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

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SubpartBLANDUSEREGULATIONS Chapter106ZONING ARTICLEI.INGENERAL On-premises sign means any sign which directs attention to a business, commodity, service or entertainment offered on the same premises where such sign appears. Open space means the area, excluding parking, street, alley, service walk or other service areas, but including any side, rear, or front yard or any unoccupied space on a lot that is unobstructed to the sky, except for the ordinary projections of cornices, eaves, porches or trellises. Developed open space shall be defined as recreational space developed with facilities for either active or passive recreation not within any required yard. Parking space means a surfaced area, designed to control dust and moisture, enclosed or unenclosed, sufficient in size to store one automobile together with a surfaced driveway connecting the parking space with the street or alley permitting ingress and egress of an automobile. A parking space or any requisite maneuvering area incidental thereto shall not occupy any public right-of-way. Party wall means a fire wall on an interior lot line, used or adapted for joint service between two buildings. Planned unit development means a land area characterized by a unified site design which (a) has individual building sites and provides common open spaces, and (b) is designed to be capable of satisfactory use and operation as a separate entity without necessarily having the participation of other building sites or other common property. The ownership of the common property may be either public or private. It may be a single planned unit development as initially designed; or as expanded by annexation of additional land area; or a group of contiguous planned unit developments, as separate entities or merged into a single consolidated entity. Pole trailer means every vehicle without motive power designed to be drawn by another vehicle by means of a reach, or pole, or by being boomed or otherwise secured to the towing vehicle, and ordinarily used for transportation of long or irregularly shaped loads such as poles, pipes, or structural members capable, generally, of sustaining themselves as beams between the supporting connections. Political sign means a temporary sign announcing, supporting or opposing political candidates, dates or issues in connection with any national, state or local election. Portable sign means a sign which is not permanently and rigidly affixed or attached to the ground and is designed or constructed to be easily moved from one location to another, including signs mounted upon or designed to be mounted on a trailer, wheeled carrier, or other non-motorized mobile structure. This definition shall also include any vehicle or trailer parked so as to be visible from a public right-of-way for the primary purpose of advertisement of products or directing people to a business or activity located on the same or nearby property or any other premises. Principal or Primary Building means a building or buildings in which the permitted and/or principal use of the lot on which such use is situated is conducted. Public improvements criteria manual (P.I.C.M.) means the set of standards set forth by the director of planning and approved by the city council to determine the specific technical requirements for construction to public improvements. The manual may be acquired from the community development department, and is on file in the city secretary's office. Public parks means any publicly owned park, playground, beach, parkway, or railroad within the jurisdiction and control of the city. Public service sign means the following types of signs and no others shall be considered to be public service signs. (1) Signs identifying and naming the location of churches, schools and other nonprofit organizations; (2) Signs identifying and naming the location of public facilities; and LaPorte,Texas,CodeofOrdinancesPage11