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

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SubpartBLANDUSEREGULATIONS Chapter106ZONING ARTICLEIII.DISTRICTS DIVISION3.ΑCOMMERCIALDISTRICTREGULATIONS SubdivisionI.Generally (3) Screening. Screening will be required in the following situations: a. Parking areas for recreational buildings, community centers, religious, and private and public educational institutions. b. Manufactured housing parks and subdivisions screened from abutting uses. (4) Screening as landscaping. Required screening will notcount toward the required percentage of landscaping. (b) Outdoor storage. Open and outdoor storage as an accessory or principal use provided that: (1) The area is screened from view of neighboring residential uses or an abutting residential district in compliance with section 106-444(a) (Special use performance standards). (2) Storage is screened from view from the public right-of-way in compliance with section 106- 444(a) (Special use performance standards). (3) Storage area is grassed or surfaced to control dust. (4) All lighting shall be hooded and so directed that the light source shall not be visible from the public right-of-way or from neighboring residences and shall be in compliance with section 106- 310 footnote A (Lighting and glare). section 106-521(c), footnote A. (c) Outdoor sales/service. Open or outdoor service, sale and rental as a principal or an accessory use and including sales in or from motorized vehicles, trailers, or wagons provided that: (1) Accessory outside service, sales and equipment rental connected with a principal use is limited to 30 percent of the gross floor area of the principal use. (2) Outside sales areas are fenced or screened from view of neighboring residential uses or an abutting residential district in compliance with section 106-444(a) (Special use performance standards). (3) All lighting shall be hooded and so directed that the light source shall not be visible from the public right-of-way or from neighboring residences and shall be in compliance with section 106- 310 footnote A (Lighting and glare). section 106-521(c), footnote A. (4) A landscape buffer shall be maintained between all outdoor sales and service areas and adjacent public rights-of-way. Landscape buffers shall be designed in accordance with the requirements of section 106-444(g). Article V, Division 4 (Fencing and Landscaping Requirements). (d) Traffic control. The traffic generated by a use shall be channelized and controlled in a manner that will avoid congestion on public streets, safety hazards or excessive traffic through residential areas. The traffic generated will not raise traffic volumes beyond the capacity of the surrounding streets. Vehicular access points shall be limited, shall create a minimum of conflict with through traffic movements, and shall be subject to the approval of Director of community Planning and Development. Vehicular ingress lanes shall be large enough to accommodate peak use on the same lot without requiring the stopping or waiting of vehicles on public right-of-ways. Ingress lanes shall be from the least heavily travelled street wherever possible. (e) Off-site parking. (1) Any off-site parking which is used to meet the requirements of this chapter shall be required to meet the following conditions: LaPorte,Texas,CodeofOrdinancesPage106