Applications for permits, variances, and site plan, subdivision, and zoning approvals which involve the same development may be considered together, before either the zoning and planning commission, the city council, or both, at a single hearing, rather than at a separate hearing for each related application.

No application for a special use permit, or change of zoning classification shall be accepted if a similar application on the same property has been denied by the city council within the preceding twelve (12) month period unless the city council, at its sole discretion, determines that the application contains significant and relevant differences from the previous submittal that merit reconsideration of the application.

All applications and submissions required by this chapter are to be accompanied by such fees and costs as may be required pursuant to the City of Lakeway’s fee ordinance, as amended.

The provisions of this chapter shall be held to be minimum requirements adopted for promotion of the public health, safety and general welfare. Wherever the requirements of this chapter are at variance with the requirements of any other applicable law or ordinance, the most restrictive, or that imposing the higher standard, shall apply. The provisions of this chapter are not intended to repeal or interfere with private restrictions placed upon property by covenant, deed, easement, or other private agreement. Differing standards between an applicable deed restriction and a provision in a city ordinance will neither modify nor excuse compliance with the standard in the city ordinance.

The enactment of this chapter repeals Ordinance #97-12-15-1, #98-11-16-1, #99-06-21-1, #99-11-15-2, #2000-05-22-1, #2000-10-16-1, #2002-02-19-1, #2002-06-17-3, #2003-06-16-1 and amendments thereto on the effective date of this chapter.

The repeal of any ordinance or part of any ordinance effectuated by the enactment of this chapter shall not be construed as abandoning any action now pending under or by virtue of such ordinance, or as discontinuing, abating, modifying, or altering any penalty accruing or to accrue, or as affecting any rights of the city, under any section or provisions of any ordinance at the time of the passage of this chapter.

If any provision, section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this chapter, or the application of same to any person, firm, corporation, or other entity, or to any particular set of circumstances, is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, void, or invalid, the validity of the remaining portions of this chapter, and the applicability of this chapter to all other persons, firms, for [or] corporations, and entities, and to all other sets of circumstances, shall not be affected thereby, it being the intent of the city council in adopting this chapter that no portion hereof, or provision or regulation contained herein, shall become inoperative or fail by reason of any unconstitutionality or other invalidity of any other portion hereof, and all provisions and applications of this chapter are declared to be severable for such purposes.

This chapter shall become effective immediately.

[Exhibit A of the development ordinance, exhibit A of the zoning ordinance, and exhibit A of the building ordinance contained the same definitions, applicable to all three ordinances. These definitions are included as section 22.02.001 of the Code of Ordinances.]

[The sunrise/sunset tables are not printed herein.]