HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 17-001ORDINANCE NO. 17-001
AN ORDINANCE RESTRICTING THE LOCATION OF MULTI -FAMILY
HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN A ONE-HALF MILE DISTANCE
OF A REFINERY CAPABLE OF REFINING MORE THAN 100,000
BARRELS OF OIL DAILY.
WHEREAS, Texas Administrative Code, Title 10, Part 1, Chapter 10, Subchapter
B, Rule §10.101(a)(2) provides that development sites located within two (2) miles of
refineries capable of refining more than One Hundred Thousand (100,000) barrels of oil
daily are considered to be undesirable sites causing a development to be ineligible for
consideration; and,
WHEREAS, the City Councils finds that such restriction would preclude from
consideration the development of desirable locations within the City of Beaumont; and,
WHEREAS, the Texas Administrative Code recognizes that where a local
ordinance which allows the proximity of a multi -family development to an undesirable
feature which is smaller than the two (2) mile minimum distance proscribed by the code,
such smaller distance may be used; and,
WHERAS, the City Council finds that it is in the best interest of the citizens of the
City of Beaumont that development sites should not be located any closer than one-half
mile of refineries capable of refining more than One Hundred Thousand (100,000)
barrels of oil daily;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
THAT the statements and findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby,
in all things, approved and adopted; and,
THAT a multi -family housing development shall not be located within a one-half
mile distance of a refinery capable of refining more than One Hundred Thousand
(100,000) barrels of oil daily.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the 10th day of
January, 2017.
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