07-20-06 Regular Meeting and Public Hearing of the La Porte Planning and Zoning Commission

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(1) For all buildings or other structures which are located along State Highway 146, the "Set Back Lines" along such streets and roadways shall be a minimum of fifty feet (50'); (2) For all buildings or other structures fronting any street or roadway, other than State Highway 146, the "Set Back Lines" along such streets or roadways shall be a minimum of twenty-five feet (25') or in accordance with the approved Final Plat of Port Crossing. (3) For all buildings or other structures, the "Set Back Lines" along any side or rear property line not adjoining a street or roadway shall be a minimum of ten feet (10'); and (4) The "Set Back Lines" for paving for parking areas which front State Hwy. 146 or any other streets or roadways within the Subject Property shall be determined by the Board, However, in no event shall any paving for parking be closer than ten feet (10') to any side or rear property line not adjoining a street or roadway. For purposes of this Declaration, all Set Back Lines shall be measured from (a) the right-of-way line of the street or roadway adjoining the Tract as such right-of-way line exists at the time that the construction of the improvements on the Tract is commenced, or (b) the adjoining side or rear property line, as applicable. C. Parking. Each Owner or lessee shall at all times devote a sufficient portion of its Tract to providing paved off-street parking facilities adequate for the use(s) to which its Tract is put and otherwise sufficient to comply with any applicable law, rule, regulation or ordinance, but not less than the following: Use Office Number of Spaces 4 minimum, plus 3 spaces per 1000 square feet of net usable area Retail 4 minimUm, plus 4 spaces per 1000 square feet of net usable area Commercial Services, Manufacturing or Limited Warehousing and Distribution 3 spaces per 1000 square feet of office area and one space per 1500 square feet of non-office area, but not less than one space per 1.5 non- office employees Parking will not be permitted on any street or at any place other than the paved parking spaces provided therefore. Each Owner and lessee shall be responsible for compliance with this Paragraph C by constructing or exhibiting paved parking areas on such Owner's Tract, provided that paved parking areas shall cover not more than eighty-five percent (85%) of the area between a building and a dedicated or private street. The Board reserves the right during its review of construction plans to relax minimum parking requirements, subject to compliance with all City of La Porte regulations and ordinances, on the Tracts where necessary or desirable to accomplish more effective and compatible land utilization. D. Signs. All signs shall be in locations and of a design and material approved in writing in advance by the Board. No more than two (2) free standing ground or berm mounted permanent signs shall be permitted for each Tract, unless a Tract has frontage on two or more streets, in which case no more than three (3) free standing ground or berm mounted permanent signs shall be permitted for such Tract. Unless otherwise approved in writing by the Board, all other signs must be attached to a building and shall be parallel to and contiguous with its wall and not project above its roof line. No neon sign or sign of a flashing or moving character shall be installed and no sign shall be painted on a building wall. Directional H-Dec1aration of Protective Covenants and Easements.DOC 5