(A) 
Authority.
The City Council may from time to time, after receiving a final report thereon by the Planning & Zoning Commission and after public hearings required by law, amend, supplement, or change the regulations herein provided or the boundaries of the zoning districts specified on the Zoning District Map.
(B) 
Ordering changes or amendments.
(1) 
The Planning & Zoning Commission or City Council may order the consideration of any changes or amendments to the Zoning Ordinance.
(2) 
Any zoning district boundary amendment (also referred to as a zoning map amendment) may be ordered for consideration by the:
a. 
City Council;
b. 
Planning & Zoning Commission; or
c. 
The owner of the real property (or the authorized representative of an owner of real property).
(C) 
Planning & Zoning Commission recommendation required.
In no case shall the City Council act upon any zoning request prior to recommendation by the Planning & Zoning Commission.
(D) 
Zoning amendment application submittal.
(1) 
Each applicant for zoning or for an amendment or change to the existing provisions of this Zoning Ordinance shall submit a zoning application to the Director on or before a scheduled submission date and shall be accompanied by payment of the appropriate fee as established by the City.
(2) 
All applications received on a date other than an official submittal date shall be dated received on the next official submittal date.
(3) 
Applications must be complete for acceptance.
(E) 
Additional considerations.
(1) 
Consideration for a change in any district boundary line or special zoning regulation may be initiated only with written consent of the property owner, or by the Planning & Zoning Commission or City Council on its own motion when it finds that public benefit will be derived from consideration of such matter.
(2) 
In the event the ownership stated on an application and that shown on the City records are different, the applicant shall submit written proof of ownership.
(3) 
The advertisement of a zoning change or Specific Use Permit shall be initiated by staff upon receipt of applicant's written response to staff's recommendation. The response shall indicate whether the applicant agrees or disagrees with the staff recommendation. Where the applicant disagrees with any portion of the recommendation, the applicant shall cite the reasons for the disagreement.
(F) 
Zoning application details.
(1) 
To ensure the submission of adequate information, the Director is hereby empowered to maintain and distribute a list of specific requirements for zoning applications and update, modify such requirements as deemed necessary by the Director.
(2) 
Upon periodic review, the Development Services staff shall have the authority to update such requirements for zoning application details.
(Ordinance 2021-07-47 adopted 7/6/21)
(A) 
Zoning district change (Zoning Map amendment).
(1) 
Zoning signs.
a. 
For each application for a zoning district change or specific use permit, the property owner or his/her representative shall erect signs on the property to provide notice of the requested change fourteen (14) calendar days prior to the first public hearing scheduled to discuss the applicable zoning case. The property owner shall be responsible for maintaining the Zoning Signs on the property throughout the zoning case. No such sign shall be required for a request before the Board of Adjustment.
b. 
The property owner or his/her representative must provide verification with a photograph the Zoning Signs are erected at the property fourteen (14) calendar days prior to the first public hearing scheduled to discuss the applicable zoning case. Failure to post the Zoning Signs as required in this subsection and/or failure to submit the required verification of timely posting shall result in the postponement of consideration of the zoning case.
c. 
The property owner or his/her representative must remove the Zoning Signs:
1. 
Within three (3) calendar days after the City Council's approval of the Ordinance that rezones the property;
2. 
Within fifteen (15) calendar days after the Planning & Zoning Commission denies the request, unless an appeal to the City Council is made; or
3. 
Within three (3) calendar days after the City Council denies the zoning request.
d. 
The number and placement of the Zoning Signs shall be determined by the Director of Development Services or his/her designee.
e. 
Development Services shall maintain the criteria for the required number, placement, size and content of the Zoning Signs, and each sign must comply with the criteria.
(2) 
One Planning & Zoning Commission public hearing required.
Prior to making its report to the City Council, the Planning & Zoning Commission shall hold at least one public hearing on each application.
(3) 
Written notice of the Planning & Zoning Commission public hearing.
Before the tenth (10th) calendar day before the hearing date before the Planning & Zoning Commission, written notice of each public hearing before the Planning & Zoning Commission on a proposed change in a zoning classification shall be sent to each owner, as indicated by the most recently approved Municipal Tax Roll, of property within two hundred (200) feet of the property in which the change in classification is proposed. This notice is served by deposit in the United States Postal Service.
(4) 
Published notice of the City Council public hearing.
Notice of City Council public hearing shall be given by publication in the official newspaper of the City and on the City website, stating the time and place of such public hearing, a minimum of fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the date of the public hearing.
(B) 
Zoning text amendment.
(1) 
Published notice prior to public hearing.
Notice of public hearings on proposed changes in the text of the Zoning Ordinance shall be accomplished by publication not less than fifteen (15) calendar days prior to both the Planning & Zoning Commission and City Council meetings thereto in the official newspaper of the City and on the City website.
(2) 
Exemption.
Changes in the ordinance text that do not change zoning district boundaries do not require written notification to individual property owners.
(C) 
Joint public hearing option.
(1) 
Whenever an application for a Zoning Map Amendment or Zoning Text Amendment must be preceded by a public hearing before both the Planning & Zoning Commission and the City Council, the Commission and the Council may conduct a joint public hearing (in accordance with Texas Local Government Code 211.007(d)) and take action on the application in the following manner:
a. 
The Council shall establish the date of the joint public hearing by motion at a regular or special meeting;
b. 
The Council shall cause notice of the joint public hearing to be provided as required by subsection 6.06.02(A)/6.06.02(B), or, by a vote of two-thirds (2/3) of its members, may prescribe a different type of notice for the joint public hearing;
c. 
The Commission and the Council shall be convened for the hearing and for any action to be taken on the petition or application; and
d. 
The Commission and the Council may take action on the petition or application at the same meeting, provided that the Council shall not take action until the recommendation of the Commission has been received.
(2) 
Special notice.
a. 
Pursuant to Texas Local Government Code Section 211.007(d), the City Council may, by a two-thirds vote, prescribe the type of notice to be given of the time and place of a public hearing held jointly by the City Council and the Planning & Zoning Commission.
b. 
If notices are prescribed under this subsection, then notice requirements within 6.06.02(A) and 6.06.02(B) do not apply.
(Ordinance 19-08-70 adopted 8/20/19; Ordinance 2021-07-47 adopted 7/6/21; Ordinance 2025-08-41 adopted 8/19/2025)
The Planning & Zoning Commission may deny a zoning application if the applicant or representative fails to appear at one (1) or more hearings before the Planning & Zoning Commission.
(Ordinance 2021-07-47 adopted 7/6/21)
(A) 
Planning & Zoning Commission vote.
The Planning & Zoning Commission, after the public hearing is closed, may vote to approve, approve with amendments and conditions, table, or deny in whole or in part the application.
(B) 
Planning & Zoning Commission table.
The Planning & Zoning Commission may table for not more than ninety (90) calendar days from the time it is posted on the agenda until it has had opportunity to consider other proposed changes which may have a direct bearing thereon.
(C) 
Planning & Zoning Commission consideration.
In making their determination, the Planning & Zoning Commission shall consider, among other things, the following factors.
(1) 
Whether the uses permitted by the proposed change will be appropriate in the immediate area concerned and their relationship to the general area and the City as a whole.
(2) 
Whether the proposed change is in accord with any existing or proposed plans for providing public schools, streets, water supply, sanitary sewers, and other utilities to the area, and shall note the findings.
(3) 
The amount of vacant land currently classified for similar development in the vicinity and elsewhere in the City, and any special circumstances that may make a substantial part of such vacant land unavailable for development.
(4) 
The recent rate at which land is being developed in the same zoning classification as the request, particularly in the vicinity of the proposed change.
(5) 
How other areas designated for similar development will be, or are unlikely to be, affected if the proposed amendment is approved, and whether such designation for other areas should be modified also.
(6) 
The impact on the environment regarding the floodplain, riparian areas, topography, and vegetation.
(7) 
Whether the request is consistent with the comprehensive plan and other master plans.
(8) 
Any other factors which will substantially affect the health, safety, morals, or general welfare.
(9) 
Findings of a Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA), if required.
(D) 
Planning & Zoning Commission justification for denial.
(1) 
If the Planning & Zoning Commission denies the zoning request, it may offer reasons to the applicant for the denial.
(E) 
For appeals, see Subsection 6.19 Appeals and the Appeal Process.
(Ordinance 2021-07-47 adopted 7/6/21)
(A) 
Proposal recommended for approval by the commission.
(1) 
Every proposal which is recommended favorable by the Planning & Zoning Commission shall be automatically forwarded to the City Council for setting and holding of public hearing thereon or as amended by the City Charter.
(2) 
No change, however, shall become effective until after the adoption of an ordinance for same and its publication as required by law.
(B) 
City Council consideration and action.
(1) 
City Council, after the public hearing is closed, may vote to approve, approve with amendments and conditions, table, or deny in whole or in part the application.
(C) 
Three-fourths City Council vote required for protested amendments subject to the Texas Local Government Code, § 211.0061(b)(1)–(2).
(1) 
Documented protest requirements.
a. 
Documented protest filing.
Protests against proposed amendments shall be filed no later than 12:00 p.m. on the Monday before the date of the first public hearing.
b. 
Documented protest participant requirements.
1. 
Interior Protester: The owners, duly signed and acknowledged, of twenty (20) percent or more of the lots or land area included within a proposed amendment boundary may participate in a documented protest for a specific case.
2. 
Exterior Protester: The owners, duly signed and acknowledged, of twenty (20) percent or more of the lots or land area within a two hundred (200) foot radius of the exterior boundary of the area included in a proposed amendment may participate in a documented protest for a specific case.
Figure 6.06.05.1: Documented Protest Participant Requirements
(2) 
Documented protest effect.
If a documented protest subject to the Texas Local Government Code, § 211.0061(b)(1) or (b)(2), as defined in 6.06.05(C)(1) above, against a proposed amendment, supplement, or change to a zoning regulation or boundary has been filed with the Director, then such amendment shall not become effective except by the affirmative vote of three-fourths (3/4) of all members of the City Council.
(C1) 
Majority City Council Vote Required for Protested Amendments subject to the Texas Local Government Code, § 211.0061(b)(3).
(1) 
Documented protest requirements.
a. 
Documented protest requirements.
Protests against proposed amendments subject to the Texas Local Government Code, § 211.0061(b)(3), shall be filed at least seven calendar days before the date of the public hearings.
b. 
Documented protest participant requirements.
The owners, duly signed and acknowledged, of sixty (60) percent or more of the lots or land area within a two hundred (200) foot radius of the exterior boundary of the area included in a proposed amendment may participate in a documented protest for a specific case if it would have the effect of allowing more residential development than the existing zoning regulation or district boundary and does not have the effect of allowing additional commercial or industrial uses unless the additional use is limited to the first floor of any residential development and does not exceed 35 percent of the overall development, as described in Texas Local Government Code, § 211.0061(b)(3).
(2) 
Documented protest effect.
If a documented protest subject to Texas Local Government Code, § 211.0061(b)(3) as defined in Subsection (C.1)(1) above, against a proposed amendment, supplement, or change to a zoning regulation or boundary has been filed with the Director, then such amendment shall not become effective except by the affirmative vote of a majority of all members of the City Council.
(D) 
Denial by City Council.
(1) 
The City Council may deny any request with prejudice.
(2) 
If a request has been denied with prejudice, the same or similar request may not be resubmitted to the City for six (6) months from the original date of denial.
(E) 
Final approval and ordinance adoption.
(1) 
Approval of any zoning change or amendment by the City Council at the scheduled public hearing shall constitute instruction to City staff to prepare the appropriate ordinance for final formal passage at a subsequent time.
(2) 
If finally approved by the required number of votes, the ordinance shall be executed by the Mayor.
(3) 
The Ordinance shall become effective from and after its adoption and publication as required by law and the City Charter.
(Ordinance 2021-07-47 adopted 7/6/21; Ordinance 2025-08-41 adopted 8/19/2025)