HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 86-28 - Zoning R-O Dist Williams DrORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS, AMENDING ITS ZONING
ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING DISTRICTS, REGULATIONS, AND�-RESTRICTIONS
THEREIN TO CREATE A NEW DISTRICT TO BE TITLED R4 RESIDENTIAL OFFICE;
DECLARING THE PURPOSE AND INTENT OF SAID DISTRICT; PROVIDING THE
CRITERIA FOR REZONING TO R-0; ESTABLISHING REGULATIONS AND
RESTRICTIONS IN SAID R4 DISTRICT AS TO ALLOWED USES, IMPERVIOUS
COVER, BUILDING STRUCTURE, SIDEWALKS, DRIVEWAYS, PARKING, TREES,
BUFFERS, SIGNS, ACCESSORY USES, LIGHTING, DRAINAGE, SET BACKS, AND A
REQUIRED SITE PLAN; REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR A
SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Georgetown, Texas, desires to
promote the public health, safety, morals, and welfare of the community; and
WHEREAS, the Council finds that traffic conditions and related
circumstances along Williams Drive have changed significantly since the
establishment of predominantly single -family -residential land use along Williams
Drive between IH -35 and Power Road; and
WHEREAS, the Council finds that the conversion of existing residential
structures, in conformance with appropriate site development standards, to low
intensity office use is an acceptable alternative to continued single-family
residential use along said portion of Williams Drive; and
WHEREAS, the Council finds that the transition in land use along Williams
Drive has the potential to adversely impact adjacent residences and to reduce
the traffic carrying capacity of Williams Drive if appropriate site development
standards are not met;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GEORGETOWN, TEXAS.
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That Chapter One, Section 1.202 of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of
Georgetown is hereby amended to read as follows.
1.202 The Three types of districts are further divided into the following
districts,
R -S
Single -Family
District
R -M
Multiple -Family
District
R -P
Residential Planned
District
R -O
Residential Office
District
C-1
Local Commercial
District
C -2-A
Commercial,
First
Height District
C -2-B
Commercial,
Second
Height District
I Industrial
District
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II.
That Chapter
Two, Section
2.11,
district, measured from the Williams Drive
of the
Zoning
Ordinance of the City of
Georgetown, Texas,
is hereby
mended
to
read
as
follows:
one hundred forty (140) feet.
I.
SECTION 2.11e RESIDENTIAL OFFICE DISTRICT
2.1100 Purposes and Intent for R4 District. It is the desire of the City
Council to allow Urough the creation of the R- Residential Office district an
orderly transition of land use from residential use to relatively small scale
office use of lots and parcels fronting Williams Drive west of Interstate 35
while maintaining a predominantly residential property appearance and building
scale. Further, it is the City Council's intention in creating this district to
mitigate adverse impacts of this transition from residential use to small scale
office use on the remaining residences, and on the traffic carrying capacity of
Williams Drive. Finally, this ordinance is not intended to encourage or endorse
violation of any restrictive covenants existing along said thoroughfare,
2.1101 Criteria for rezoning to R-0. In order to be considered for rezoning to
the Residential O if ce district (hereinafter R4), a lot or parcel must be
contiguous to the public right-of-way of that certain street within the City of
Georgetown which is designated as Texas FM 2338 and as Williams Street, and
which is commonly and herein referred to as Williams Drive. Such lot or parcel
must also be located on Williams Drive, west of Interstate Highway 35 and east
of Power Road, Every R-0 district must meet at least one of the following three
cri teri a.
a. Must contain not less than three hundred fifty (350) feet of
continuous frontage on one side of Williams Drive; provided,
however, that for the purpose of applying this part, frontage
may be considered continuous across a street intersection; or
b. Must contain three (3) adjacent platted lots having
frontage on Williams Drive; or
c. Must contain the entire frontage along one side of Williams
Drive between any two of the following: intersecting street;
school; church; any less restrictive zoning district than R4;
public building, utility or institutional facility, or any
other physical feature which the Planning & Zoning Commission
finds to be an identifiable and sufficient "buffer or edge" to
the proposed R4 district in keeping with the purpose and
intent of the R4 district.
The maximum
depth of any R-0
district, measured from the Williams Drive
right-of-way,
shall be established
as follows:
a.
For
any platted lot, the
depth of the lot;
b.
For
any unplatted parcel,
one hundred forty (140) feet.
2.1102 Permitted Uses. The following use types are permitted within the R-0
District,
A. Commercial uses
1. Insurance office;
2. Real estate office;
3. Offices for attorneys, architects,
engineers and similar professionals,
health care as hereinafter provided;
4. Photographic studio;
5. Mailing and stenographic services;
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accountants,
except human
6. Travel agency;
7. Investment broker;
8. Business management consultant;
B. Civic Uses .:A•
1. Offices of non-profit organizations, such as
professional membership organizations, labor unions,
civic, social, fraternal, religious and political
organizations.
2.1103 Conditional Uses:
The following use types may be allowed, subject to approval
permit as provided by Chapter Three, Sections 31.01 et seq. hereof.
A. Commercial uses
1. Offices of professional services providing medical,
dental, psychological, chiropractic, and other human
health care on an out-patient basis,
B. Residential Uses
1. One accessory apartment per principle structure, not
to exceed 35 percent of the floor area of the
principle structure,
for special
2.1104 Site Development Standards
Each site in the residential office district shall be subject to the
following site development regulations.
a. Impervious Cover. Total impervious cover shall not exceed 55%
of the lot area.
b. Principle structure. Buildings in the R-0 district shall
maintain a single family detached residential appearance and
scale.
(i) Building Height. Maximum building height shall be
35' or the maximum building height allowed in the
most restrictive adjacent zoning district, whichever
is less; provided, however, that no part of any
building shall penetrate a "bulk plane" established
as follows: beginning ten feet above average grade
at each required side and rear building setback
1 ine, and rising one foot for every two feet of
additional setback. Buildings shall contain not
more than two and one-half stories.
(ii) Roof. Roofs shall be hip or gable type, with a
minimum pitch of 3:12. Maximum height of any rear
eave shall be not greater than 9 feet measured from
average grade at the building foundation. Maximum
height of any rear gable shall be not greater than
16 feet measured from average grade at the building
foundation. Roof material shall not be bright,
highly reflective material. A ridge line shall not
exceed 60 feet between horizontal or vertical
offsets of two feet or more. Roof mount HVAC
equipment shall be screened with durable material of
a minimum 50% opacity.
(iii) Orientation of windows and doors. Second story
exterior doors, and second story windows having a
sill height less than 6 feet above the finished
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floor, shall not face an adjoining lot in a zoning
district more restrictive than the R4 district.
c. Sidewalks. A sidewalk shall be constructed along the entire
Williams Drive frontage of the district wherte a `§erviceable
sidewalk does not exist. Sidewalks shall be located in the
street right-of-way approximately one foot from the property
line, shall be connected to any serviceable sidewalk on
adjacent property, and shall be designed and constructed in
accordance with specifications approved by the Director of
Public Works.
d. Driveways. Minimum distance between driveways accessing
Williams Drive within an R -O district shall be 150 feet.
Minimum distance from any driveway to a street right-of-way
intersecting Williams Drive shall be 200 feet. Driveways
existing at the time of rezoning to R-0 which do not conform
to these distance requirements shall not be allowed to remain
as non -conforming driveways. Any driveway accessing a street
which intersects Williams Drive shall be placed as far as
possible from the Williams Drive intersection. Maximum
driveway width shall be 24 feet. Curb return radii shall be a
min i mum of 15 feet. Driveways shall have an all-weather
surface approved by the Director of Public Works.
e. Parking. Maintenance of the residential appearance of
buildings in the R-0 district is furthered by the retention of
front lawns free of vehicle parking. One off-street parking
space shall be provided for each 300 square feet of floor area
of the principle structure. All off-street parking spaces
shall be to the rear of the front yard, regardless of any
required yard or building setback. All parking spaces between
the projected front and rear building walls shall be screened
from view from W i 1 1 i ams Drive by a vegetative screen or fence
or wall having a minimum height of 3 feet. Parking spaces on
any lot without a principle structure shall be to the rear of
a line connecting the fronts of adjacent buildings. All
parking spaces shall have an all weather surface, either
pervious or impervious, approved by the Director of Public
Works.
Parking spaces adjacent to required fencing and in conformance
with buffer requirements herein shall have curbing or wheel
stops sufficient to prevent damage to such fence.
f. Trees. Every tree of 36 inch or greater circumference shall
be preserved. A tree of 16 inch to 36 inch circumference may
be removed, provided that it is replaced on the same lot or an
adjacent lot with a tree whose circumference is at least 40%
as great as the tree removed, and whose species has similar
characteristics of configuration and size at maturity as the
tree removed. All trees' circumference shall be measured 4
feet above surrounding grade. No excavation or filling or
paving shall be performed within 70% of the area within the
drip line of any tree retained or installed to meet the
requirements of this part, and 50% of the circumference of the
drip line must be free of excavation, filling and impervious
paving.
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g. Buffers. Visual screening shall be installed and maintained
along all side and rear property lines adjoining a district
more restrictive than the R -O district, in conformance with
all other requirements of the Zoning Ordinance regarding
fences and walls, except as otherwise provided• herdin. Visual
screening shall consist of a permanent wall or fence six (6)
feet in height. A screen wall shall be constructed of brick
or brick -patterned reinforced concrete. A screen fence shall
be constructed with posts and runners of pressure treated wood
and face boards of redwood, cedar, or pressure treated wood,
and may include rock or brick columns constructed on
reinforced concrete foundation. Fence runners shall not face
adjacent residential property.
Evergreen landscape plants are recommended to give visual
relief to required screen walls or fences. A minimum five
foot landscaped buffer yard shall be maintained within the R4
district adjacent to all required screen walls or fences.
h. Signs. Permanent signs in the R-0 district shall be
restricted to those advertising the use conducted on the
premises. Internally and/or intermittently illuminated signs
are prohibited. Temporary or portable commercial signs are
prohibited. A maximum of two signs per lot shall be allowed,
provided, however, that the total sign area shall be limited
to thirty-two (32) square feet per one hundred (100) lineal
feet of Williams Drive frontage. All signs shall be installed
facing and parallel to Williams Drive. Signs shall be either.
(i) attached to the principle structure below the
building eaves or
(ii) installed on an earth berm a minimum of 20 feet
from the Williams Drive right-of-way. Berm signs
shall have a height of not more that three (3) feet
from average surrounding grade.
i. Accessory uses. Accessory uses shall be restricted to those
uses which are compatible with the low intensity of Resident
Office use and with adjacent residential use.
(i) Waste containers shall be screened from view by a
structure one foot greater in height than the
container and capable of preventing the spread of
blowing debris.
(ii) Antennas. Antennas shall be prohibited in the front
yard. Minimum required setback from any property
line shall be equal to the height of the antenna.
Antennas shall be similar in color to the principle
structure if attached to the principle structure, or
shall be screened from view from any street or any
adjacent residence.
(iii) Accessory buildings and carports shall be of similar
construction to the principle structure.
j. i_ightinga No exterior lighting source shall cause offensive
glare or reflection visible from a street or adjacent
property.
k. Drainage. Increased run-off resulting from conversion to
Residential Office use shall be detained on-site or shall be
diverted from adjacent property in conformance with stormwater
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drainage requirements of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Georgetown.
1. Required yards. Minimum side yard shall be ten feet; Minimum
rear yard shall be fifteen feet; Minimum front yard shall be
twenty-five feet, provided, however, .that front, ,s:i-de, or rear
building setback lines which are shown on an approved and
recorded plat and which are more restrictive than those herein
shall be observed, and further provided that where adjacent
buildings observe a front setback greater than that required
herein, any building constructed after the effective date of
this ordinance shall maintain a front setback equal to the
average of the front setback of adjacent structures.
2.1105 Site Plan Required. An application for rezoning to R-0 Residential
Office shall be accompanied by a site plan indicating improvements proposed to
conform with the Site Development Standards contained herein. The site plan
shall also indicate all existing trees of sixteen (16) inches or greater
circumference, and all features, conditions and improvements which do not
conform with the Site Development Standards contained herein and which are
proposed to continue as non -conforming. Application and site plan shall be
submitted on forms provided by and in accordance with guidelines set forth by
the Director of Community Development and Planning. No application shall be
forwarded to the Planning and Zoning Commission until all application and site
plan submittal requirements have been met.
2.1106. Procedures. Except as
applications for rezoning to R4
14, "Amendments". of the City
procedural requirements of the
hereafter amended,
provided herein the procedure to
District shall be in accordance
of Georgetown Zoning Ordinance,
City Zoning Ordinance now in
II.
be followed in
with Chapter
and such other
existence or
This Ordinance shall be effective for all property adjacent to Williams Drive
west of Interstate 35 and within the territorial jurisdiction of the City of
Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas, on the date it is read, passed and
approved on the second and final reading and signed by the Mayor of the City of
Georgetown, Texas,
Any property annexed after passage of this Ordinance shall be governed by
the provisions of this Ordinance.
Iv.
All Ordinances, parts of Ordinances, or Resolutions in conflict herewith
are expressly repealed.
v.
If any article, paragraph or part of a paragraph of this Ordinance is held
to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction the same
shall not invalidate or impair the validity, force or effect of any other
article, paragraph or part of a paragraph of this Ordinance.
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1986a READ, PASSED, AND APPROVED on first reading this LL day of ,
�.
READ, PASSED, AND APPROVED on second and final reading this day of
r s
1986.
HT:
CABALLERO,
PROVED AS TO F
UMP & STUMP, C
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CITY OF GEORGETOWN
BY
mayor