Ord. 0741-02 02-26-01ORDINANCE NO. 741-2
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 27, SUBDIVISIONS, OF THE
CITY OF PEARLAND CODE OF ORDINANCES, AS IT MAY HAVE BEEN,
FROM TIME TO TIME, AMENDED, FOR THE PURPOSE OF
ESTABLISHING GUIDELINES FOR GENERAL REQUIREMENTS AND
MINIMUM DESIGN STANDARDS FOR CUL-DE-SACS AND LENGTHS OF
DEAD-END STREETS; HAVING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE, AND AREPEALER CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION
AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS:
Section 1. That Section 27-4 (A)(3)(m)1, of Chapter 27, Subdivisions, of the City
of Pearland Code of Ordinances, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Cul-de-sacs (dead end streets with turnaround) shall not be longer than
six hundred (600) feet from the centerline of the intersecting street measured
along the center line of said street to the center of the circular turnaround
(cul-de-sac) and shall be provided at the closed end with a turnaround having
an outside roadway diameter of at least eighty (80) feet, and a street property
line diameter of at least one hundred (100) feet except where other curb and
gutter development is used the street property line diameter shall be at least
one hundred twenty (120) feet.
Exception: (dead end streets with turnaround) may be extended to a maximum
length of one thousand two hundred (1,200) feet if platted and constructed with
a minimum sixty (60) foot right-of-way and thirty-six (36) foot pavement
sections (back of curb to back of curb) or if an acceptable all weather
emergency access street fitted with 911 locks is provided at the end of the
cul-de-sac turnaround. All roadway and property line diameters referenced
above (Section 27-4 (A)(3)(m)1 shall apply."
Section 2. That Section 27-6 (D)(5), of Chapter 27, Subdivisions, of the City of
Pearland Code of Ordinances, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"(5) Length of dead-end streets. No dead-end private street shall extend further
than three hundred (300) feet for multi -family developments and six hundred
(600) feet for single family detached developments from the centerline of the
intersecting public or private street measured along the center line of said
private street to the center of the circular turnaround (cul-de-sac) or the outer
limit of the paving in the T-type or L-type turn -around configuration.
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Exception: (non multi -family dead end private streets with turnaround) may be
extended to a maximum length of one thousand two hundred (1,200) feet if
platted and constructed with a minimum sixty (60) foot right-of-way and
thirty-six (36) foot pavement sections (back of curb to back of curb) or if an
acceptable all weather emergency access street fitted with 911 locks is
provided at the end of the cul-de-sac turnaround. All roadway and property
line diameters referenced in Section 27-4 (A)(3)(m)1 shall apply."
Section 3. Savings. All rights and remedies which have accrued in favor of
the City under this Ordinance and amendments thereto shall be and are preserved for
the benefit of the City.
Section 4. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase
or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid, unconstitutional or otherwise
unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed
a separate, distinct, and independent provision and such holding shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions thereof.
Section 5. Repealer. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith
are hereby repealed but only to the extent of such conflict.
Section 6. Codification. It is the intent of the City Council of the City of
Pearland, Texas, that the provisions of this Ordinance shall be codified in the City's official
Code of Ordinances as provided hereinabove.
Section 7. Effective Date. The Ordinance shall become effective after its
passage on second and final reading.
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PASSED and APPROVED ON FIRST READING this the 12 day of
February , A. D., 2001.
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TOM REID
MAYOR
ATTEST:
PASSED and APPROVED ON SECOND AND FINAL READING this the 26 day
of February , A. D., 2001.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
64,
DARRIN M. COKER
CITY ATTORNEY
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T• REID
MAYOR