04-04-04-Ordinance-Park Open Space Public Use Dedication-04/19/2004ORDINANCE 04-04-04
THAT CHAPTER 10, SECTION 6.18 K, "PARK; OPEN SPACE; RECREATION
AREAS & PUBLIC USE DEDICATION", OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS, IS HEREBY AMENDED BY REQUIRING
PARK SPECIFICATIONS FOR LAND DEDICATION; PROVIDING FOR THE
REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY; AND PROVIDING FOR
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANGER,
TEXAS:
Section 1. That Chapterl0, Section 6.18 K of the Code of Ordinances, City of
Sanger, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"K. Additional Requirements
l . Any land dedicated to the City under this section must be suitable for park
and recreation uses. The offer of land with the following characteristics may be
refused:
a. Any areas of unusual topography or slope or other characteristics
which render same unusable for reasonable park construction, or
b. Any area that does not meet the grant requirements of the Texas
Department of Parks and Wildlife.
2. Drainage areas may be accepted as part of a park if no significant area of
the park, is cut off from access by such drainage area and if suitable improvements
may be made within the area, without unreasonable cost by the City.
3. Each park, must have direct access to a public street.
4. Any detention/retention pond used as part of an open space requirement
must be approved by the City, must have a 4' wide sidewalk, around the entire
perimeter of the pond and must have 4' or larger benches placed on concrete pads
and spaced not more than 500' apart, with trees planted between the benches at
not greater than 100' intervals. The trees planted must be from the City's
approved list."
Section 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are, to the
extent of such conflict, hereby repealed.
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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.
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 April
A.D. 2004, by the City Council of the City of Sanger, Denton County, Texas.
APPROVED:
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