Article 3.1400, Section 3.1413, of the Code of Ordinances, City of
University Park, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 3.1413 Requirements for the Addition, Repair, or Replacement of Public Walks, Alleys,
and Driveway Approaches
(a) As a condition for the granting of a building perthit for any improvements to real property, when
the estimated or readjusted cost of said improvements is ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) or greater:
(1) all public walks, if not existent or if, in the opiniOfi of the director of public works, existing public
walks and driveway approaches are in a state of disrepair or constitute a hazard to pedestrian traffic,
shall be constructed on both the front and the side of the property; curb openings for abandoned
driveways will be closed and existing public walks and driveway approaches, where required, shall be
repaired or replaced in accordance with city specifications; and,
(2) all improvements and encroachments, including all landscaping materials (grass, trees, shrubs, and
plants), in the existing alley right-of-way abutting the property for which the permit is required shall be
removed or relocated onto the abutting private property by, and at the sole expense of, the abutting
private property owner, and the portion of the alley right-of-way between the edge of the alley paving
and the property line shall be paved with reinforced concrete at approximately the same grade as the
alley paving, allowing for proper drainage from the abutting property to the alley, such paving to be
done in accordance with City specifications for alley paving and by, and at the sole expense of, such
abutting private property owner.
(b) When repair of public sidewalks on corner lots is required by this section, it shall be the
responsibility of the city to repair or replace existing hatldicap ramps or, in the absence of such a ramp,
place or cause to be placed, handicap ramps which comply with the requirements of the Texas Accessibility
Standards (TAS) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)."
SECTION 2. That all provisions of the Code of Ordinances of the City of University Park, Texas,
in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. That should any word, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase or section of this
ordinance or of the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, be adjudged or held to be void or
unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of said ordinance or the
Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, which shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 4. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction in the municipal court of the City of
University Park, Texas, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00)
for each offense, and each and every day any such violation shall continue shall be deemed to constitute a
separate offense.
SECTION 5. That this ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage and the
publication of the caption, as the law and Charter in such Cll&eS provide.
DUL Y PASSED by the City Council of the City of University Park, Texas, on the 22nd day of May
2007.
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CITY ATTORNEY
(RLD/5-15-07)