1989-03-13 Public Hearing and Regular Meeting

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-16- Sign: Any word, number, figure, device, design or trademark by which anything is made known, as used to designate an individual, firm, profession, business, or a commodity and which is visible from any public street. Refer to S.B.C.C.I. for additional definitions. For the purpose of this ordinance, a sign is a structure. Site Plan, Certified: In the case of all uses, a scaled drawing showing the use of the land to include locations of buildings, drives, sidewalks, parking areas, drainage facilities, and other structures to be constructed in relationship to surveyed boundaries. Such site plan shall be certified by a registered engineer or surveyor, licensed as such in the State of Texas. Under the terms of the Development Ordinance of the City of La Porte, when a development site plan is required, said development site plan shall be prepared in accordance with the terms of said Ordinance and shall be accepted as a certified site plan as required herein. Standard Industrial Classification Code (SIC): The numerical code established by the U.S. Department of Commerce and used in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987 as amended and supplemented. Street, Private: A vehicular access way, under private ownership and private maintenance, providing access to buildings containing residential dwelling units without direct access to an approved public street right-of-way, or a public right-of-way, however designated, dedicated or acquired, which provides vehicular access to adjacent properties. Alleys, parking lots, and private driveways within shopping centers, commercial areas, or industrial developments shall not be considered as streets. Street. Public: A public right-of-way, however designated, dedicated, or acquired, which provides vehicular access to adjacent properties. Street, Thoroughfare: A public street designed for heavy traffic and intended to serve as a traffic artery of considerable length and continuity throughout the community and so designated on the City's Thoroughfare Plan. ecial Exception: Shall be only those exceptions provided for under Section 11-600 (e) of this Ordinance. Structure: That which is built or constructed. ,tructure, Principal: The principal structure which fulfills the purpose for which the building plot is intended. Substantial Improvements: Any repair, reconstruction, or improvement of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds 50% of the market value of the structure as determined by a licensed appraiser, either (a) before the improvement is started, or (b) if the structure has been damaged and is being restored, valuation before the damage occurred. Substantial improvement is started when the first alteration of any structural part of the building commences.