15-50 - OTOWN OF PROSPER, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 15-50
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING PROSPER'S ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 05-20;
GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT (SUP) FOR A UTILITY
DISTRIBUTION/TRANSMISSION FACILITY, LOCATED ON A TRACT OF
LAND CONSISTING OF 0.23 ACRE, MORE OR LESS, SITUATED IN THE
COLLIN COUNTY SCHOOL LAND SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 147, IN THE
TOWN OF PROSPER, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS; DESCRIBING THE TRACT
TO BE REZONED; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF
THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR REPEALING, SAVING AND
SEVERABILITY CLAUSES; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
ORDINANCE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE CAPTION
HEREOF.
WHEREAS, the Town Council of the Town of Prosper, Texas (the "Town Council") has
investigated and determined that Zoning Ordinance No. 05-20 should be amended; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Prosper, Texas ("Prosper") has received a request from Atmos
Energy Corporation ("Applicant") for a Specific Use Permit (SUP) to allow for a Utility
Distribution/Transmission Facility on a tract of land zoned Planned Development -67 (PD -67),
consisting of 0.23 acre of land, more or less, situated in the Collin County School Land Survey,
Abstract No. 147, in the Town of Prosper, Collin County, Texas, and being particularly being
described in Exhibit "A," attached hereto and incorporated herein for all purposes; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council has investigated into and determined that the facts
contained in the request are true and correct; and
WHEREAS, all legal notices required to grant a Specific Use Permit (SUP) have been
given in the manner and form set forth by law, public hearings have been held, and all other
requirements of notice and completion of such procedures have been fulfilled; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council has further investigated into and determined that it will be
advantageous and beneficial to the Town of Prosper and its inhabitants to rezone this property
as set forth below.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF
PROSPER, TEXAS:
SECTION 1
Findinqs Incorporated. The findings set forth above are incorporated into the body of this
Ordinance as if fully set forth herein.
SECTION 2
Specific Use Permit Granted. Zoning Ordinance No. 05-20 is amended as follows:
Applicant is granted a Specific Use Permit (SUP) to allow the operation of a Utility
Distribution/Transmission Facility, on a tract of land zoned Planned Development -67 (PD -67),
consisting of 0.23 acre of land, more or less, situated in the Collin County School Land Survey,
Abstract No. 147, in the Town of Prosper, Collin County, Texas, and being particularly being
described in Exhibit 'A" attached hereto and incorporated herein for all purposes as if set forth
verbatim.
The property shall continue to be used in a manner consistent with the conditions expressly
stated in the conceptual development plan, attached hereto as Exhibit "B," the conceptual
landscape plans, attached hereto as Exhibit "C"; and the conceptual elevations, attached hereto
as Exhibit "D," which are incorporated herein for all purposes as if set forth verbatim.
Except as amended by this Ordinance, the development of the Property within this Specific Use
Permit (SUP) shall comply fully with the requirements of all ordinances, rules, and regulations of
the Town of Prosper, as they currently exist or may be amended.
Three (3) original, official and identical copies of the zoning exhibit map are hereby
adopted and shall be filed and maintained as follows:
a. Two (2) copies shall be filed with the Town Secretary and retained as original
records and shall not be changed in any matter.
b. One (1) copy shall be filed with the Building Official and shall be maintained up-to-
date by posting thereon all changes and subsequent amendments for observation,
issuing building permits, certificates of compliance and occupancy and enforcing the
zoning ordinance. Reproduction for information purposes may from time -to -time be
made of the official zoning district map.
Written notice of any amendment to this District shall be sent to all owners of properties
within the District as well as all properties within two hundred feet (200') of the District to be
amended.
SECTION 3
No Vested Interest/Repeal, No developer or property owner shall acquire any vested
interest in this Ordinance or in any other specific regulations contained herein. Any portion of
this Ordinance may be repealed by the Town Council in the manner provided for by law.
SECTION 4
Unlawful Use of Premises. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
make use of said premises in some manner other than as authorized by this Ordinance, and
shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to construct on said premises any building
that is not in conformity with the permissible uses under this Zoning Ordinance.
SECTION 5
Penalty. Any person, firm, corporation or business entity violating this Ordinance or any
provision of Prosper's Zoning Ordinance No. 05-20, or as amended, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined any sum not exceeding Two Thousand
Dollars ($2,000.00). Each continuing day's violation under this Ordinance shall constitute a
separate offense. The penal provisions imposed under this Ordinance shall not preclude
Prosper from filing suit to enjoin the violation. Prosper retains all legal rights and remedies
available to it pursuant to local, state and federal law.
Ordinance No. 15-50, Page 2
SECTION 6
Severabilitv. Should any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this
Ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, it is
expressly provided that any and all remaining portions of this Ordinance shall remain in full force
and effect. Prosper hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance, and each
section, subsection, clause or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more
sections, subsections, sentences, clauses and phrases be declared unconstitutional or invalid.
SECTION 7
Savings/Re ealing Clause. Prosper's Zoning Ordinance No. 05-20 shall remain in full
force and effect, save and except as amended by this or any other Ordinance. All provisions of
any ordinance in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent they are in
conflict; but such repeal shall not abate any pending prosecution for violation of the repealed
ordinance, nor shall the appeal prevent a prosecution from being commenced for any violation if
occurring prior to the repealing of the ordinance. Any remaining portions of said ordinances
shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 8
Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective from and after its adoption and
publications as required by law.
DULY PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE
TOWN OF PROSPER, TEXAS, ON THIS 11TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2015.
AT S
obyn ttle, To n Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
Terrence S. Welch, To Attorney
Ray Smit�, Mayor
Ordinance No. 15-50, Page 3
CL
m
31V!D 1.110 2OdS08d
I
m
31V!D 1.110 2OdS08d
I
4�
31VOAM H3dSOHd
im
Fri
MIN
> .1.
yx
M
0