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

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• ~ • § 106-306 LA PORTE CODE Sec. 106-306. Replacement of the zoning maps. In the event that the official zoning maps become damaged, destroyed, lost or difficult to interpret because of the nature and/or number of changes and additions, the city council may, by resolution, adopt a new official zoning map based on review and a written report from the planning and zoning commission, which shall supersede the prior official zoning maps. The new official zoning map may correct drafting or other .errors or omissions in the prior official zoning maps, but no such corrections shall have the effect of amending the original official zoning map or any subsequent amendment thereof. The new' official zoning map shall be identified by the signature of the mayor, attested by the city secretary, and bearing the seal of the city and date under the following words: "This is to certify that this Official Zoning Map supersedes and replaces the Official Zoning Map adopted (date of adoption of the map being replaced) as part of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of La Porte, Texas:' Sec. 106-307. Zoning map history. Unless the prior official zoning map has been lost or has been totally destroyed, the prior map, as superseded in accordance with section 106-306, or any significant parts thereof remaining, shall be preserved, together with all available records pertaining to its adoption or amendment. Sec. 106-308. Interpretation of zoning district boundaries. In determining the location of zoning district boundaries on the map accompanying and made a part of these regulations, the following rules shall apply: (1) Where boundaries are shown to follow streets or alleys, the centerline of such streets or alleys as they exist at the time of adoption of these regulations shall be the zoning boundary. (2) Where boundaries are shown to enter on cross platted blocks, property lines of lots, as they exist at the time of adoption of these regulations, shall be the zoning boundary. (3) In case of a district boundary line dividing a property into two pasta, the district boundary line shall be construed to be the property line nearest the district boundary line as shown. (4) Where boundaries are shown on unsubdivided property, the location shall be deter- mined by use of the scale shown on the map unless dimensions are given on the map. Sec. 106-309. Land use districts. For the purpose of this chapter, the city is hereby divided into land use development districts as follow: CD106:42