O-2019-0080 - 2/14/2019 I ORDINANCE NO. 0-2019-0080
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4 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT CODE,
5 CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE II, SECTION 2-26, CODE OF ORDINANCES (2018
6 EDITION), CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS, REGARDING
7 RESIDENTIAL LOT AND BUILDING DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS; AND
8 PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND REPEALING
9 CONFLICTING ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS.
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11 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK,
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14 That Zoning and Development Code, Chapter 2, Article II, Section 2-26, Code of
15 Ordinances (2018 Edition), City of Round Rock, Texas, is hereby amended to delete the
16 "Additional notes" section and to create new subsections (with no amendments to the text
17 of the "Residential zoning district lot and building dimensional standards chart"), to read
18 as follows:
19 CHAPTER 2. ZONING DISTRICTS AND USE REGULATIONS
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21 Sec. 2-26. Residential lot and building dimensional standards.
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23 (a) Residential zoning districts lot and building dimensional standards chart
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25 (b) Special purpose lots exemption. Special purpose lots, including but not limited to landscape lots and
26 utility lots, may be exempted from these requirements.
27 (c) Encroachments it? setbacks. Except as specified in (d) below, all required setbacks shall be free from
28 any encroachments, including but not limited to, eaves, roof overhangs, bay windows, and fireplaces.
29 Air conditioning units and other similar ground-mounted equipment are exempt from this requirement.
30 (d) Permitted limited encroachments. In the SF-R, SF-1, SF-2 and SF-3 districts, limited encroachment
31 into the front and rear setbacks by a maximum of two (2) feet shall be permitted for the following:
32 eaves; roof overhangs; and minor architectural details such as fireplaces and bay windows.
33 (e) Accessory buildings prohibition. Accessory buildings are prohibited in the front street yard.
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3 A. All ordinances, parts of ordinances, or resolutions in conflict herewith are
4 expressly repealed.
5 B. The invalidity of any section or provision of this ordinance shall not
6 invalidate other sections or provisions thereof.
7 C. The City Council hereby finds and declares that written notice of the date,
8 hour, place and subject of the meeting at which this Ordinance was adopted was posted
9 and that such meeting was open to the public as required by law at all times during which
io this Ordinance and the subject matter hereof were discussed, considered and formally
I I acted upon, all as required by the Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551, Texas Government
12 Code, as amended.
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14 By motion duly made, seconded and passed with an affirmative vote of all the
15 Council members present, the requirement for reading this ordinance on two separate
16 days was dispensed with.
17 READ, PASSED, and ADOPTED on first reading this i±!�— day of
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20 READ and APPROVED on first reading this the day of
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22 READ, APPROVED and ADOPTED on second reading this the day of
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7 ATTEST:
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io SARA L. WHITE, City Clerk