01-30-2003 Regular Meeting and Workshop Meeting of the La Porte Planning and Zoning Commission

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• • ..~ .~ ZONING § 106-305 chapter. Three original and identical copies of the zoning district map shall be identified by the signature of the mayor, attested by the city secretary and bearing the seal of the city under the following words: "This is to certify that this is the Original Zoning Map/Off`icial Zoning Map referenced to in Article 2 of Ordinance No. of the City of La Porte, Texas:' (b) One copy, hereafter called the original zoning map, shall be filed with the city secretary and retained as the original record and shall not be changed in any manner. (c) Two copies, hereafter called the official zoning map shall be filed with the enforcing officer and city secretary and shall be maintained up-to-date by the department of community development. • Sec. 106-302. Changes in district boundaries. If, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and V.T.C.A., Local Government Code § 211.006, changes are made in the district boundaries or other matter portrayed on the official zoning maps, such changes shall be entered on the official zoning maps by the community development department promptly after the amendment has been approved by the city council. •~' 3ec. 106-303. Zoning map change procedures. • Approved zoning changes shall be entered on the official zoning maps by the director of community development or his designated representative and each change shall be identified on the maps with the date and number of the ordinance making the change. No amendment to this chapter which involves matter portrayed on the official zoning maps shall become effective until after such ordinance has been finally approved by the city council. Sec. 106-304. Unauthorized map changes. No change of any nature shall be made on the official zoning maps or matter shown thereon except in conformity with the procedures set forth in this chapter: Any unauthorized change of whatever kind by any person or persons shall be considered a violation of this chapter and punishable hereunder. . Sec. 106-305. Location and authority of zoning maps. Regardless of the existence of purported copies of the official zoning maps which may from time to time be made public or published, the official zoning maps shall be the final authority as to the current zoning status of land and water areas, buildings and other structures in the city. The official zoning maps shall be available to the public at all hours when the city hall is ~~ open to the public. CD106:41