HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 99-13 - Manufactured Housing Dev*RDINANCE •
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN,
TEXAS, IDENTIFYING THE NEED TO REVIEW AND REASSESS THE CITY'S
REGULATIONS FOR MANUFACTURED HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS AND
SUSPENDING THE RECEIPT FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF NEW
APPLICATIONS FOR MANUFACTURED HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
PROJECTS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY AND ITS
EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION FOR ONE YEAR; REPEALING
CONFLICTING ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS; INCLUDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; INCLUDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION;
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City has rules and regulations governing the development of
manufactured home parks in within the City limits and the Extra Territorial Jurisdiction of the
City; and
WHEREAS, there are three manufactured home park projects that have received prior
approval by the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the City Council is appointing a citizen committee to prepare the Housing
Element of the Georgetown Century Plan, which will contain policies on housing types and
affordable housing, including manufactured housing; and
WHEREAS, the ability of the City to review and adopt these policies and prepare any
necessary revisions to the rules and regulations for manufactured homes within the City limits
and Extraterritorial Jurisdiction will take up to one year; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that this ordinance should be passed on
emergency reading in order to protect the public health, safety and welfare;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GEORGETOWN, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. The facts and recitations contained in the preamble of this ordinance are
hereby found and declared to be true and correct, and are incorporated by reference herein and
expressly made a part hereof, as if copied verbatim. The City Council hereby finds that this
ordinance implements the following policies of the Century Plan - Policy Plan Element:
1, Housing Policy 10.0 which states "The City cooperates with builders, developers, and
property owners to provide safe and adequate housing opportunities for all citizens"; and
2. Growth and Physical Development Policy 7.1 which states "The City's regulations
implement the Policy Ends and provide the opportunity to seek change with reasonable
effort and expense";
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and further finds that the enactment of this ordinance is not inconsistent or in conflict with any
other Century Plan Policies, as required by Section 2.03 of the Administrative Chapter of the
Policy Plan,
SECTION 2. Effective immediately upon enactment of this ordinance, the City of
Georgetown suspends the receipt, review, processing and approval, for one year, of all new
valid applications within the City and the Extra Territorial Jurisdiction received after the posting
of this agenda (being 2:40 p.m. on Thursday February 4, 1999) for all projects intending to
locate manufactured home units for residential occupancy, and further the City will prepare the
Housing Element of the Century Plan to provide policy direction on housing types and affordable
housing, including manufactured homes.
SECTION 3. Excluded from this suspension are the three (3) projects which have
received prior approval for manufactured housing development by the City Council. If the
application is active as of the effective date of this ordinance, the development may continue so
long as they continue through the development review process. If substantive changes are
made to projects with active applications, requiring a new application, such new application will
be subject to the suspension. If the application is inactive as of the effective date of this
ordinance, the City will accept application for development of a manufactured housing
subdivision under the suspended ordinance.
SECTION 4. All ordinances and resolutions, or parts of ordinances and resolutions, in
conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed, and are no longer of any force and effect.
SECTION 5. If any provision of this ordinance or application thereof to any person or
circumstance, shall be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the other provisions, or
application thereof, of this ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or
application, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared to be severable.
SECTION 6. Any person(s) or firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this
ordinance, or shall fail to comply therewith, shall be deemed guilty of a Class C misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable. Each day a violation shall continue shall be
deemed to be a separate offense to the maximum fine allowed by State law for Class C
misdemeanors.
SECTION 7. The City Council hereby declares that this Ordinance should be adopted
on emergency passage. This ordinance shall become effective and be in full force and effect
immediately.
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PASSED AND APPROVED on Emergency Reading on the 9th day of February, 1999,
ATTE T:
Sandra D. Lee
City Secretary
AS TO FORM:
Marianne Landers Banks
City Attorney
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THE CITY OF G
Mayor