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

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Subpart LAND USE REGULATIONS ChapTerlO6 ZONING ARTICLE i[NGENERAL handicapped, or substance users. These facilities include but are not limited to half -way houses and group homes. Hardship means determination made bythe zoning board nfadjustment in hearing avorianoe request inaccordance with Height of building means the vertical distance from grade to the highest finished roof surface in the case of flat moPfs, or to a point at the average height of roofs having a pitch of more than 2.5/12; height of a building in stories does not include basements and cellars, except as specifically provided otherwise. Heavy truck means any motor vehicle or towed vehicle with ngross vehicle weight rating (GVVVR). Registered Gross Vehicle Weight ( . or an actual weight, whichever is greater, ot28'OQ1 lbs. or more or any combination of vehicles where the gross combined weight rating, total registered gross vehicle weight orthe actual weight ofthe combination io2G,O01 |be. or more. High Frequency Truck Road — Ref. bDhigh frequency road map where no overnight trucks are allowed in GC, MSD, and NC zoning districts. Home occupation means an occupation limited to custom producbon, repoiring, and semicing, conducted at a dwelling unit, provided it conforms to the requirements i and provided that said occupation does not involve general retail sales. Home owners association means an inomrponshed, nonprofit organization operating under recorded land agreements through which (o) each lot and/or homeowner in a planned unit orother described land area is automatically a member. (b) each lot is automatically subject to charge fora proportionate share of the expenses for the organization'a ootivitiea, such as maintaining a common property, and (o) the oharge, if unpaid, becomes lien against the property. Hospital, sanitarium, nursing orconvalescent homes mean a building or portion thereof, used or designed for the housing mrtreatment ufsick, eged, mentally i||, iu]ured, convalescent or infirm persons; provided that this definition oho|| not include rooms in any residential dvve||ing, hote|, or apartment hotel ordinarily intended tobeoccupied bysaid persons. Identification sign means any sign which carries only the firm, business nrcorporate name, the major enterprise mnthe premises, orthe principal products offered for sale nnthe premises. Industrial housing and buildings means e residential or commercial structure that is constructed in one or more modules or constructed using one or more modular components, built to the specifications of the Texas Department ofLicensing and Regulation (T.D.L.R.) Rules and Regulations and designed to be placed on a permanent foundation system consistent with the above requirements. Such industrialized house or building must bear a T.D.LR. approved decal or insignia permanently affixed to each transportable section or component ofeach industrialized house or building to indicate compliance with the state standards. An industrialized house nrbuilding is not mobile or manufactured home an defined herein. Landscape buffers means use oflandscaping tm pro,videsepmmatinn between d[ssinniXar|and uses. Width isbased nnthe zoning ofthe development and abutting property and adjoining streets. Landscaped means adorned or improved by contouring land and placing thereon live f|ovvers, shrubs, tnems. Qnass, vvnnd, ntone, and ponds or streams. Light truck means any trunk, as defined in this ohopter, with a limited manufacturers rated marrying capacity. This definition is intended to include those trucks with such rated carrying capacity being not in excess of one ton, panel delivery trucks and carryall trucks. Loading berth means a parking area provided for commercial motor vehicles, designed for the receipt or distribution by such vehicles of materials or merchandise to or from the use to which such parking area iaaccessory. La Porte, Texas, Code of Ordinances Page 6