O355ORDINANCE NO. 355
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF KENNEDALE, TEXAS AMENDING
ORDINANCE N0.153, AS AMENDED, TO INCREASE PARK DEDICATION
REQUIREMENTS; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE
CUMULATIVE OF ALL ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the city council of the City of Kennedale, Texas, has previously adopted
Ordinance No. 153, as amended, establishing requirements for neighborhood park land
dedication or payment of cash in lieu of land; and
WHEREAS, the Kennedale, Texas Parks, Recreation & Open Space Master Plan
2005-2015 has determined that in the Dallas-Fort Worth area the average amount of park
land utilized by cities is 15.12 acres per 1,000 residents; and
WHEREAS, based on density statistics recognized by the North Central Texas
Council of Governments (2.6/du) the city council has determined that a larger dedication
of land or cash in lieu of land is necessary upon the platting of residential subdivisions
because of the impact on neighborhood park land and park improvements; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has conducted a public hearing on the proposed
regulations contained herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
KENNEDALE, TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
NEIGHBORHOOD PARK DEDICATION
Section 1(a) of Ordinance No. 153, as amended, is hereby amended to read as
follows:
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(a) Requirement: No final subdivision plat for any property zoned for residential
use in the City of Kennedale shall be approved unless such plat shall include a dedication
of land to the City of Kennedale for neighborhood park purposes. Such dedication shall
be on the basis of one (1) acre of land per each 25 residential units on the plat, or the
payment of cash in lieu thereof, as hereinafter provided.
SECTION 2.
This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances and of the Code
of Ordinances of the City of Kennedale, Texas, (1991) as amended, except where the
provisions of this ordinance are in direct conflict with the provisions of such ordinances and
such Code, in which event the conflicting provisions of such ordinances and such Code are
hereby repealed.
SECTION 3.
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the phrases, clauses,
sentences, paragraphs, and sections of this ordinance are severable, and if any phrase,
clause sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional
by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such
unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences,
paragraphs and sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by
the City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such unconstitutional
phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
SECTION 4.
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, and it is
so ordained.
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HIS 14th DAY OF December, 2006.
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