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SubpartBLANDUSEREGULATIONS <br />Chapter106ZONING <br />ARTICLEI.INGENERAL <br />(3) Community information signs which provide information regarding community functions and <br />activities. <br />Signs which display commercial advertising in conjunction with public service information shall not be <br />considered to be public service signs except that a person, firm, or organization who donates or <br />otherwise provides a public service sign may be identified on such sign in a means which is clearly <br />incidental to the primary message. <br />Quadraplex means four single-family dwelling units joined by common sidewalls, and/or common <br />floors/ceilings. <br />Ranch trailer means a vehicle with or without motive power other than a pole trailer designed for <br />carrying livestock, ranch implements, or other moveable personal property attendant to the business or <br />recreational use of the raising of livestock or crops. <br />Reader panel means any and all portions of any sign on which text, graphics or pictures are <br />displayed. In the case of double faced reader panels, only one side shall be considered in the calculation <br />of sign size. <br />Recreational livestock means domestic livestock (including but not limited to cattle, horses, sheep, <br />goats, hogs etc.) that are intended to be housed in a barn or similar structure, requiring supplemental <br />feed and care in order to be kept in concentration defined in this chapter. <br />Recreational vehicle means a camp car, motor home, trailer, or tent trailer with or without motive <br />power, designed for human habitation or recreational occupation, having less than 320 square feet. <br />Rest home or nursing home means a private home for the care of the aged or infirmed or a place of <br />rest for those suffering bodily disorders. Such homes do not contain facilities for surgical care or the <br />treatment of disease or injury. <br />Roofline means the height above finished grade of the upper beam, rafter, ridge or purlin of any <br />building. <br />Semi-trailer means every vehicle, with or without motive power, other than a pole trailer or ranch <br />trailer, designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and so <br />constructed that some part of its weight and that of its load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle. <br />Setback line means the closest point to any property line or utility easement which may be occupied <br />by a structure. <br />Setback, sign measurement means the closest point to any property line which may be occupied by <br />any sign, as defined by this chapter. This point shall be determined by measuring perpendicularly from <br />adjacent property lines. <br />Shall is always mandatory; may is always permissive. <br />Shipping container means an article of transportation equipment or storage, whether or not carried <br />on a chassis, that is strong enough to be suitable for repeated use and is designed to facilitate the <br />transportation of goods by one or more means of transportation and includes but is not limited to <br />intermodal shipping containers; but does not include a motor vehicle sealable shipping containers, <br />designed for intermodal transportation, either with or without a permanent affixed chassis, and which may <br />be used in intrastate, interstate and international commerce for the shipment of goods and merchandise, <br />or for storage purposes. <br />Shopping center or integrated development means a development consisting of two or more <br />interrelated business establishments using common driveways and on-site parking facilities. <br />Sign means any word, number, figure, device, design or trademark by which anything is made <br />known, as used to designate an individual, firm, profession, business, or a commodity and which is visible <br />LaPorte,Texas,CodeofOrdinancesPage12 <br /> <br />