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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF KENNEDALE AMENDING
ORDINANCE NO. 153 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, on July 9, 1998, the city council of the City of Kennedale, Texas,
adopted Ordinance No. 153, establishing requirements for neighborhood park land
dedication or payment of cash in lieu of land;
WHEREAS, 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 is hereby amended to read as follows:
(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 75 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
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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hereby repealed.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.
PASSED AND APPROVED ON THIS 8th DAY OF ,TU[yE , 2000.
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EFFECTIVE: JtnvE 8, 2000
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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