HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 203 Adopting the Zoning MapORDINANCE NO. 203
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE, TEXAS, ADOPTING THE
OFFICIAL ZONING MAP IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE
ZONING ORDINANCE OF 2992, ORDINANCE NO. 200, TO REFLECT
THE REZONING OF THE TRACTS OF LAND AND PROPERTIES WITHIN
THE TOWN; SAID OFFICIAL ZONING MAP BEING ATTACHED HERETO
AS EXHIBIT "All; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE
CUMULATIVE OF ALL ORDINANCES; PROVIDING SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; AND MAILING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Town of Westlake embarked on a lengthy and
thorough process to develop a Comprehensive Plan and a new
Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance for the Town, and that process
included the appointment of an advisory committee to make
recommendations to the Planning & Zoning Commission and Board of
Aldermen; and
WHEREAS, numerous meetings and public hearings have been held
during the past 18 months to discuss how the Town should be
developed, the types of zoning classifications that should be
permitted in the Town, and the standards and regulations that
should be allowed in those classifications; and
WHEREAS, the Town adopted a Comprehensive Plan for the Town,
with the adoption of Ordinance No. 199, and it adopted a new
Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance with the adoption of Ordinance No.
200; and
WHEREAS, the Town rezoned the properties and tracts of land
within the Town to conform with the newly adopted Comprehensive
Plan and Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance and to prevent congestion
in the streets; to secure safety from fire, panic and other
damages; promote the health, safety, morals and general welfare of
the Town; to prevent overcrowding of the land and undue
concentration of population; to provide adequate light and air; and
to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water,
sewers, schools, parks and other public requirements; and
WHEREAS, the Town needs to adopt an Official Zoning Map as
referenced in the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of 1992, Ordinance
No. 200;
WHEREAS, the Town of Westlake has published notice in an
official newspaper and sent written notice to each resident and
landowner about the adoption of an Official Zoning Map, all in
accordance with the notice provisions of Chapter 211 of the Local
Government Code of Texas; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen has received a final report on
the proposed Official Zoning Map from the Planning and Zoning
Commission of the Town of Westlake,
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF
THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE, TEXAS
Section 1.
That Exhibit "A" attached hereto and incorporated herein is hereby
adopted as the Official Zoning Map of the Town of Westlake and
shall be identified and maintained by the Town in accordance with
the provisions of Article I of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance
of 1992, Ordinance No. 200, as amended from time to time. The
Official Zoning Map incorporates the rezoning of properties in the
Town to conform with the recently adopted Comprehensive Plan and
Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of 1992.
Section 2.
That all necessary notices have been issued and all requisite
public hearing have been held in which every person desiring to do
so had the free and fair opportunity to be heard.
Section 3.
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the Board that the
sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of the
ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence,
paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared void,
ineffective or unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of
any court of competent jurisdiction, such voidness, ineffectiveness
or unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining
phrases, clauses, paragraphs or sentences of this ordinance, since
the same would have been enacted by the Board without the
incorporation hereof of any such void, ineffective or
unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
Section 4.
All previous zoning maps and amendments thereto adopted by the Town
are hereby repealed.
Section 5.
That this Ordinance shall become effective and be in full force and
effect from and after the date of its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this % day of November, 1992.
LE L. WHITE, Y
OWN OF WESTLAKE. TEXAS
ATTEST:
GEPAY WUfTE, SECRETARY
TOWN OF WESTLAKE, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
PAUL C. ISHAM, TOWN ATTORNEY
TOWN OF WESTLAKE, TEXAS
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