Friona City Zoning Code

The purpose of this article is to zone the entire area of the City of Friona into districts as made and provided by Articles 1011-a to and including 1011-j of Chapter 4, Title 28 of Vernon’s Annotated Texas Statutes, 1925 as amended, in accordance with a comprehensive plan, for the purpose of promoting health safety, morals, and the welfare of the general public. They have 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 the overcrowding of land; to avoid undue concentration of population; to provide and facilitate adequate provisions for transportation, water, sewage, schools, parks and other public requirements. Said districts have been created with fair and reasonable consideration, among other things, of the character of each particular district and its peculiar suitability for particular uses; and with the view of conserving the value of land and building in each particular district, and of insuring the harmonious and appropriate use of all property and land throughout the City of Friona.