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)