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SobpartB-LANDUGEREGULATIONS <br />Chapter 106-ZON�|NG <br />ARTICLE i|NGENERAL <br />Building inspector means the designated chief building official of the city or his designated <br />representatives. Also see enforcing officer. <br />Building line. See setback line. <br />Building permit means an instrument in writing signed by the building inspector authorizing described <br />construction on a particular lot. Refer to the Southern Building Code Congress International (S.B.C.C.I.) <br />City Code ofOrdinances for additional information. <br />Business frontage means the linear measurement cfthe side of the building vvbioh contains the <br />primary entrance ufthe building. <br />Caliper means the diameter of the mein stem ortrunk nfa tree measured at six inches above the <br />ground. <br />Carport means a roofed structore, freestanding or attached to another structure designed to provide <br />covered parking for vehicles. Aoorpmrt shall have no enclosing vva||a. Antruotune ahm|| not be considered <br />tobeacarport unless itislocated directly over edriveway. <br />Clinic means an inntitu1[on, public or private, or e station for the examination and treatment of <br />patients by an individual or group of doctors, dentists, or other licensed members of human health care <br />profession. <br />Controlled access highway means any thoroughfare which is a high volume freeway (without <br />gigno|izetion on principal lanes) designed for four to eight main lanes and four service lanes with a hght- <br />of-weycapacity that allows two bofour additional lanes. <br />Controlled access highway corridor means a corridor extending 500 feet to either side of the right-of- <br />wayofacontnu||edaucesohiQhwaymsdeeigmatedonthaoity'a|amduaemap. <br />The definition of Controlled Access Highway (with some minor rephrasing) was taken from <br />Volume One, Section 1 .3 of the city"s comprehensive plan. <br />Controlled access highway corridors are established cmthe city's land use map and designated <br />by a cross hatched highlight. State Highway 225 and New State Highway 146 are the only <br />thoroughfares within the city presently designated as controlled access highways. <br />Interim sign regulations. Signs located within a controlled uooema highway corridors shall be <br />limited tuamaximum height ofO5feet. <br />Commercial amusement or recreation means an enterprise whose main purpose is to provide the <br />general public with an amusing or entertaining octivity, where tickets are sold orfees oo|lecLed at the <br />gates of the activity. Commercial amusements include zons, marnivg|s, expositions. miniature golf <br />oVunoes, driving ranges, arnades, baims, exhibitions, athletic nmnb*sts, rodeos, tent shnw. Ferris wheels, <br />ohi|dnen's riden, roller coasters, skating hnks, ice hnks, traveling shnvvs, bowling alleys, 9on| par|ora, and <br />similar enterprises, <br />Commercial motor vehicle means any motor vehicle designed or used for the transportation of <br />persons orproperty for hire, with a rated carrying capacity in excess of one tnn, including every vehicle <br />used for delivery purposes. <br />Common property means a parcel or parcels of land, together with the improvements Ulereon, the <br />use and enjoyment of which are shared by the owners and occupants of the individual building sites. <br />Condominium means two or more dwelling units on o lot with individual ownership of e unit rather <br />than a specific parcel of real pruperty� together with common elements. See Local Govt. \.T,4;.A., <br />P4npert Code 01.0[1-et sxeg.,and the building code adopted in <br />La Porte, Texas, Code of Ordinances Page 3 <br />