CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE ORDINANCE NO. 11756-2025 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, AMENDING PORTIONS OF ARTICLE 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS AND PROCEDURES, ARTICLE 4: PERMISSIBLE USES, ARTICLE 6: DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS, ARTICLE 7: SPECIAL DISTRICTS, ARTICLE 10: PARKING AND LOADING STANDARDS, ARTICLE 12: SUBDIVISION AND UTILITIES, ARTICLE 13: BUILDING PERMITS & CONSTRUCTION, ARTICLE 16: SITE PLAN APPROVAL, ARTICLE 22: FEE SCHEDULE, ARTICLE 23, MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN, ARTICLE 26: MOBILE/MANUFACTURED/MODULAR HOME AND RECREATONAL VEHICLE REGULATIONS, ARTICLE 30: DEFINITIONS, AND APPENDIX W: RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE (UDC) FOR THE PURPOSES OF ALIGNING THE UDC WITH RECENT CHANGES TO STATE LAW RELATED TO MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL AND MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS, ZONING PROTESTS AND NOTICE REQUIREMENTS, REGULATION OF HOME-BASED BUSINESSES, SMALL RESIDENTIAL LOT DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS ("TINY LOTS"), HUD-CODE MANUFACTURED HOUSING, APPROVAL OF LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS, AND IMPACT FEES, AND REGULATION OF THE CONVERSION OF OFFICE BUILDINGS OR NON-RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS TO MIXED-USE AND MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; CONTAINING A PENALTY, AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AS THE DATE OF PASSAGE AND APPROVAL SECTION 5. Any person, firm, association of persons, company, corporation, or their agents, servants, or employees violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions of this article shall be fined in an amount not to exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), and each day any violation of noncompliance continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. The penalty provided herein shall be cumulative or other remedies provided by state law, and the power of injunction as provided in V.T.C.A. Local Government Code Section 54.016 and as may be amended, may be exercised in enforcing this article whether or not there has been a complaint filed. SECTION 6. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are specifically repealed. SECTION 7. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication. PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, THIS, THE 2ND DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2025. CASE NO. TAM-25-08-0003 /s/ Ron Jensen, Mayor /s/ Mona Lisa Galicia, City Secretary IPL0273103 Sep 17 2025