This ordinance shall be known as and may be cited and referred to as the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Iowa Park, Texas.
This ordinance is enacted for the purposes 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 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 provisions of this ordinance shall control. Terms and words are to be used and interpreted as defined in Article III of this ordinance. Words used in the present tense 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 and the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Iowa Park, Texas. Territory annexed to the corporate limits of the City of Iowa Park, 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 A-G, General Agricultural 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.
It is not intended by these regulations to repeal, abrogate, annul or in any way impair or interfere with existing provisions of other laws or ordinances, or with private restrictions placed upon property by covenant, deed, easement, or other private agreement. Where this ordinance imposes a greater restriction upon land, buildings or structures than is imposed or required by other ordinances, covenants or agreements, the provisions of these regulations shall govern. Where other ordinances impose a greater restriction than is imposed herein, the provisions of such other ordinances shall govern.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82; Ordinance 756 adopted 9/9/96)