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)
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)
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)