Glenn Heights City Zoning Code
ARTICLE III
COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN AMENDMENT
§ 1 COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN AMENDMENT.
III.1.1
Comprehensive Master Plan.
A.
The Comprehensive Master Plan is for the purpose of promoting sound development, providing necessary guidance in future development, and to promote the public health, safety and welfare through the adoption of a long-range plan intended to direct the growth and physical development of the city for an extended period of time.
B.
The Comprehensive Master Plan shall not constitute zoning regulations or establish zoning district boundaries. The provisions of this Ordinance are intended to comply with the authority granted by Chapter 213 of the Texas Local Government Code, as it exists and as it may be amended.
C.
The provisions herein do not limit the City’s ability to prepare other plans, policies or strategies as required.
III.1.2
Application for Comprehensive Master Plan and Comprehensive Master Plan amendment.
No zoning change shall be approved to any zoning district that is inconsistent with the land use designation for the property in the Comprehensive Master Plan. Consistency with the Comprehensive Master Plan land use designations shall be determined based on the district purpose statements, the nature of the district regulations and the description of the land use category in the Comprehensive Master Plan. Comprehensive Master Plan amendments shall not be required for zoning changes proposing single-family detached residential land uses that are less dense than those allowed pursuant to the existing land use category and single-family detached zoning district; however, notwithstanding the foregoing, a zoning change proposing a single-family detached use in an existing multifamily, duplex or single-family attached zoning district located in a high density land use category shall not be approved without a comprehensive master plan amendment. Any person having a proprietary interest in any property within the corporate limits of the city, requesting a change or amendment to the Comprehensive Master Plan shall file an application applying for such change or amendment with the City Manager or his or her designee. Each application shall be accompanied by the following:
A.
A clear statement or description of the requested change or amendment;
B.
A drawing, at a scale of not less than one inch to 200 feet, indicating the following:
1.
Existing land use categories;
2.
Proposed land use categories in a format that identifies boundaries between different land use categories;
3.
Comprehensive Master Plan features, whether existing or proposed, from any or all of the following elements: land use plan, urban design plan, parks and open space plan, trail network and thoroughfare plan.
C.
A vicinity map indicating the general location of the subject property.
D.
A filing fee in the amount established by ordinance and adopted by the City Council. E. If the city determines that the proposed amendment may have an impact on the water, wastewater or thoroughfare plan components of the comprehensive master plan, due to changes in population density or other factors, the city may require an evaluation of such impacts as it deems necessary.
III.1.3
Procedure for Adoption and Amendment.
A.
A Comprehensive Master Plan amendment must precede any requested zoning amendment to the subject property. The procedure shall be identical to that of a zoning amendment, including notice and public hearing requirements. A Comprehensive Master Plan amendment may precede the zoning amendment on the same agenda, be part of the same notice issued, [or] be heard together with the zoning amendment, provided that separate action is taken by separate ordinance memorializing the adoption and/or amendments.
B.
At the hearing for the Comprehensive Master Plan adoption or amendment, the public shall be given the opportunity to provide testimony and written evidence.
(Ordinance O-03-09 adopted 4/20/09)