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ORDINANCE 2026-01
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GATESVILLE, TEXAS AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE, ZONING MAP AND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE CITY OF GATESVILLE, TEXAS, AS HERETOFORE AMENDED, BY ESTABLISHING AN INITIAL ZONING DESIGNATION OF RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DISTRICT (“RES. SINGLE-FAMILY”) FOR AN APPROXIMATELY 3.46 ACRE TRACT SITUATED IN THE SUMMER ADDITION IN THE CITY OF GATESVILLE, CORYELL CUUNTY, TEXAS; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

WHEREAS, on November 18, 2025, with regard to an approximately 3.46 acre tract situated in the Summer Addition in the City of Gatesville, Coryell County Texas (the “Property”), the City Council of the City of Gatesville, Texas granted the voluntary petition of the owner of the Property or annexation of the Property into the corporate limits of the City of Gatesville; and

WHEREAS, the City Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Gatesville, Texas, and the governing body of the City of Gatesville in compliance with the laws of the State of Texas and the Ordinances of the City of Gatesville, have given requisite notice of publication and otherwise, and after holding due hearings and affording a full and fair hearing to all property owners generally and to all persons interested and situated in the affected area and in the vicinity thereof, and in the exercise of its legislative discretion, the City Council has concluded that the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, Zoning Map, and Comprehensive Plan should be amended with regard to the Property as set forth hereinbelow.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GATESVILLE, TEXAS THAT:

            SECTION 1.  The recitals set forth above are found and determined to be true and correct and are incorporated herein by this reference, including the designated shorthand terms established therein.

SECTION 2.  The Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, Zoning Map, and Comprehensive Plan of the City of Gatesville, Texas, as heretofore amended (collectively, the “Zoning Ordinance”), shall be and it is hereby amended by establishing an initial zoning district classification for the Property, which Property is more particularly described and depicted in Exhibit “A” attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference, of Residential Single-Family District (“Res. Single-Family”).

SECTION 3.  To the extent of any irreconcilable conflict with the provisions of this ordinance and other ordinances of the City of Gatesville governing the use and development of the Property and which are not expressly amended by this ordinance, the provisions of this ordinance shall be controlling.

            SECTION 4.  All provisions of the Ordinances of the City of Gatesville, Texas, in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance be, and the same are hereby, repealed, and all other provisions of the Ordinances of the City of Gatesville, Texas, not in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance shall remain in full force and effect.

            SECTION 5.  Should any word, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase or section of this Ordinance be adjudged or held to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, the same shall not affect the validity of this Ordinance as a whole, or any part or provision thereof other than the part so decided to be invalid, illegal or unconstitutional, and shall not affect the validity of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance as a whole.

            SECTION 6.  An offense committed before the effective date of this Ordinance is governed by the prior law and the provisions of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, as amended, in effect when the offense was committed and the former law is continued in effect for this purpose.

            SECTION 7.  Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions or terms of this Ordinance shall be subject to the same penalty as provided for in the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City of Gatesville, as heretofore amended, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not to exceed the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for each offense; and each and every day such violation shall continue shall be deemed to constitute a separate offense.

            SECTION 8.  This Ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage and the publication of the caption, as the law and charter in such cases provides.

The foregoing Ordinance No. 2026-01 was read the first time and passed to the second reading this 13th day of January, 2026.

The foregoing Ordinance No. 2026-01 was read the second time and passed to the third reading this 27th day of January, 2026.

The foregoing Ordinance No. 2026-01 was read the third time and duly approved, passed and adopted this the 10th day of February, 2025.