This article shall be known and referred to as the “Zoning Ordinance of the City of Forest Hill, Texas.”

The purpose of this article is to zone the entire area of the city into districts as made and provided by chapter 211 of the Texas Local Government Code, as amended, in accordance with a comprehensive plan for the purpose of promoting health, safety, and the general welfare of the general public. This article has been designed to lessen congestion in the streets, to provide safety from fire, panic, and other dangers, to provide adequate light and air, to prevent overcrowding of land, to avoid undue concentration of population, to provide and facilitate adequate provisions for transportation, automobile parking, water, sewage, schools, parks, and other public requirements. Said districts have been created with fair and reasonable consideration, among other things, for the character of each particular district and its peculiar suitability for particular uses; and thereby conserve the value of land and buildings in each particular district; and with a view of insuring a harmonious and appropriate use of all property and to prohibit the inharmonious and inappropriate use of all property and thereby promote the general good and welfare of the public throughout the city.