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 Irving
 Land Development Code
 Part II. ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 1144

  § 52-61. Application for zoning changes.  

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  • (a)

    Any person, firm, or corporation requesting a change in zoning of any property from one district classification to another district classification under this ordinance shall make an application in writing to the department of planning of the City of Irving requesting a change in zoning, which application shall contain the following information:

    (1)

    Legal description of the land on which a zoning change is requested together with the local street address.

    (2)

    Name and address of the owner of the property.

    (3)

    Name and address of the person making the application, if made by anyone other than the owner, together with a statement that the person making the application is authorized to act for the owner in making the application.

    (4)

    District use under which the property is regulated at the time of making the application and the district use requested by the applicant.

    (5)

    Any other information concerning the property as may be requested by the department of planning of the City of Irving or the planning and zoning commission.

    (b)

    Upon the filing of an application for a change in zoning with the department of planning and development of the City of Irving, the applicant shall pay to the City of Irving a nonrefundable application fee in accordance with the most recent schedule of fees adopted by the city council to help defray the cost of processing, publication and mailing of notices required by this ordinance and applicable state laws.

    (c)

    In the event that the zoning commission recommends that a zoning change request not be granted, the case will be forwarded to the city council for public hearing.

    (d)

    All applications for zoning changes where the zoning commission has recommended the change in zoning requested or has recommended a different change in zoning shall be automatically processed and forwarded to the city council for a public hearing and determination of the zoning change request.

    (e)

    Reserved.

    (f)

    No zoning change request on any property which has been denied by the city council shall be again considered either by the zoning commission or the city council before the expiration of six (6) months from the date of the final action of the city council, except that a request for a "S-P" site plan district use may be made at any time provided that no request for site plan district has been made on the same property within six (6) months prior to the date of the application.

(Ord. No. 2712, § 12, 10-31-74; Ord. No. 3358, § 1, 9-27-79; Ord. No. 5187, §§ 5, 6, 4-2-87; Ord. No. 7130, § 1, 9-25-97; Ord. No. 7722, § 3, 10-12-00; Ord. No. 8704, § 11, 9-21-06)

State law reference

Zoning ordinance amendments, V.T.C.A., Local Government Code § 211.006.