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SubpartBLANDUSEREGULATIONS <br />Chapter106ZONING <br />ARTICLEI.INGENERAL <br />ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL <br />Sec. 106-1. Definitions. <br />Sec. 106-2. Purpose. <br />Sec. 106-3. Relationship to comprehensive plan. <br />Sec. 106-4. Conflict with other requirements. <br />Sec. 106-5. Minimum requirements. <br />Sec. 106-6. Penalties for violations. <br />Secs. 106-7Ï106-30. Reserved. <br />Sec. 106-1. Definitions. <br />The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter shall have the meanings <br />ascribed to them in this section, except where the context indicates a different meaning: <br />Abutting means having property or district lines in common, or two objects in immediate contact. <br />Access means of approaching or entering a property, includes a right of passage to and from an <br />adjacent street. <br />Accessory structure (applicable to non-residential uses) means a detached, subordinate structure, <br />the use of which is clearly incidental and related to that of the principal structure or use of the land, and <br />which is located in the same lots as that of the principal structure or use. <br />Accessory structure, use or building without required principal structure (applicable to large lot district <br />residential uses). Toolhouses, barns, sheds, storage buildings and livestock, without a principal structure, <br />shall be permissible use when located on tracts one acre in size or larger and situated within the large lot <br />district. Structure/use shall be for the property owner's personal use only (commercial use is not allowed). <br />Accessory use or building (applicable to residential uses). An "accessory use or building" is one <br />customarily a part thereof, which is clearly incidental and secondary to permitted use and which does not <br />change the character thereof, including but not limited to garages, carports, bathhouses, greenhouses, <br />tool sheds, or swimming pools. <br />Alley means a public way which, when at least 20 16 feet in width, may be used for vehicular service <br />access to the back or side of properties otherwise abutting on a street or highway. <br />Apartment. See dwelling, multifamily. <br />Artisan Shop means a micro-manufacturing facility designed for creation and retailing products. <br />Artisan means a skilled worker who makes items that may be functional or strictly decorative, <br />including but not limited to furniture, sculpture, clothing, jewelry, household items, tools, and handmade <br />machines such as a watch. <br />Bed and breakfast means a building, the primary use of which is a single-family residence, in which <br />sleeping rooms are available for overnight rental, subject to the restrictions in section 106-744 (Bed and <br />breakfast). <br />Boardinghouse means a building, built and/or used for residential purposes, where meals for five or <br />more persons are served for compensation. <br />Buildable area means the area of the building site left to be built upon after the required yard area <br />has been provided. <br />LaPorte,Texas,CodeofOrdinancesPage4 <br /> <br />