The City is hereby divided into zoning districts and the boundaries
of zoning districts set out herein are delineated upon the Zoning
Map of the City, which is incorporated herein by reference as if the
same were set forth herein in detail.
(Ordinance 6773 adopted 5/19/15)
(A)
Official
Map.
The City’s official Zoning Map must be maintained
as an electronic file and titled as “Official Zoning Map of
the City of Garland, Texas.” The aforementioned electronic version
is the official Zoning Map and must bear the signature of the Mayor,
attested by the City Secretary, must bear the seal of the City, and
must contain the following certification: “This is to certify
that this is the Official Zoning Map referred to by the Garland Development
Code, Ordinance No. ________ of the City of Garland, Texas, adopted
on the ________ day of ___________, 20__, as amended by official action
of the City Council.”
(B)
Maintenance
of Official Map.
The official Zoning Map must be maintained
in the office of the Planning Director. The Map must be kept up-to-date
by promptly incorporating all subsequent amendments enacted by official
action of the City Council into the official Zoning Map.
(C)
Changes
or Amendments Reflected on the Map.
Any changes or amendments
made to the zoning district boundaries must be incorporated into the
electronic version of the official Zoning Map promptly after the amendment
has been approved by the City Council. The Planning Director must
maintain a descriptive log of amendments to the Map.
(D)
Replacement
of the Official Zoning Map.
In the event that the official
Zoning Map file becomes damaged, destroyed, lost, or difficult to
interpret for any reason, the City Council may adopt, by ordinance
following a public hearing, a new official Zoning Map that will replace
and supersede the prior Zoning Map, but will not amend or otherwise
change the original official Zoning Map or any subsequent amendment
thereto.
(Ordinance 6773 adopted 5/19/15)
(A)
Rules
of Interpretation.
Where uncertainty exists as to the
boundaries of districts as shown on the Zoning Map, the following
rules apply:
(1)
Boundaries
shown as approximately following the centerlines of streets, highways,
alleys, and railroad lines must be construed to follow the centerlines
(if established) or the mid-point between the right-of-way or easement
lines.
(2)
Boundaries
shown as approximately following platted lot lines, City limits, or
other jurisdictional boundaries must be construed as following such
lot lines or boundary lines.
(3)
Boundaries
shown as following shorelines or the centerlines of streams, rivers,
creeks, canals, bodies of water, or drainageways must be construed
to follow the shorelines or centerlines (as applicable), and in the
event of change in a shoreline or centerline boundaries must be construed
as moving with the actual shoreline or centerline.
(4)
Boundaries
indicated as approximately following the “take line” along
Lake Ray Hubbard must be construed as following the actual “take
line.”
(6)
The
zoning classification applied to a tract of land adjacent to a street
will extend to the centerline of the street unless, as a condition
of zoning approval, it is stated that the zoning classification will
not apply to the street. Whenever any street, alley, or other public
way is vacated by official action of the City Council, the zoning
district line adjoining each side of such street, alley, or other
public way is extended to the centerline of the vacated street, alley,
or public way.
(7)
Where physical features on the ground are at variance with information shown on the Zoning Map, or if there arises a question as to how or whether a parcel of property is zoned and the question cannot be resolved by the application of Subsections (1) through (6) above, then the Plan Commission must reasonably interpret the zoning district boundaries.
(8)
If
the zoning of property is invalidated by a judgment of a court of
competent jurisdiction, the property will be considered classified
as AG, Agricultural district in the same manner as provided for newly
annexed territory.
(B)
Prior
Changes of Zoning.
Changes of zoning that were made between
the effective date of the previous Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance No.
4647, as amended), adopted on March 30, 1993, and the effective date
of this GDC are valid, and are depicted in approximate locations on
the Zoning Map. For exact legal descriptions, refer to the adopting
ordinances for each particular change of zoning.
(Ordinance 6773 adopted 5/19/15)
