ORD 2025-25 Amending Ch. 14 ZBA waiting period TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 2025-25
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS,
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB,
TEXAS, CHAPTER 14 "ZONING," DIVISION 8, "ADMINISTRATION AND
ENFORCEMENT," SECTION 14.02.405 "ZONING BOARD OF
ADJUSTMENT," "(J) WAITING PERIOD," TO REDUCE THE WAITING
PERIOD FROM ONE (1)YEAR TO NINETY(90) DAYS; PROVIDING THAT
THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL ORDINANCES;
PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($2,000.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE AND A
SEPARATE OFFENSE SHALL BE DEEMED COMMITTED EACH DAY
DURING OR ON WHICH A VIOLATION OCCURS OR CONTINUES;
PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, the Town of Trophy Club, Texas (the "Town") is a home rule
municipality acting under its charter adopted by the electorate pursuant to Article XI,
Section 5 of the Texas Constitution and Chapter 9 of the Local Government Code; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council is authorized and empowered by law, in accordance
with Chapter 211 of the Texas Local Government Code,to regulate land use, and property
development within the Town for the public health, safety, and general welfare; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council desires to update the Town's regulation of the
waiting period between Zoning Board of Adjustment applications on a property; and
WHEREAS, after public notice was given in compliance with State law and a public
hearing was conducted, and after considering the information submitted at the public
hearing and all other relevant information and materials, the Planning and Zoning
Commission of the Town has recommended to the Town Council the adoption of this
Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, after complying with all legal notices, requirements, and conditions, a
public hearing was held before Town Council on August 25, 2025, at which the Town
Council considered the information submitted at the public hearing and all other relevant
information and materials.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE
TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS, THAT:
ORDINANCE NO. 2025-25 PAGE 2
SECTION 1.
INCORPORATION OF PREMISES
The above and foregoing premises are true and correct and are incorporated
herein and made a part hereof for all purposes.
SECTION 2.
The Code of Ordinances, Town of Trophy Club, Texas, Chapter 14 "Zoning,"
Division 8, "Administration and enforcement.," Section 14.02.405 "Zoning board of
adjustment.," Subsection "(j) Waiting period.," only is hereby amended in its entirety to
read as follows:
"§ 14.02.405 Zoning board of adjustment.
(j) Waiting period. No appeal to the zoning board of adjustment shall be allowed
on the same piece of property or on the same or similar question prior to the
expiration of ninety (90) days from the date of a ruling of the zoning board of
adjustment on any appeal to such body unless other property in the same zoning
area shall have, within such ninety (90) day period, been altered or changed by a
ruling of the zoning board of adjustment, in which each such change of
circumstances shall permit the allowance of an appeal."
Except for Subsection (j) above, all other sections and subsections of Section 14.02.405,
shall remain unmodified by this Ordinance.
SECTION 3.
CUMULATIVE
This Ordinance shall be cumulative of all other provisions of ordinances of the
Town, except where the provisions of this Ordinance are in direct conflict with the
provisions of such ordinances, in which event the conflicting provisions of such
ordinances are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4.
SAVINGS
All rights and remedies of the Town are expressly saved as to any and all violations
of the provisions of any other ordinance affecting the subject matter of this Ordinance
within the Town which have accrued at the time of the effective date of this Ordinance;
and, as to such accrued violations and all pending litigation, both civil and criminal,
whether pending in court or not, under such ordinances same shall not be affected by this
Ordinance, but may be prosecuted until final disposition by the courts.
ORDINANCE NO. 2025-25 PAGE 3
SECTION 5.
SEVERABILITY
The sections, paragraphs, sentences, phrases, clauses and words of this
Ordinance are severable, and if any section, paragraph, sentence, phrase, clause or word
in this Ordinance or application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid or
unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance, and the Town Council hereby declares
that it would have passed such remaining portions of this Ordinance despite such
invalidity, which remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 6.
PENALTY
It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any provision of this Ordinance, and
any person violating or failing to comply with any provision hereof shall be fined, upon
conviction, in an amount not less than One Dollar ($1.00) nor more than Two Thousand
Dollars ($2,000.00), and a separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during
or on which a violation occurs or continues. The penalty provided by this section shall be
cumulative of all other penalties allowed by law, including without limitation, civil remedies
available for enforcement of this Ordinance.
SECTION 7.
PUBLICATION
The Town Secretary of the Town of Trophy Club is hereby directed to publish the
caption and penalty clause of this Ordinance as required by Section 3.16 of the Town's
Charter or Section 52.013 of the Texas Local Government Code, as applicable.
SECTION 8.
EFFECTIVE DATE
This Ordinance shall become effective from and after its date of adoption and
publication as provided by law, and it is so ordained.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the T Council of the Town of Trophy Club,
Texas, this 25th day of August 2025.
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ATTEST:
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Tammy Dixon, Tit n Sir b
APPROVED AS TQ...FM:
Dean R gia, ow Attorney
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF TARRANT
I, JOHN M. BONDURANT, JR., PUBLISHER
of the COMMERCIAL RECORDER, am over the age
of 18, have knowledge of the facts stated herein,
and am otherwise competent to make this
affidavit. The COMMERCIAL RECORDER, of Fort
Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, is a newspaper of
general circulation which has been published in
Tarrant County regularly and continuously for a
period of over one year prior to the first day of
publication of this notice. The COMMERCIAL
RECORDER is qualified to publish legal notices
according to Article 28e, Revised Civil statutes of
Texas.
I, solemnly swear that the notice hereto attached
was published in the COMMERCIAL RECORDER,
on the following dates, to -wit:
August 28, 2025
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
28th day of August, A.D. 2025
Notary Publi Tarrant County, Texas
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ORDINAN'(1 N0. 2025-22
AN ORDINANCE OF THE
TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB,
TEXAS, AMENDING ORDI-
NANCE NO. 95-20 OF THE
TO`v'VN, AS AMENDED, THE
S1. A IM E I'EING� PD PLANNED
DEVELOPMENT NO. 13, GEN-
JE, RALLY KNOWN AS THE VIL-
LAGE AT TROPHY CLUB, BY
AMENDING THE OFFICIAL
ZIOI'vING MAP OF THE TOWN
BY CHANGINCa PD PLANNED
DF.VELOPNIENT NO. 13 TO
ADOPT AN AMENDMENT TO
EXHIBIT C, DEVELOPMENT
STANDARDS, TO AMEND SEC-
TION A. Ijb)(1) ENTITLED
"'PERMITTED USES", TO AL-
LOW FOR INDOOR COMMER-
CIAL AMUSEMENT USES AND
TO ALLOW FOR BAR/TAVERN
USES THROUGH A SPECIFIC
USE PERMIT (SUP) ON TRACT
1, AS DEPICTED IN EXHIBIT
"B"; PROVIDING THAT SUCH
TRACT OF LAND SHALL
BE USED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE REQUIREMENTS
OF THE COMPREHENSIVE
ZONING ORDINANCE AND
ALL OTHER, APPLICABLE OR-
DINANCES OF THE TOWN;
PROVIDING A CUMULATIVE
CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR
SAVINGS; PROVIDING SEV-
ERABIL ITY; PROVIDING A
PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED
THE SUM OF TWO THOU-
SAND D DOLLARS ($2,000.00)
FOR EACH OFFENSE AND A
SEPIf ATE OFFENSE SHALL
,BE DEEMED COMMITTED
EACH DAY DURING OR ON
WHICH A VIO.i,ATION OCCURS
OR CONTINUES; PROVIDING
FOR. PUBLICATION; AND PRO-
VIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
ORDINANCE NO. 2025-23
AN ORDINANCE OF THE
TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB,
TEXAS APPROVING A SPE-
CIFIC USE PERMIT FOR
BAR; TAVERN USE FOR AL-
COHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES
WITII A MIXED BEVERAGE
PERMIT FOR ON -PREMISES
CONSUNIPTION, LOCATED
AT 2001 TX-114, SUITE 200,
WITHIN TRACT 1 OF PD
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
FIO. 13; PROVIDING THAT
THIS ORDINANCE SHALL
BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL
ORDINANCES; PROVIDING
{A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PRO-
VIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PEN-
ALTY NOT TO EXCEED THE
SUM OF TWO THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($2,000.00) FOR
EACH OFFENSE AND A SEP-
AI VATE OFFENSE SHALL BE
DEEMED COMMITTED EACH
DAY DURING OR ON WHICH
A VIOLATION OCCURS OR
CONTINUES; PROVIDING FOR
PUBLICATION; AND PROVID-
ING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
ORDINANCE NO.2025-25
AN ORDINANCE OF THE
TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB,
TEXAS, AMENDING THE CODE
OF ORDINANCES, TOWN
OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS,
CHAPTER 14 "ZONING,"
DIVISION E, "ADMINISTRA-
TION AND ENFORCEMENT,"
SECTION 14.02.40S `ZONING
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT,"
"(J) WAITING PERIOD," TO
REDUCE THE WAITING PE-
RIOD FROM ONE (1) YEAR TO
NINETY (90) DAYS; PROVID-
ING THAT THIS ORDINANCE
SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF
ALL ORDINANCES; PRO-
VIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE;
1 PROVIDING A SEVERABIL-
IT"Y CLAUSE; PROVIDING A
PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED
THE SUM OF TWO THOU-
SAND DOLLARS ($2,000.00)
FOR EACH OFFENSE AND A
SEPARATE OFFENSE SHALL
BE DEEMED COMMITTED
EACH DAY DURING OR ON
WHICH A VIOLATION OCCURS
OR CONTINUES; PROVIDING
I FOR PUBLICATION; AND PRO-
VIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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