Ordinance 1993-38
ORDINANCE NO.
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, ADOPTING SCREENING
AND LANDSCAPING STANDARDS FOR THE CITY, REPEALING ALL
CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; CONT AININGAPENALTY CLAUSE; CONTAINING
A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined in its legislative capacity that the installation
and maintenance of landscaping and screening are necessary to protect and enhance the
community's environmental, economic and aesthetic quality; and,
WHEREAS, adoption of appropriate landscaping and screening standards would be in
furtherance of the promotion of the public health, safety and general welfare;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE OTY OF
WYLIE, TEXAS, as follows:
SECTION I
The following provisions be, and they hereby are, adopted as the Landscape and
Screening Standards for the City of Wylie:
I. APPLICA nON
A. These standards shall apply to all buildings and uses of land except single
family dwellings and agricultural buildings when an application for a building permit is made
for the following construction:
(1) New Construction
(2) Business renovations on an existing structure, valued at over $5,000.00 or
additions of 800 square feet or more to the structure.
or upon submission of a site plan as required by the City of Wylie or the Planning and
Zoning Commission.
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B. These standards shall also apply to existing properties that are not subject to
building permit requirements when:
(I) there is a substantial change in the distinguishing traits or primary features of
the use of the building or land, as evidenced by increased parking requirements
or a change in occupancy classification and! or
(2) the City of Wylie or Planning and Zoning Commission determines that
development of the property warrants site plan approval
II. LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING REQUIREMENTS
A. SCREENING REQUIREMENTS
The screening requirements herein established shall be interpreted in conjunction with,
and supplementary to, other similar requirements set out in the Wylie City Code, as the same
now exists or is hereafter amended, specifically including without limitation those dealing
with dumpster screening (Chapter 11 Section 15), and those required for separation of non-
residential uses from residential uses (Chapter 12 Zoning Ordinance), and in the event of
difference between the provisions hereof and any other sections of the Wylie City Code the
more stringent requirement shall apply.
1. When screening is required hereunder the screening device shall be not less than six
feet in height (unless otherwise specified) and shall be either decorative fence, masonry wall,
earthen berm (maximum side slope of 3: I and covered with vegetation), or live screening (if
solid visual screen three feet wide and six feet high will be established within two years of
planting); and all screening devices and materials shall be aesthetically and architecturally
compatible with the materials and design of the site being developed.
2. The following uses and activities shall be screened from adjacent property and
public streets:
a) outdoor storage areas
b) outside display of merchandise (if otherwise allowable under City Codes), adjacent
to the required front yard to a height of not less than three feet
c) primary refuse containers (dumpsters) - in non-residential and multi-family uses
shall be screened on three sides with an opening for access on the fourth side
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B. LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS
In non-residential districts the following landscaping requirements shall apply:
(1) Every lot shall provide a minimum of 5 % of the lot area to be utilized for
landscaping. A minimum of one-half of the required landscaping area shall be
located in the front yard. Required landscaping area shall not include
driveways, paved walks, or right-of-way or easements for streets or alleys
where a fence or wall is required by ordinance, the fence or wall may be
located within the required landscaping area.
(2) Visibility requirements - on any comer lot, all landscaping, whether or not
required by the ordinance, shall be designed and maintained so that it shall not
obstruct the vision of a motor vehicle driver approaching any street, alley or
driveway intersection.
When a driveway intersects a public right-of-way, all landscaping within the
triangular areas described below shall provide unobstructed cross visibility at a
level between thirty (30) inches and nine (9) feet above the street grade level.
The visibility triangles shall be determined by projecting a line fifteen (15) feet
along the street right-of-way and fifteen feet along the internal driveway and
connecting the ends of the two lines.
(3) All required landscape areas shall consist of a combination of trees, grass,
shrubs, ground cover and other live plant material such as those contained in
the recommended plant list. The combination shall consist of at least one (1)
tree, ten feet (10') tall, or two (2) trees not less than two inches (2") in
diameter, for each one thousand (1,000) square feet of required landscape area.
C. MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS
(1) All plant material shall be maintained at all times in a living and growing
condition. Dead landscaping materials shall be replaced with like or similar
materials.
(5) Adjacent right-of-way shall be kept mowed and properly maintained. Right-of-
way shall not be included in the required percentage of landscaped area.
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LARGE TREES
Pecan
Red Oak
Burr Oak
Water Oak
Southern Magnolias
Live Oak
Bald Cypress
Bradford Pear
EVERGREEN SHRUBS
Red Tip Photinia
Burford Holly
Nellie R. Stevens
Chinese Holly
Yaupon Holly
Clearra
Nandinnia
Dwarf Crepe Myrtle
Japanese Ligustrum
Waxleaf Ligustrum
Abelia
Junipers
Barberry
PROHIBITED TREES
Silver Maple
Hackberry
Green Ash
Arizona Ash
Mulberry
Cottonwood
Mimosa
Syberian Elm
RECOMMEDED PLANT LIST
SMALL TREES
Yaupon Hollies
Crepe Myrtle
Wax Myrtle
Cherry Laurel
Red Bud
Japanese Black Pine
Cedar Elm
Asian Jasmine
Honeysuckle
English Ivy
Boston Ivy
Liriope
Monkey Grass
Virginia Creeper
Vinca
Mondo Grass
Ophia Pogon
Elaeagnus
purple Sage
American Elm
Willow
Sycamore
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SECTION II
Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this ordinance, or any part hereof,
shall be fined in an amount not to exceed the maximum established by ~54.01(b) of Texas
Local Government Code, for convictions of health and safety violations and each and every
day that the provisions of this ordinance are violated shall constitute a separate and distinct
offense.
SECTION III
Should any paragraph, sentence, sub-division, 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 or
parts as declared to be invalid, illegal, or unconstitutional.
SECTION IV
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption by the City
Council and publication of its caption as the law and the City Charter provide in such cases.
SECTION V
That all other ordinances and code provisions in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to
the extent of any such conflict or inconsistency and all other provisions of the Wylie City
Code not in conflict herewith shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION VI
The repeal of any ordinance, of parts thereof, by the enactment of this Ordinance, shall
not be construed as abandoning any action now pending under or by virtue of such ordinance;
nor shall it have the effect of discontinuing, abating, modifying or altering any penalty
accruing or to accrue, nor as effecting any rights of the municipality under any section or
provisions of any ordinances at the time of passage of this ordinance.
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DUL Y PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Wylie, Texas, this
14th day of September, 1993.
Approved:
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City Atto
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