Glenn Heights City Zoning Code
ARTICLE X
ZONING DISTRICT MAP
§ 1 PURPOSE.
The zoning regulations and districts as herein established have been prepared in consonance with the adopted Comprehensive Plan. The regulations are designed to promote the health, safety, morals and general welfare of the City of Glenn Heights. They have been designed to lessen the congestion in the streets; to secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers; to insure adequate light and air; to prevent the overcrowding of land, to avoid undue concentration of population; to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, circulation, water, sewerage, schools, parks, and other public requirements. They have been made with reasonable consideration, among other things, for the character of the district, and its peculiar suitability for the particular uses specified; and with a view to conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the City.
(Ordinance O-03-09 adopted 4/20/09)
§ 2 ZONING MAP.
X.2.1
Division of City into Boundaries.
The city is hereby divided into zones, or districts, and the boundaries of zoning districts set out herein are delineated upon a Zoning District Map (the “Zoning Map”) of the city, adopted as a part of Ordinance O-06-18 as if the same were set forth herein in detail.
X.2.2
Original Zoning Map.
One original of the Zoning Map shall be filed in the office of the city secretary and labeled as “Official Zoning Map of the city, Exhibit A to Ordinance O-06-18.” This original shall be the Official Zoning Map and shall bear the signature of the Mayor and attestation of the City Secretary. This original shall not be changed in any manner. In case of any question, this original, together with subsequent amending ordinances, shall be controlling. Reproductions for informational purposes may be made of the Official Zoning Map.
X.2.3
Replica Zoning Map.
An additional copy (“replica copy”) of the Official Zoning Map shall be placed in the office of the City Manager or his/her designee. The replica copy shall be used for reference and shall be maintained up-to-date by posting thereon all subsequent amendments, including annexations.
Any changes or amendments made to the Zoning Map shall be made on the replica copy promptly after the amendment has been approved by the City Council, together with a descriptive entry on the map that shows the ordinance number and the date upon which each official action was taken by the City Council to amend the Zoning Map, and the effective date of such Map change.
(Ordinance O-06-18 adopted 6/5/18)
§ 3 ZONING DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.
The district boundary lines shown on the Zoning Map are usually along streets, alleys, property lines, or extensions thereof. Where uncertainty exists as to the boundaries of districts as shown on the Official Zoning Map, the following rules shall apply:
A.
Boundaries indicated as approximately following the centerlines of streets, highways or alleys shall be construed to follow such centerlines.
B.
Boundaries indicated as approximately following platted lot lines shall be construed as following such lot lines.
C.
Boundaries indicated as approximately following City limits shall be construed as following City limits.
D.
Boundaries indicated as following stream lines shall be construed to follow such stream lines, and in the event of change in the stream line shall be construed as moving with the actual stream line.
E.
Boundaries indicated as following railroad lines shall be construed to be located along the centerline of the railroad right-of-way lines.
F.
Boundaries indicated as parallel to or extensions of features indicated above in A through E shall be so construed. Distances not specifically indicated on the original zoning maps shall be determined by the scale of the map.
G.
Whenever any street, alley, or other public way is vacated by official action of the City Council or whenever such area is franchised for building purposes, the zoning district line adjoining each side of such street, alley, or other public way shall be automatically extended to the centerline of such vacated street, alley, or way and all areas so involved shall then and henceforth be subject to all regulations of the extended districts.
H.
The zoning classification applied to a tract of land adjacent to a street shall extend to the centerline of the street, unless as a condition of zoning approval, it is stated that the zoning classification shall not apply to the street.
I.
Where physical features on the ground are at variance with information shown on the official zoning district map or when there arises a question as to how or whether a parcel of property is zoned and such question cannot be resolved by the application of Sections 5.1 and 5.2 [sic], the property shall be considered as classified, A, Agricultural District, in the same manner as provided for newly annexed territory.
J.
If the zoning of property is invalidated by a judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, the property shall be considered classified as “A”, (Agricultural) in the same manner as provided for newly annexed territory until such time as the property can be rezoned.
K.
Zoning changes which are still valid and which were made between the effective date of the previous Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance. O-10-08, as amended), adopted on April 21, 2008, and the effective date of this Ordinance are indicated in approximate locations on the Zoning Map. For exact legal descriptions refer to adopting ordinances for each particular permanent zoning change.
(Ordinance O-03-09, adopted 4/20/09)