Ordinance 1980-14
ORDINANCE NO.
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 71-11 PRE-
SCRIBING RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING PLATS, PLANS AND
SUBDIVISIONS OF LAND WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY
OF WYLIE, TEXAS, OR WITHIN ITS JURISDICTION; AMENDING SEVERAL
SECTIONS OF THE ABOVE ORDINANCE BE ADDITIONS TO VARIOUS SEC-
TIONS OF THE ORDINANCE; AND BY DELETION OF CERTAIN REGULATIONS
FROM THE ABOVE ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY OF NOT MORE
THAN TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.) FOR EACH VIOLATION THEREOF;
REPEALING ALL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
SECTION 1. Section 9-14-2 is hereby amended by adding to
paragraph (E), 2. "The Planning Commission and City Council
shall act on the preliminary plat within thirty days from the
date such plat was filed with each body for their approval."
SECTION 2. Section 9-14-2: the following sentence shall be
added to paragraph (E), 4. "The Planning Commission and City
Council shall act on the final plat within thirty days from
the date such plat was filed with each body for their approval."
SECTION 3. Section 9-14-5: the following sentence will be
inserted after the end of the first sentence of the first para-
graph: "The Planning Commission and the City Council shall act
on the final plat within thirty days from the date such plat
was filed with each body for their approval."
SECTION 4. Section 9-14-6: General plat requirements, shall
be amended to read as follows: a. Paragraph (A), 11. "Major
street right-of-way widths shall be as shown on the City's
Thoroughfare Plan. The minimum width of a median between
through traffic lanes shall be fifteen feet face to face of
curbs, and the minimum width of a median adjacent to a left
turn lane shall be five feet.
Residential and minor streets shall have a minimum pavement
width of twenty-six feet (face to face of curbs) and a right-
of-way width of fifty-feet."
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"Collector streets, especially around schools shall be a
minimum of thirty-six feet in pavement width on sixty feet
of right-of-way. Collector streets shall be located about
half way between parallel major thoroughfares and not to
exceed approximately one-half mile away from a major thorough-
fare or in another collector street."
"Collector streets which are continous and straight in align-
ment shall have a minimum pavement width of forty feet on
sixty feet of right-of-way."
"Streets in industrial areas shall have a minimum of forty-
four feet in pavement width on sixty-four feet of right-of-
way minimum."
b. Paragraph (B), 1. Shall be amended to read: "Alleys
shall be provided in commercial and industrial districts,
and shall be paved with reinforced concrete", except that the
City may waive this requirement where other definite and
assured provision is made for service access, such as off-
street loading, unloading, and parking consistent with and
adequate for the uses proposed."
c. Paragraph (B), 2.\IAlleys shall be provided in all reSl-
dential areas, and shall be paved with reinforced concrete".
d. Paragraph (B), 3. Shall read as follows: "The minimum
width of an alley shall be twenty feet in an industrial and
commercial areas and fifteen feet in residential. Alley turn-
outs shall be paved to the property line and shall be at least
ten feet wide face to face of curbs at that point. Paving radius
where alleys intersect thoroughfares shall be ten feet and shall
be five feet at intersection with all other streets."
e. Paragraph (B), 6. Shall read as follows: "Alley paving
shall be a minimum of ten feet wide in residential areas and
sixteen feet wide in commercial and industrial areas."
5. Section 9-l4~7:
Improvements
a. Paragraph (B), 1. Shall read as follows: "1. Concrete
Paving: All streets thoroughfares, alley's, driveway's and
turn-outs shall be paved with concrete, properly and contin-
uously reinforced, with integral curbs."
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b. Paragraph (B), 2. Shall read as follows:
"a. Residential Street and Alley Paving All residential
streets and alleys shall be paved with a six-inch thickness
of three thousand pounds p.s.i. reinforced concrete pavement,
with a six-inch thick lime stabilized base where the subbase
material has a plasticity index of twelve or higher.
b. Collectors Streets and Commercial or Industrial Alley
Paving All collector streets, and alleys in commercial or
industrial areas, shall be paved with a six-inch thickness of
three thousand five hundred pounds p.s.i. reinforced concrete
pavement, with a six-inch thick lime stabalized base where the
subbase material has a plasticity index of twelve or higher.
c. Thoroughfare Paving
All thoroughfares shall be paved
with an eight-inch thickness of three thousand five hundred
pounds p.s.i. reinforced concrete pavement, with a six-inch
thick lime stabalized base where the subbase material has a
plasticity index of twelve or higher."
c. Paragraph (D), 3.b. Shall read as follows: Storm Fre-
quency Designed storm frequencies for the storm drainage
improvements in the City are shown in a table as follows:
Type of
Facility
Storm Sewers
Culverts,
Bridges,
Channels
and Creeks
Culverts,
Bridges,
Channels
and Creeks
Culverts,
Bridges,
Channels
and Creeks
DESIGN STORM FREQUENCY
Description
of Area
Drained
Recommended
Maximum
Time of
Concentration
(Minutes)
Recommended
Design
Frequency
(Years)
Residential
Commercial
and Industrial
25
30
Any type of
area less than
100 acres
25
30
Any type of
area greater
than 100 acres
but less than
1,000 acres
45
25
Any type of
area greater
than 1,000 acres
50
60
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SECTION 6. Section 9-l4-10: Other requirements, (A) changes
and variations, shall be amended by the addition of the fol-
lowing sentence at the end of paragraph (A): "The Wylie
Zoning ordinance provides for separation of residential areas
from commercial or industrial areas by the erection of a sight
barrier fence up to six feet in height. The final plat for
a proposed subdivision, in cases where there will be a separa-
tion of residential property from commercial or industrial
property, shall indicate upon the final plat the location
and height of proposed fences to be installed."
SECTION 7. Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate
any of the provisions of this ordinance or who shall fail to
comply with any provision hereof shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor and, upon conviction, shall be subject to a fine
not to exceed two hundred dollars, and each day that such
violation continues shall constitue a separate offense and
shall be punishable accordingly.
SECTION 8. All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsis-
tent with or in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 9.
If any section or part of any section, paragraph
or clause of this ordinance is declared invalid or unconsti-
tutional for any reason, such declarations shall not be held
to invalidate or impair the validity, force or effect of any
other section or subsections, part of section, paragraph or
clause of this ordinance.
SECTION 10. This ordinance shall become effective immediately
upon its publication.
DULY PASSED AND ADOPTED ON THIS, 7TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1980.
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1/~JOhn W. Aki~, Mayor
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Secretary
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