GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 160.001 TITLE.

   This chapter shall be known and may be cited and referred to as the “Revised Zoning Ordinance of the City of Texas City”.

(1998 Code, App. A, § 40-1)

§ 160.002 PURPOSE.

   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)

§ 160.003 EMPOWERMENT TO ZONE.

   (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)

§ 160.004 COMPLIANCE.

   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)