11-21-13 Regular Meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission

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Subpart LAND USE REGULATIONS Chapter 106 -ZONING ARTICLE 1. IN GENERAL North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)divides the economy into twenty sectors — brings together those activities that transform information into a commodity that is produced and d[atribuhed, and activities that provide the rneona for distributing those pnzdmoto, other than traditional wholesale -retail distribution channels. National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Act of 1074 means the federal act which governs the standards for conotnundon, daaign, and performance of manufactured homes or mobile homes built in the United States since June 15, 1976 defined as homes meeting H.U.D. specifications. New business means e project orundertaking which involves the use of any property, buikdinQ, or mtnuoture, permanent or temporary, for the primary purpose of conducting in such building or structure or on such property a legitimate commercial enterprise orother nonresidential use, incompliance with all ordinances and regulations of the city and when such project or undertaking is new to the premises. Provided hov«ever, a change in ownership ofu\least SO percent ofthe ongoing project or undertaking shall constitute a new business, for the purposes herein and, provided fudher, expansion of an existing building or structure shall constitute o new business if such expansion increases the size of the area devoted to primary use, in building floor square footage, by not less than 50 percent. Akonmon/bnn/mg Lot, Use, or Structure means the one which dnoo not conform to the regulations of this chapter. Occupancy means any utilization cfproperty. Office trailer means a structure, transportable in one or more sections which is built on a permanent chassis and intended to be used for office space or storage with orwithout a permanent foundation system and with orwithout utility connections. Off -premises sign means any sign which directs attention to any business, commodity, service or entertainment offered elsewhere than on the premises where such sign appears. 0n1nre/n8;es sign means any sign which directs attention to a business, nnmmndity, service or entertainment offered nnthe same premises where such sign appears. Open space means the area, excluding parking, street, alley, service walk orother service areas, but including any nide, rear' orfront yard or any unoccupied space on a lot that is unobstructed to the skv, except for the ordinary projections of cornices, eaves, porches or trellises. Developed open space shall be defined as recreational space developed with facilities for either active or passive recreation not within any required yard. Parking space means a surfaced area, designed to control dust and nnoistura, enclosed or mnenn|osed, sufficient in size to store one automobile together with a surfaced driveway connecting the parking space with the street or alley permitting ingress and egress of an autor-nobile. A parking space or any requisite maneuvering area incidental thereto shall not occupy any public right-of-way. Party wall means a fire m/a|| on an interior lot Uinu, used or adapted for joint service between two buildings. Planned unit development means m land area characterized by a unified site design which (a) has individual building sites and provides nomrnmm open spaces. and (b) is designed to be capable of satisfactory use and operation as a separate entity without necessarily having the participation of other building sites or other common property. The ownership of the common property may be either public or private. It may be a single planned unit development as initially designed; or as expanded by annexation of additional land area� or a group of contiguous planned unit deve|opmenta, as separate entities or merged into esingle consolidated entity. Pole trailer means every vehidevvithnut motive power designed to be drawn by another vehicle by means of reach, or po|e, or by being boomed or otherwise secured tothe towing vehio|e, and ordinarily La Porte, Texas, Code of Ordinances Page 8