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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance - 4801-1965 - Amending Zoning Ordinance #1965,Adding New Section 2.36A - 09/09/1965FOS:bw ORDINANCE NO 480T AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ZONING ORDINANCE NO.'1695 SECTION 2 BY ADDING NEW SECTION 2. 36a DEFINING A DORMITORY; AMENDING SEC- TION 14-A. 1 BY ADDING A NEW SECTION TO BE NUMBERED 14-A. 1-15 ALLOWING THE GRANTING OF SPECIFIC USE PERMITS FOR THE BUILDING 01 DORMITORIES IN ANY DISTRICT, ADDING NEW SECTIONS ESTABLISHING RE- QUIREMENTS AND CONDITIONS FOR THE GRANTING OF SPECIFIC USE PER- MITS FOR DORMITORIES; AND AMENDING SUBSECTION 8.2-5 OF SECTION 8 BY DELETING THE WORD "DORMITORIES"; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PRESCRIBING A PENALTY; AND ORDERING AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY SECRETARY TO PUBLI,SH A DESCRIPTIVE CAPTION; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.' WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission at the request of the City Council considered and made its recommendation for amending Zoning Ordinance No. 1695, Section 2 by adding subsection 2. 36a; amending Section 14,4A. 1 by adding new sections hereinafter set out, and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that it would be in the interest of prote ing the public health, safety and general welfare to amend the foregoing sections of Zoning Ordinance No. 1695 in the following manner; NOW THEREFORE: BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK: SECTION 1. THAT Section 2 of Ordinance No. 1695 be amended by adding a new subse6ion 2. 36a to read as follows: 2. 3Qa -Dormitory - A building in which living quarters are provided pri- I marily for individual students under the general supervision or regulation of an established College or University and as distingui from an apartment, hotel, motel or rooming house. A dormitory may provide apartment units for guests, faculty or supervisory personnel on a ratio not to exceed oneesuch apartment unit for eac fifty (50) students for which the building is designed. Individual rooms or suites of rooms may have cooking facilities. The dormitory may include facilities such as a commissary, and / or snack bar, lounge and study area, dining halls and accessory kitchen, recreation facilities and laundry, provided that these facilities are for the benefit and use of the occupants and their guests and. not open to the general public. " SECTION 2. THAT Section 14-A. 1 of Ordinance No. 1695 be amended by adding new subsections to read as follows: "14-A. 1-15 Dormitory projects in any district subject to the following requirements and conditions. 14-A. 1-15-1 Lot Width. The minimum lot width for dormi- tories shall be one hundred (100) feet. 14-A. 1-15-2 Lot Area. The minimum lot area for dormitorie shall be ten thousand (10, 000) square feet. 14�A.1-15-3 Floor Area. The total gross floor area shall not exceed three (3) times the total area of the pro- perty or properties used for the complete develol ment. In calculating the gross floor area the are designed for residential purposes, including interior balconies, mezzanines, lobbies, halls, corridors, stair wells and elevator shafts serv- ing such areas, shall be included; open exterior balconies, terraces, porches, enclosed off-stree parking spaces, mechanical equipment rooms, lounges, dining halls, recreation rooms, or similar accessory uses available to all occupants need not be included. 14-A. 1-15,44 Density. The designed capacity of any dormitory shall not exceed one person for each fifty (50) square feet of lot area, including the dormitory site as well as off street parking area. 14-A.1-15-5 Useable Open Space for Dormitories. Useable open spaces for dormitories shall be ground or roof area, open and, unobstructed to the sky ex- cept as provided below, which shall be designed for and devoted to landscaping, green areas, and recreation. 14-A. 1-15-5a The area of such useable open spac shall be equal to five (5) per cent of the gross floor area as estab" lished in Section 14-A. 1-15-3. 14"A.1-15-5b Such open space maybe in one or more areas but shall be of such size and shape as to afford reason, able use by the occupants and no dimension shall be less than twent-s (20) feet. 14-A. 1-15-5c No portion of such required useabl open space shall be used for off- street parking, vehicular drives, or loading areas. 14-A. 1-15-5d Any roof area to be considered as useable open space shall be suit- ably surfaced, adequately protecte and free of any obstructions. 14-A. 1-15-5e For the purpose of affecting rea- sonable shelter, upto twenty- five (25) per cent of such useable space may be roofed and in such instance not more than fifty (50) per cent of the roofed section may be enclosed provided such enclo- sure does` not affect more than three sides of any structure. 14-A. 1-15-6 Off Street Parking. Off-street parking facilities - for the benefit of dormitory residents shall be provided and perpetually maintained on the following basis: (a) One space for each two men students and one space for each four women students for whop the dormitory facilities are designed plus on4 additional space for each three employees plus one additional space for each apartment unit. (b) Off-street parking facilities may be located as follows: (1) On the dormitory site, or, (2) On a separate tract or parcel of land the nearest property line of which is within 300 feet of the dormitory site. In the event any of the required off-street park, ing facilities s are not located on the dorm tort' site such parking area shall not be sepa±.ated: from the dormitory site by a street designated as a collector street, designated as a one way street or a thoroughfare. 14-A.1-15-6a Off-street parking areas shall be checked and approved as to numbe of spaces, access, and ingress an egress by the City Traffic EngineE under the terms of this district an the City�s driveway regulations. If SECTION 3. THAT Subsection 8. 2-5 of Section 8 of the Ordinance No. 169 be amended so as to hereafter read as follows: "8. 2-5 Private clubs, lodges, fraternities, and s6r'aritie s; provided, that any such use is not operated primarily for commercial gain. If SECTION 4. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or por- tion of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any cour of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, severable and independent provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions hereof. SECTION 5. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisior of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not exceeding the sum of $200. 00. Each day such violation is committed, or permitted to continue, shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as such hereunder. SECTION 6. The City Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to cause the publication of, the descriptive caption hereof together with the penalty provisiol for violation thereof as authorized by Article 1176b-1, Vernonts Annotated Civil Statutes for texas. SECTION 7. This Ordinance shall take effect ten (10) days from and after the last date of publication as herein provided. AND IT IS SO ORDERED Passed by the City Council on first reading this 9th day of Septemberii 1965. Passed by th( City Council on second reading this _211i day of Sgpt'Lmber.' 1965. MAYOR ATTEST" LaveisLowe, ,,C,41Secretary-Treasurer FORM APPROVED: 4 4