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Information about Boards and Commissions

Planning and Zoning Commission

1.  The planning and zoning commission will act and function as the city municipal planning commission. The commission will have the power and duty to make and adopt rules and regulations governing its procedure. 

2. The commission will make, adopt, and recommend to the city council a comprehensive (master) plan for the physical development of the city, including any area outside of its boundaries and within five miles thereof which in the commission's judgment may bear a relation to city planning, subject to state law limitations.

[Such master plan with accompanying maps, plats, charts, and descriptive matter shall show the Board’s recommendation for the development of the City as well as the territory within the area above mentioned including streets, parks, public buildings and other public property and general location and extent of public utilities and transportation.]

3. The commission will also act and function as the city zoning commission and will have all powers granted by state law. 

4. The Commission is designated as the Airport Zoning Commission for all airport zoning purposes under Texas Local Government Code Chapter 241 or successor. The Commission shall be responsible for recommending airport zoning regulations, airport hazard zoning regulations, and airport compatible land use regulations, to the City Council. All proposed airport zoning regulations, airport hazard zoning regulations, and compatible land use regulations affecting the airport, shall also be reviewed by the Airport Advisory Board, which shall provide its recommendations.

5. The Commission will review all proposed annexations and recommend action to the City Council.

Zoning Board of Adjustment  

1. The Zoning Board of Adjustment is empowered to grant the following exceptions to the provisions of the unified development code:

 (a) The reconstruction of a nonconforming building which has been damaged by fire, act of God, or the public enemy to the extent of more than 70 percent of double its assessed value as listed on the records of the city tax department. In granting such an exception, the board must find it necessary for the preservation and enjoyment of a substantial property right and not detrimental to the public welfare.

(b) The erection and use of a building or the use of premises in any location for a public service corporation for public utility purposes which the board deems reasonably necessary for the public convenience or welfare.

2. To authorize a variance from the terms of the unified development code that is not contrary to the public interest, where, owing to special conditions, a literal enforcement of the provisions of the zoning ordinance will result in unnecessary hardship, and so that the spirit of the zoning ordinance shall be observed and substantial justice done.

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