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

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SubpartBLANDUSEREGULATIONS Chapter106ZONING ARTICLEI.INGENERAL Trailer means every vehicle, with or without motive power, other than a pole trailer or ranch trailer, designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that no part of its weight rests upon the towing vehicle. Truck means any motor vehicle designed, used or maintained primarily for transportation of more than nine persons or property. Truck stop means a commercial/industrial use of property on one site for the refueling, maintenance and/or servicing of large over the road vehicles carrying large loads and which may have service activities for such vehicles and their drivers including but not limited to dispensing of motor fuels and petroleum products directly into motor vehicles, restaurants or cafes, overnight accommodation, shower or laundry facilities, truck service and overnight truck parking, truck scales, and parking area in association with the above services. Truck tractor means every motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing other vehicles and not so constructed as to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the vehicle and load so drawn. Used or occupied, as applied to any land or buildings, shall be construed to include the words "intended, arranged or designed to be used or occupied." Sight Visibility triangle means the triangularshaped area of clear visibility located at all intersections including private driveways. The area of the triangle shall be determined by engineering standards. A right angle triangle formed at an intersection by intersecting curb lines and the hypotenuse joining the curb lines. The horizontal plane of the triangle is formed by a motorist's view of oncoming traffic at the intersection of two or more public streets. The motorist's eye is assumed to be at a point fifteen (15) feet from the edge of the roadway. Traffic must be visible for a distance of ten (10) times the speed limit on either side of the vehicle parallel to the intersecting roadway. The vertical plane of the triangle is measured from 3 feet above the curb flow line to 10 feet above the curb flow line. Yard means an open space on the same building lot with a building, unoccupied and unobstructed by any portion of a structure from the ground upward, except as otherwise provided. In measuring a yard for the purpose of determining the width of a side yard, the depth of a rear yard, and the depth of a front yard, the minimum horizontal distance between the building site and the lot line shall be used. A yard extends along the lot line and at right angles or radial to such lot line to a 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 of the front lot line between the side lot lines, and being the minimum horizontal distance between the front lot line and the front of the principal building or any projections thereof other than stairs, unenclosed balconies, or unenclosed porches. In the case of the lots directly adjacent to the shoreline of Galveston Bay, the front yard shall be the yard extending along the whole of the lot line directly adjacent to the shoreline of Galveston Bay, and along the horizontal distance between the front lot line and the front of the principal building or any projections thereof, other than steps, unenclosed balconies, or unenclosed porches. Yard, rear means a yard extending across the rear of a lot between the side lot lines and being the minimum 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 a yard 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 map or maps incorporated into this chapter as a part hereof by reference thereto. Zoning permit means a written instrument signed by the enforcing officer authorizing a use described in this chapter, in conformance with section 106-142 (Zoning Permits). LaPorte,Texas,CodeofOrdinancesPage14