§ 52-51. Zoning map and zoning district designations and changes.

(a)

Each zoning district hereafter designated, created or changed, each zoning change, and each change in the use designation or classification of any property by the city council of the City of Irving shall be shown and designated on the 1964 official zoning maps of the City of Irving, Texas, and shall on their face bear the title "1964 Official Zoning Map, City of Irving, Texas." They shall bear the date of the final passage of this ordinance, the names of the city council of the City of Irving on the date of passage of this ordinance, and each map shall be signed by the mayor and city secretary on the date of passage of this ordinance.

(b)

The official zoning maps of the City of Irving attached hereto marked Exhibit 1 to 12, both inclusive, are hereby made a part of this ordinance for all purposes and are hereby declared to be adopted as the official zoning maps of the city and shall be considered as much a part of this ordinance as if the information set forth thereon were fully copied and described herein. The original of such official zoning maps of the city shall be kept on file and of record in the office of the city secretary of the City of Irving, showing all zoning designations and changes made by the city council of the city after the effective date of this ordinance as herein provided. When and as needed to show the zoning use designation of property not shown on Exhibits 1 to 12, the city council may adopt by ordinance additional zoning maps beginning with Exhibit 13 which shall be labeled and titled as provided for in subsection (a) hereof, except that the mayor and city secretary of the City of Irving on the date of the adoption of such additional zoning maps, shall sign the original of such additional zoning maps adopted by the city council.

(c)

Where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of the various districts as shown on the zoning maps of the City of Irving attached hereto and made a part of this ordinance or as the same shall hereafter be amended by the city council, the following rules shall apply:

(1)

The district boundaries or streets, alleys, and property lines unless otherwise shown, and where the districts designated on the zoning map of the City of Irving are bounded approximately by streets, alleys, or property lines, the streets, alleys, or property lines shall be construed to be the boundary of the district.

(2)

Where the district boundaries are otherwise indicated, and where the property has been or may hereafter be divided into blocks and lots, the district boundaries shall be construed to be property lines, and where the district designation on the zoning map of the City of Irving are bounded approximately by lot lines, the lot lines shall be construed to be the boundary of the districts unless the boundaries are otherwise indicated on the zoning maps of the City of Irving.

(3)

In unsubdivided property, the district boundary lines shall be determined by use of the scale appearing on the zoning map of the City of Irving.

(4)

Where the description of the property is contained in an ordinance, the metes and bounds description of the property in the ordinance shall control over the zoning map.

Editor's note

Ord. No: 2505, § 1, enacted Apr. 26, 1973, adopted zoning maps (exhibit) 13 through 20 as additions to the 1964 official zoning map.