Ord 2025-4044_Amendment to Commercial Landscaping Requirements

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ORDINANCE 2025-4044 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 106 "ZONING" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE BY AMENDING REGULATIONS RELATED TO COMMERCIAL LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS; PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSON VIOLATING THE TERMS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE DEEMED GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND UPON CONVICTION SHALL BE FINED IN A SUM NOT TO EXCEED TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS; PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE CAPTION HEREOF; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, THAT: Section 1. That Chapter 106, "Zoning," Article V. "Supplementary District Regulations", Division 4, "Fencing and Landscaping Requirements", Section 106-800 "Commercial landscaping", of the Cade of Ordinances of the City of La Porte, Texas, is hereby amended in its entirety and shall hereinafter read as follows: "Sec. 106-800. - Commercial landscaping. (a) Lot and setback standards. (1) All opaquc screening walls and fences shall be set back at least 30 feet from the right-of-way line of a specified major thoroughfare. (2) All open storage areas, where permitted by the underlying zoning district, shall be set back at least 30 feet from the right-of-way line of a specked major thoroughfare." Section 2. That Chapter 106, "Zoning," Article V. "Supplementary District Regulations", Division 4, "Fencing and Landscaping Requirements", Section 106-801 "Alternative landscaping option", of the Code of Ordinances of the City of La Porte, Texas, is hereby amended by changing the title of said section from "Alternative Landscaping option" to "Landscaping requirements", and which section shall hereinafter read as follows: "Sec. 106-801. — Landscaping requirements (a) Landscaping is required along the front property line and along the side property lines in a minimum four feet wide planting strip. Corner lots shall be treated as having two front property lines. A certified site plan and/or separate landscape plans shall be submitted in conjunction with building permit applications. A landscape legend on the site plan shall include type, size, and number of plantings existing and proposed at site. Approval of landscape requirements is a condition of building permit approval. The perimeter landscaping requirements of this subsection are not applicable in the Main Street District Overlay. (b) Landscaping within public rights -of -way will not contribute towards a total required landscaping for parking and open -space areas unless approved by the director. Landscaping on public property or easements is at ownees risk and subject to the requirements of section 106-794 (fences and trees on utility easements) of this chapter. (c) Landscaping plans shall be developed using the following criteria: (1) Location.