The provisions of this chapter shall be administered and enforced by the building official. All applications for building permits shall be accompanied by a plat drawn to scale, showing the actual dimensions of the lot to be built upon, the size of the building to be erected, the use of the property, and such other information as may be necessary to provide for the enforcement of these regulations. A careful record of such applications and plats shall be kept in the office of the building official. For purposes of this chapter, the city secretary may be considered the building official.

(Ord. No. 156, pt. 12, 6-8-1981)

(a)

Any person or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter or fail to comply therewith or with any of the requirements thereof, or who shall build or alter any building or use in violation of any detailed statement or plan submitted and approved hereunder, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be liable to a fine of not more than $100.00 and each day such violation shall be permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense.

(b)

The owner of any building or premises or part thereof where anything in violation of this chapter shall be placed or shall exist, and any architect, builder, contractor, agent, person or corporation employed in connection therewith and who may have assisted in the commission of any such violation, shall be guilty of a separate offense and, upon conviction, shall be fined as herein provided.

(c)

Violations of the provisions under this chapter are hereby deemed violations of ordinances, rules, or police regulations that govern fire safety, zoning, and public health and sanitation, which may be punishable, alternatively, as provided in section 1-12.

(Ord. No. 156, pt. 14, 6-8-1981)

State Law reference— Enhanced penalty for violation ordinances governing fire safety, zoning, or public health and sanitation, V.T.C.A., Government Code § 54.001(b).

The council may, from time to time, amend, supplement, or change by ordinance the boundaries of districts herein established, or the regulations herein contained. Before taking any action, the city council shall submit such proposed amendment, supplement, or change to the planning and zoning commission for a report and recommendation. The council shall also give notice to the citizens of the city of such proposed amendment, supplement or change and of a public hearing to be held in connection therewith by publication in the official paper of the city at least once. Such hearing shall not be held earlier than 15 days from the date of publication of said notice.

(Ord. No. 156, § 13.1, 6-8-1981)

The council shall thereafter and in accordance therewith hold such public hearing. If such proposed amendment, supplement, or change fails to receive a favorable report and recommendation by the planning and zoning commission, or, if there is a protest filed with the city secretary/building official against such proposed amendment, supplement, or change, duly signed by the owners of 20 percent or more, either of the area of the lots included in such change, or of those immediately in the rear thereof, extending 200 feet therefrom, or those directly opposite thereto, extending 200 feet from the street frontage of such opposite lots, such proposed amendment, supplement, or change shall not become effective except by a three-fourths vote of all the members of the city council.

(Ord. No. 156, § 13.2, 6-8-1981)

If the council fails to pass an ordinance approving such proposed amendment, supplement, or change, then, in that event, a new application for such proposed amendment, supplement, or change to the zoning regulations shall not again be considered until after the expiration of six months from the date such proposed amendment, supplement, or change was rejected; provided, however, that such application may be reconsidered within the above-mentioned six-month period, if it is shown to the council that a substantial change in conditions has taken place in the vicinity of the property sought to be rezoned.

(Ord. No. 156, § 13.3, 6-8-1981)

Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this chapter, any owner of property that has been changed by this chapter to a more restricted zone may, within six months from the final passage of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived, apply for and receive a building permit for the construction of any use that was permitted in said zone prior to the adoption of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived.

(Ord. No. 156, § 13.4, 6-8-1981)

If any amendment to this chapter is hereafter adopted changing the boundaries of a district, the provisions of this chapter with regard to buildings or premises existing, buildings under construction, or building permits issued at the time of the passage of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived shall apply to buildings or premises existing, to buildings under construction, or building permits issued in the area affected by such amendment at the time of such amendment.

(Ord. No. 156, § 11.4, 6-8-1981)