Mansfield, Texas is hereby divided into zoning districts of such number and character as are necessary to achieve compatibility of uses within each district, to implement the official Mansfield Land Use Plan and related official plans and the Official Zoning Map of Mansfield, and to serve the other purposes of this chapter which are detailed in § 155.002.

(Ord. 671, passed 4-15-86)

   For the purpose of this chapter, all land and water areas in Mansfield are hereby divided into zoning districts which shall be designated as follows:

      PR         Pre-Development District

      A         Agricultural District

      SF-5AC/24      Single-Family Residential District - five acre lots minimum

      SF-12/22      Single-Family Residential District - 12,000 sq. ft. lots minimum

      SF-9.6/20      Single-Family Residential District - 9,600 sq. ft. lots minimum

      SF-8.4/18      Single-Family Residential District - 8,400 sq. ft. lots minimum

      SF-8.4/16      Single-Family Residential District - 8,400 sq. ft. lots minimum

      SF-7.5/18      Single-Family Residential District - 7,500 sq. ft. lots minimum

      SF-7.5/16      Single-Family Residential District - 7,500 sq. ft. lots minimum

      SF-7.5/12      Single-Family Residential District - 7,500 sq. ft. lots minimum

      SF-6/12      Garden Home District - 6,000 sq. ft. lots minimum

      2F         Two Family Residential District - 3,750 sq. ft. per unit minimum

      MF-1         Multi-family Residential District - 12 units per acre maximum

      MF-2         Multi-family Residential District - 18 units per acre maximum

      OP         Office Park District

      C-1         Neighborhood Business District

      C-2         Community Business District

      C-3         Commercial-Manufacturing District

      D            Downtown District

      I-1         Light Industrial District

      I-2         Heavy Industrial District

      FR         Freeway Overlay District

      MH         Manufactured Home District

      PD         Planned Development District

(Ord. 671, passed 4-15-86; Am. Ord. OR-2223-21, passed 10-11-21)

   The official Zoning Map of the City of Mansfield attached to Ord. 671 and made a part hereof for all purposes, is hereby adopted and shall be filed with the City Secretary of the City of Mansfield. The boundaries of the various districts as enumerated in § 155.021 are hereby established as identified on said map. All notations, references, legends, scales, and every detail shown on said map are incorporated into and made a part of this chapter.

(Ord. 671, passed 4-15-86)

   The following rules shall be used to determine the precise location of any zoning district boundary shown on the Official Zoning Map of Mansfield.

   (A)   Boundaries shown as following or approximately following the limits of any municipal corporation shall be construed as following such limits.

   (B)   Boundaries shown as following or approximately following streets shall be construed to follow the center lines of such streets.

   (C)   Boundary lines which follow or approximately follow platted lot lines or other property lines as shown on the Mansfield Tax Maps shall be construed as following such lines.

   (D)   In unsubdivided property, the district boundary lines on the zoning map shall be determined by use of the scale appearing on the map.

   (E)   Any property on the zoning map which does not have a zoning district designation shall be classified as a PR, Pre-Development District.

   (F)   Boundaries shown as following or approximately following survey lines, or county lines shall be construed as following such lines.

   (G)   Boundaries shown as following or approximately following railroad lines shall be construed to lie midway between the main tracks of such railroad lines.

   (H)   Boundaries shown as following or approximately following shorelines of any lakes shall be construed to follow the mean high waterline of such lakes, and in the event of change in the mean high waterline shall be construed as moving with the actual mean high waterline.

   (I)   Boundaries shown as following or approximately following the center lines of streams, rivers, or other continuously flowing water courses shall be construed as following the channel center line of such water courses taken at mean low water, and in the event of a natural change in the location of such streams, river, or other water courses, the zone boundary shall be construed as moving with the channel center line.

   (J)   Boundaries shown as separated from, and parallel or approximately parallel to, any of the features listed in divisions (A) through (G) above shall be construed to be parallel to such features and at such distances therefrom as are shown on the map.

(Ord. 671, passed 4-15-86)

   If after the application of the aforementioned rules, uncertainty still exists with respect to the boundaries of the various districts, as shown on the zoning map, the conflict shall be resolved by utilizing the appeal power of the Board of Adjustments as set forth in §§ 155.113.

(Ord. 671, passed 4-15-86)