12-04-2003 Regular Meeting and Public Hearing of the La Porte Zoning Board of Adjustment

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Table B footnotes. • Is Lot Size Required Developed 5000 — 6000 Sq. Ft. Open Space /Lot200 Sq. Ft. 4000 — 4999 Sq. Ft. 300 Sq. Ft. 3000 — 3999 Sq. Ft. 400 Sq. Ft. 2000 — 2999 Sq. Ft. 500 Sq. Ft. a. Minimum size of developed open space: 4rhnulUf'd�;o„%ptme-size amidevMum2nevsewof ._ developmenC (ii) For townhouse/quadraplex developments: One-half acre for every 80 units or fraction thereof. b. All required developed open spaces must be operated and maintained by a homeowners association, subject to the conditions established in sections 106-676 through 106-679, with all documentation required to be submitted for filing in conjunction with the final plat. (See also the city development ordinance number 1444, section 4.04 which is on file in the city 0secretary's office.) 2. A minimum landscape setback of 20 feet will be required adjacent to all conservation areas. Buildings, parking areas, and refuse containers will not be allo� ed in such setback area. These areas are to be landscaped with trees, shrubs, and groundcover, with a planting plan required to be submitted and approved by the enforcement officer. 3. The minimum setback adjacent to any utility easement located in a rear yard, shall be three feet. No portion of any building including projections of any nature shall encroach into any utility easement or vertical projection of the easement boundary. 4. Where adjacent structures within the same block have front yard setbacks different from those required, the front yard minimum setback shall be the average of the adjacent structures. If there is only one adjacent structure, the front yard minimum setback shall be the average of the required setback and the setback of only one adjacent structure. In no case shall the minimum front yard setback exceed 30 feet. 5. All side yards adjacent to public R.O.W.'s must be ten feet. 6. In the case of zero lot line housing, the side setback opposite the zero lot line must be ten feet. 7. D.U.A. is an abbreviation for dwelling units per acre, or the maximum density permitted. 8. All structures except slab on grade, shall be placed on a foundation system described as: An assembly of materials constructed below or partially below grade, not intended to be removed from its installation site, which is designed to support the structure and engineered to resist the imposition of external forces as defined by the Standard Building Code, or in the case of industrialized housing, the requirements of the TDLS. Such foundation system shall be skirted or enclosed with wood or masonry to give the appearance of a solid foundation, if one is not provided, compatible with the appearance of adjacent housing, and subject to the requirements of the Southern Building Code. 9. See article V, division 4 of this chapter for additional requirements. 10. No sign shall be located in a sight triangle so as to obstruct traffic visibility at a IPvPI hAhA100n throe f^^4 .,..a .. r__+ __