HomeMy WebLinkAbout1939-0022 - Ordinance - 07/06/1939ORDINANCE NO. 22
AN ORDINANCE. CREATING A CITY ZONING COMMISSION, AND DE-
CLARI.NG THE PURPOSES AND PRESCRIBING THE DUTIES THEREOF.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Col-
lege Station, Texas:
1. There is hereby created a City Zoning Commission which
shall be composed of a chairman and four members to be
appointed by the mayor with the consent of the City
Council. Said chairman and members shall hold office
for a term of two years and until their successors are
appointed and qualified.
2. The City Zoning Commission shall exist for the purpose
of recommending to the City Council for adoptiona com-
prehensive
omprehensive plan of districts within the City and the
necessary regulations for making such districting ef-
fective, in order to aid the City Council in exercising
the powers conferred upon it under House Bill No. 87,
Chapter 283, page 424, passed in 1927 by the Fortieth
Legislature (referred to as Articles 1011a to 101U in
Vernon's Texas Statutes.)
3. The City Zoning Commission is hereby authorized and
directed to recommend the boundaries of the various
original districts and appropriate regulations to be
inforced therein. Said commission shall make a prelim-
inary report and hold public hearings thereon before
submitting its final report to the City Council.
4. The fact that the City of College Station now has no
zoning ordinance creates an emergency, and the rule
requiring ordinances to be read at two successive meet-
ings of the City Council is hereby suspended, and this
ordinance is declared an emergency ordinance and shall
take full force and effect from and after its passage
and approval.
Passed and approved this the 6th day of July, 1939 A. D.
ATTEST:
City Seer:tary
ORDINANCE NO. 22
AN ORDINANCE CREATING A CITY ZONING COMMISSION, AND DE-
CLARING THE PURPOSES AND PRESCRIBING THE DUTIES THEREOF..
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Col-
lege Station, Texas:
1. There is hereby created a City Zoning Commission which
shall be composedof a chairman and four members to be
appointed by the mayor with the consent of the City
Council. Said chairman and members shall hold office.
for a term of two years and until their successors are
appointed and qualified.
2. The City Zoning Commission shall exist for the purpose
of recommending to the City Council for adoption com-
prehensive plan of districts within the City and the
necessary regulations for making such districting ef-
fective, in order to aid the City Council in exercising
the powers conferred upon it under House Bill No. 87,
Chapter 283, page 424, passed in 1927 by the Fortieth
Legislature (referred to as Articles 1011a to 1011j in
Vernon's Texas Statutes.)
3. The City Zoning Commission is hereby authorized and
directed to recommend the boundaries of the various
original districts and appropriate regulations to be
J.nforced therein. Said commission shall make a prelim-
inary report and hold public hearings thereon before
submitting its final report to the City Council.
4. The fact that the City of College Station now has no \.
zoning ordinance creates an emergency, and the rule
requiring ordinances to be read at two successive meet-
ings of the City Council is hereby suspended, and this )
ordinance is declared an emergency ordinance and shall
take full force and effect from and after its passage
and approval.
Passed and approved this the 6th. day of July, 1939 A. D.
s/ J. H. Binney.
Mayor
ATTEST:
s/ Sidney L. Loveless
City Secretary
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