This Ordinance shall be known and may be cited as the City of Sansom Park “Zoning Ordinance.” As authorized by Chapter 211 of the Texas Local Government Code, the zoning regulations and districts as herein established have been made for the purpose of promoting the public health, safety, general welfare within the City. They have been designed to lessen the congestion in the streets; to secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers; to ensure adequate light and air; to prevent the overcrowding of land and thus avoid undue concentration of population; and to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, wastewater treatment, schools, parks and other public requirements. They have been made with reasonable consideration, among other things, for the character of each zoning 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. The purpose of these regulations is to aid the City’s interest in preserving the quality of urban life by promoting the public health, safety, and general welfare of its population, and to protect and preserve places and areas of historical, cultural or of other importance and significance to the community.

All land, buildings, structures or appurtenances thereon located within the City of Sansom Park, Texas, which are hereafter occupied, used, constructed, erected, removed, placed, demolished, and/or converted shall be occupied, used, erected, altered, removed, placed, demolished and/or converted in conformance with the zoning regulations prescribed for the zoning district in which such land or building is located, as hereinafter provided, or such shall be subject to penalties as per Section 1.5 of this Ordinance. All of the standards and regulations prescribed herein shall be considered as the minimum requirement unless explicitly stated otherwise.

Should any article, section or any provision of this ordinance be decided by the courts to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole, or any part thereof other than the part so held to be unconstitutional or invalid.

Whenever any provision of this ordinance imposes a greater requirement or a higher standard than is required in any State or Federal statute or any other City ordinance or regulation, the provision of this ordinance shall govern. Whenever any provision of any State or Federal statute or other City ordinance or regulation imposes a greater requirement or a higher standard than is required by this ordinance, the provision of such State or Federal statute or other City ordinance or regulation shall govern.

This Zoning Ordinance was adopted on [November 20, 2014] (date) and became effective as the Samson Park Zoning Ordinance on __________ (date). The adoption of this Ordinance effectively repealed the prior Zoning Ordinance No. 470-2014, which had been adopted on March 6, 2014.