This ordinance shall be known and may be cited as the "Greenville
Zoning Ordinance," except as it may be referred to herein as the "Ordinance".
(Ordinance 08-059, ex. A, adopted 5/27/08)
1-2.1 This Ordinance
is hereby enacted and shall be the zoning ordinance for Greenville,
Texas.
1-2.2 All ordinances,
or parts of ordinances, inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions
of this Ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency
or conflict.
1-2.3 The repeal
of any ordinance does not revive any other ordinance, or portion thereof,
repealed by said ordinance.
1-2.4 Such repeals
shall neither affect nor prevent the prosecution or punishment of
any person for the violation of any resolution repealed thereby, for
an offense committed prior to repeal.
(Ordinance 08-059, ex. A, adopted 5/27/08)
1-3.1 The zoning
districts and regulations herein have been established in accordance
with a comprehensive plan.
1-3.2 The purpose
of this Ordinance is to promote the health, safety, community-accepted
standard of morals, and general welfare of the residents of Greenville
through the stated regulations of this Ordinance, with a view toward
conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate
use of land throughout the city.
1-3.3 These
regulations shall be the minimum requirements for administration,
enforcement, procedures, restrictions, standards, uses, variances,
and all other areas addressed by this Ordinance.
(Ordinance 08-059, ex. A, adopted 5/27/08)
1-4.1 Where
a conflict exists between any limitation or requirement in this Ordinance
and any applicable limitation or requirement contained elsewhere in
this Ordinance, the more restrictive limitation or requirement shall
prevail.
1-4.2 Where
a conflict exists between the provisions of this Ordinance and any
other ordinance, rule or regulation of the City of Greenville, the
provisions of this Ordinance shall control.
(Ordinance 08-059, ex. A, adopted 5/27/08)
This Ordinance shall apply to all land located within the corporate
boundaries of the City of Greenville.
(Ordinance 08-059, ex. A, adopted 5/27/08)
1-6.1 This Ordinance and the portions thereof are adopted pursuant to one or more of the following authorities: Articles 211, 801, 827, 961, 977, 991, 995, 996, 997, 1011, 1015, 1067, 1071, 1105, 1143, 1175, 1176, 4425, 4477, 5221, 6243, 6698, 6701, 6710, Vernon’s Texas Civil Statutes and Articles
2.05, 3.05, 5.05, 6.02, Vernon’s Annotated Texas Statutes, Election Code.
1-6.2 This Ordinance
may be amended from time to time in accordance with the provisions
of this Ordinance as required or allowed by subsequent legislative
enactments.
(Ordinance 08-059, ex. A, adopted 5/27/08)
1-7.1 No building,
premises, or structure shall be constructed, erected, modified, converted,
occupied, placed, maintained, or moved, and no land use shall be commenced,
maintained, or modified except as specifically, or by necessary implication,
authorized by this Ordinance.
1-7.2 Except
as herein provided, no applicable permit shall be issued or granted
that does not conform to the requirements of this Ordinance.
1-7.3 For development
which has received any form of approval prior to the effective date
of this Ordinance, this Ordinance shall not apply to that development
to the extent that compliance with this Ordinance would require substantial
changes in that approval already granted.
1-7.4 Nothing
contained in this Ordinance shall require any change in the plans,
construction or designated use of a building actually under construction
at the time of the passage of this Ordinance and which entire building
shall be completed within one year from the date of passage of this
Ordinance.
(Ordinance 08-059, ex. A, adopted 5/27/08)
1-8.1 If any
section, paragraph, clause, subsection, phrase or provision of this
Ordinance shall be adjudged invalid or held unconstitutional, the
same shall not affect the validity of this Ordinance as a whole or
any part or provision thereof other than the part so decided to be
invalid or unconstitutional.
1-8.2 If any
section, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this Ordinance be held
invalid or unconstitutional in its application to a particular case,
such decision shall not affect or prejudice its application to other
cases.
1-8.3 There
shall be a conclusive presumption when an administrative officer or
board authorizes regulatory action, that such officer or board would
not have authorized such action except in the belief that such action
was lawful.
(Ordinance 08-059, ex. A, adopted 5/27/08)
1-9.1 The requirements
of this Ordinance are cumulative, and all requirements for development
must be complied with prior to development.
1-9.3
In cases of mixed occupancy, the regulations for each use shall
apply to that portion of the structure or land so used.
1-9.4 The applicable
governing authority may approve any part of an application, approve
other parts in stages, and/or deny other parts.
(Ordinance 08-059, ex. A, adopted 5/27/08)