These regulations shall be known and may be cited as the “Zoning Ordinance” of the City of Gladewater, Texas.

(Ord. 1104, passed 10-13-77)

In their interpretation and application the provisions of these zoning regulations shall be held to be the minimum requirements adopted for the promotion of the public health, safety, moral responsibility, and the general welfare of the city. They have been designed to lessen congestion on streets; to secure 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 facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewers, schools, parks, and other public requirements; and to conserve the value of property and encourage the most appropriate use of land throughout the community. They have been made with reasonable consideration among other things, for the character of the district, and its peculiar suitability for the particular uses; and with a view of conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the city. It is not intended by this chapter to interfere with or abrogate or annul any easements, covenants, or other agreements between parties, provided, however, that where this chapter imposes a greater restriction upon the use of buildings or premises or upon the height of building, or requires larger open spaces than are imposed or required by other ordinances, rules, regulations, or by easements, covenants or agreements, the provisions of this chapter shall govern.

(Ord. 1104, passed 10-13-77)

1. Certain words in this chapter not herein defined are defined as follows: the word building includes the word structure, the word lot includes the words plot and tract.
2. For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
   
   ACCESSORY USE. A use subordinate to and incidental to the primary use of the main building or to the primary use of the premises.
   
   ALLEY. A public space or thoroughfare which affords only secondary means of access to property abutting thereon.
   
   APARTMENT. A room or suite of rooms in a multi-family dwelling or apartment house arranged, designed, or occupied as a place of residence by a single family, individual, or group of individuals.
   
   APARTMENT HOUSE. Any building or portion thereof, which is designed, built, rented, leased or let to be occupied as three or more dwelling units or apartments or which is occupied as a home or place of residence by three or more families living in independent dwelling units.
   
   AREA OF THE LOT. The area of the lot shall be the net area of the lot and shall not include portions of streets and alleys.
   
   BASEMENT. A building story which is partly underground, but having at least one-half of its height above the average level of the adjoining ground. A BASEMENT shall be counted as a story in computing building height.
   
   BLOCK. An area enclosed by streets and occupied by or intended for buildings; or if said word is used as a term of measurement, it shall mean the distance along a side of a street between the nearest two streets which intersect said street on said street.
   
   BOARD. Zoning Board of Adjustment as provided for in GMC 15.11.530 through GMC 15.11.580.
   
   BOARDING HOUSE. A building other than a hotel, where lodging and meals for five or more persons are served for compensation.
   
   BREEZEWAY. A covered passage one story in height connecting a main structure and an accessory building.
   
   BUILDING. Any structure built for the support, shelter, and enclosure of persons, animals, chattels or movable property of any kind. When subdivided in a manner sufficient to prevent the spread of fire, each portion so subdivided may be deemed a separate building.
   
   BUILDING LINE. A line parallel or approximately parallel to the street line at a specified distance therefrom, making the minimum distance from the street line that a building may be erected.
   
   BUILDING OFFICIAL. The Building Inspector or person charged with the enforcement of the zoning and building codes of the city.
   
   BUILDING, HEIGHT OF. The vertical distance measured from the sidewalk level or from the natural ground level if higher (or if no street grades have been established) to the highest point of the roof surface, if a flat roof; to the deck line of a mansard roof; and to the mean height level between eaves and a ridge for a gable, hip, or gambrel roof. The measured HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING shall exclude chimneys, cooling towers, elevated bulk-heads, penthouses, tanks, water towers, radio towers, ornamental cupolas, domes or spires, and parapet walls less than four feet high.
   
   BUSINESS. Includes the neighborhood shopping, commercial, light industry and heavy industrial uses and districts as herein defined.
   
   CELLAR. A building story with more than one-half of its height below the average level of the adjoining ground. A CELLAR shall not be counted as a story in computing building height.
   
   CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND COMPLIANCE. An official certificate issued by the city through the enforcing official which indicates conformance with or approved conditional waiver from the zoning regulations and authorizes legal use of the premises for which it is issued.
   
   CITY COUNCIL. The governing body of the City of Gladewater, Texas.
   
   CITY MANAGER. Chief Administrative Officer of the City of Gladewater, Texas.
   
   CITY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. The agency appointed by the City Council as an advisory body to it and which is authorized to recommend changes in the zoning.
   
   CLINIC. A group of offices for one or more physicians, surgeons, or dentists, to treat sick or injured out-patients who do not remain overnight.
   
   CONVALESCENT HOME. Any structure used for or customarily occupied by persons recovering from illness or suffering from infirmities of age.
   
   COURT. An open, unoccupied space, bounded on more than two sides by the walls of a building. An inner court is a court entirely surrounded by the exterior walls of a building. An outer court is a court having one side open to a street, alley, yard, or other permanent space.
   
   CURB LEVEL. The level of the established curb in front of the building measured at the center of such front. Where no curb has been established, the City Engineer shall authorize and approve the establishment of such curb or its equivalent for the purpose of this chapter.
   
   DAY NURSERY. A place where children are left for care between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m.
   
   DEPTH OF LOT. The mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines.
   
   DISTRICT. A section of the city for which the regulations governing the area, height, or use of the land and buildings are uniform.
   
   DWELLING AREA. The total floor area of the dwelling proper, exclusive of accessory buildings, and shall be based on outside dimensions.
   
   DWELLING, ONE-FAMILY. A detached building having accommodations for and occupied by not more than one family, or by one family and not more than four boarders and lodgers.
   
   DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY. A detached building having separate accommodations for and occupied by not more than two families, or by two families and not more than four boarders and lodgers per family.
   
   DWELLING, MULTIPLE FAMILY. Any building or portion thereof, which is designed, built, rented, leased, or let to be occupied as three or more dwelling units or apartments or which is occupied as a home or residence of three or more families.
   
   DWELLING UNIT. A building or portion of a building which is arranged, occupied, or intended to be occupied as living quarters, and includes facilities for food preparation and sleeping.
   
   EFFICIENCY APARTMENT. An apartment having a combination living room and bedroom (with no separate bedroom).
   
   FAMILY. Any number of individuals living together as a single housekeeping unit, in which not more than four individuals are unrelated by blood, marriage, or adoption.
   
   FARM. An area of six or more acres which is used for the growing of the usual farm products such as vegetables, fruits, grains, and trees, with the necessary accessory uses for treating and storing the produce on the area, as well as the raising thereon of the usual farm poultry and animals such as horses, cattle, sheep and swine, but specifically excluding dairy farms, and with the further provision that the operation of the accessory uses for treating and storing produce shall be secondary to that of the normal activities, and that the activities do not include the commercial feeding of offal or garbage to swine or other animals.
   
   FLOOR AREA. The total square feet of floor space within the outside dimensions of a building including each floor level, but excluding cellars, carports, or garages.
   
   FRONTAGE. All the property abutting on one side of the street between two intersecting streets, measured along the street lines.
   
   GARAGE, PUBLIC. A building other than a private garage used for the care, repair, or equipment of self-propelled vehicles or where such vehicles are kept for remuneration, hire or sale.
   
   GRADE.
   1. For buildings having walls adjoining one street only, it is the elevation of the sidewalk at the center of the wall adjoining the street;
   2. For buildings having walls adjoining more than one street, it is the average of the elevation of the sidewalk at the center of all walls adjoining the street;
   3. For buildings having no wall adjoining the street it is the average level of the finished surface of the ground adjacent to the exterior walls of the buildings.
   4. Any wall approximately parallel to and not more than five feet from a street line is to be considered as adjoining the street. Where no sidewalk has been constructed, the City Engineer shall establish such a sidewalk level or its equivalent for the purpose of these regulations.
   GROSS FLOOR AREA. The GROSS FLOOR AREA of an apartment house shall be measured by taking the outside dimensions of the apartment at each floor level excluding however, the floor area of basements or attics not used for residential purposes.
   
   HEIGHT. See BUILDING, HEIGHT OF.
   
   HOBBY SHOP. An accessory use housed in a dwelling or in an accessory building in which the residents of the premises engage in recreational activities, none of which shall disturb the neighbors on either side or in the rear thereof, and from which no revenue may be derived, in which no goods may be publicly displayed, offered for sale, or advertised for sale, nor may any sign be used in connection therewith.
   
   HOME OCCUPATION. Any occupation that is customarily performed at home by a member of the occupant’s family that does not involve a structural change in the building, nor the employment of help, nor the installation of equipment other than that customary to household occupations, nor the display of a sign to advertise the occupation; and it shall not include beauty culture schools, beauty parlors, doctors’ offices for treatment of patients, and which is not the cause of generating additional traffic in the street.
   
   HOTEL AND MOTEL. A building or arrangement of buildings designed and occupied as the more or less temporary abiding place of individuals who are lodged with or without meals, and in which there are more than 12 sleeping rooms and no provisions made for cooking in any individual room or apartment.
   
   HOSPITAL. An institution or place where sick or injured in-patients are given medical or surgical care either at public expense (charity) or private.
   
   HOUSING PROJECT. An area of three or more acres arranged according to a site plan to be submitted to and to approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council on which is indicated the amount of land to be devoted to housing facilities, their arrangement thereon, together with the arrangement of access streets and alleys, and the entire area is to be zoned as apartment MF-2, upon the recommendation of the City Planning and Zoning Commission and the action of the City Council, and in which it shall not be necessary to subdivide the area into lots and blocks. The site plan shall indicate that all access streets, alleys, sidewalks, storm sewers and storm sewer inlets, shall be provided as required by the city and built in accordance with city specifications.
   
   INSTITUTIONAL TRANSITIONAL HOUSING. Transitional housing provided to more than six residents, by more than two supervisory personnel, or in a structure designed to accommodate more than six residents or more than two supervisory personnel.
   
   KINDERGARTEN. A school for children of pre-public school age in which constructive endeavors, object lessons, and helpful games are prominent features of the curriculum.
   
   LIVING UNIT. The room or rooms occupied by a family and must include cooking facilities.
   
   LODGING HOUSE. Same as BOARDING HOUSE.
   
   LOT. Land occupied or to be occupied by a building and its accessory building, and including such open spaces as are required under this chapter and having its principal frontage upon a public street or officially approved place.
   
   LOT, CORNER. A lot situated at the junction of two or more streets.
   
   LOT DEPTH. The mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines.
   
   LOT, INTERIOR. A lot other than a corner lot.
   
   LOT LINES. The lines bounding a lot as defined herein.
   
   LOT, THROUGH. A lot having frontage on two parallel or approximately parallel streets.
   
   LOT WIDTH. The mean horizontal distance between lot side lines.
   
   MAIN BUILDING. The building or buildings on a lot which are occupied by the primary use.
   
   MANUFACTURED HOUSING. A structure constructed on or after June 15, 1976 according to the rules of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, built on a permanent chassis, designed for use as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when the structure is connected to the required utilities, transportable in one or more sections, and in the traveling mode, at least eight body feet in width or at least 40 body feet in length or, when erected on site, at least 320 square feet
   MOBILE HOME. A structure that was constructed before June 15, 1976, built on a permanent chassis, designed for use as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when the structure is connected to the required utilities, transportable in one or more sections, and in the traveling mode, at least eight body feet in width or at least 40 body feet in length or, when erected on side, at least 320 square feet.
   
   NONCONFORMING USE . A building, structure, or use of land lawfully occupied at the time of the effective date of this chapter or amendments thereto, and which does not conform to the use regulations of the district in which it is situated.
   
   OCCUPANCY. The use or intended use of the land or buildings by proprietors or tenants.
   
   OPEN SPACE. Area included in any side, rear, or front yard or any unoccupied space on the lot that is open and unobstructed to the sky except for the ordinary projections of cornices, eaves, porches and plant material.
   
   PARKING AREA, PUBLIC. An open area other than a street, alley, or place, used for the temporary parking of more than four self-propelled vehicles and available for public use whether free, for compensation, or as an accommodation for clients or customers.
   
   PARKING AREA, SEMI-PRIVATE. An open area other than a street, alley, or place, used for temporary parking of more than four self-propelled vehicles as an accessory use to semi-public institutions, schools, churches, hospitals, and noncommercial clubs.
   
   PLACE. An unoccupied space other than a street or alley permanently reserved for purposes of access to abutting property.
   
   PRIVATE GARAGE. An accessory building housing vehicles owned and used by occupants of the main building; if occupied by vehicles of others, it is a storage space.
   
   RECREATIONAL VEHICLE. A vehicle which is built on a single chassis, is self-propelled or permanently towable by a light duty truck; and is designed primarily not for use as a permanent dwelling but as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel, or seasonal use.
   
   RESIDENCE. Same as dwelling, also when used with district, an area of residential regulations.
   
   SIGN. An outdoor advertising device that is a structure or that is attached to or painted on a building or that is leaned against a structure or display on premises.
   
   STABLE. An animal storage facility with a capacity for more than four horses or mules, kept for remuneration, hire, or sale.
   
   STORY. That portion of a building included between the upper surface of any floor and the upper surface of the floor next above it, or if there is no floor next above it, then the space between such floor and the ceiling above it.
   
   STREET. A public thoroughfare which affords principal means of access to abutting property, and which has been dedicated for public use.
   
   STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS. Any change in the supporting members of a building, such as bearing walls, columns, beams, or girders.
   
   STRUCTURE. Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires location on the ground or that it be attached to something having a location on the ground.
   
   TRANSITIONAL HOUSING. A residential facility providing temporary shelter for persons who are receiving therapy or counseling from support staff who are present at all times the residents are present, for one or more of the following purposes:
   1. To help residents recuperate from the effects of drugs or alcohol addiction;
   2. To help residents suffering from mental health or behavioral issues;
   3. To help homeless persons or families achieve independence and obtain permanent housing; or
   4. To provide temporary shelter for persons who are victims of domestic abuse.
   VARIANCE. An adjustment in the applications of the specific regulations of the Zoning Code to a particular parcel of property, which, because of special conditions or circumstances peculiar to the particular parcel, is necessary to prevent the property from being deprived of rights and privileges enjoyed by other parcels in the same vicinity and zoning district.
   
   YARD. An open space other than a court on the same lot with a building, unoccupied, and unobstructed from the ground upward, except as otherwise provided herein.
   
   YARD, FRONT. A yard on a lot facing a street extending across the front of a lot between the side lot lines and from the main building to the front lot or street line with the minimum horizontal distance between the street line and the main building line as specified for the district in which it is located.
   
   YARD, REAR. A yard extending across the rear of a lot from one side lot line to the other side lot line and having a depth between the building and the rear lot line as specified in the district in which the lot is situated.
   
   YARD, SIDE. A yard situated between the building and a side lot line and extending through from the front yard to the rear yard. Any lot line that is not the rear line or the front line shall be deemed a side line.
   
   ZONING DISTRICT MAP. The official certified map upon which the boundaries of the various Zoning Districts are drawn and which is an integral part of the Zoning Code.

(Ord. 1104, passed 10-13-77; Am. Ord. O-11-06, passed 2-17-11; Am. Ord. O-14-19, passed 12-11-14; Am. Ord. O-15-23, passed 11-19-15)

All land, buildings, structures, or appurtenances thereon located within the city which are hereafter occupied, used, erected, altered, removed, demolished, or converted shall be used, removed, placed, and erected in conformance with the zoning regulations prescribed for the zoning district in which such land or building is located as hereinafter provided.

(Ord. 1104, passed 10-13-77) Penalty, see GMC 15.11.700

1. The provisions of this chapter shall be administered and enforced by the Building Inspector of the city. All applications and permits shall be accompanied by a plat, drawn to scale, showing the actual dimensions of the lot to be built upon, the location and size of the proposed building, the location of proposed accessory buildings, all in relation to lot lines, and such other information as may be necessary to provide for the effective enforcement of this chapter. A complete and accurate record of such applications and permits shall be kept in the office of the Building Inspector of the city.
2. Property owners or authorized agents must submit said applications for any change or request. Before the application can be considered, it must be submitted 15 working days prior to the second Thursday of the month, which is the regular meeting date set for the Planning and Zoning Commission. Prior to making its report to the City Council, the Commission shall hold a public hearing thereon. Written notice of all public hearings on proposed changes in district boundaries shall be sent to all owners of property, or, the person rendering the same for city taxes, located within 200 feet of any property affected thereby, within not less than ten days before such hearing is held. Such notice may be served by using the last known address as listed on the city tax roll, and depositing the notice, postage paid, in the United States Mail. The applicant must be present at the public hearing before the request will be heard. The Commission, after the public hearing is closed, may either approve or deny the change. It shall prepare its report and recommendations on the proposed change and forward these findings to the Council. If the change is approved, it will automatically go to the second hearing by the Council. If the change is denied, it will be dropped from further consideration unless the applicant appeals the decision in writing within three days to the City Secretary. On appeal, it will go to the second hearing by the Council.
3. The following schedule of fees and charges shall be collected by the city. Each of the fees and charges provided for herein shall be paid in advance, and no action of the Planning and Zoning Commission shall occur until the fee has been made valid and paid to the city.
   1. Zoning change request - $125
   2. Subdivision request - $125
4. If the zoning change request is denied by the City Council, then the property owner or applicant shall not be allowed to refile an application for the same zoning request change that was denied for a period of three months.

(Ord. 1104, passed 10-13-77; Am. Ord. 00-16, passed 11-16-00)

1. Purpose. The city recognizes the need for implementation of a policy that requires the issuance of a certificate of occupancy and performance of a life, health and safety inspection before water utility services can be connected or reconnected to structures in the city in an effort to monitor ownership and standards of all residential structures, thereby reducing the number of demolitions of dilapidated and/or abandoned residential structures within the city. The city also recognizes the need for an organized inspection program for new and aging residential rental units in order to ensure that all rental units meet city and state safety, health, fire and zoning codes and to provide a more efficient system for compelling both absentee and local landlords to correct violations and to maintain, in proper condition, rental property within the city. The city recognizes that implementation of the certificate of occupancy and life, health and safety inspection policy is the most efficient system to monitor occupancy and standards of all residential rental units and thereby ensure that orderly inspection schedules can be maintained by city officials.
2. Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this Title, shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning.
   
   APARTMENT COMPLEX means a building or buildings comprised of three or more consecutive rental units each.
   
   BEDROOM means a room used or intended to be used for sleeping purposes and not as a kitchen, bathroom, living room, closet, hallway, utility space, entry way, garage, patio, or breezeway.
   
   BUILDING INSPECTOR means a properly identified building official for the city, or his/her designee.
   
   CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY means a certificate issued by the city upon submission, review and approval of an executed residential occupancy application, which lists any and all occupants of the property, as well as the owner(s) of the property.
   
   CITY means the City of Gladewater, Texas.
   
   LIFE SAFETY INSPECTION means an inspection completed by the building inspector on all residential rental units which must be completed and submitted to the city prior to connection of water utility services to each respective residential rental unit.
   
   OWNER means the person claiming, or in whom is invested, the ownership, dominion, or title of real property including but not limited to: holder of fee-simple title; holder of life-estate; holder of leasehold estate for an interim term of five years or more; a buyer under contract for deed; a mortgagee, receiver, executor or trustee in control of real property; but not including the holder of a leasehold estate or a tenancy for initial term of less than five years.
   
   PERSON means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, two or more persons having a joint interest, or any other legal or community entity.
   
   PREMISES means a lot, plot or parcel of land, including any structure thereon, and furthermore, including a dwelling unit, appurtenances thereto, grounds and facilities held out for the use of tenants generally and any other area or facility whose use is promised to the tenant.
   
   PROPERTY MANAGER means a person whom, for compensation, has control of the day-to-day operations of the residential rental unit or units or the person in a partnership or corporation, or any other legal entity, who has managing control of the residential rental unit(s).
   
   RESIDENTIAL RENTAL OCCUPANCY APPLICATION means an application to be completed by an owner of a residential rental unit to be submitted to the city prior to water utility services being connected by city.
   
   RESIDENTIAL RENTAL UNIT means any building or portion thereof which is rented, leased or let to be occupied for compensation as a residence, including apartments.
   
   RESIDENT MANAGER means a property manager or agent of a property manager who resides in the residential rental unit.
   
   TENANT means any person who rents, leases, or occupies a dwelling unit for living or dwelling purposes with the consent of the owner, landlord, or property manager.
3. Application and issuance of certificate of occupancy.
   1. Each owner of a residential rental unit within the city shall make application for occupancy for each residential rental unit therein, if applicable, with the building inspector once a change of occupancy occurs after passage of the ordinance, from which this title is derived, and shall renew such application per the terms of Part C,7.
   2. Each new owner of a residential rental unit shall make application for occupancy with the building inspector by submitting to the city a residential rental occupancy application prior to utility services being turned on.
   3. Application for occupancy shall be made upon a form provided by the city for such purpose, and shall include at least the following information:
      1. Owner's name, address, work and home telephone number of said property owner;
      2. If the owner does not live within 50 miles of the city, then in addition to the information in Part C,3,a, the same information shall be provided for a local contact that has the authority to represent the owner in all matters relating to maintenance of the residential structure and all respective units therein, if applicable;
      3. If the owner is a partnership, the name of all partners, the principal business address of the person in charge of the property, and telephone number of each partner;
      4. If owner is a corporation, the person registering must state whether it is organized under the laws of this state of is a foreign corporation, and must show the mailing address, business location, telephone number, name of the primary individual in charge of the property of such corporation, if any, and the names of all officers and directors or trustees of such corporation, and, if a foreign corporation, the place of incorporation and the agent for service;
      5. Name, address, and telephone number of the property manager, if applicable;
      6. Street address of the residential structure;
      7. Street and mailing address of the residential rental unit, if applicable; and
      8. Signature of the owner or owner's agent.
   4. A separate residential rental occupancy application is to be completed and submitted for each residential rental unit within a residential structure.
   5. The building inspector shall either issue a certificate of occupancy or notify the owner that the premises does not comply with the requirements of this title.
   6. A certificate of occupancy for residential rental units shall be valid for a period of 12 calendar months following issuance thereof or a change of occupancy has occurred, whichever is later, and renewal shall be applied for prior to city utilities being turned on.
   7. It is an offense for an owner to fail to register or fail to renew application of any structure or unit within the city, and each and every day that the owner continues to fail to register or renew the application of each respective structure or unit shall constitute a separate offense.
   8. It shall be unlawful for any person to file a false residential occupancy application with the city.
   9. Residential rental units owned or managed by a housing authority that is subject to HUD inspections shall be exempted from this ordinance upon submission of inspection reports to the City within 90 days of inspection.
4. Life, health and safety inspections.
   1. The building inspector, or his/her designee, shall inspect each residential rental unit therein at the time of application to determine compliance with minimum housing standards and interior safety, city ordinances, international property maintenance code, city code, all applicable state and local laws, and other conditions as determined by the city. Inspections shall be conducted in accordance with subsection (7) of the Certificate of Occupancy section for residential rental units, or at any other time deemed necessary by the building inspector to maintain compliance with minimum housing standards.
   2. Grandfathering of original installations that were approved at the time of installation may be allowed, if the inspector determines that the original installation does not pose an imminent threat to life, safety, and/or health.
   3. Fees.
      1. Residential Rental Units Inspection on all residential structures and residential rental units therein shall have a fee of $25.00, respectively, with said fee covering an initial inspection and one follow-up inspection, if needed. This fee will be assessed per residential rental unit at each change-of-occupancy inspection. If additional inspections are conducted on any one residential structure or residential rental unit due to failure to pass inspection on the initial and follow-up inspections, the fee will be $50.00 for each additional inspection.
   4. If, upon completion of the inspection, the premises are found to be in compliance with all standards and codes mentioned in Part D,1, the city shall issue an inspection slip/report to the owner.
   5. Failure to give the city building inspector or his/her designee access to any individual rental unit(s) therein shall constitute a violation and grounds for denying a passing inspection for each said unit, and the fees associated for said inspection and all additional inspections shall be assessed as if the initial inspection was completed and judged as a failure to pass inspection.
5. Registration of Rental Properties. Owners of rental units shall provide the city with a full listing of all rental properties owned within the city limits of Gladewater on or before October 1, 2016. This listing shall be updated on or before October 1st of each subsequent year in the event that the listing of properties owned has changed.
6. Offenses and penalties. If any person commits an offense, knowingly performs an act prohibited by this title or knowingly fails to perform an act required by this title shall be in violation of this title and is subject to a fine of not more than $500.00 for each offense, and each and every day such offense or violation shall continue shall be deemed a separate offense and fined accordingly.
7. Effective date. This ordinance shall take effect on October 1, 2016.

(Ord. 1104, passed 10-13-77; Am. Ord. O-15-24, passed 11-19-15; Am. Ord. O-16-24, passed 7-21-16) Penalty, see GMC 15.11.700

1. Purpose. The Council declares the enactment of these regulations governing the use and development of land, buildings, and structures as a measure necessary to the orderly development of the community. Therefore, no change shall be made in these regulations or in the boundaries of the zoning districts except:
   1. To correct a manifest error in the regulations or map;
   2. To recognize changes or changed conditions or circumstances in a particular locality; or,
   3. To recognize changes in technology, the style of living, or manner of doing business.
2. Authority. The Council may from time to time, after receiving a final report thereon by the Commission and after public hearings required by law, amend, supplement, or change the regulations herein provided or the boundaries of the zoning district. Any amendment, supplement or change may be ordered for consideration by the Council, be initiated by the Commission, or be requested by proposal of the owner of the property or by a person holding a lease on the property with the consent of the owner.
3. Procedure.
   1. The Commission shall hold a public hearing on any application for any amendment or change prior to making its recommendation and report to Council. Written notice of all public hearings before the Commission on a proposed amendment or change shall be sent to all owners of real property lying within 200 feet of the property on which the change is requested. Such notice shall be given not less than ten days before the date set for hearing by posting such notice properly addressed and postage-paid to each taxpayer as the ownership appears on the last approved city tax roll.
   2. A public hearing shall be held by the governing body before adopting any proposed amendment, supplement, or change. Notice of such hearing shall be given by publication in the local newspaper stating the time and place of such hearing, which time shall not be earlier than 15 days from the date of publication.
   3. Unless a proposed amendment, supplement, or change has been approved by the Commission, or if a protest against such proposed amendment, supplement, or change has been filed with the City Secretary, duly signed and acknowledged by the owners of 20% or more of the area of the lots included in such proposed change, or those immediately adjacent in the rear thereof extending 200 feet from the street frontage of such opposite lots, such amendment shall not become effective except by a three-fourths vote of the governing body.

(Ord. 1104, passed 10-13-77)