Chapter 211, Texas Local Government Code, and any amendments thereto are hereby adopted, and the provisions of this chapter are adopted in exercise of the power granted to municipalities by such statute as well as all other powers granted to cities through appropriate provisions of the laws and constitution of the state.
(Ordinance 05-2014 adopted 9/11/14)
This chapter is established to promote the health, safety and general welfare of the community through the regulation of buildings and other structures; the density of population, and the location and use of buildings, structures, and land for trade, industry, residence or other purposes. This chapter shall be effective inside the city limits.
(Ordinance 05-2014 adopted 9/11/14)
(a) 
Master plan authorized.
(1) 
The planning and zoning commission shall make, or cause to be made, and recommend to the city council for adoption, a master plan for the physical development of the city including any area outside of its boundaries which may relate to the comprehensive planning of the city. Such plans, with the accompanying maps, plats, charts, and descriptive matter, shall show the commission’s recommendations for the development of said territory, including among other things, the general location, character, and extent of streets, alleys, ways, viaducts, bridges, railroads, terminals, parks, parkways, playgrounds, aviation fields, athletic fields, school grounds, fire station site, or any other public grounds or public improvements, and the removal, relocation, widening, or extension of such public works then existing.
(2) 
As the work on formulation of the master plan progresses, the commission may from time to time adopt and publish a part or parts thereof. The commission may from time to time amend, extend, or add to the master plan.
(b) 
Implementation of master plan.
(1) 
In the preparation of the master plan, the planning and zoning commission shall make careful and comprehensive surveys and studies of present conditions and future growth of the city, and with due regard to its relations to neighboring territory. The plan shall be made with the general purpose of guiding and accomplishing a coordinated, adjusted, and harmonious development of the city and its environs, which will, in accordance with present and future needs, best promote health, safety, order, convenience, prosperity, and general welfare, as well as efficiency and economy in the process of development. The plan shall include, among other things, adequate provision for traffic, the promotion of safety from fire and other dangers, adequate provision for light and air, the promotion of the healthful and convenient distribution of population, the promotion of good civic design and arrangement, wise and efficient expenditures of public funds, and adequate provision of public utilities and other public requirements.
(2) 
When the city council shall have adopted a master plan recommended by the planning and zoning commission, no public streets, buildings, alleys, viaducts, bridges, railroads, terminals, parks, parkways, playgrounds, aviation fields, athletic fields, school grounds, fire station sites, or any other public grounds or public improvements, or parts thereof, shall be constructed until and unless the location shall be recommended by the planning and zoning commission, and approved by the city council
(3) 
In case of its disapproval, the planning and zoning commission shall communicate its reason for disapproval to the city council and thereupon by majority vote, it may overrule such disapproval.
(4) 
The widening, narrowing, ornamentation, vacation, or change in the use of street and other public ways, public grounds, or other public improvements appearing on the adopted plan shall be subject to similar recommendations by the planning and zoning commission, and approved by the city council, and upon disapproval by the commission may be similarly overruled.
(5) 
The planning and zoning commission may make recommendations to any public authority, or any corporations, or individuals in the city or in the territory contiguous thereto, concerning the relocation of any buildings, structures, or works to be erected or constructed by them.
(Ordinance 05-2014 adopted 9/11/14)
All plans, plats, or replats of land laid out into streets, alleys, or other portions of the same, intended to be dedicated or adjoining and located within the city shall be submitted to the planning and zoning commission for recommendations before any connection shall be permitted with any public utility, such as water or sewer, owned and operated by the city. In the case of its unfavorable recommendation, the planning and zoning commission shall communicate its reason for disapproval, to the city council and thereupon, by majority vote, the council may overrule such disapproval. No sewer or water improvements shall be voted on or made, nor shall any public money be expended within any lands laid out in building lots, streets, or alleys, until the plan, plat, or replat of such lands shall have been recommended by the planning and zoning commission, and approved by the city council.
(Ordinance 05-2014 adopted 9/11/14)