O-86-1194 - 4/24/1986r
ORDINANCE NO. // %"T
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 8, SECTION 6.F.,E., B.,
AND 6.G., CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF ROUND ROCK,
TEXAS, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND REPEALING
CONFLICTING ORDINANCES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND
ROCK, TEXAS,
That Chapter 8, Section 6.F.,E., and B., of the Code of
Ordinances, City of Round Rock, Texas, hereby amended to read as
follows:
F.(1)(a) Residential- Single Family Standard or Large
Lot Development
(1) Residential blocks for
through streets shall be
no longer than thirteen
hundred fifty (1350)
feet, measured along the
center of the block, nor
shorter than six hundred
(600) feet.
(ii) Maximum block length
along a major street
shall be fifteen hundred
(1500) feet except under
special conditions upon
approval from the Plan-
ning and Zoning Com-
mission.
F.(1)(b) Residential -Two Family or Small Lot Development
Residential blocks for duplex
or small lot development (lots
less than five thousand (5000)
square feet) shall be designed
to provide for a cul -de -sac or
loop street pattern.
The maximum length for a
cul -de -sac designed to
accommodate duplex or small lot
development shall be four
hundred fifty (450) feet.
The maximum length of any leg
of a loop road shall be six
hundred (600) feet provided the
total length of the loop does
not exceed twelve hundred
(1200) feet.
F.(1)(c) On Major Street
Maximum block length along a
major street shall be fifteen
hundred (1,500) feet except
under special conditions and
upon approval of the Planning
and Zoning Commission.
F.(1)(d) Block length shall be measured
along the centerline of the
street from the street's
intersection with the
right -of -way of any
intersecting street or in the
E. LOTS
(a) Area
b) Width
B. STREETS - GENERAL
case of a cul -de -sac from the
said intersecting right -of -way
to the end of the cul -de -sac
'bulb' (right -of -way).
The area of all lots platted
within the City shall conform
with Chapter 11 hereof, (the
Zoning Ordinance) on the basis
of the district in which such
lots lie and the use to which
they are to be put and they
shall conform to the
regulations of said Chapter
11, including any minimum
area, width, and depth
requirements. All lots
platted in subdivisions
located outside the city
limits, but within the city's
extra territorial jurisdiction
shall be a minimum of
sixty -five hundred (6500)
square feet, and shall
otherwise conform to the
requirements of District SF -2,
contained in Chapter 11. If
approval by the Planning and
Zoning Commission for smaller
lots is sought the development
density shall be limited to
the lesser of the following:
i) A minimum lot size of five
thousand (5000) square feet,
or
ii) twice the density, expressed
in dwelling units per acre, of
any recorded residential sub-
division lying within two
hundred (200) feet of the
proposed development.
The minimum width of a lot at
the front building line of all
lots platted within the City
shall conform with Chapter 11
hereof, on the basis of the
zoning district in which they
lie. All lots platted in
subdivisions located outside
the city limits, but within
the city's extra territorial
jurisdiction shall conform to
the requirements of District
SF -2, contained in Chapter 11.
Residential developments which introduce
new street systems shall endeavor to
avoid a grid design and shall be
encouraged, within the framework of
applicable ordinances, to plan street
systems that offer curvalinear design
while facilitating safe and adequate
traffic circulation.
ATTEST:
G. BUILDING LINES
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5/02/86
Multimate Program
Titled: Subdivisions
That Chapter 8, Section 6.G. of The Code of Ordinances,
City of Round Rock, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
The building lines of all lots platted
within the city shall conform with the
setback requirements of Chapter 11 hereof,
on the basis of the zoning district in which
such lots lie. All lots platted in
subdivisions located outside the city
limits, but within the extraterritorial
jurisdiction shall conform to the
requirements of District
SF -2, contained in Chapter 11.
A. All ordinances, parts of ordinances, or resolutions in
conflict herewith are expressly repealed.
B. The invalidity of any section or provision of this
ordinance shall not invalidate other sections or provisions
thereof.
READ and APPROVED on first reading this the day
of , 19 ,,//
READ, APPROVED and ADOPTED on second reading this theo� 7
day of /Z(7hi.Q. , 19 /(.. .
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1 •NNE LAND, City Secretary
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MIKE ROBINSON, Mayor
City of Round Rock, Texas