As authorized by chapter 211 of the Texas Local Government Code, the Place Type Zoning Standards and Districts, as herein established, have been made in accordance with an adopted comprehensive plan for the purpose of promoting the public health, safety, and general welfare, and protecting and preserving places and areas of historical, cultural, or architectural importance and significance in the city.

Standards have been designed to lessen the congestion in the streets; to secure safety from fire, and other dangers; to ensure adequate light and air; to prevent the overcrowding of land, to avoid undue concentration of population; and to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, wastewater treatment, schools, parks, and other public requirements.

The standards for building neighborhoods require distribution of place types, to provide lifestyle and living variation that define distinct physical environments of varying degrees of urbanity and development intensity. The "P" designation represents each place type's relative place on a continuum of low intensity to high intensity development, from rural-to-urban, with the character and associated standards of "P5" being more urban than those of "P4."

Words, phrases, and terms defined herein shall be given the defined meaning.

Words, phrases, and terms not defined herein shall be given their usual and customary meanings except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning.

The text of the ordinances shall control captions, titles, and maps.

The word "shall" is mandatory and not permissive. The word "may" is permissive and not mandatory.

Words used in the singular include the plural and words used in the plural include the singular. Words used in the present tense include the future tense and words used in the future tense include the present tense.