08-20-02-Ordinance-Amending the Exterior Construction of Residential Dwellings-08/19/2002ORDINANCE 08-20-02
THAT CHAPTER 3, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
SANGER, TEXAS, IS HEREBY AMENDED BY ADDING AN ARTICLE, TO BE
NUMBERED ARTICLE 3.2000 REQUIRING BRICK EXTERIOR CONSTRUCTION
OF RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS:
Section 1. That Chapter 3 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Sanger, Texas, is
hereby amended by adding an article, to be numbered Article 3.2000, which said article shall
read as follows:
"ARTICLE 3.2000 EXTERIOR CONSTRUCTION OF RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS
A. This article establishes the brick requirement for Newly Constructed Single
Family Residences, Duplexes, and Multi Family Units in the City. of Sanger.
B. All exterior facades for the first story of a main building or structure in any
"SF" zoning district, "2F" zoning district, and the "PD" zoning district shall
be constructed of a minimum of seventy-five percent (75%) masonry
construction, including brick, stone, granite, marble, concrete block or
stucco.
C. All exterior facades for the first and second floors of a main building or
structure in any "MF" zoning district shall be constructed of a minimum of
eighty percent (80%) masonry construction, including brick, stone, granite,
marble, concrete block or stucco. All other floors shall be constructed of a
minimum of 50% masonry.
D. The City Council may issue a waiver of these requirements on any grant
funded properties or reconstruction of a substandard dwelling."
Section 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are, to the
extent of such conflict, hereby repealed.
Section 3. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the
sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, phrases and words of this Ordinance are severable
and, if any word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section of this Ordinance shall be
declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent
jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining portions of this
Ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the
incorporation in this Ordinance of any such unconstitutional word, phrase, clause, sentence,
paragraph, or section.
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Section 4. Any person, firm, or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions
of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in
accordance with the general penalty provision found in Section 1.109 of this Code.
Section 5. This ordinance will take effect immediately from and after its passage
and the publication of the caption, as the law and Charter in such cases provide.
DULY PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED, this the 19th day of August
A.D., 2002, by the City Council of the City of Sanger, Denton County, Texas,
APPROVED:
Tommy' i#, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY (RLD/8-19-02) 49906