O71-09CITY OF KENNEDALE ORDINANCE NO. 71-9
AN ORDINANCE FORBIDDING THE PLACING OF A MOBILE HOME,
AS HEREIN DEFINED, UPON ANY PREMISES IN THE CITY. OF
KENNEDALE, TEXAS, FOR RESIDENTIAL OCCUPANCY, EXCEPT
IN EXISTING MOBILE HOME PARKS; PROVIDING A PENALTY.
FOR THE. VIOLATION HEREOF, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Kennedale Zoning Ordinance, being City of
Kennedale Ordinance No. 69-5, excludes mobile homes as permis-
sible uses upon property in the City of Kennedale, Texas, and
said comprehensive zoning ordinance was adopted after extensive
study and planning for future development of the City of Kenne-
dale, Texas; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Kennedale deems
it detrimental to property values in the City andto the orderly
development of the City of Kennedale as designed by comprehen-
sive planning for mobile homes to continue to be placed at random
on property throughout the city of Kennedale; and
WHEREAS, the said City Council has been continuously
plagued with repeated requests, at almost every meeting of said
City Council, for permission to place mobile homes upon premises
in Kennedale as exceptions to the Kennedale Zoning Ordinance, to
the point that such requests have taken an inordinate amount of
the time ofsaid City Council and have disrupted the orderly
handling of other city business; and
WHEREAS, there are existing in the City of Kennedale
several mobile home parks which were operating prior to the en-
actment of the comprehensive amendment of the Kennedale Zoning
Ordinance (City of Kennedale Ordinance No. 69-5), which mobile
home parksarepermissively continuing in operation as legal
non -conforming uses of property under said Kennedale Zoning Or-
dinance; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Kennedale, Texas,
deems thepresently existing mobile home parks within the City of
Kennedale adequate for mobile home residential housing within the
present corporate limits of said City of Kennedale, Texas; now,
therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENNEDALE, TEXAS:
1. The term "mobile home" as used in this ordinance shall
mean a detached residential dwelling unit designed for transporta-
tion after fabrication on streets or highways on its own wheels or
on flat bed or other trailers, and arriving at the site where it
is to be occupied as a dwelling complete and ready for occupancy
except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operations,
location on jacks or other temporary or permanent foundations,
connections to utilities, and the like.
2. It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person, firm
or corporation to place anymobile home, as herein defined, upon
any premises or property in the city of Kennedale, Texas, for
residential occupancy, save and except within the boundaries and
premises of presently existing mobile home parks within the City
of Kennedale, Texas, which existing mobile home parks are in oper-
ation as a legal non -conforming use under the Kennedale Zoning
Ordinance (City of Kennedale Ordinance No. 69-5) at the time of
adoption of this ordinance.
3. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corpora-
tion to occupy any mobile home, as herein defined, or permit the
occupancy of any such mobile home, as a residence within the City
of Kennedale, Texas, which mobile home has been placed on any
property within the City of Kennedale, Texas, subsequent to the
date of passage of this ordinance and in violation of the provis-
ions of the preceding paragraph of this ordinance.
4. Any person, firm or corporation violating the provis-
ions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction shall be fined in any stern not to exceed $200.00.
Each day that a violation of this ordinance continues shall be
deep ed to constitute a distinct and separate offense, and each
day that a mobile home is maintained upon any property in the City
of Kennedale in violation of the provisions of this ordinance
shall therefore be deemed to constitute a separate offense.
S. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect im-
ediately upon its adoption, and publication as by law provided.
ADOPTEDAPPROVED this 28th day of October, 1971.
APPROVED:
. Martin, Mayor of the
City of Kennedale, Texas
ATTEST:
Mrs.Jewel D. Boyd, Ci Secretary
(CITY SEAL)
THE STATE OF TEXAS:
CO Y OF TAB', t' y :
CITY OF KENNEDALE
x
x
I, Jewel D. Boyd, City Secretary of the City of Kennedale,
Texas, hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and
correct copy of City of Kennedale Ordinance No. 71-9, duly adopted
at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Kennedale,
Texas, on the 28th day of October, 1971, as is reflected, by the
minutes of said City Council,
TO CERTIFY WHICH witness my hand and the official seal of
the City of Kennedale, Texas, this 28th day of October, 1971.
City Secretary
City of Kennedale, Texas
(CITY SEAL)
KENNEDALE NEWS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1971, PAGE THREE
CITY OF KENNEDALE ORDINANCE NO. 71-9
AN ORDINANCE FORBIDDING THE PLACING OF A MOBILE HOME,
AS HEREIN DEFINED, .UPON ANY PREMISES IN THE CITY OF
KENNEDALE, TEXAS, FOR RESIDENTIAL OCCUPANCY, EXCEPT
IN EXISTING MOBILE HOME PARKS; PROVIDING A PENALTY
FOR THE VIOLATION HEREOF, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Kennedale Zoning Ordinance, being City of
Kennedale Ordinance No. 69-5, excludes mobile homes as permis-
sible uses upon property in the City of Kennedale, Texas, and
said comprehensive zoning ordinance was adopted after extensive
study and planning for future development of the City of Kenne-
dale, Texas; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Kennedale deems
it detrimental to property values in the City and to the orderly
development of the City of Kennedale as designed by comprehen-
sive planning for mobile homes to continue to be placed at random
on property throughout the city of Kennedale; and
WHEREAS, the said City Council has been continuously
plagued with repeated requests, at almost every meeting of said
City Council, for permission to place mobile homes upon premises
in Kennedale as exceptions to the Kennedale Zoning Ordinance, to
the point that such requests have taken an inordinate amount of
the time ofsaid City Council and have disrupted the orderly
handling of other city business; and
WHEREAS, there are existing in the City of Kennedale
several mobile home parks which were operating prior to the en-
actment of the comprehensive amendment of the Kennedale Zoning
Ordinance (City of Kennedale, Ordinance No. 69-5), which mobile
home parks are permissively continuing in operation as legal
non -conforming uses of property under said Kennedale Zoning Or-
dinance; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Kennedale, Texas,
deems the presently existing mobile home parks within the City of
Kennedale adequate for mobile home residential housing within the
present corporate limits of said City of Kennedale, Texas; now,
therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENNEDALE, TEXAS:
1. The term "mobile home" as used in this ordinance shall
mean a detached residential dwelling unit designed for transporta-
tion after fabrication .on streets or highways on its own wheels or
on flat bed or other trailers, and arriving at the site where it
is to be occupied as a dwelling complete and ready for occupancy
except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operations,
location on jacks -or other temporary or permanent foundations,
connections to utilities, and the like.
2. It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person, firm
or corporation to place any mobile home, as herein defined, upon
any premises or ,property in the city of Kennedale, Texas, for
residential occupancy, save and except within the boundaries and
premises of presently existing mobile home parks within the City
of Kennedale, Texas, which existing mobile home parks are in oper—
ation as a legal non -conforming use under the Kennedale Zoning
Ordinance (City of Kennedale Ordinance No. 69-5) at the time of
adoption of this ordinance. -
3. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corpora-
tion to occupy any mobile home, as herein defined, or permit the
occupancy of any such mobile home, as a residence within the City
of Kennedale, Texas, which mobile home has been placed oh any
property within the City of Kennedale, Texas, subsequent to the
date of passage of this ordinance and in violation of the provis-
ions of the preceding paragraph of thig ordinance,'
4. Any person, firm or corporation violating the provis-
ions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not to exceed $200.00.
Each day that a violation of this ordinance continues shall be
deemed to constitute a distinct and separate offense, and each
day that a mobile home is maintained upon any property in the City
of Kennedale in violation of the provisions of this ordinance
shall therefore be deemed to constitute a separate offense.
5. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect im-
mediately upon its adoption, and publication as by law provided.
ADOPTED AND APPROVED this 28th day of October, 1971.
APPROVED:
Y/ '
J. H. Martin, Mayor of the
City of Kennedale, Texas
ATTEST:
) O. 4�.
Mrs. Jewel D. Boy'd, C'ty Secretary
(CITY SEAL)
THE STATE OF TEXAS: X
COUNTY OF TARRANT:
CITY OF KENNEDALE : X
I, Jewel D. Boyd, City Secretary of the City of Kennedale,
Texas, hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and
correct copy of City of Kennedale Ordinance No. 71-9, duly adopted
at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Kennedale,
Texas, on the 28th day of October, 1971, as is reflected by the
minutes of said City Council.
TO CERTIFY WHICH witness my hand and the official seal of
the City of Kennedale, Texas, this 28th day of October, 1971.
)t 1,•
City Secretary
City of Kennedale, Texas
(CITY SEAL)