This Ordinance shall be known as and may be cited and referred to as the “The Zoning Ordinance of the City of Nolanville, Texas.”

This Ordinance is enacted for the purpose of promoting the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the community[;] lessening congestion in the streets, securing safety from fire, panic, and other dangers; providing adequate light and air; preventing the overcrowding of land; avoiding undue concentration or [of] population; facilitating the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks, and other public requirements; conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the community and promoting the development of the community in accordance with a comprehensive plan.

As concerns interpretation and application, the provisions of this Ordinance shall be held to be minimum requirements. Where this Ordinance imposes a greater restriction than is imposed or required by other provisions of rules or regulations or Ordinance, the provision of this Ordinance shall control. Terms and words are to be used and interpreted as defined in Article II of this Ordinance. Words used in the present tense including [include] the future; the singular shall include the plural and the plural the singular; the word “building” shall mean as well the word “structure”; the word “used” shall include “arranged,” “designed,” “constructed,” “altered,” “converted,” “rented,” “leased,” or “intended to be used,” and the word “shall” is mandatory and not directory, except where the natural construction of the writing indicates otherwise.

This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect in the corporate limits of the City of Nolanville, Texas. Territory annexed to the corporate limits of the City of Nolanville, Texas, subsequent to the effective date of this Ordinance shall immediately be subject to the provisions of this Ordinance and shall be deemed to be designated as R-1 Single-Family Standard District until altered or reclassified in the manner provided by law.

In case any portion of this Ordinance shall be held to be invalid or unconstitutional, the remainder of the Ordinance shall not thereby be invalid, but shall remain in full force and effect.

Any Ordinance now in effect that conflicts or is inconsistent with any provisions of this Ordinance is hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict or inconsistency.