A.

Establishment of "HL" zoning designation as a historic landmark subdistrict: Any zoning district designation appearing on the zoning district map may be followed by the suffix "HL" indicating a historic landmark subdistrict. Such subdistrict may include buildings, land, areas, or districts of historical, architectural, archaeological or cultural importance or value which merit protection, enhancement, and preservation in the interest of the culture, prosperity, education, and welfare of the people. The "HL" designation shall apply to those premises, lots or tracts designated through procedures set forth herein. Additional principal and secondary uses may be permitted in any specific "HL" subdistrict and shall be enumerated in the ordinance establishing such historic landmark subdistrict, provided such uses are included in the zoning application. Such suffix shall not affect the legal use of the property and the basic underlying zoning of the property except as provided in the ordinance establishing the subdistrict.

B.

Declaration of policy: The City Council hereby finds and declares as a matter of public policy that the protection, enhancement, preservation and use of historic landmarks is a public necessity and is required in the interest of the culture, prosperity, education and welfare of the people.

C.

Historic landmarks—Designation: The City Council may designate certain buildings, land, areas, and districts in the city as historic landmarks and define, amend and delineate the boundaries thereof. Requests for designation may be made by the City Council, Historic Preservation Commission, or by the public on a form or zoning application obtained from the city. Completed request forms shall be returned to the City for processing and accompanied by payment of the appropriate fee to be charged by the City of Grapevine for administering the application. All designations must meet all requirements under Section 211.0165 of the Texas Local Government Code, as amended from time to time, or subsequent Texas statute replacing Section 211.0165 of the Texas Local Government Code.

1.

Signature Requirements for Property Owner-Initiated Designations: Application for designation of a historic landmark shall require the signatures of all owners of the property, or their authorized agents.

2.

Property Owner Consent Requirements for City-Initiated Designations: The Historic Preservation Commission or Planning & Zoning Commission may recommend to the City Council an application be submitted to designate any property, structure, site, or district within the incorporated limits of the City of Grapevine as a historic landmark designation. The City Council may, on its own motion, direct City staff to initiate designation proceedings. Upon approval of such motion, the Historic Preservation Officer shall prepare a historic landmark designation petition on behalf of the City of Grapevine.

a.

Pursuant to Section 211.0165 of the Texas Local Government Code, city-initiated designation of a historic landmark shall require:

i.

Written consent of all property owners within the boundaries of the proposed designation, which may be withdrawn at any time in the process; or

ii.

A three-fourths vote of approval by the Historic Preservation Commission, a review by the Planning and Zoning Commission, and a three-fourths vote of approval by the City Council.

3.

Historic Landmark Site Review: At least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the public hearing of the Historic Preservation Commission for designation of a historic landmark, City staff shall provide the property owner(s) with a Historic Landmark Site Review that includes:

a.

Regulations that are authorized to be applied to the historic landmark after the designation;

b.

Procedures for the designation;

c.

Tax benefits that are authorized to be applied to the historic landmark after the designation, if any; and

d.

Rehabilitation or repair programs offered by the City of Grapevine for a historic landmark, if any.

4.

Review and Recommendation by the Historic Preservation Commission: Upon staff's acceptance or completion of an application, the Historic Preservation Officer shall schedule a public hearing at the next practicable Historic Preservation Commission meeting. The Historic Preservation Commission shall make a recommendation to the Planning and Zoning Commission as to whether or not the property, district, or site is eligible for historic landmark designation according to the criteria in Section 39.D of this article and the merits of the application.

5.

Review and Recommendation by the Planning and Zoning Commission: Upon receiving an recommendation by the Historic Preservation Commission, the matter shall be scheduled by City staff for a public hearing before the Planning and Zoning Commission. The matter shall proceed in the same manner as that required to amend, repeal, or alter the zoning on a tract or parcel of land under Section 48 relating to conditional uses. The Planning and Zoning Commission will consider the criteria for designation specified in the Zoning Ordinance.

6.

Decision by the City Council: The matter shall proceed to the City Council in the same manner and in the same instances as that required to amend, repeal, or alter the zoning on a tract or parcel of land as specified in this article, except for the procedural requirements in Section 39.C.2. After all notice requirements of state zoning statutes have been complied with and all required public hearings conducted pursuant to said state statutes and upon receipt of the Historic Preservation Commission and Planning and Zoning Commission recommendations, the City Council may designate the building, land, area or district within the "HL" suffix. The suffix "HL" shall indicate the zoning subdistrict designation of those buildings, land, areas and districts which the City Council has designated historic landmarks. Such designation shall be in addition to any other zoning district designation established in the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance. All zoning district maps shall reflect the designation of a historical landmark subdistrict by the letter "HL" as a suffix. If the City Council does not approve the designation, the procedure for successive applications for petitions for the amendment of the Zoning Ordinance for a particular tract of property shall apply.

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Decision Recordation: Upon passage by the City Council of an ordinance designating property as "HL," the City Secretary or his or her designee shall file a copy of the ordinance with the appropriate county clerk, in accordance with state law, and the appropriate county tax assessor, and, together with a written notice briefly stating the fact of the designation, shall send a copy of such notice by certified mail to the owner of the affected property.

8.

Amendment or Removal: The same application and procedure that is followed for the designation of a historic landmark shall apply for amendment or removal of the designation, except:

a.

The Historic Preservation Commission or the Historic Preservation Officer may initiate amendments to a historic landmark ordinance without a motion from the City Council as described in subsection 2 above.

D.

Historic landmarks—Criteria to be used in Determination: In making such designation as set forth in Section 39.C above, the City Council and the Planning and Zoning Commission shall consider one or more of the following criteria:

1.

Character, interest or value as part of the development, heritage or cultural characteristics of the City of Grapevine, State of Texas, or the United States;

2.

Identification with a person or persons who significantly contributed to the culture and development of the City;

3.

Location as the site of a significant historic event;

4.

Exemplification of the cultural, economic, social or historical heritage of the city;

5.

Relationship to other distinctive buildings, sites or areas which are eligible for preservation according to a plan based on historical, cultural or architectural motif;

6.

Unique location of singular physical characteristics representing an established and familiar visual feature of a neighborhood, community or the City;

7.

Value as an aspect of community sentiment or public pride.

8.

Detailed recommendation from the Historic Preservation Commission.

9.

Detailed recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Commission.

E.

Present use not affected: Use classifications of all property included in a historic landmark subdistrict shall continue to be governed by the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City.

F.

Off-street parking and loading: Due to the development nature of property with a historic landmark designation, it is recognized that conventional off-street parking, loading, and development standards required by Sections 56, 57, and 58 of the comprehensive zoning ordinance for individual lots may be difficult to provide. Any uses proposed with a historic landmark designation may present a plan for parking to the Planning and Zoning Commission and the Planning and Zoning Commission may determine different amounts and methods in establishing off-street parking.

(Ord. No. 91-77, § 1, 10-15-91; Ord. No. 2000-109, § 1, 10-3-00; Ord. No. 2023-094, § 34, 11-21-23; Ord. No. 2024-111, § 40, 12-17-24)