Section
General Provisions
160.001 Title
160.002 Purpose
160.003 Empowerment to zone
160.004 Compliance
160.005 Applicability to existing regulations
160.006 Definitions
Zoning Districts, Uses and Area Regulations
160.020 Establishment of zoning districts
160.021 Zoning district map description; interpretation
160.022 Newly annexed territory
160.023 Summary of area regulations
160.024 District A, Single-Family Residential
160.025 District A-1, Single-Family Residential
160.026 District A-2, Patio Homes
160.027 District B, Single-Family Attached, Duplex Residential
160.028 District B-1, Townhouse Residential
160.029 District C, Multi-Family Residential
160.030 District C-1, Multi-Family Residential
160.031 District MH, Mobile Home
160.032 District O-P, Office-Professional
160.033 District D, Neighborhood Service
160.034 District D-1, Limited Service
160.035 District E, General Business
160.036 District E-1, Central Business
160.037 District E-2, Freeway Commercial
160.038 District E-3, Outdoor Commercial
160.039 District E-4, Commercial Warehouse
160.040 District LGBD, Limited General Business District
160.041 District F, Light Industrial
160.042 District F-1, Outdoor Industrial
160.043 District P-I, Planned Industrial
160.044 District G, Waterfront
160.045 District G-2, Recreational Waterfront
160.046 District IBD, Industrial Business District
160.047 District CIMU, Commercial/Industrial/Mixed Use for the Dickinson Bayou Transition Area
160.048 District H, Heavy Industrial
160.049 District O, Open Space
160.050 District I (PUD), Planned Unit Development
160.051 District S-P, Site Plan
160.052 Environmental Overlay District
160.053 Development plan
160.054 Sixth Street Revitalization District
“GWY” Gateway Overlay District
160.065 Intent and purpose
160.066 Principal and accessory uses
160.067 Screening requirements
160.068 Miscellaneous requirements
160.069 Location of the Gateway Overlay District
Supplemental Provisions and Requirements
160.080 Temporary uses
160.081 Off-street parking requirements
160.082 Off-street loading requirements
160.083 Accessory buildings
160.084 Required screening
160.085 Corner lots
160.086 Projections into required yards
160.087 Alternative standards
160.088 Landscaping requirements
160.089 Non-conforming uses
160.090 Height regulations
160.091 Front, side and rear yard regulations and exceptions
160.092 Completion and restoration of existing buildings
160.093 Gasoline or diesel storage tanks
Administration and Enforcement
160.105 Zoning Commission
160.106 Procedure for zoning change and amendments
160.107 Fees
160.108 Protest
160.109 Enforcement
160.110 Board of Adjustment
160.111 Permits
160.112 Certificate of occupancy
160.113 Interpretation and intent
160.114 Savings clause
160.115 Repealing clause
160.116 Emergency
160.999 Penalty
Appendix A: Illustrations
GENERAL PROVISIONS
The zoning regulations and districts as herein established have been adopted for the following purposes:
(A) To promote the health, safety, morals and the general welfare of the city;
(B) To ensure the safe, orderly, and efficient development and expansion of the city in accordance with, and pursuant to its Comprehensive Plan;
(C) To lessen congestion in the streets;
(D) To secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers;
(E) To provide adequate light and air;
(F) To prevent the overcrowding of land;
(G) To avoid the undue concentration of population;
(H) To facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks and other public requirements;
(I) To conserve, protect, develop and utilize natural resources in keeping with the public interest;
(J) To protect and conserve the value of land and buildings throughout the city, and to minimize the conflicts among the uses of land and buildings; and
(K) To promote a desirable visual environment through creative development techniques.
(1998 Code, App. A, § 40-2)
(A) The City Commission, as the governing body of the city, shall have such authority as is consistent with state law, the Charter of the city and the code of ordinances, to initiate, undertake and decide all legislative matters pertaining to the regulation of the use and development of the land.
(B) This chapter shall be drawn with reasonable consideration to the character of each district and its peculiar suitability for particular uses and to encourage the most appropriate use of land. The regulations in this chapter shall be uniform throughout each district for each class, or kind of buildings or structures, or uses of land, but the regulations in one district may differ from those in other districts.
(1998 Code, App. A, § 40-3)
All development of land within the incorporated boundaries of the city shall conform to the requirements of this chapter, and no person may use, occupy, sell or develop land, buildings or appurtenances or authorize or permit the use, occupancy, sale or development of land, buildings or appurtenances under his or her control, except in accordance with all applicable provisions of this chapter. Within the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction, no person may sell, develop or authorize or permit the sale or development of land, except in accordance with all applicable provisions of this chapter.
(1998 Code, App. A, § 40-4)
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