Deer Park City Zoning Code

This title shall consist of this text and the official zoning map and together shall be known and may be cited as the Deer Park zoning ordinance. The official zoning map will be designated by affixing the date, the city seal, and the signature of the city clerk. The map will be maintained and kept in the Deer Park planning department.

It is the purpose of this title to promote the health, safety and general welfare by guiding the development of the city by means of a comprehensive land use plan. It classifies land within the city into various zones, each with appropriate zone designations, and limits the nature of buildings and structures on such land. It intends to provide regulations and standards which will encourage high quality of development, prevent the overcrowding of land, provide adequate light and air, avoid excessive concentration of population, secure safety from fire and other dangers, lessen congestion on the streets, and facilitate adequate provisions for transportation, utilities, schools, parks and other public requirements on land throughout the city, which will promote and protect the economic stability of land and building values.

No application administered under the authority of this title, which has been denied in whole or in part, shall be filed again within six months from the date of such denial, except upon proof of changed conditions or by written permission from the planning director.