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ORD 1444 05/14/2024J OF Cie O r o TEX 0, `' -City of Choice ORDINANCE NO. 1444 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CIBOLO, TEXAS GRANTING A VARIANCE FOR CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 304 SOUTH MAIN STREET; REDUCING THE MINIMUM REQUIRED DISTANCE FROM A DRIVEWAY PROVIDING ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY AND A NEIGHBORING PROPERTY'S DRIVEWAY; IMPOSING CONDITIONS ON SUCH VARIANCE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, REPEAL, SAVINGS, PUBLICATION AND CODIFICATION; DECLARING CONDUCT OF MEETING IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT; PROVIDING A PENALTY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT. WHEREAS, The Adventure Begins LLC ("Owner") owns certain land within the corporate limits of the City of Cibolo ("City"), described as ABS: 57 SUR: WILLIAM BRACKIN 2.4770 AC, located at 304 South Main Street, Cibolo, Texas ("Property"); and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City has adopted a set of comprehensive development regulations known as the Unified Development Code ("UDC"); and WHEREAS, Section 18.16.B.I of the UDC provides that a minimum distance of two hundred and fifty feet must be maintained between driveways providing direct access onto arterial streets; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds the 300 Block of South Main is designated as an arterial street by the Future Thoroughfare Plan; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds the Owner's representative, Brittany Beisert of HMT Engineering & Surveying, has submitted to the City an application for a variance to reduce the minimum required distance from other driveways for a driveway which provides direct access to South Main Street to and from the Property; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that said application was submitted to the City in compliance with the UDC; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds the Planning and Zoning Commission conducted a public hearing and, using the factors set forth in Section 4.3.5.3 of the UDC, issued its recommendation regarding the variance to the City Council in accordance with law; and Page 1 of 3 WHEREAS, the City Council finds that Section 4.2.2 of the UDC provides that City Council is responsible for taking final action on certain non -zoning related variances from the UDC; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds all required public hearings were held for the purpose of providing all interested persons the opportunity to be heard concerning the proposed variance in accordance with law; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds legal notice, notifying the public of all public hearings on the consideration of the requested variance, was provided in accordance with law; and WHEREAS, the City Council, having duly considered the request for variance, desires to approve the variance to allow for less than two hundred and fifty feet between the driveway on the Property and the existing driveway located to the north of the Property. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CIBOLO, TEXAS: SECTION 1. Incorporation of Recitals. The City Council finds the recitals in the preamble of this Ordinance are true and correct and incorporates them as findings of fact. SECTION 2. Description of Property. The Property to which this Ordinance applies is identified as ABS: 57 SUR: WILLIAM BRACKIN 2.4770 AC, located at 304 South Main Street, Cibolo, Texas. SECTION 3. Variance Granted. A variance to allow for one (1) driveway providing access to and from South Main Street from the Property at a distance less than two hundred fifty feet from the driveway to the north is hereby granted for the Property, contingent on 1) the location of the Property's driveway being no less than ninety five feet from the northern neighboring property's driveway measured from the north edge of the pavement of the Property's driveway and the south edge of the pavement of the neighboring property's driveway and 2) the removal of the existing driveway from the Property. SECTION 4. Declaration of Compliance. The City Council finds that all required public notices for consideration of the variance have been properly issued and all required public hearings have been properly conducted. SECTION 5. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or illegal by final judgment of a court of competent authority, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed and ordained all the remaining portions of this Ordinance without the inclusion of such portion, or portions found to be unconstitutional or invalid. SECTION 6. Repeal. All resolutions, ordinances, or parts thereof conflicting or inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict. In the event of a conflict or inconsistency between this Ordinance and any other resolution, code or ordinance of the City, or parts thereof, the terms and provisions of this Ordinance shall govern. Page 2 of 3 SECTION 7. Savings. All rights and remedies of the City are expressly saved as to any and all violations of the provisions of any ordinances which have accrued at the time of the effective date of this Ordinance; and such accrued violations and litigation, both civil and criminal, whether pending in court or not, under such ordinances, shall not be affected by this Ordinance but may be prosecuted until final disposition by the courts. SECTION S. Publication and Codification. The City shall publish this Ordinance in the newspaper designated as the official newspaper of the City twice as required by Section 3.13(3) of the City Charter. This Ordinance will be codified in the Cibolo Code in the next appropriate update. SECTION 9. Open Meeting Compliance. The City Council finds that the meeting at which this Ordinance passed was conducted in compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act. SECTION 10. Penalty. It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any provision of this Ordinance. Any person or responsible party that violates any provision of this chapter may be charged with a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not to exceed $500.00. Each occurrence of any violation of this Ordinance shall constitute a separate offense. Each day on which any violation of this Ordinance occurs shall constitute a separate offense. SECTION 12. Effective Date. This Ordinance will become effective within the corporate limits of the City of Cibolo upon the required newspaper publication. ORDERED on this lei day of in AY 2024. ATTEST: Peggy Cimics, TRMC City Secretary Mark Allen, Mayor APPROVED AS TO FORM: Hyde Kelle LP City Attorney Page 3 of 3