08-21-14 Regular Meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission

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SubpartBLANDUSEREGULATIONS Chapter106ZONING ARTICLEI.INGENERAL Building means any structure built for the support, shelter, or enclosure of persons, chattels or property of any kind and which is affixed to the land. Building articulation means the division of a building façade into distinct sections; the materials, patterns, textures, and colors that add visual interest to a building or façade. Building codes means all building regulations referred to in as the Southern Building Code Congress International (S.B.C.C.I) as amended from time to time and adopted under the City Code of Ordinances. Building inspector means the designated chief building official of the city or his/her designated representatives. Also see enforcing officer. Building line. See setback line. Building permit means an instrument in writing signed by the building inspector authorizing described construction on a particular lot. Refer to the Southern Building Code Congress International (S.B.C.C.I.) City Code of Ordinances for additional information. Business frontage means the linear measurement of the side of the building which contains the primary entrance of the building. Caliper means the diameter of the main stem or trunk of a tree measured at six inches above the ground. Carport means a roofed structure, freestanding or attached to another structure designed to provide covered parking for vehicles. A carport shall have no enclosing walls. A structure shall not be considered to be a carport unless it is located directly over a driveway. Clinic means an institution, public or private, or a station for the examination and treatment of patients by an individual or group of doctors, dentists, or other licensed members of a human health care profession. Controlled access highway means any thoroughfare which is a high volume freeway (without signalization on principal lanes) designed for four to eight main lanes and four service lanes with a right- of-way capacity that allows two to four additional lanes. Controlled access highway corridor means a corridor extending 500 feet to either side of the right-of- way of a controlled access highway as designated on the city's land use map. Notes: The definition of Controlled Access Highway (with some minor rephrasing) was taken from Volume One, Section 1.3 of the city's comprehensive plan. Controlled access highway corridors are established on the city's land use map and designated by a cross hatched highlight. State Highway 225 and New State Highway 146 are the only thoroughfares within the city presently designated as controlled access highways. Interim sign regulations. Signs located within a controlled access highway corridors shall be limited to a maximum height of 65 feet. Commercial amusement or recreation means an enterprise whose main purpose is to provide the general public with an amusing or entertaining activity, where tickets are sold or fees collected at the gates of the activity. Commercial amusements include zoos, carnivals, expositions, miniature golf courses, driving ranges, arcades, fairs, exhibitions, athletic contests, rodeos, tent show, Ferris wheels, children's rides, roller coasters, skating rinks, ice rinks, traveling shows, bowling alleys, pool parlors, and similar enterprises. LaPorte,Texas,CodeofOrdinancesPage5