The zoning regulations and districts as herein established have been made in accordance with a Comprehensive Plan for the purpose of promoting health, safety, morals and the general welfare of the City. They have been designed to lessen the congestion in the streets; to secure safety from fire, panic or other dangers; to provide adequate light and air; to prevent the overcrossing of land; to avoid concentration of population; to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewage, schools, parks and other public requirements. They have been made with reasonable consideration, among other things, to the character of the district and its peculiar suitability for particular uses and with a view to conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the City. (Ord. 95-04-04, 4-4-1995)
In interpreting and applying the provisions of this Title, they shall be held to be the minimum requirements of the promotion of the public safety, health, convenience, comfort, morals, prosperity and general welfare. It is not intended by this Title to interfere with or abrogate or annul any ordinance, rules, regulations or permits previously adopted or issued and not in conflict with any of the provisions of this Title or which shall be adopted or issued pursuant to law relating to the use of buildings or premises and likewise not in conflict with this Title, nor is it intended by this Title to interfere with, abrogate or annul any easements, covenants or other agreements between parties except, that if this Title imposes a greater restitution, this Title shall control. (Ord. 95-04-04, 4-4-1995)
A. Through the public hearing and advisory board process, the City of Alamo has legislatively approved the Future Land Use Map (FLUM) in its efforts to collectively discern and determine the short and long range land use vision of its jurisdictional properties. It is intended to alert the general public, current and prospective property owners, business owners, developers, engineers, land use consultants, and other economic development agents of what the general development patterns are, or will be, for Alamo properties. The FLUM is universally recognized as a vital mechanism in Alamo’s desired direction of planned development. It is also declared that the land use designations are broad land use parameters that may not necessarily coincide with a property’s zoning district. It is expected that, heretofore, the FLUM will be intermittently updated no more than every five (5) years from date of last approval. The updating process will always activate the public hearing process.
B. The FLUM reflects acronyms to depict land use designations. These acronyms are shown below, though others may be added hereafter with officially recognizing any new designations during the five (5) year updating cycle through adoption of an amending ordinance:
LD | Low Density Residential; typical single-family residential uses |
MD | Moderate Density Residential; typically duplexes and fourplexes; also townhomes, and some mobile home developments |
HD | High Density Residential; apartments |
GC | General Commercial; retail; general and personal businesses |
HC | Heavy Commercial; heavy equipment sales; usually requires large outdoor storage areas; usually fronts railroads and major thoroughfares |
I | Industrial; manufacturing and industrial uses; personnel uses shifts; also inclined to be next to railroads and major thoroughfares |
P | Public; city/county/state properties; public parks; schools; religious institutions |
NC | Neighborhood Commercial; convenience stores; commercial suites serving surrounding residential region |
C. Should there be any existing regulation, measure, restriction, or other regulatory criteria that may be in conflict with the terms legislated herein, then the provisions of this section shall govern, and will supersede all conflicting regulation(s).
D. As it relates to this section, should there be any regulation, section, measure, restriction, or other regulatory criteria that may be deemed unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, then all remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect, and shall not impair its validity to be uniformly enforced thereby. (Ord. 17-04-21, - -2021)