11-21-13 Regular Meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission

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Subpart LAND USE REGULATIONS ARTICLE |.|NGENERAL extends along the lot |ims and at right angles or radial to such lot |imm to e depth of width specified in the yard regulations of the zoning district in which such building lot is located. Yard, front means a yard extending along the whole ofthe front lot line between: the side lot |ines, and being the minimum horizontal distance between the front lot line and the front of the principal building or any projections thereof other than etairo, unendoaed bo|cnnieo, or mneno|osed porches. In the case of the |nte directly adjacent to the shoreline of Galveston Bey, the front yard shall be the yard extending along the whole of the lot line directly adjacent to the shoreline nfGalveston Bey, and along the horizontal distance between the front lot line and the front ofthe principal building or any projections thereof, other than steps, uneno|osedbalconies, Vruneno|oomdporches. Yard, rear means a yard extending across the rear of a lot between the side lot lines and being the minimom horizontal distance between the rear lot line and the rear of the principal building or any projections thereof other than steps, unenclosed balconies or unenclosed porches. Yard, side means ayard extending along the side lot line from the front yard to the rear yard, being the minimum horizontal distance between any building or projections thereof except steps and the side lot line. Zoning district map means the rnep or maps incorporated into this chapter as a port hereof by reference thereto. Zoning permit means awritten instrument signed bythe enforcing officer authorizing ause described inthis chapter, in conformance with . Words or phrases not defined in this section shall have their ordinarily accepted meaning as the context may imply. (Ord. No. 1581-Z. § 5, 12-22'97; (}rd. No. 1501-JJ. §5. 10-14-02- Ord No 1501'T4. §@(Exh F). 10- 24-05-1 Ord No 1501'0{}{}0. §7. 6`27-05� Ord. Nm.20O9-3173. � 1, 9-14-09; (Jui No 3243. § 1.4- 26-10� Ord No 3290. § 1. 10'11 1O� Ord. No. 3453. § 1. 12-1012) Cross reference— Dofioitioou generally, &l-2. The zoning regulations and districts as herein established have been made in accordance with comprehensive plan for the purpose of promoting health, safety, mora|s, and the general welfare of the city. They have been designed to lessen onmQnsdnn in the stxaets, to secure safety from fine and panic and other dangers, to provide adequate light and air, to prevent overcrowding of |and, to avoid undue concentration of population, and to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, vvabar, sevvorage, schools, parks and public facilities. They have been made to reasonable consideration, among other things, for the character of the disthct, its peculiar suitability for particular uses, and with a view of conserving the value of building and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the city. It is the policy of the city that the enforcement, amendment, and administration of this chapter be accomplished with due consideration of the recommendations contained in the comprehensive plan as developed and amended from time totime bythe planning and zoning commission and the city council nf the city. The commission recognizes the comprehensive plan as the policy established by the city planning and zoning commission and the city council, nespective|y, to regulate land use and developments in accordance with the policies and purposes herein set forth. La Porte, Texas, Code of Ordinances Page 12