O-2016-3658 add site plan requirements for establishments offering fuel to commerical vehicles

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"Sec. 70-237. Parking Plan for Accommodation of Commercial Motor Vehicle; Site Use Plan for use of Fuel Dispensing Facilities. (a) The owner or operator of any existing or proposed site in which parking is sought for accommodation of customer commercial motor vehicles, including combination commercial motor vehicles, where the site is physically capable of safely accommodating such vehicles, shall be required to submit to the Planning and Development Department for approval a parking facility striping plan as a component of a proposed site plan, or as an amending document to a previously approved (if one exists) site plan. The applicant for the site plan or amended site plan shall be allowed the option of striping up to 15% of the required automobile parking as dual use parking spots for the accommodation of commercial motor vehicle parking, and shall be so striped and labeled. Such allocation shall generally be located within the parking spaces least used. (b) The owner or operator of any existing or proposed site in which fuel dispensing facilities are proposed for use by commercial motor vehicles (including those in combination with a trailer), where the site is physically capable of safely accommodating such vehicles, shall be required to submit to the Planning and Development Department for approval a site use plan as a component of a proposed site plan, or as an amending document to a previously approved (if one exists) site plan. The site use plan shall 1) provide maneuvering space in proximity to fuel dispensing facilities to allow commercial motor vehicles to safely position into and depart from lanes dedicated for use of fuel dispensing facilities;2)provide that such lanes be of sufficient width to accommodate commercial motor vehicles using the fuel dispensing facilities; and 3) provide adequate height clearance for commercial motor vehicles using the fuel dispensing facilities." Section 3. Any person, as defined in Section 1.07 (27), Texas Penal Code, who shall violate any provision of the ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not to exceed FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00). Section 4. Each and every provision, paragraph, sentence and clause of this Ordinance has been separately considered and passed by the City Council of the City of La Porte, Texas, and each said provision would have been separately passed without any other provision, and if any provision hereof shall be ineffective, invalid or unconstitutional, for any cause, it shall not impair or affect the remaining portion, or any part thereof, but the valid portion shall be in force just as if it had been passed alone. Section 5. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict only. Section 6. The City Council officially finds, determines, recites and declares that a sufficient written notice of the date,hour,place and subject of this meeting of the City Council is posted at a place convenient to the public at the City Hall of the city for the time required by law preceding this meeting, as required by Chapter 551, Tx. Gov't Code; and that this meeting has been open to the public as required by law at all times during which this ordinance and the 3