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• LA PORTE CODE • <br />§ 106-751 <br />Sec. 106-751. Shipping containers. <br />Shipping containers may be used as temporary material storage facilities on construction <br />sites in all zoning districts except residential (R-1, R-2, and R-3). (Ord. No. 1501-II, § 7, 3-27-00) <br />In addition, commercial construction allowed in residential zoning districts may use shipping <br />containers as temporary material storage facilities. (Note: Certificate of Occupancy shall not be <br />issued until shipping container is removed from the site.) <br />Secs. 106-752-106-770. Reserved. <br />DIVISION 3. AREA REQUIREMENTS <br />Sec. 106-771. Yard requirements. <br />The following shall not be considered as encroachments on yard setback requirements: <br />(1) Chimneys, flues, belt courses, etc. Chimneys, flues, belt courses, leaders, sills, <br />pilasters, lintels, ornamental features, cornices, eaves, gutters, steps, stoops, and the like, <br />provided they do not project more than four feet into any front or rear yard, and two feet <br />into any side yard. <br />(2) Terraces, decks, patios, etc. Terraces; decks, patios, or similar features, provided they <br />do not extend more than one foot above the height of the exterior finish grade elevation, <br />or to a distance less than two feet from any lot line, or encroach upon any utility <br />easement. Further, pools shall not be considered as an encroachment on a front yard <br />setback, provided that such pools are located in a front yard adjacent to Galveston Bay, <br />and provided further that such pool does not extend more than one foot above the exterior <br />finish grade elevation, or to a distance less than two feet from any lot line or encroach <br />upon any utility easement. <br />(3) Rear yards only. An unenclosed, attached patio cover, awning, or canopy, provided <br />that no portion of such patio covers, awnings, or canopies shall encroach into any utility <br />easements, or any vertical projection thereof, and provided further that no portion of such <br />patio covers, awnings, or canopies shall be located at a distance less than five feet from <br />the side property line or three feet from the rear property line, or any vertical projection <br />thereof. <br />(4) Front and side yard carports. Front and side yard carports shall be permitted for <br />single-family detached homes subject to the following requirements: <br />a. Carports in a required front or side yard shall not be located closer than five <br />feet from any front or side property line. <br />Supp. No. 4 <br />CDI06:8 <br />