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' aC\..:ClS as outJ..iil;d, , snoldn on melp 1'01';> o ill shall (H,,'ilC l'o:cth;) co tJ'0112(:, L.18 J'.; latec1 J.. tlL f'ashior:J.,1I1i::thocJ 2.. rile-nil.::: as sho"l'Jll :Lll the ollm-rin 1.1 t~T - .t':.j_l'l-~_? ~'~ t ~_ c 1 e S J [1(] rl:.~ 1.na:C' l' .{ll11Tlb 0.:; T.le (; as ")2 '0- 1 .L..ll1'''0'' 1 ,',-j, \__ ~_ ,,1 ~_ l-_~.:.).~ 620-29. 1\s conta:i..ned in thi:::, Oi lance, the terrns 11 C:i..ty Comrn.ission'\ anei ':City Couc;cilll shall have on,:; t112 saine rnean.i-L1iS. M\'I'I C" 620- J. Section 1. The zonin; re~ulations, districts an sp2ci- fica tiO:1S as here in e stab 11 s ci ha v:; bc::;en made :i.n acco anC2 "l'Ii th a cOLlprehens:i..ve plan Co purpose of promotins the health, sa~2 , morals and the tlC,i".'21 "\.-.;elf'Cli'e of tl}~: c=~_t1z 1 s or n.- "J.J_ o lio:c t :.~~), an ll.D. S 1),;-; '~~; c~::) S ~_!_ ':: (] to stion .Ll": ss:?n c streets, to S'~C1J:r2 saZe ("l. . J_.;:'!,-;, pa-::llc , .. o .\~rl:.,; f_) ,-~ :('8, a L!6 ');", 1_.J to pi'O :I..c1 acL.'quat::: l:L &i~, to p,~12 20t 0 rc o 10.! 1...1 a to avoici tiOl'J o. PClpu1.clt:i..on, to ~8.c:~LLLta the; cO.'lcen c: Ci1,1.a D;'O\;:i.s :i..ons for tra,u::,porta tion, wa r, isposaJ.. or s , schools, paL"~s and oth2c publ:Lc q1.li:C(-::lilC' tf~. rJ:11:-;sc: lJl"O\Tis1orls have b n macie with rcasonabl consideration, amon 0 1'" th:i.. ~ ./ f 0 J~ tIle; c 11aI' 8. C tc: X. 0 r' tJ:-:l"" ~_"~ S t~~.15. e t J =1_ ts cll1~~__Ct.r' StlJ tabJ 15. ;'O~-. 'crith a view 0 cons::;rv:I. the vaJ..l.L; pa,"ClcuJ..ar us S, 2. orb u:'L 1(1 i s the most appropcia 1.J.S,':~ 0 r"1 lO.fid ':lcoUTa':;. throushout the City. - 2 - . . . . . e Article 2~~ Section 1. This ordinance shall be known and may be cited and referred to as the "Zoning Ordinance" to the same effect. Article 'Q2~ DISTRICTS. BOUNDARIES AND SPECIFICATIONS THEREOF Section 1. The City of La Porte, Texas, is hereby divided into types of "Districts." The use, height, and area regulations are uniform in each district. The speci- fications are listed. These districts shall be known as: "0" - Single-Family Dwelling District (1) "A" Single-Family Dwelling District (2) "B" Single-Family Dwelling District (3) "C-Plus" Single-Family Dwelling District (4) "C" Single-Family Dwelling District (5) "0" Single-Family Dwelling District (6) "E" Single-Family Dwelling District "E" - Apartment BUildings, Duplexes and/or Any Other MUltiple Dwelling District "A" - Commercial, (Fire Zone) and/or Local Retail District "B" - Commercial or Local Retail District (1) "B-1" Commercial (2) "B_2'. Commercial (3) "B-3" Commercial (4) "B_4n Commercial (5) "B-5" Commercial (6) "B-6" Commercial tIC" - Commercial, Industrial or Manufacturing District Section 2. Specifications listed in each district shall be strictly adherred to, and, in addition: 3 . . . . ". """~.'.~- . e 2-Article 620-3 (a) Foundations. Foundations of buildings in all districts shall be so designed to carry th loads specified in the general use, height of walls and type of construction; and in "A", "B", and" C Plusl! Single Family Dwelling District, all foundations must be completely enclosed with a masonry wall. Section 3. The boundaries of these districts are indicated upon the Zoning Map of the City of La Porte, which is on file in the office of the City Secretary and made a part of this ordinance. Section 4. No land shall be used for and no building shall be erected for or converted to any use other than provided in the regulations prescribed for the district in which it is located, except as hereinafter, provided. Artie Ie 620-4 NEWLY ANNEXED TERRITORY Section 1. All territory annexed to the City of La Porte hereafter shall be temporarily classified for single-family dwelling purposes only until permanently zoned by the governing body of the City of La Porte. The City Plan- ning and Zoning Commission shall, as soon as practicable after annexation of any of the territory to the City of La Porte, institute proceedings on its own motion to give the newly annexed territory a permanent zoning, and the procedure to be followed shall be the same as is provided by law for the adoption of original zoning regulations. Section 2. In an area temporarily classified for single-family dwelling purposes only, no permit for the 4 . e 2-.Article 620-4 . construction of a building other than a single-family dwell- ing, addition to or the remodeling of an existing building or accessory building shall be issued by the City Secretary until such permit has been specifically authorized by the Ci ty Counci 1. Permits for the cons truc tion of bu:D..di ngs in a newly annexed territory prior to permanent zoning may be authorized by the City Council under the following conditions: An application for any use shall be made to the City Secretary, said application to show the use contemplated, a plat showing the size 0: the lot or tract of land being used, and the location of and the size and type of buildings, additions, and/or remodeling to be constructedj and if such application is for other than a single-family dwelling or accessory building related thereto, it shall be referred by the City Secretary to the City Planning and Zoning Commission for consideration and its recommendation to the City Council, after giving due consideration to the type of permanent zoning to be applied to the area in which the application is located. Whenever such a recommendation is filed with the City Council it shall be advisory only, and the City Council may grant or deny it as the facts may justify. . . Article 629.",5 "All SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT REGULATIONS Section 1. USE REGULATIONS. In "A" Single- Family Dwelling District no land shall be used and no building shall be erected for or converted to any use other than: 1. A Single-Family Residence. 2. A church or school, public, private, paro- chial or denominational having a curriculum equivalent to a public elementary or high school. 3. Public park, telephone exchange, provided no public . 5 . . J\ct1clc 620-:~ . .' . . l)USj_{lC~SS arid 1.10 .celJaJ_X' O:~'1 stol)a~e facilj_ti(~;s 3_X'O Lla:~) talneo, .'ire s ta tion, wa te r supply }:'es'..:cv01r, 1;1 a r pumpjn:~' plant, tower or ar sian well; provide , . . n J rlO S11C11 pcrnllt [orl '1a r Sllpply r2ser'vo~rl, IloVlcver, tll.at Via C pl1.mp:L\ pIa tOVJ2 ~(_' 0 l' 8. [, \J.; 1 J 8 ha 11 b (:3 , f3 =L3. '2J1 (i lEll ~) S cLi.K 1.1.i: J.. clft,3Jl a pllbl5.c 8:.1C a a.':i n special pcrnit ~s 2 n c,; VI:i. t 11 J..OI' ..l_ c clCCO IJ ~c 0 \/ i s =1.. 0 l'} 8 Cl' C)-IS or tl'E _.r01J~L J. na n C lL , . l' 0._ iJut iJ.O \: ..) c.l I" COIL.'S , COlI .'8.', _i_ll;..~_) ~i'L_ .J... 'J -I ~.L i _~-' [-1 O"--l 9.-:~; \ S 'J COLn;; c~Lal clLltlS lL;,; G. :) ~_-JC: cC:Li 1 c s s s 1 ',-, ~3 0 ~ . lC,,; =;_c; to \'1110 SeLl ~. t-!Ci"~J.. :~ltc~~_ CJ '() '. c' ":_f'::> c' ~..:> . ,~ . \ C C e s S () l-;-..,I l~lll~;_.l (: :~.. "8 , I)Olla c' L) , ,(~ .J_ J ct =L(j (~~ s J.:~\,,;a-i.J_ tE3 Cj.I..12,.i.: (.. S i-lot .0 l " l~ L OJ_' :l';..C 1.:U<,' 0 S i'\,'DJi ts ;rnp tl-l(? t:],C lli2 1=J.~:; s, i!),O.~i: () '-'OLl .[l18.:t l~ ~~)'L1~;_ J_ ]. C) C 2 Jc ;~7 : I C' c' :-1 -, ,-., Cl .1. k~l..) uJ.l.c;,L u (~~~r:,) \ I __' ,/ r2 J~ ~:.l-:~' n '0 lot -, -.! oc: 1 a,l_lt: 00 <.J<.J : :, ( r-. \ , ' ..- J "1., .L_._ :,11',: piO r. .'_'.-' 2iJ-~-,r C' <) -,. c.c~c f~SO i; . ~~.1 ~. C ; :iI: I~ .-) Ci. u .~ 11 t ~3 ~L~_ 1 ~;. ::J C "'. u a. )- '-:'U J -, ~' ~ 1 ,. DeLI." 0 JC!..- -., i,le: c':) ()' ~,]Y: l, .n i::":')_. ~=Jl_111, (~~_ i.'!----'" 2~ -1)['-." 0_ C C ,'S fJ () -'. '~~ - '.-:~ f7 '_. ,'-1 ;~L:;;')u sLlto the caquJr2 , ::. t, ,:~,2a_c ~la 'co, 're, , c .~1 1 ( ell j (1 t, 1J.: ; 0., r':l C C :-: E3 [.~, 0 l' ]"Cl.;;,) buj J(.; .;." 1/ --, ~ ", . J I;;' ~), :0. o::;e 10',~. L,/ 1 }t:.l O~-.1 - ("1 I: \ r " .J. / -.J j ~) c() '.0 -. - t,., ,--L--1. I~ d S I. it ,0 (~ ('] i .,.. I L C) no: (.' r:t c' := .., l~~J__O' T,'Ie () S3,l,.? 0 ,~' l. J.~. C3 .~.'-'; (1]. C ~) :() e T,:-lJU' (1 ;-) \..1 C :~3 'l.1 ~L 1 ( o ',) ctOJ:I. . . . . e e 3-Article 620-5 8. Bulletin Boards and signs, illuminated or otherwise, but not of the flashing or intermittent type, for churches and school, but not exceeding twelve (12) square feet in area when attached to the building or when erected in the front yard behind a building line. Temporary signs pertaining to the sale or rental of property and not exceeding twelve (12) square feet in area are permitted behind the build- ing line, but shall be removed by the agent or owner immediately upon the sale or rental of the premisesj provided, however, that no signs advertising the sale or lease of any premises shall advertise the premises for a purpose for which it is not legally zoned. One larger sign announcing or describing a legally approved subdivision or development may be temporarily erected on each approved plat or develop- mentj provided, however, that such sign shall not exceed two hundred (200) square feet in areaj provided, however, that the location of such sign be approved by the Building Inspectorj that it shall be placed so as not to interfere with the occupancy or use of any lots in the subdivision and that it shall be removed upon the completion of sale of eighty-five (85%) per cent of the lots or dwellings in the subdivision. Section 2. Specifications. In II A" Single-Family Dwelling District there shall be a living area of not less than fifteen-hundred (1500) square feet; and thirty-five (35%) of the front of the building shall be of masonry trim. Section 3. Height Regulations. No building shall exceed two (2) standard stories in height. 7 . . . . . e Article 620-~) See tion L~. . P.rea Regula tions . 1. Front Yarcl. (a) There shall be a front yard ha vine; a minimum depth 0 twenty-five (25) feet except where a parcel of land is of such area and shape that it cani10t be appropriate ly deve loped wi thou t modifica tJ_OLl. 2. Side Yard. There shall be a side yard on each side of the build plot having a width of not less than five (5) feet. 3. Rear Yard. All buildin[s shall be not less than two (2) feet from the alley property line. L~. Area 01' the Lot;. /\11 buildil:g plots j_n this d~Ls- trict shall contain not less than six thousand (6,000) square feet. ~. B1.~il~?-Jng~._ on '~h.:; Lot. The build~Lng or bui Id1n[;s on anyone (1) lot must not exceed more than one-third (1/3) of the entire lot area. 6. Parking Space. Off street parking space shall be provided on the lot to accommodate one (1) motor carrol' each dwellinc; unit; however, no supporting member of any garage, carport or other automobile storage structure shall be located within the re- quired front yard. See tiOt~l 5. . Other Regula t..LO~ 1. T10ving Per:'m~t~. No iJUilding may be moved into an HAil Class Sj_ Ie-Family DwelLLl1g Distr'ict. 2. Trailers. The parKing of house trailers will not be permitted in IIAII Class Single Family Dwelling District. 3. Fences. Front yard fences will not be permitted, rear or bac yard fences wll be permittee; providing, however, that they are constructed of wood or of gal vanJ.zed cllain LL , ai)d provid , tha v hej.ght does not exceed six (6) feet. EL . . . . e - 5-i\rt:Lcle 620-5 L~. Building, I1cmocJel:Lng and/or AdcUt:Lon to Existing Building or Buildings, Permits. . . Expir'ation date of all Permits for buLi cH (new construction), r'emodel- _l. and/or> additIon to exIsting buill shall be one year from date of Issuance. 5. Temporary Buildings and/or Trailers. (Used for con- struction purposes only) shall be removed upon com- ~etion or abandonment of construction work. Tempor- ary BuIldings and/or Trailers shall not be used as a place of residence. 6. Field Offices and/or Trailers. (Used for' the sale of real estate only) shall be removed upon request of Bu:L1ding Inspector'. Field Offices and/or Trailers shall not be used as a place of residence. 7. Non-Conforming Uses. Where a non-conforming use such as a business, where services ar>e rendered or merchandise is sold, in the building proper, attached garage, accessory bu11d1ng, hobby shop and/or any building 1n the 11 Pill Class Single-Family DVvelling District, 1s 1n operat10n prior to the date of the passage of th1s zonIng ordinance, it \iv"ill be perrni tted to operate at the same scale; prov1ded, however, that once the business has ceased to operate on the same scale and/or the ut11i ties for> same d:Lscontlnued for any per>iod of t1me, It shall be deemed non-confor>ming and may not r>esume operation; and, fur>ther> that no addI- tions or> remodeli may be done 1n order> to enlar>ge the same busIness or> to change the natur>e of the business, as any chan::.;e shall be considerec] non- conforrni and cause all future oper>ations to cease. G. No inoper>able vehicles Or' tr>ailers 0; any type may be pa:ckecl or stored in the front sa:cel of II All Class Si Ie-Family Dwelling District; but may be parked o~ stored in the rear yard proper or in an enclosed a1'lea. o ../ . . . . e . 6-Art:lcle 620-5 9. All accessory build:l , :lncluding private garages, bona f:ldc servant quarters, when detached from the bu:lld:lng proper, or when the accessory bu:llding is connected to the building proper by a breezeway, thereby r:laking 1t an 1ntegral part of the bullding p:coper, shall be 0;' the same ~_:nn~2ral cO~lstruct10n and mater1al as the bu1ld1ng proper; , no s ct (-letal roofs w1ll be permlt d as roofs must be of same general construction as bu1ldl Art1cle 620-6 lJl00pel'" . IIB'1 SINGLT~-PAMILY D\-JELLING DISTHICT fillGULATIONS Sectlon 1. USj~ I1EGULNrIONS. In liD" 3..'.n:::;le- Family Dwelling D:lstrlct no land shall be used and no bulldlng shall be erected for or con\le:ctcd to any use other tilan: 1. 1\ S1l1c;le ~J)ll~L S C.t.:LCC: . 2.A church 02 school, lJ.c or denOLlj_na~loJl&l havi c.i.. Cl1.2.L':L cu eqtli valc11t to a public elementar'y or high school. 3. Public park, telephone exchange, provlded no public business and no repa1r or storage fac:llit1es are malntained, fire statlon, water supply reservoir, water pump:lng plant, tower or arteslan well; provlded, however, that no such permlt for water supply reservoir, water pumplng plant, tower or artesian well shall be granted unless and untl1 after a public hear:lng and a special permi t 1s granted tlle refor 1n accordance lili th the provisions of 620-16 of the Zoning Ordinance. 4. Golf course, but not lncludlng min1ature golf course, droivln2; range or any forms of commercial amusement. 5. No retail or wholesale business sales office is to be maintained on the premises. 10 . . . . e e 2-Artic L: 620-6 o. Acc~ssory buildinGs, including a prlvate 3arag~, bona fj c1,> servants (JuaI'ters not for rc;nt but for the: us~ - - -- "'.J_ of servants employed on the premises, when detached from the main bui lclin2: and loca tec! not 1(:: ss than seventy-five (75) feet rrom the front lot line, and not L;ss than .r'i vc; (5) [\..~,..:;t from any sid,:; property lin'..:;. When the accessory building is directly att2chcd to the main buildins by a breezeway it shall be considered C:Ll inte;~I'al pa:c-t of th..~ rnaLl builclin~, th,; bJ0eezeway may be cOilsidc:l:'':;c1 a pm:t of thi; acc;ssory buildi When the bre~zeway extends into the required rear yard, it, together with the main build and all other accessor>y buiJ.cii OT' builcH s, may occu.py not more than onc:-thirrJ (1/3) of' th:::mtire YD..rJ. 7 . rrl;rnpof'a buildi s to be used for construction purposes Oilly and \^Ih:ich shall be 1"21'no\7(;c1 UpOil cOlnplet::..on or' abanC'oL1me,lt 0 f cons tr'uc tion VIO Field offices for the sale of r2al estClt...: wh:i..ch shall be removed upon reqw..::st of th2 Buj.ldi Llspeoc tor. G. Bulletin Boc:n:'Qs cellO si....;ns, ilJ..um:Lnatecl or other'wise, but not of the' flnshi..n...; or int....:rnl1 tte:i1t type:, for' CllUI'chc:'s anCi schools, but not -.e:;{c.::e;c:L twe;lv~ (12) square; fJet In cLi.'ca whJn attc'cch::cJ to thl...'ul1cJL 0:(' Hhi..:;n.::rcctco :L tJ:w fr'ont b_<hincJ (";1 bu~Ll(ji 1:1..""1<":; . ~C'C1IlpOI'acy s rJ.s pi~1"#tci,:}_'i.""11 to th...: saL; o~~' r_ i1L~ l~) f' prop,...: I'ty Cl not cxcl.::~;C1 1 ' (12) s ...; ___ ',~ _I_Ii [J .J~~(;(l cl:C~: p ',__ 1)1'111 t tc () b..; 1'1 ~i_l'l(~: builcLi..l\-, :Ii ie~ but she:.l1 b I'..:i1lOV:..: l)~l t11(; iIt or o\"n r' il::mc..:cJiat:; ly UpOl1 th,; s21c oJ:' r.-.entalo ell,:' p:0..;uj.SiJS; peo :deCi hOHI...:V,;1.', that no s12;n3 VCl'tisi the sale or lease o~ any pI'~miscs shall aCiVi2}0tis8 tlF:: p,:,,>ns ~-.l S ]. or a purposi..' i'Oj' 1Thictl it is 11 . . . . e e 6. c 3-Article 20-0 not legally zoned. One larger sign announcing or describing a legally approved subdivision or develo,- ment may be temporarily erected on each approved plat or development; provided, however, that such sign shall not exceed two hundred (200) square feet in area; pro- vided, however, that the location of such sign be approved by the Building Inspector; that it shall be placed so as not to interfere with the occupancy or use of any lots in the subdivision and that it shall be removed upon the completion or sale of eighty-five (85%) of the lots or dwellings in the subdivision. Section 2. SPECIFICATIONS. In "B" Single-Family Dwelling District there shall be a living area of not less than twelve-hundred (1200) square feet; and twenty-five (25%) of the front of the building shall be masonry trim. Section 3. HEIGHT REGULATIONS. No building shall exceed two (2) standard stories in height. Section 4. AREA REGULATIONS. 1. Front Yard. There shall be a front yard having a minimum cepth of twenty-five (25) feet except where a parcel of land is of such area and shape that it cannot be appropriately developed without modification. 2. Side Yard. There shall be a side yard on each side of the building plot having a width of not less than five (5) feet. 3. Rear Yard. All buildings shall be not less than two (2) feet from the alley property line. 4. Area of the Lot. All building plots in this district shall contain not less than six thousand (6,000) square feet. 5. Buildings on the Lot. The buildings or building on any one (1) lot must not exceed more than one-third (1/3) of the entire lot area. 12 . . . . e e It.-Article 620...6 6. Parkin~ Space. Off street parking space shall be pro- vided on the lot to accommo~te one (1) motor car for each dwelling unit; however, no supporting member of any garage, car port or other automobile storage struc- ture shall be located within the required front yard. Section 5. Other Regulations. 1. Moving Permits. No bUilding may be moved into a "Bit Single-Family Dwelling District. 2. Trailers. The parking of house trailers will not be permitted in "B" Single Family Dwelling District. 3. Fences. Front yard fences will not be permitted, rear or back yard fences will be permitted; pro- viding, however, that they are constructed of wood or of galvanized chain link, and providing, that height does not exceed six (6) feet. It.. Building. Remodeling and/or Addition to Existing BUilding or BUildings. Permits. Expiration date of all Permits for bUilding (new construction), remodel- ing and/or addition to existing bUildings shall be one year from date of issuance. 5. Temporary BUildings aOOVor Trailers. (Used for construc- tion purposes only) shall be removed upon completion or abandonment of construction work. Temporary BUildings and/or Trailers shall not be used as a place of resi- dence. 6. Field offices and/or Trailers. (Used for the sale of real estate only) shall be removed upon request of Building Inspector. Field Offices and/or Trailers shall not be used as a place of residence. 7. Non-Conforming Uses. Where a non-conforming Use such as a business, where services are rendered or merchan- dise is sold, in the bUilding proper, attached garage, accessory bUilding, hobby shop and/or any bUilding in 13 . . . . e e rS-A:ct=1e1'~ 620-6 1y D1J</:.:11L.1L~ DistJ:'ict, is in opc:rCl- til':: liD 11 S i 1 c: - }c" tion pl'io:c to .tll;_.~ o:l~,~ 01: tn2 pass or this zon1n2; o i rW.lle,:;, j_ t permitted to op~rn , (1 t th:.: SFli:L; in 1 J L~ SC2. proviek.:(j, i101iJC l~J .that onc~ th\~ bu.si[lGSS has C \~:~} S (1 to OPi-~\ eel "l~:,~_} 0 '} tl'l:___' S Cdll!c S C ~ll <) c:' th...:' utiliti:..::s ~'oc se,n..' edeeo ,111,; (1 i. 0 Ii El 1) '- ::~l ~L () (1 0 .!. t =L l -G S 11(111 , t~ Cj (~rl1,_:; (: ~}O~.-J - C OL'l. 0 ~_'LLL :O-G i"),,}S1J.r,1<, opi..;lia-::'1oLl.; cL.iU Ci;(~ (-'. 1 (,_ , ;.llll"l t 1.1 .0 .tJ Jl~ l'lL: t !oj () ell t~:_,x::.s 0 j'(';(,10(:,,,,' 1i: ) !nay Oc.: [1 ~ ) Ul; Slli::::' bnsLF..:ss oc i'; _L i C r1 :':., i-1~~ :-~ ss,:~.;,s 3.il~~/' Cll;~.~rl~;~: 81-1211 nel () 1J :~~ C 0 (1 S =~_ (J .:-l \'; ,JOli-Coni'orn~L 1 ~, Ci. j C c--L II S C: c111 tU~LJ~' Op8J~i8tiorJ.c to C 28 =11 c_: :c-' S () {l :j~ :-10 [).---= ~-j21J 0.... ., ,"-.1._, \? \_~ 111 c 1'; s [LJ.l~r nj(l~, p:._'~' () 0:(' S (~O:L ('i .J_ j C:co t :! ~D!I ..-( -~ 1. i- -'-u l~; _Iil o ,::, _c l ... . ...l-Jl f) ~.. 8 t:_, =:_ c <~ _; 'elL ~, l': 12 ~>r 1J D.L' S _J...I.L jJ,~ '0 p i C ~C 0 S C;, ,=.;, l' 1,_; C'~ . 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One l2rgcr si,~n an;lounc:l or clescr=i..b1 2 le~ally approved subcH vision 0'.' ve lopmcnt Y;lGl;:J 1y.::: t,.mpo1:'ar:llYc;I'i:':C t,.;C) 0 Glch approv.;cl OC Vi'; 10pme~l t; provick;c1, llOVJ~\7eJ:, that such s C' '1 ", 1 1101. '-.' v" . "(1 tpo '1') -'lC. ""., -~ ( f) 00 ) ul.1-1_-,- .1. v ;.:..../l...\....l...,l:.. ~,_ ,v I 1-_1,11. '....::U c.. SqUcD-",; ./- c.:v C'Ll)(;:-:!,; 1){)o\r1cJ:,~;(J J ho",:ever, that the location of such :1.n S=L~~rl b" './ 2 ppj~.'O \/',:~~ (J l)~j tl'L? Inspector; that it shall B 1. :1. J, C1. i n '~.: be placed so as not to ir ere with the occup2ncy or use of any lots in the subdiv sion Glnd that it shall b re- moved upon -[--;h, , comp ttO!l or S3 L~ OL';:I.';hty-J:'1 ve; per cent oi' th,c' lots or (VI: 11 nr:s in th(; subcH f 10n. .s~CTION 2. SPSCEi'IC!\' IONS. In I' C-P1U8 Ii Si le-Fam~l1y DVI:;J.11nr: Distcict tlL;~:~'_ shnl1 b:.: livi ('1[1(;2 of' i.'l.Ot 1:,;s8 ~-;han on,: )-1, 1 '-'''' .: ('-i r' '-'IT (lC'Ih()) "'"', .", V_~O 1...". C", .... _..'. "CO> .j_) squc.J..~.1. t~',~\rl perl .: t; cent o i.' tl'}c:; j t~ o? ti:1e l)l.li shall be oil Ij1230nry tf1:L . SEC'l'ION 3. H.:<;IGH'I' n..:i:GUL/\.TIONS. No bu:L hJ:i_ 8h211 cxc,_~_Ji "-"70 ( f}) C')-,,' r" lJ .', ,. c I::J L,c....ll\_,~ storli~~s j.ll hei~ht. lG . . . . e e .II. A:'tic Ie 6'20-7 s'~crrION ij.. AHi~A 1l.!~GULA 1:'IONS . 1. Front Yard. rrher>e shall be a front yard having a minimum depth of' twenty-five (25) feet except whece a parcel of land is 0.:' such area and shape that it cannot be cppropriately de- veloped without modification. 2. Side Yard. There shall be a side yard on each side of the building plot hav~nc a width of not less than five feet. 3. Rear Yard. All buildings shall be not less than two (2) reet from the alley property line. 4. Area of the Lot. All building plots in this district shall contain not less than six thousand (6,000) square feet. :J. BuildLlgs on the Lot. The b"lnlcL<~ or buildincs on anyone (l) lot must not exceed n-,01'e than one-thipd (1/3) of the 8nt5_1'e lot area. 6. Parkin2; Space. 01'1' S tree'~ parkins space Stll 11 be provicied on the lot to accommodate one (1) motor car for each dwell- unit; however, no supporti member of any garage, car po:ct or other automobile s tora::;e s teuc ture shall be loca teO within the required front yard. SECTION 5. OTHXR. IlSGULATIONS. 1. J'vlovL1.g Permits. A lmilei ma,'y be movecJ iiltO a 'I C-Plus II 81n- gle Family Dwelli District; provided, however, that the building meets the specifications of this district and~'o- viding it is equal to the highest classification house with- in 200 feet of any point of building be woveo :Ln: and provj_deei, it is to be used as a S:i_lL,sL:-Family Dwel11 0.-" ,. accesso~'y blJ:LleHn . Ii th.; builcJillf~; is to b'a u.sod as an accessory bU11cU.i(;, howe~.'er, :Lt must be at' the same ~;e:lc::'al construction as the r,la:i.n btl1lcanC and be; 0 c on'.' orYnJ. 1.lSe; ane] p;'ovidccl, Ctlrt11'?:L'l.;haL plans ane: spec:Li.'1cat~:.ons be s),b- ;nj_tted to the PlannJ.}l[; arl\j:Z;on1 Cornm=i.ssion showi! e:xac t 10cat10n of builc.Lln~; on pCOPOSi?CJ S:L ; LlatlJ:.'e oC improv:.;- nlc:n.L.S, a tllati.:;h:.;s2 plalls am': spcci"lca ons an? to b carpt.c( out \Jithiil a 90 Gay peciod. 2 r:","a'J'lo,'s rn,,,c> ,or'(,;r"l';v' C).' 'l{JllCE' Jr,"a-il::,'"'" ...:::..::.. _ '-'~~ . J...ll.-.___ l.: Ct.l. ..'-_ _..'__' .._ l \./1.0 _~ 1..1_ .._ Cl. j...) not be ~ ! .. peT'nJl'C -(~c:; "Jj_ll in i: C-Plt;sll ,):Ll(;J.e-.2"8i:::I.ly Dl,Jell ~I)J S tI)~L C -l~ . Ii . :''";I'''>'~~:"..,..-..",,:, '~':-'-'~"Ti~i e e . 5-Article 620-7 3. Fences. Front yard fences will not be permitted, rear or baCK yard fences will be permitted; providing, how- ever, that they are constructed of wood or of galvan- ized chain link, and providing, that the height does not exceed six (6) feet. 4. Building, Remodeling and/or Addition to Existing Building or Buildings, Permits. Expiration date of all permits for building (new construction), remodeling and/or addition to existing buildings shall be one year from date of issuance. 5. Temporary Buildings and/or Trailers.(Usee for construc- tion purposes only) shall be re~oved upon completion or abandonment of construction work. Temporary Buildings and/or Trailers shall not be used as a place of residence. 6. Field Offices and/or Trai1ers.(Used for the sale of real estate only) shall be remov2d upon request of Building Inspector. Field Offices and/or Trailers shall not be used as a place of residence. 7. Non-Conformin~ Uses. Where a non-conforming use such as a business, where services are rendered or merchan- dise is sold, in the building oroper, attached garage, accessory building,hobby shop and/or any building in the "C-Flus" Single-Family Dwelling District, is in operation prior to the date of the passage of this zon- ing ordinance, it will be permitted to operate at the same scale; provided, however, that once the business has ceased to operate on the same scale and lor the utilities for same discontinued for any period of time, it shall be deemed non-conforming and may not resume operation; and,further that no additions or remodeling may be made in order to enlarge the same business or to change the nature of the business, as any change shall be considered non-conforming and cause all future oper- at,ion to cease. 8. No trailers or inoperab)p vehicle of any type may be parked or stored in the front yard of "C_P1us" Single- Family Dwelling District but, may be oarked or stored in the rear yard proper. 18 . . . e e 6-Article 626-7 . or in an enclosed area. 9. All accessory buildings, including private garages, bona fide servant quarters, when detached from the building proper, or when the accessory bUilding is connected to the bUilding proper by a breezeway, there making it an integral part of the building proper, shall be of the same general construction and material as the building proper; and, no sheet metal roofs will be permitted as roofs must be of same general construction as building proper. . Article 6.29:-~ "C" SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT REGULATIONS Section 1. USE REGULATIONS. In "e" Single-Family Dwelling District no land shall be used and no building shall be erected for or converted to any use other than: 1. A Single-Family Residence. . 2. A church or school, pUblic or denominational having a curriculum equivalent to a public elementary or high school. 3. Public park, telephone exchange, provided no public business and no repair or sterage facilities are "\ .) maintained, fire station, water supply reservoir, water pumping plant, tower or artesian well; provided, however, that no such permit for water s'Jpply reservoir, water pumping plant, tower or artesian well shall be granted unless and until after a public hearing and a special permit is granted therefor in accordance with the provisions of 62~16 of the Zoning Ordinance. ~. Golf course, but not including miniature golf course, driving range or any forms of commercial amusement. 5. No retail or wholesale business sales office is to be 19 . . .-/ . . e 2-I\J:tlc l:.~ C~2C)-,G .: I,r~.:: ,."l.~~:1~:~~-l_;(.: 0 .1)!.-l:~~1~1.5_~ CS. e bOilCl , . . ./\c C.; S s O:C~( lcJi . 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One larger s an,1ounci OI' dc::scrib a legally approved subdivision or' develop- ment may be temporarily erected on each approved plat or development; provided, however, that such sign shall not exceed two hunc):eed (200) square feet in area; providecl, hO\;'lever, that the location of such siE~n b[~ app:eoved by the Bui16Llg Inspector ; that it shall be placed so as not to intel'fere w:Lth the occupancy or use of any lots in the subdivision and that it shall be removed upon the completion or sale oi' eighty- f'i ve ( ) per cent of the lots 01' dwellings in the subdivision. Section 2. SPECIFICATIONS. In lICI! Single-Family Dwelling Dlstrict there shall be a living area of not less than one thousand (1,000) square feet. Section 3. HEIGHT REGULATIOITS. No build shall exceed two (2) standard stories in height. Section 4. AREA REGULATIONS. 1. Front Yard. There shall be a front yard having a minimum depth of twenty-five (25) feet except where a parcel of land is of such area and shape that it can- not be appropriately developed without modification. 2. Side Yard. There shall be a side yard on each side or the buildi plot having a width of not less than " ' (5)'" I. J_ ve 1 e ec . 3 Hear Yard i\11 bUJ_ldings shall be, not less than two . . '.- (2) feet from the alley pr'operty line . 4. Area of the Lot. All building plots in this district shall contain not less than six thousand (6,000) square f'2et. 21. . . . . e e L~-Article 620-8 5. Buildings on the Lot. The building or buildings on any one (I) lot most not exceed more than one-third (1/3) of the entire lot area. 6. Parking Space. Off street parking space shall be pro- vided on the lot to accommodate one (1) motor car for each dwellin[!; l..mitj however~ no supporting member of any garase~ car port or other automobile storage struc- ture shall be located within the required front yard. Section 5. OTHER m~GULATIONS. 1. r:Ioving Permits. 1'1 bui1cJing may be moved into a II Cll Sinele Family Dwellinc District; provided~ however~ that the building meets the specifications of this district and providing it is equal to the .highest classificaVLon house within 200 feeL of any point of build beLlE; moved inj aile] provided~ it is ~o be used as a Si Ie Family Dwelli o~ accessory build If the builc!ing J_S to be used as an accessory bulldin~~however~ it must be of the same r1- eral construction as the builling proper and be 01.' conform- ine; use j and provi(Jed i'urther that pl8.i1s and specI rica tion be submitted to the PlanninE; and Zonin;e, Commisslon shOVlin.) exac t location 01' bui 1(3in('; on proposed si te j nature of im- provements~ and that these plans and specificatiorEare to be carried out within a gO-day period. 2. Trailers. The parking of house trailers will not be per- Initted in IICII Sin[;le Family Dwelling District. 3. Fences. 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'..;. ....) ~ C' , " . . . . e . 3-Article 620-9 gether with the main building and all other accessory building or buildings, may occupy not more than one- third (1/3) of the entire yar1. 7. Temporary buildings to be used for construction pur- poses only and which shall be removed upon completion or abandonment of construction work. Field offices for the sale of real estate which shall be removed upon request of theBuilding Inspector. 8. Bulletin BOArds and signs, illuminated or otherwise, but not of the flashing or intermittent type, for churches an1 schools, but not exceeding twelve (12) square feet in area when attached to the building or when erected 1n the front yard behind a building line. Temporary signs pertaining to the sale or rental of property and not exceeding twelve (12) square feet in area are permitted behind the building line, but shall be removed by the agent or owner immediately upon the sale or rental of the premises; provided, how- ever, that no signs advertising the sale or lease of any premises shall advertise the premises for a pur- pose for which it is not legally zoned. One larger sign announcing or describing a legally approved subdivision or development may be temporarily erected on each approved plat or development; provided, how- ever, that such sign shall not exceed two hundred (200) square feet in area; provided, however, that the loca- tion of such sign be approved by the BUilding Inspec- tor; that it shall be placed so as not to interfere with the occupancy or use of any lots in the subdivision and that it shall be removed upon tte completion or sale of eighty-five (85%) of the lots or dwellings in the subdivision. 25 . . . . e e 1.1__ Art~L c Ie b20-9 Section 2. SP~~CIFIc}-\rrIONS. In IID1! SL 12- Family DVvell- iog Dj_strict there shall be a Ii in area o~' not less than eight hundred ( 00) sCluare i'ec-~. Sec tJ.on 3. lIEIGHT REGULA'rIONS. bu:.dd shall exceed two (2 ) G . . d .. s\:~a -1 .al')O s torj_es HI l'1.e Sc;CG.LOil 1+. AHi,[), H:~GULATIONS. -'-. F'I'Oill.; YcTC. rrheL'e shall be a feo'lt yard having a min:.L- mum depth of' tVJenty-fj_ ve (2')) fee t except vJhere a parce 1 of land is of such area and shape that it cannot be ap- proprlately developed without modification. 2. S.Lde Ycu'd. rrhel'c shall be a side yard on each side 01' tne buildin[~ plot havinc a VJidth of not less than five ( 5) l' e e t . 3. Rear Yard. All buildincs shall be not less than two (2) feet from the alley property line. 1.!-. Area of the Lot. All building plots in this district shall cOlltaLl flot less than six thousand (6,000) square feet. 5. Builiings on the Lot. The building or buildings on anyone (1) lot must not exceed more than one-thir'd (1/3) ofl.;he entire lot area. b. Parking Space. Off s~reet parki space shall be provided on the lot to accommocla te one (1) motor car for each dv\TC 11- i unit; hm'lever, no supportLlg member of any ~;arag,,;, car port or other automobile storage structure shall be located within the required front yard. Sec cion 5. OTHER m<:GULA TIONS . 1. l\1o'iling P'':l'mits. A building may be mo.eej into a llDIISi le Family Dwelling District; provided, however, that the builelin;:; meets the specifica Gions of this district and providing it is equal to trIe highes t c las si:.nca t:Lo h01.we within 200 feet 0 any point 0 building being moved in;and prool/idee)" it is to be used as a ,S~,.i le-Fa11lj.l;y DvlellLg or accessory buillinc;. n' the buildi g is to be usec1 as an accessory bu:l.ldi , however, it must be o( the same neral construction as the buildLip; proper and be oJ.' conforming use; 26. . . . 5-Article 620-9 and provided, further that plans and specifications be submitted to the Planning and Zoning Commission showing exact location of building on proposed site; nature of improvements, and that these plana and specifications are to be carried out within a 90-day period. 2. Trailers. The parking of house trailers will not be per- mitted in "D' single-Family Dwelling District. 3. Fences. Front yard fences will not be permitted, rear or back yard fences will be permitted; provid1ng, however, that they are constructed of wood or of galvanized chain link, and providing, that the height does not exceed six (6) feet. 4. Building, Remodeling and/or Addition to Existing Building or Buildings, Permits. Expiration date of all permits for building (new construction), remodeling and/or addition to existing buildings shall be one year from date of issuance. 5. Temporary Buildings and/or Trailers. (Used for construc- tion purposes only) shall be removed upon completion or abandonment of construction work. Temporary buildings and/or Trailers shall not be used as a place of residence. 6. Field Offices and/or Trailers. (Used for the sale of real estate only) shall be removed upon request of Build- ing Inspector. Field Offices and/or Trailers shall not be used as a place of residence. 7. Non-Conforming Uses. Where a non-conforming use such as a business, where services are rendered or merchan- dise is sold, in the building proper, attached gar- age, accessory building, hobby shop, and/or any building in liD" Single-Family Dwelling District, is in operation prior to the date of the passage of this zoning ordinance, it will be permitted to operate at the SBme scale; provided, however, that once the busi- ness has ceased to operate on the ssme scale and/or . . . 27 . . . . e . 6-Article 620-9 the utilities for same discontinued for any period of time, it shall be deemed non-conformi and may not resume operationsj and, further that no additions or remodeling may be made in order to enlarge the same business or to change the nature of the business, as any change shall be considered non-con:Corming and cause all future operations to cease. 8. No trailers or inoperable vehicles of any type may be parked or stored in the front yard of II DlI Single-Fami ly Dwelling DJ_strictj but, may be parked or stored in t:re rear yard proper or in an enclosed area. 9. All accessory buildings, including private garage, bona fide servant quarters, when detached from the building proper, or wnen the accessory buildir~ is connected to the bl~_ding proper by a breezeway, there- by making it an integral part of the build proper, shall be of the same general construction and material as the building properj and, no sheet metal roofs will be permitted as roofs must be of same general construc- tion as building proper. Article 620-10 lIElI SINGLE-FAMILY DV'lELLING DISTRICT REGULATIONS S t. 1 US'--- RnaUT nmIONS I 11.,,11 n'.. 1 n '1 D 11 ec lon . '.0., Ltc, r .LJHJ.. 1. n.2., 0nlg. e-_c'aml y we - ing District no land shall be used and no building shall be erected for or converted to any use othr than: 1. A Single-Family Residence. 2. 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TC111pol~ary b- j.J_Ci~~:s to b\~ used fOI' CO~lstl)llctj_on pur- poses only n.11e \.'hLeh Sl18,11 be I',;mov:c] upon cOl1pl.:ct:T.on 01' a b(~ncl 0:1:11' O~;~I COlist:L-rl.lct1o.n 1'JO=-'~'-. Ii' ::_.:] ]. c) o;I:1."':t c s r)i ?,-./ . . . . e e 3-Article 620..10 for the sale of real estate which shall be removed upon the request of the Building Inspector. 8. Bulletin Boards and signs, illuminated or otherwise, but not of the flashing or intermittent ty~ for churches and schools, but not exceeding twelve (12) square feet in area when attached to the building or when erected in the front yard behind a building line. Temporary signs pertaining to the sale or rental of property and not exceeding twelve (12) square feet in area are permitted behind the build- ing line, but shall be removed by the agent or owner immediately upon the sale or rental of the premises; provided, however, that no signs advertising the sale or lease of any premises shall advertise the premises for a purpose for which it is not legally zoned. One larger sign announcing or des- cribing a legally approved subd1;ision or develop- ment may be temporarily erected on each approved plat or development; provided, however, that such sign shall not exceed two hundred (200) square feet in area; provided, however, that the location of such sign be approved by the Building Inspector; that it shall be placed so as not to interfere with the occupancy or use of any lots in the subdivision and that it shall be removed upon the completion or sale of eighty-five (85) percent of the lots or dwellings in the subdivision. Section 2. SPECIFICATIONS In "E" Single-Family Dwelling District there shall be a living area of not less than six-hundred fifty (650) square feet. Section 3. HEIGHT REGULATI~. No building shall exceed two (2) standard stories in height. 30 . . . . e . Article 620-10 Section 4. AREA REGULATIONS. 1. Front Yard. There shall be a front yard having a minimum depth of twenty-five (25) feet except where a parcel of land is of such area and shape that it cannot be appropriately developed without modification. 2. Side Yard. There shall be a side yard on each side of the building plot having a width of not less than five (5) feet. 3. Rear Yard. All buildings shall be not less than two (2) feet from the alley property line. 4. Area of the Lot. All building plots in this district shall contain not less than six thousand (6,000) square feet. 5. Buildings on the Lot. The building or buildings on any one (1) lot must not exceed more than one-third (1/3) of the entire lot area. 6. Parking Space. Off street parking space shall be provided on the lot to accommodate one (1) motor car for each dwell- ing unitj however, no supporting member of any garage, car port or other automobile storage structure shall be located within the required front yard. Section 5. OTHER REGULATIONS. 1. Moving Permits. A building may be moved into an "E" Single- Family Dwelling Districtj provided, however, that the building meets the specifications of this district and providing it is equal to the highest classification home within 200 feet of any point of building being moved inj and provided, it is to be used as a Single-Family Dwell- ing or accessory building. If the building is to be used as an accessory building, however, it must be of the same general construction as the building proper and be of con- forming use; and provided, further that plans and specifi- cations be submitted to the Planning and Zoning Commission showing exact location of building on proposed site; na- ture of improvements, and that these plans and specifica- tions are to be carried out within a gO-day period. 2. Trailers. The parking of house trailers will not be permitted in "E" Single-Family Dwelling District. 31. e e 5-Article 620-10 . 3. Fences. Front yard fences will not be permitted, rear or back yard fences will be permitted; providing, how- ever, that they are constructed of wood or of galvanized chain link, and providing, that the height does not exceed six (6) feet. 4. Buildin~. Remodelin~ and/or Addition to Existin~ Buildin~ or Buildin~s. Permits. Expiration date of all permits for bUilding (new construction), remodeling and/or addition to existing bUildings shall be one year from date of issuance. 5. Temporary Buildin~s and/or Trailers. (Used for construction purposes only) shall be removed upon completion or abandonment of eonstruction work. Tem- porary bUildings and/or Trailers shall not be used as a place of residence. 6. Field Offices and/or Trailers. (Used for the sale of real estate only) shall be removed upon request of Building Inspector. Field Offices and/or Trailers shall not be used as a place of residence. 7. Non-Conformin~ Uses. Where a non-conforming use such as a business, where services are rendered or merchan- dise is sold, in the bUilding proper, attached garage, accessory bUilding, hobby shop and/or any bUilding in "E" Single-Family Dwelling District, is in operation prior to the date of the passage of this zoning ordi- nance, it will be permitted to operate at the same scale; provided, however, that once the business has ceased to operate on the same scale and/or the utilities for same discontinued for any period of time, it shall be deemed non-conforming and may not resume operations; and, further that no additions or remodeling may be made in order to enlarge the same business or to change the nature of the business, as any change shall be considered non-conforming and cause all future opera- tions to cease. . . . 32 e e . 6-Article 620-10 8. No trailers of any type may be parked or stored in the front yard of "E" Single-Family Dwelling District; but, may be parked or stored in the rear yard proper or in an enclosed area. 9. All accessory buildings, including private garages, bona fide servants quarters, when detached from the building proper, or when the accessory building iE connected to the building proper by a breezeway, there- by making it an integral part of the building proper, shall be of tbe same general construction and material as tbe building proper; and, no sbeet metal roofs will be permitted as roofs must be of the same general con- struction as building proper. 10. Eo ino pera b le vebic le s, equi pment, etc., sba 11 be par-k- ed or stored in tbe required front yard of "E" Single- Family Dwelling District. Artie le 620-11 "E" APARTr.1ENT BUILDINGS, DUPLEXES AND/OR ANY OTHER rvIULTIPLE DWELLING DISTRICT REGULATIONS Section 1. In an "E" district the following type of structure sball be allowed, 1. Must be built on a concrete slab 2. Building front must be of masonry and glass, tbe door may be of wood, and the trim on the front may be of wood. 3. If tbe building is situated on the property line, its walls must be six (6) inch masonry construction if it does not exceed one standard story in beight; eigbt (8) inch masonry if heigbt does not exceed thirty-five (35) feet. 4. The roof is to be semi-fire proof material. 5. If tbe building is built not less than ten (10) feet from the property line, it may be built according to "C-Plus" Specifications, with the following . . . 33 . . . . e e 2-Article 620-11 exceptions: (a) Must be of new construction (b) llust be of not less than 750 square feet of living area per fa~ily, excluainz rooming and lodging houses. Section 2. HEIGHT REGULATIONS. No bui loing sha 11 exceed two (2) standard stories in height. Section 3. .AREA REGULATIONS. 1. Front Yard. (a) There sha 11 be a front yard having a minimum depth of not less than twenty-five (25) feet, exceot as hereinafter arovided under Article 620-11, Section 1 , No.5. (b) Where lots have double frontage, running through fro~ one street to another, the required front yard shall be orovi6ed on both streets, except as hereinafter 0rovided under Article 620-11, ;3ection 3, No.1, (a) 2. Side Yard. There shall be a side yard on each side of the lot having a width of not less than ten (10) feet or ten per cent (10%) of the average width of the lot, whichever is smaller, but a side yard shall not be less than five (5) feet, except that the side yard of a corner lot adjacent to a side street shall not be less tban ten (10) feet. 3. Rear Yard. There sball be a rear yard having a depth of not less than twenty 0er cent (20%) of the depth of the lot. 4. Area of the Lot. Except as hereinafter nroviaed all dwellings hereinafter erected, enlarged, relocated, reconstructed, or converted, shall be located upon lots containing.the following areas: (a) A lot on which there is erected a single-family dwelliuE shall oontain not less than six thousand 7. J, j"1' e e . 3-Article 620-11 (6,000) square feet. (b) A lot on which there is erected or converted a two-family dwelling shall contain an area of not less than three thousand (3,000) square feet per family. (c) A lot on which there is erected or ronverted a multiple-family dwelling shall contain an area of not less than one thousand seven hundred forty (1,740) square feet per family, howev~r, any lot on which a multiple-family dwelling is erected shall contain a minimum of six thousand (6,000) square feet. 5. Width of the Lot. The minimum width of the lot shall be fifty (50) feet. 6. Parking Regulations. (a) Whenever a structure is erected or converted for single-family, two-family, or multiple dwelling use, one off-street parking space shall be provided on the lot but not in the required front yard for each dwelling unit in the structure. No parking garage or structure shall be erected in a required side yard and no open parking space shall be located nearer than two (2) feet to the side lot line. (b) Off street parking space on the lot sufficient to accommodate one automobile for each unit must be provided. Sec~ion__~. Accessory buildings, including a pri- vate garage and bona fide servants quarters not for rent but for the use of servants employed on the premises. When the accessory building is directly attached to the main building, it shall be considered an integral part of the main building. When the accessory building is attached to the main building by a breezeway, the breezeway may be considered part of the . . . 35. e e 4-Article 620-11 . accessory building. When the breezeway extends into the ~equired rear yard, it together with the accessory building or buildings may occupy not more than thirty per cent (30%) of the required rear yard, however, where a public alley provides the only access to a garage or accessory building and such alley prOVides open space between lots, more than thirty per cent (30%) of the required rear yard may be covered by accessory buildings provided that the minimum distance between the rear of the main building and the accessory building equals at least twenty (20%) per cent of the depth of the lot. (a) The butlding, or buildings shall be of the same general construction as the main building. No metal roofs. Roofs must be of same general con- struction as building proper. (b) Building, or buildings, must be located on the back side of the lot. Section 5. Signs and name plates relating only to the name of the establishment when such signs are attached to the structure with no po~tion thereof projecting more than one (1) foot into a required yard, if illuminated, not of the flashing or intermittent type, and not exceeding twelve ~ (12) square feet in area, may be erected. Section 6 OTHER REGULATIONS . 1. Moving Permits. No building may be moved into "E" Comn~ercial District. 2. Trailers. The parking of house trailers will not be permitted in "E" Commercial District. 3. Fences. Fences will be permitted in "E" Commercial . District providing they do not exceed eight (8) feet in height, providing that the construction of the fence is of wood or any other material that blends with the general construction of the 36 . . . . e e 5-Article 020--11 building proper, and providing that the fence structure does not obstruct air and that it does not create a traffic hazard. 4. Building. Remodeling and/or addition to existing Building or Buildings. Permits. Expiration date - one (1) year. 5. Temporary Buildings and/or Trailers (Used for construction purposes only) shall be removed upon completion or abandonment of construction work. Temporary Buildings and/or Trailprs cannot be used as a place of residence. 6. Field Offices and/or Trailers (Used for the sale of real estate only) shall be removed upon request of building inspector. Field Offices and/or Trailers cannot be used as a place of residence. 7. No Boats, Crafts, Trailers, Boat Trailers, Horse Trailers, of any type may be parked or stored in the front yard of "E" Commercial District; but may be parked or stored in the rear yard proper or in an enclosed area. 37 e e Article 620 -12 HAll COMMERCIAL, (FIRE ZONE) AND/OR LOCAL RETAIL DISTRICT REGULATIONS SECTION 1. USE REGULATIONS. In an llAIl Commercial District no land . shall be used and no building shall be used, erected or converted to any use other than: Antique Shop Art Gallery Bakery, retail sales only Barber and Beauty Shop Book or Stationery Store Candy, cigars, and tobaccos, retail sales only. Cleaning, dyeing and laundry pick-up station for receiving and delivery of articles to be cleaned, dyed and laundered. . Drug Store, retail sales only. Florist, retail sales only. Automobile Sales, new, or used, retail only. Banks. Grocery Store, retail sales only Hardware, sporting goods, toys, paints, wall paper, clothing, retail sales only Library, rental Meat Market, retail sales only Professional offices for architect, attorney, engineer and real estate ~ Parking lot without public garage or other automobile facilities for the parking of passenger cars and trucks Photographers or artists studio Seamstress, dressmaker, or tailor Studio for the display and sale of glass, china, art objects, cloth and draperies Restaurant or drive-in service Shoe repair shop Washateria, equipped with automatic washing machine of the type customarily found in a home and where the customers may personally supervise the washing and handling of his laundry. . No~her use shall be permitted and no liquor, beer or wine shall be consumed on the premises of a liquor store in this district. 38 e e J.\r'cic L: 620-12 ,s~crrlmT 2. HIGGHT It'':WUL1\TIOl\T,s. No bV.ilcEn::::; or s truc tm:,,:; shall exceed two and one-half (21) standard stories in he1sht, except . as specifically permitted :1..n the existinr:; D':iJ'e O"cHnances of the City of La Porte. ,sEcrrION 3. AR::2":A HEGULATION,s. Buildings may be buil t on property line except as hereinafter provided: (a) Allow proper area for corB truction of sidewalks as specifically stated in existing Fire Ordinances of the City of La Porte. (b) Or as provided in Area Re[~ulations 0::.' exis t:1..n3 Fire 0,. ciinances ol' the Ci ty OJ' La Porte. 1. S.;ngle-Fam:Lly Dwe 11inl', Two-F::'lmily DVJe lling or a ]\Iultiple- Family Dwellin[~ Use. (a) Front Yard-There shall be a front yard of not less than 25 feet, and where lots have a double . froiltas;e, r1.lill1i tI-l:CO.l,1,~~11 from 0"'. '" L\..... street to another, the reouired front yard shall be provided on both streets. (b) ("C"", ,..) J. .1.,_ '.J:8J]~d -The minimum width of the side yard shall b0 10 reet or 1 OL the avera3e width of the lot, whichever is smaller, bU.t a s yard shall not be less than 5 feet. The side yar'd adjacent to a sJ.cJe street shall not be less than 10 feet. (c) .Rear Yard. -A rear yapc} of not less thar1 20;0 o1'\:;he cJepth or' the lot shall be requic ed. ITo accessory builcHilg shall be built at less thai1 2 feet from the alley l:Ll:~. (ci) Cons tr'uc tion-Allbui lcUllgs must be:; of new cons tr'uc tion . anelloI' as required in ths exis t1 F~re OrcHnanccs of the City of La Porte. (0) Day,lci11'" '-.,. 1..L.f. ~ l_i He;:;ula tions-One ofr-stceet pal'1ci spac,::_. shall be provided on the lot but not in the required front yard I'm" each (JvJelLl.n(~; unit 1n the structure. No parlcin2; 3a:L'"'aGe or structure shall be erected in a required side yard and no open parking space shall be located ~earer than two (2) feet to the side lot line. One (1) off street parkins space on the lot sufficient to accommodate one automobile roc each uni t 111LIS t be pr.-'ovic)c:d. (f) Area of the Lot. Except as hereinafter provided all . dwelli hel'einafter erected, enlarsed, relocated, recon- structed, or converted, shall be located upon lots ..-, (~ 5.> . . . . . . e Article 620-12 containing the following areas: 1. A lot on which there is erected a single-family dwelling shall contain not less than six thousand (6,000) square feet. 2. A lot on which there is erected or converted a two- family dwelling shall contain an area of not less than three (3,000) thousand square feet per family. 3. A lot on which there is erected or converted a multi- ple family dwelling shall contain an area of not less than one thousand seven hundred forty (1,740) square feet per family, however, any lot on which a multiple- family dwelling is erected shall contain a minimum of six thousand (6,000) square feet. (g) Width of the Lot. The minimum width of the lot shall be fifty (50) feet. SECTION 4. OTHER REGULATIONS. 1. Retail, office and service buildings shall provide and maintain off-street facilities for the loading and unloading of merchandise and goods within the building or on the lot adjacent to a public alley or private service drive to facilitate the movement of traffic on the public streets. Such space shall consist of a minimum area of 10 feet by 25 feet for each 20,000 square feet of floor space or fraction thereof in excess of 3,000 square feet in the build- ing or on the lot used for retail, storage or service purposes. 2. Temporary Building and/or Trailers - (Used for con- struction purposes only) shall be removed upon com- pletion or abandonment of construction work. Temporary buildings and/or trailers cannot be used as a place of residence. 3. Trailers - The parking of house trailers shall not be permitted in "A" Commercial District. 4. Moving Permits - No building shall be moved into "A" Commercial District. 40. . . . . e e ,{..~.." Article 620-13 "B" CO.MMERCIAL OR LOCAL RETAIL DISTRICT REGU~ATIONS SECTION 1. USE REGULATIONS - In a liB" Commercial District no land shall be used and no building shall be used and no building shall be erected for or converted to any use other than: Any use permitted in thelfA" Commercial District Ambulance Service Aquarium Auto Laundry, including boiler, heating and steam cleaning facilities, in which all washing operations are carried within a building Auto repair garage where all work is conducted inside the building and not including the open storage of vans, trailers or trucks. Auto seat covers; covering Bank, office, wholesale sales office or sample room Bird and pet shops, retail Bowling Alley - If air-conditioned and sound proofed Cafeteria, cafe with drive-in facilities or curb service Camera Shop Caterer and wedding services Cleaning, pressing and dyeing shops Commercial billboard or advertising sign Department store, novelty or variety shop, retail sales only Electrical repairing-domestic equipment and autos, retail sales only Electric substation Exterminating Company, retail Film Developing and Printing Fix-it shops, bicycle repairs, saw filing, lawn mower sharpening, retail only, and where storage and display is within the building Furniture repairs and upholstering, retail sales only and where all storage and display is within the building. Ll . . . . e e Article 620-13 Frozen Food Lockers, retail Gasoline Filling Stations Household and office furniture, furnishings and appliances, retail Ice Delivery station Jewelry, optical goods, photographic supplies, retail sales only Job Printing Laundry Automatic equipped with machines of the type cus- tomarily found in the home, where custom laundering and finishing may be done. Letter and Mimeograph Shop Mortuary Moving B:c ture Theater Nursery, Retail Sale of Plants and Trees Office Building Piano and Musical Instruments, retail sales only Public Garage Plumbing Shop, retail sales only, with warehouse faci- lities or to include storage for ordinary repairs and materials for contracting work. Restaurant with drive-in facilities provided that no food nor drink may be served to vehicles parked on the public street Retail store or shop for custom work or the making of ar- ticles to be sold for retail on the premises Rug cleaning shop, chemical type, where all cleaning operations are carried on within a building where rugs are laid flat on the floor, the chemical mixed with water, applied with a brush, and removed by vacuum cleaning, entirely without the generation of dust. Seed Store Studios, dance, music, drama, health, massage and reducing Tailor Taxi 42 e e Article 620-13 . Wearing apparel including clothing, shoes, hats, millinery and accessories Used Car Lot, providing cars are in operating condition. Junk Yards, Salvage Yards, Used Merchandise Yards and Auto Wrecking Yards, retail sales only, provided that there is no open display of merchandise outside of the building and that business is operated under one (1) roof. Any other retail use provided such use is not noxious or offensive by reason of the emission of odors, soot, dust, noise, gas fumes or vibration but excluding the' sale of wine, beer or liquor for on premises consump- tion except in B-2 and B-4 Commercial District. Accessory building and uses customarily incident to the above. No accessory use shall be construed to permit the keeping of articles or material in the open or on the outside of the building. SECTION 2. SPECIFICATION FOR BUILDING 1. All buildings must be on a concrete slab. 2. The building front must be of masonry and glass, the door may be of wood, and the trim on the front may be of wood. 3. If the building is situated on the property line~ its walls must be six (6) inch masonry construction, i1 Jo~s not exceed one-standard story in height; eight-inch masonry if height does not exceed thirty-five (35) feet. L~. The roof is to be semi-fire proof. 5. If the bUilding is set ten (10) feet off the property line, the walls may be built of a semi-fire proof material and the roof must also be semi-fire proof. SECTION 3. HEIGHT REGULATIONS. No building or structure shall exceed two and one-half (2!) standard stories in height. . . . 4.3 e e . SECTION 4. AREA REGULATIONS. 1. Front Yard. -For a single-family dwelling, two- family dwelling or a multiple-family dwelling use, there shall be a front yard having a minimum depth of not less than twenty-five (25) feet. (a) Where lots have double frontage, running through from one street to another, the required front yard shall be provided on both streets. 2. Side Yard- No side yard shall be required for a re- tail use, except on a corner lot, a side yard of ten (10) feet shall be required on the side street, for a single-family dwelling, two-family dwelling or multi- ple-family dwelling use, a side yard shall be required on each side of the lot at a minimum depth of ten (10) feet or ten per cent of the average width of the lot, whichever is smaller, but a side yard shall not be less than five (5) feet. No side yard shall be required where the "B"-Commercial District is separated from a residential district by an alley. 3. Rear Yard - Where a lot or any portion of a lot is used for single family, two-family or multiple family dwelling use, there shall be a rear yard equal to twenty (20) per cent of the depth of the lot. 4. Area of the Lot - The minimum lot area requirements for single family, two family or multiple family dwell- ings shall be the same as those in the "A" Commercial District. Where dwelling facilities are provided above or behind stores, the lot area requirements shall be the same as those required for multiple-family dwellings in the "All Commercial District. 5. Width of Lot. -The minimum width of the lot shall be fifty (50) feet for single-family, two-family, or multiple family use. For other uses the width may be less than fifty feet. . . . 44 e e Artic le 620-13 . 6. Parking Regulations - (a) The parking regulation for a single-family, two- family and multiple-family dwellings are the same as those in "Ell Multiple Family Dwelling District. (b) The parking regulations for clinics, hospitals, hotels, clubs, lodges and places of public assembly, rooming and lodging houses are the same as those in "Ell Multiple Family Dwelling District. (c) The parking regulations for retail, personal service, professional offices and rataurant uses are the same as those in"A" Commercial District. (d) Business offices and banks shall provide off- street parking space at a ratio of one (1) space for each five hundred (500) square feet of floor area. (e) Bowling alleys shall provide off-street parking space at a ratio of three (3) spaces for each alley. (f) Motor-vehicle salesrooms and used car lots shall provide off-street parking space at a ratio of one (1) space for each one-thousand (1,000) square feet of sales floor or lot area. (g) Establishments for the sale and consumption on the premises of food or refreshments shall provide off-street parking space at ratio of one (1) space for each one hundred fifty (150) square feet of floor space. 7 . OTHER REGULATIONS (a) Retail, office and service buildings shall~o- vide and maintain off-street facilities for the load- ing and unloading of merchandise and goods within the building or on the lot adjacent to a public alley or private service drive to facilitate the movement of traffic on the public streets. Such space shall consist of a minimum area of 10 feet by 25 feet for each 20,000 square feet in the build- ing or on the lot used for retail, storage or service purposes. . . . 4, e e Article 62.0-13 . (b) Temporary Buildings and/or Trailers - (Used for contruction purposes only) shall be removed upon completion or abandonment of construction work. Tem- porary Buildings and/or Trailers cannot be used as a place of residence. (c) Trailers - The parking of house trailers will not be permitted in ItBIl Commercial District. (d) Moving Permits - No building may be moved into ItBIl Commercial District. . . . 46 e e . J.lrticle 620-14 "Clf COl'-H-1ERCIJ.lL, INDUSTRIJ.l L OR IvU\NUFJ.l CTURING DISTRI CT REGULJ.lTIONS Section 1. USE REGULJ.lTIONS - In a "c" District, no land shall be used and no building shall be erected for or con- verted to any use other than: J.lny use permitted in the "B" Commercial District J.lrtificial flower manufacture Artificial limb manufacture J.lutomobile laundry J.luto painting, auto upholstering Awning manufacture, cloth, metal, wood J.lquarium, wholesale J.ldding machine manufacture J.lircraft parts manufacture Airplane repair and manufacture Agricultural implement manufacturing Automobile assembly Automobile parts manufacture Abattoir Acetylene gas manufacture J.lcid manufacture J.lir products manufacture Ammonia manufacture J.lsbestos products manufacture Ash dumps Asphalt manufacture, refining and storage Automobile wrecking yard Beer tavern or lounge where the primary activity is the sale and cOTIsumotion on the premises of beer and wine. Book Printing, binding, bindery Bottling works with syrup manufacture Bowling Alley Bus and Truck storage Bag cleaning plant when equipped with a cyclone separator and bag filters with no exterior exhaust to cleaning equipment Brewery Bag ]'v!anufacture . . . 47 . . . . e e Arti c Ie 620--14 Bank equipment manufacture Backsmith Boiler manufacture and repair of boilers not exceeding 15 H.P. Bolt and nut manufacture Boot and Shoe manufacture Broom manufacture Box and crate manufacture (other than paper) Blast furnace Bleachery Bleaching powder manufacture Boiler works Brass foundry Brick, pottery and tile manufacture other than making of handcraft products only. Cabinet Shop Candy manufacture Canvas awning manufacture Car barns Carpenter shop Carpet cleaning-washing and scouring if dustproof room and dust catching equipment is provided Carting, expre$, hauling or storage Cement storage Ceramic products, handcraft shop having an area of not more than six thousand (6,000) square feet. Clothing manufacture Cold storage plant Commercial amusement Commercial colleges Cleaning and dry cleaning establishment having an area in excess of six thousand (6,000) square feet Contractors storage yard Creamery-whdesale Canning and preserving factory 48 e e Article 62:0-14 . Carbon battery manufacture Celluloid and similar cellulose manufacture Central station, light and power plant Chair manufacture Chick hatchery Coal yard, coal hoist, coal pocket or coal car trestle Coffin manufacture Cooperage company Cotton ginning and baling Cotton seed products manufacture Can manufacture Car manufacture Car wheel foundry Carborundum manufacture Carriage and wagon manufacture Casein manufacture Cast iron pipe manufacture Casting foundry Cattle sheds and pens Caustic soda manufacture Chalk manufacture Cement Manufacture Chlorine manufacture Clay products Concrete mixing Concrete products manufacture Cordage mill Corrugated metal manufacture Crematory Creosote treatment and manufacturing Culvert manufacture Driving range Dry goods, wholesale and storage Dyeing plant having more than six thousand (6,000) square feet Dance Halls . . . 49 e e Article 620-14 Drug manufacture . Dairy - wholesale Disinfectant manufacture Dye manufacturing Dextrine manufacture Distillation of liquors, spirits, etc. Dumping station Egg candling and grading Electrical and neon sign manufacture Electrical repairing - Electro-platingj electro-typing . Engraving plant Envelope manufacture Electric or acetylene welding Electric lamp manufacture Electrical supply manufacture Electrical power plant Elevator manufacture Enameling and painting Egg drying plant Emory cloth manufacture . Engine manufacture Feed store, wholesale and storage Florist, wholesale Food products manufacture, frozen food lockers-wholesale Furniture manufacture Furniture repair and upholstering - wholesale Furniture auction sales Flour milling and grain storage and elevators Fixture manufacture Fur Warehouse Fat rendering . Fertilizer manufacturing Forge works Foundry 50 . . . . =L c 2 ~~;- i } :'"i'u .;1--/ (" '(Je," i' ()} ,.. ('< U. . r, ,~ !,:J~ce ,-, I <'"-j 11 1 ..--, :.1 C. -:'::U ,:; :.') 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IIachlne shop IIotor i'J:',.:.d-Ill~ :CDlina 1 'V."'.'Y lncEHli.'ac tun' fctal proclucts, stalnp:~. manufacturinc lL proC'::;ssin;~: p "G 11eable cas'GJ_:l~~ manu::'ac llr~ ,\...l_ a ~~I ~L rl =t s 11 i 11,"= 'iTa, a'c pac~ plant a:lc'i animal slauc;hteri I\Ionument vTor (8 Minaturo [(ol-r C011rs fI:l.r-[lOI1 rt:~silveJ~ir13 Ira te 1 I'lotion p:Lcture stuc1io, commercial fj.lms Motorcycle repalrln~ ~ovin: and stora~e company Npwspaper prin l clu!)s Optical OOlS mal c tll~ce :~~j.c eqtl.1pY11l?n.t a Sl'pp ly ac tUI:,i 2ct-[1r~e t;.-.l': cl1 J" rc: Ij 11C t=L 0 Cl lJI"O c:? S ~3 a.l-lO rTl tl'OlJ s '~'n;_::J. C)!~i cl ical rlet 11):L)DC ttLi_-1'2 ~ t11',:; (:O"tl~}_ -, j':"r::::. fl"......- r~ C-' ~_." L) v :i_ sJl:;D.llat.-Lo~_1~:i or S11C}-1 ,.m~ 1-1:~ 0~ c s tora'~'O 0 1'0 -,"!....- e . . Article 629-14 all materials relating thereto are approved by the Fire Department of the City of La Porte. Oil compounding and barrelling Oil refinery Oilcloth manufacture Paper products and paper box manufacture Paint mixing, but excluding all cooking or baking operations of paints, varnish and lacquers Penal or correctional institutions for insane, feeble-minded, liquor or narcotic Photo engraving plant Plastic products, mdding, casting and shaping Printing equipment, supplies, repairs Prirting shop Publishing company Pharmaceutical manufacture Pattern shop Petroleum, wholesale storage Poultry feed manufacture Poultry slaughtering Printing ink manufacture Public stable Packing (meats, poultry) establishment Petroleum and petnieum products refining Planning mill Plaster of paris manufacture Railway terminal and yards Rice cleaning and polishing Riding academy Rock crushing Rug manufacture Rag treatment or manufactured products from rags Raw hides and skins, treatment and storage Reduction of ore, garbage, offal, etc. Refining of crank case oil . . . 53 . . . . . e Article 620-14 Refuse dUlnt) Rug cleaning, if no dust proof cleaning room or dust filtering system is used Schools-all types including trade and commercial colleges Second hand furniture Seed Company -wholesale Shoe Store, wholesale sales and storage Sheet metal shop Skating rink Storage of trucks, sand and gravel Storage and sales of used auto Darts and accessories when located inside building and in which no automobile or parts of automobiles for sale is stored or displayed in the open Stone monument work- retail Street car barns Soan compounding Sand and gravel pits Shoe factory Stable Stone Cutting Stone quarry, by snecial rermit in accordance with provisions of Article 620-16. Storage battery manufacturing Storage of live poultry, or poultry dressing Salvage storage yard when located inside building and in which no merchandise is stored or displayed in tbe o Den. Shellac manufacture Smelting metalE and metal ores Snuff manufacture Soap manufacture from vegetable and animal products Starch manufacture Steel mill Stocl\. yaros 3tone crushinE Storage of used lumber and used building materials Stove and range manufacture Taxi cab stora~e and renair - 54' e e Article 620-14 Team tracks and unloading docks, railroads Tire retreading and recapping . Trade schools of all types Transfer and baggage company Trailer camp or tourist ca~p Tr~nk manufacturing Type setting Textile manufacture Tool manufacture Tanning and curing of hides Tar p?Oducts, including tar paper and tar roofing manu- facture Terra Cotta xanufacture . Venetian blind manufacturing Veterinary hospital Varnish ~anufacture Waste paper products manufacture White lead manufacture Wood distillation, including manufacture of tar, char- coal, turpentine, and similar products Wood oreservin~ treatment " ~ Wrecking material yard, provided all merchandise is 10- . cated inside the building and no merchandise is stored or displayed in the ooen. Warehouse, wholesale office, sales and storage Water distillation Washing compound manufacturing Welding shop Wood products manufacture Woodworking shops Any retail or wholesale use, provided such use is not noxious or offensive by reason of emission of odors, soot, dust, noise, fumes or vibrations, but excluding such uses as are enumerated . in Article 620-14, and not prohibited by any other law. Accessory buildings and uses customarily incident to the above uses. No accessory use shall be construed to permit the keeo of articles, goods or materials in the ooen or exposed to 55 Article 62.G-14 the public view. tfuen necessary to store or keep such materials in the open, the lot or area shall be fenced with a solid fence or wall at least six (6) feet in height. SECTION 2. HEIGHT REGULATIONS. No buildi~g shall exceed six (6) standard stores in height unless set back from all lot lines one foot for each one (1) foot above such height limit. vmen a building is located on a lot ad- joining a single-family, two family or an a~tment dis- trict, it shall not exceed three (3) standard stories in height unless it is set bac)\: one (1) foot from all required yard lines for each one (1) foot of additional height above such height limit. And further provided that if at any level the bUilding does not cover in excess of twenty- five (25) per cent of the area of the lot, a tower of unlimited height may be~ected ahove such level. Such tower shall not be located closer than fifteen (15) feet to any lot line and no street wall of such tower shall occupy more than sixty (60) per cent of the frontage of the lot on wtlch such wall faces. SECTION 3. AREA REGULATIONS. - 1. Front Yard - No front yard shall be required for a re- tail, commercial, or.imanufacturing use unless, (a) The street is less than fifty (50) feet in width, in which case a manufacturing or commercial structure shall be placed not less than twenty-five (25) feet from the center line of said street. A twenty-five (25) foot minimum front yard shall be reqtired for a residential duplex, or apartment use. (b) Where the frontage on one side of a street within a block is partly in the 11(3" Commercial District and part- ially in a more restricted district, then the front yard shall conform to the front yard regulations of the more restricted district. 2. Side Y~rd. No side yard shall be required for a retail, commercial, or manufacturing use, except; r . . . . . . 56 . . Article 620," 14 . (a) On the side of a lot adjoining an 11 A", "B", "C"," C PLUS", "D", "Ell Residential District, lIElI Apartment Building, Duplexes and/or any other Multiple Dwelling District, lIAlI Commercial or "B" Commercial and not se- parated therefrom by an alley, there shall be a side yard. (b) For a single-family, two-family, or multiple family dwelling use, a side yard shall be required on each side of the lot. The minimum width of the side yard shall be ten (10) feet or ten (10) per cent of the average width of the lot, whichever is smaller, but a side yard shall not be less than five (5) feet and need not exceed fif- teen (15) feet. 3. Rear Yard. No rear yard shall be required for a retail, commercial, or manufacturing use, except where a lot abuts an "All, "BlI, "ClI, "C PLUSll, lIDlI, lIElI Residential District, "E" Apartment Building, Duplexes and/or any other Multiple Dwelling District, IIAlI Commercial or lIBII Commercial Dis- trict in which event here shall be a rear yard on the rear of the lot equal to twenty ~O) per cent of the depth of the lot but in no case shall a required rear yard be less than ten (10) feet in depth. No rear yard shall be required where the retail, commercial, or manufacturing use is se- parated from the residential district by an alley. For a single-family, two-family, or multiple-family dwelling use, there shall be a rear yard on the rear of the lot equal to twenty (20) per cent of the depth of the lot. 4. Area of the Lot. The minimum lot area requirements for single-family, two- family, or multiple-family dwellings shall be the same as those in the lIAII Commercial District. Where dwelling fa- cilities are provided above stores, the lot area require- ments shall be same as those required for multiple-family dwellings in the IIAlI Commercial District. . . . 57 e e . Article 620/ -14 5. Parking Regulations. (a) The parking regulations for single-family, two- family, and multiple-family dwellings are the same as those in the "E" Multiple Dwelling District. (b) The parking regulations for clinics, hospitals, hotels, clubs, lodges, places of public assembly, rooming and lodging houses are the same as those in the "Ell Multiple Dwelling District. (c) The parking regulations for retail, personal services, professional offices and restaurants are the same as those in "A" Commercial District. (d) Business offices and banks shall provide 01'1'- street parking space at a ratio of one (1) space f~r each five hundred (500) square feet of floor area. (e) Bowling alleys shall provide off-street parking space at a ratio of three (3) spaces for each alley. (f) Motor-vehicle salesrooms and used car lots shall provide off-street parking space at a ratio of one (1) space for each one thousand (1,000) square feet of sales floor or lot area. (g) Commercial amusements establishments, night clubs, and skating rinks shall provide off-street parking space at a ratio of one (1) space for each one hundred (100) square feet of floor area used for amusement or skating. (h) Manufacturing, industrial, and processing estab- lishments, repair shops, warehouses, storage buildings, lumber and supply yards shall provide off-street park- ing space at a ratio of one (1) space for each five (5) employees. The maximum number of employees on duty at any time, day or night, shall be the basis of determining parking requirements for any establishment. Where the number of employees is indeterminate, 01'1'- street parking space shall be provided at a ratio of one (1) space for each one thousand (1,000) square feet of floor area. . . . 58 e e . Article 6.20-14 (i) Retail, office, service, industrial and manufac- turing buildings shall provide and maintain off-street facilities for the loading and unloading of merchandise and goods within the building or on the lot and adjacent to a public alley or private service drive to facilitate the movement of traffic on the public streets. Such space shall consist of a minimum area of 10 feet by 25 feet for each 20,000 square feet of floor space or fraction thereof in excess of 3,000 square feet in the building or on the lot used for retail, storage or service purposes. SECTION 4. SPECIFICATIONS. All buildings in lIClI Commercial, Industrial or Manufacturing District shall be constructed of materials peculiar to the nature of their business and operations and all Building Permits issued for construction shall be subject to the approval of the La Porte Planning and Zoning Commission, the Building Inspector and the City Commission of La Porte. . . . 59 e e . Artic Ie 62.0--15 NON-CONFORMING USES 1. Any use of property that does not conform to the regulations prescribed in the preceding articles of this ordinance and which shall have been in existence prior to July 29, 1958 , shall be called a non-con- forming use. 2. Any non-conforming use of land or structure may be continued for definite periods of time and subject to such regulations as the Board of Adjustment may require for immed- iate preservation of the adjoining property and the ultimate removal of the non-conforming use. The Board of Adjustment may grant a change of occupancy from one non-conforming use to another, providing the use is within the same, or higher classification as the original non-conforming use; provided, however, that such change of use and occupancy will not tend to prolong and continue the non-conforming use. A non-con- forming use may be changed to a use authorized in a "B" Commercial or higher classification use district, without obtaining a permit from the Board of Adjustment, provided it is not a change from a higher to a lower classification use. A non-conforming use once changed from a lower to a higher classification use shall not be changed to a lower classifica- tion use, and such prior lower classification use shall be considered abandoned. 3. A non-conforming use shall not be extended or rebuilt in case of obsolescence or total destruction by fire or other cause. In case of partial destruction by fire or other causes, not exceeding 50 % of its value, the Building Inspector shall issue a permit for reconstruction. If greater than 50% and less than total, the Board of Ad- justment may grant permit for repair after public hearing and having due regard for the property rights of the persons affect- ed when considered in the light of the public welfare and the character of the area surrounding the designated non-conforming use and the conservation and preservation of property. 4. Any duplex or apartment use existing on July 29, 1958 , . . . 60 . e Article _6~(}'15 . that was a non-conforming use on that date, shall thereafter be deemed a conforming use. 5. Violation of this ordinance and a request for a non- conforming designation or request for relief under this design- ation shall not create an esto~l of the trial of any law suit which may be filed in any court. 6. Country clubs, private golf courses, maintaining a standard nine hole course or more, fraternal clubs, athletic clubs, tennis clubs or other private bona fide olubs, which have had a permit to sell beer for on-the-premise consumption on July 29. 19~~ , may have such permit renewed as a non-conforming use; provided, however, that if the operation of such club or golf course by reason of the sale of beer creates a nuisance in the neighborhood, then in that event, the Board of Adjustment upon due notice and a public hearing may revoke such permit and thereafter no new permit may be granted at such location. The sale of beer, liquor or wine for consumption off the premises, which had a permit on July 29, 1958_, may be continued and a permit therefor may be granted or renewed in any "B" Commercial District except B-2 and B-4 or lower class- ification non-conforming use, or that may hereafter become a non-conforming use of the same character; provided, however, that if the sale of beer or liquor creates a nuisance through the viiation of the character of license that is granted, then the Board of Adjustment upon due notice and a public hearing may revoke such permit and thereafter no renewal permit may be granted at such location. . . . 61 e e . Article 020,,16 SPECIAL PERMITS The City Council of the Cty of La Porte may, after public hearing and proper notice to all parties affected, and, after recommendation from the La Porte Planning and Zoning Commission containing such requirements and safeguards as are necessary to protect adjoining property, authorize the location of any of the following in the specified districts: 1. Any use of public building to be erected or used by the City, County, or Federal Government in any district. 2. Private schools, kindergartens and nurseries teaching the same subjects as public elementary and high schools in any district, providing the building or buildings are set back from all required yard lines in the district in which they are to be located two (2) feet for each foot of building height and provided off street parking facilities are provided. For schools and kindergartens a minimum building area of thirty (30) square feet per pupil and a minimum site area of two hundred (200) square feet per pupil shall be provided. 3. Institutions of a religious, educational or philan- thropic nature in any district. 4. Private housing projects and shopping centers con- sisting of not less than three (3) acres and when accompanied by a site plan drawn to scale and showing the arrangement of the project in detail together with essential requirements such as parking facilities, locations of buildings and the uses to be permitted, and means of ingress and egress in any district. S. Airport or landing fields or airport facilities in any district. 6. Day nurseries in any district. 7. Dog kennels and veterinarian hospitals in the "B" Commercial or 1IC" Commercial districts or on a farm of five (S) acres or more in any district. 8. Temporary commercial amusement enterprises such as circuses, carnivals, driving ranges, miniature golf courses, pony rides, miniature train rides, and rodeos in any district. . . . 62 e e . Article 620..16 9. Riding academy or public stable on sites of five (5) acres or more, in any district. 10. Radio broadcasting towers and stations, television towers and television transmitting stations in any district. 11. Any installation of a public utility either privately or publicly owned in any district. 12. Water reservoir, water pumping station, water towers or artesian wells in any district. 13. Hospital, dental and medical offices, clinics, children's homes, convalescent homes, old people's homes, maternity homes, in the IlEIl District or in any district where a site of five (5) acres or more is provided. Hospitals, den- tal and medical offices, clinics, convalescent homes, old people's homes and maternity homes existing in an IlEIl District on the effective date of this ordinance shall be deemed con- forming. 14. Homes for the insane, alcoholic, feeble-minded and narcotics in the IlEII Apartment, IIBII Commercial, or IlCII Commer- cial or in any district where a site of twenty (20) acres or more is provided. 15. Hotels and motels in the IIEII Apartment District. 16. Private clubs and community buildings in an IIEIl Apart- ment District or on a site of three (3) acres or more in any district. 17. Drive-in theatres in the liB" Commercial and "c" Commercial Districts or on sites of ten (10) acres or more in any district. 18. Greenhouses and nurseries in any district. 19. Dance Halls, when located in IICII Commercial District or on sites of ten (10) acres or more in any district, or dancing privileges in private clubs, organizations (religious or fraternal) which maintain their own club rooms; or in com- munity rooms in establishments where the general public is not admitted, where occasional dances are held which are incidental to the primary use of the property and whbh are not open to the general public. . . . 63 e e . Article 62'0-16 20. Tourist camps and trailer parks in the "B" Commercial District. 21. Rock quarries, sand, gravel and earth excavations. At the time the permit is granted, the City Council may impose reasonable conditions for the protection of the public health andmfety, and may provide for the restoration of such property to a usable condition after excavations have been terminated. 22. Where the La Porte Planning and Zoning Commission is considering a change in zoning from a residential or apart- ment zoning to a lower classification and the area in question involves three or more acres under one or more owners, or if it contains lesser area and would constitute the extension of an existing district whereby the provision of off street park- ing facilities, screening walls, fences or planting and open space would create a protective transition between a lesser and more restricted district, or if it would constitute the extension of an existing special permit, the La Porte Planning and Zoning Commission may, within its discretion, make the following recommendations to the City Council: (a) Recommend against the change in zoning. (b) Recommend a change in zoning. (c) Recommend that a special permit for such area be granted together with its recommendations as to require- ments for the paving of streets, alleys and sidewalks, means of ingress and egress to the public street, pro- visions for drainage, parking space and street layouts, and protective screening and open space. 23. Every special permit granted under the provisions of this article shall be considered as an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance as applicable to such property. In granting such permit the City Council may impose conditions which shall be complied with by the grantee before certificate of occupancy may be issued by the Building Inspector for the use of the Build- ings on such property pursuant to said special permit; and such . . . 64 e e Article 6J:fQ,.-16 . conditions shall not be construed as conditions precedent to the granting of the special permit or the change in zoning of such property, but shall be construed as conditions precedent to the granting of the certificate of occupancy. . . . 6, e e . Article 62D.~17 SPECIAL PARKING AND AREA REGULATIONS AND EXCEPTIONS 1. Vision Clearance. On any corner lot on which front and side yards are required, no wall, fence, structure, sign, tree, shrub or hedge may be maintained as to cause danger to traffic by obstructing the view, and when topography prevents a clear view, this bank shall be removed. 2. FRONT YARD. The front yards heretofore required shall be adjusted in the following case: A. Where thirty-five (35) per cent or more of the frontage on one side of a street between two intersecting streets is developed with buildings that have observed, with a variation of five feet or less, a front yard greater or lesser in depth than herein required, new buildings shall not be erected closer to the stre~than the building line so established by the exist- ing buildings, however, this regulation shall not be interpreted as requiring a building line of more than seventy-five (75) feet. B. vfuere the frontage between two intersecting streets is developed with buildings that have not observed a front yard as described in "A" above, then: (1) vmere a building is to be erected on a parcel of land and will not be more than two hundred (200) feet from existing buildings on either side, the building line shall be a line drawn between the two closest front corners of the adjacent buildings on the~o sides. (2) \Vhere a building is to be erected on a parcel of land that is within two hundred (200) feet of an existing bulld- ing on one side only such building may be erected as close to the street as the existing adjacent building, however, this regulation shall not be interpreted as requiring a buiding line of more than seventy-five (75) feet. C. Hhere a building line has been established by ordi- nance and such line requires a greater setback than is pres- cribed by this ordinance in the district in which the building line is located, no building shall be erected closer to the street than the line so established. . . . 66 e e Article 62.0-17 . D. vfuere a building line is shown on a plat recorded for record with the County Clerk of Harris County after July 29, 1958, , and such building line provides a front yard of twenty-f1ve (25) feet or more in depth and a side yard of ten (10) feet or more in depth and is part of a comprehensive plan for the orderly development of a subdivision either with a uniform or staggered building line, no building shall be erected closer to the street than the building line or lines so shown. However, any building line established by ordinance shall take precedence over a building line shown on a recorded plat. . E. Open and unenclosed ter~aces or porches and eave and roof extensions may project into the required front yard for a distance not to exceed four (4) feetj provided, however, that no supporting structure for such extensions may be lo- cated within the requir-ed front yard. The supporting structure of an open car port or other structure for the storage of auto- mobiles shall not be located within the required front yard. An unenclosed canopy for a gasoline filling station or similar business may extend beyond the building line but shall never be closer to the property line than twelve (12) feet. The . building line of a gasoline filling station shall mean the actual wall of the filling station and shall not be interpreted as being the curb of a walk or driveway or as the front of a canopy or the columns supporting same. 3. Side and Rear Yards. (a) Every part of the required side or rear yard shall be open and unobstructed except for accessory bu~dings as per- mitted herein and the ordinary projection of window sills, belt courses and other ornamental features projecting not to exceed twelve (12) inches. Eaves and awnings on main resi- dential structures may project to within three (3) feet of a . side lot line. (b) Accessory buildings may be built in the rear yard except that when such accessory building is located closer than fifteen (15) feet to the man building it shall observe the s8me side yard as required for the main building. 67 e e Article 620-17 . (c) Open or lattice enclosed fire escapes, fireproof outside stairways, balconies opening upon fire towers, and ordinary projections of chimneys and flues into rear yards may be permitted by the Building Inspector into the required rear yard for a distance not to exceed three and one-half (3~) feet. (d) Terraces, uncovered porches, platforms and ornamental features which do not extend more than three (3) feet above the ground (first) floor level of the building may project into a required side yard provided such projections not be erected closer than two (2) feet from the side lot line. . L~. Lot Area. On any lot separately owned on July ., 29. 195~ , a single-family house may be ~ected even though of less area than required by these regulations. 5. Location of Dwellings and Buildings. Only one main bunding for single-family, two-family or multiple-family use with permitted accessory buildings may be located upon a lot or unplatted tract. Every dwelling shall face or front upon a street or officially approved place, other than an alley, which means of access shall have a minimum width of fifty (5)) feet. vJhere a lot is used for retail, commer- . cial, industrial, or a combj.nation of same, or for a combina- tion of retail and dwelling purpose, more than one (1) main building may be located upon the lot but only when such buildings conform to all the open space, parking and density requirements applicable to the uses and districts and when all such main buildings face upon a street or officially approved place, other than an alley. l~enever two or more main buildings, or portions thereof, are placed upon a single lot or tract and such buildings will not face upon a street or officially ap- proved place, the same may be permitted when the site plan . for such development is approved by the La Porte Planning and Zoning Commission so as to comply with the normal requirements for platting providing both buildings are of same type of con- struction. No parking area, storage area, or required open space for one building shall be computed as being the open 68 e e Article 620-17 . space, yard or area requirements for any dwelling or other use. vmenever an area or tract of three (3) acres or more under one or several ownerships is proposed for development with more than one (1) main building, permits may be issued for housing projects, shopping centers, institutions, indus- trial development, or a combination development of two or more uses when the same is issued as prescribed in Article 620-16. 6. Erection of Duplex in Class "DII, "E", or "c" Resi- dential District: . Two family dwellings may be erected in Class "C", "D", or IlE" Residential District where forty (40) per cent of the street frontage between intersecting streets was developed with two-family dwellings prior to July 29, 1958 , and the corresponding frontage on the opposite side of the street may likewise be used for two-family dwellings as provided for in Article 62Q-lO; provided, however, that the area and park- ing regulations in the IlE" Multiple Family Dwelling District are complied with. 7. Erection of an Apartment in Class "C", "D", "E" Residential District or "Ell Multiple Dwelling District: Multiple-family dwellings may be er>ected in an "E" Multiple-Dwelling District, Class "C", "Dll, liE" Residential District where forty (40) per cent of the street frontage between intersection streets was developed with multiple- family dwellings prior to July 29, 1958 , and the corresponding frontage on the opposite siue of the street may like1,'11se be used for multiple-family dwellings as pro- vided in Artic Ie 620-11; provided, hew ever, that the area and parking regulations of the "Ell l'v'lultiple-Family District are conwlied with. 8. 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These areas are designated on the Special Parking Exceptions Map, which map is attached and made a part of this ordinance. (b) In Loca 1 Retai 1 or itA" or "Bu Commercia land "C" Commercial District, where fifty (50~ or more of the frontage in a block between two intersecting streets has been developed with retail or commercial buildings or usage which have not provided the ratio of Darking as required herein, any remain- ing lot or tract of land may be improved with a building or converted to a Local Retail or Commercial Building or use and shall provide parking space in the same ratio, if any, as was required of the existing improved properties in the block on either side of the street, and likewise, in these districts buildings may be remodeled, altered, or reconstructed subject to the regulations orovided herein. 9. Outer Courts: Whenever an outer court in a building uaed or intended to be used for dwelling ourposes is formed by three exterior walls of the building in which are located any o~enings, win- dows or doors for light, access, air or ventilation, the mean depth of the court measured from the base wall to a line pro- jected from the outer edge of one protruding wall to the outer edge of the other protruding wall shall not be greater than one and one-half (l~) times the distance between the two pro- truding walls. Whenever the depth of the court equals or exceeds fifty (50%) per cent of the distance between the nro- trudins walls, the minimum width of an outer court shall be twelve (12) feet for one (1) standard story building, twenty (20) feet for two story buildings, thirty (30) feet for three story buildings, and.for buildings exceeding three standard stories in height, the width of an outer court shall be inc- reased ODe (1) foot for each two (2) feet the building ex- ceeds three standard stories. . . . 70 e e . Article 620-18 BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT SECTION 1. It is the declared purpose of this ordinance that non-conforming uses be eliminated and be required to conform to the regulations prescribed in the preceding articles of this ordinance, having due regard for the property rights of the persons affected when considered in the light of the public welfare and the character of the area surrounding the designated non-conforming use and the conservation and preservation of property. The Board shall, from time to time on its own motion or upon cause presented by interested property owners, inquire into the existence, continuation or maintenance of any non-conforming use within the City. . . SECTION 2. ORGANIZATION. There shall be a Board of Adjustment consisting of five members, or as many as pro- vided by law, appointed by the City Council. It shall have all the powers granted by and be organized and controlled by the provisions of Section 7, Chapter 283 of the laws of 1927 and any amendments thereto. SECTION 3. JURISDICTION. When in its judgement, the public convenience and welfare will be substantially served and the appropriate use of the neighboring property will not be substantially or permanently injured, the Board of Adjustment may, in specific cases, after public notice and public hearing, and subject to appropriate conditions and safeguards, authorize the following special exceptions to the regulations herein esta- blished. . 1. Permit the reconstruction, extension or enlarge- ment of a building occupied by a non-conforming use on the lot occupied by such building provided such reconstruction does not prevent the return of such property to a conforming use. 2. Permit such modifications of the height, yard area and parking regulations as may be necessary to secure appropriate development of a parcel of land of such restricted area and shape that it cannot be appropriately developed without such modification. 71. e e :~~ i~' 'l~ J_ c 1 ':) 2 ~_) _ 1 0 ...;. . '--'. -~ ",y,,,, ..l "-' i_ (:l_'_ I.) S ~-:; () -, 0'. lot () J'~-! . 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The no ce prov e in this section shall be . vel by publica on (:; C=Lll18S 111 offic:1.al publicatioli of (-i V O"r' IJ2 POL' C' , u tj.I1.,.~J the tllne place 0 such (j 1.j_ vIll.=~_ C 11 1;I:L 11 ~lO t L.) c: e 21"l:t i:::.r thclCl. lJ C ~'-l (J c"l;j-S r :LJon-l ttle fj,rs t clay 0:' such pub Ilea tions J a - r) tioel theceto, Board of adjus Sh2.11 Dlail notices 0:-' such heae:1 to the peti oner a to the owners of proper ly1 w:L th1n two 'nlJ J" (1 .,,~ 0 0' ( no 0 \n e 0 ..[- '--_,_ . 1 j L' G', c.. ) L.... '...-' .J of 211Y point ai' the lot or portion thereof, 0::-1 whtch a varj_at10,1 is cicslrec, ancJ to all () 1.' r'Cl')son,s de~.~ms(j b~T the 30a1")c1 to lJr:? af:Cec teo th'2r)eb~T~ S llCh OVJ1181"S persons shall c (, {J':~O 2ccor~d1 to C1.1l')rl~?rlt tcL~X . r~()11s of or Lc'. Fo:cte, SlJDS T~8. al c l1cl'nc ;':~ tl1...-; c'21/;i th she"ll be senJc:c1 !O ,., ft & Slll11.Cle , provjc} C 'h: l'-' , that -=:po s j~ t o s11crl c n no tic in L12L 1 Bocce! shall be ce21ne rna t .1~ . c< " o l~ :Lei t compLiance 'lid th purpose of' this ~ 1(0 Ie.. , \ e e . Article 620-18 7. Any special exceptions authorized by the Board of Adjustment, eitber under the provisions of this chapter, or under the authority granted to the Board of Adjustment under the statutes of the State of Texas, shall authorize the issusnce of a Building Permit or a Certificate of Occu- pancy, as the case may be, for aperiod of ninety (90) aays from the date of the favorable action on the part of the Boara of Adjust~ent, unless such Board of Adjustment in its minutes shall, at the same time, grant a longer period. If the Builaing Permit or Certificate of Occupancy shall not have been issued within saia ninety day period, or such ex- tended period, as the Board may specifically grant, then the special excentions shall be deemed waived, and all rights thereunder terminated. Such termination and waiver shall be without prejudice to a subsequent apneal to said Board of Adjustment in accoraance with the rules and regulations re- garding appeals. 8. No appeal to the Board of Adjustment shall be allowed on the same piece of property prior to the expiration of six months from a ruling of the Board of Adjustment on any appea 1 to such body unless other property in the same zoned area shall have, within such six-months' perioa, been altered or changed by a ruling of the Board of Adjustment, in which case such change of circumstances shall permit the allowance of an appeal but shall in no wise have any force in law to compel the Board of Aajustment after a hearing to grant such subsequent appeal, but such appeal shall be considered on its merits as in all other cases. 9. The City Commission may, from time to time, on its own motion, or on petition of an interested property owner, or ovmers, amend, supplement or change by ordinance the boundaries of the districts or the regulations herein established. . . . 73 - e Article 620-18 . All such petitions shall be accompanied by a fee of $50.00, payable to the City of La Porte, no 'part of which shall be returnable regardless of the action taken on the petition. . . . 74 . . . . e e Article 620-19 ~PLATTED PROPERTY AND/OR SUBDIVISIONS The Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of La Porte shall not approve any plat of any subdivision within the corporate limits 0f the City of La Porte and within five (5) miles of the said corporate limits until the area covered by the proposed plat shall have been permanently zoned by the City Council of the City of La Porte. The Planning and Zoning COmITlission of the City of La Porte shall not approve any plat of any subdivision within any area where a petition or ordinance for annexation or a recommend- ation for annexation to the City of La Porte is pending before the City Council. In the event the Planning and Zoning Commission holds a hearing on proposed annexation, it may, at its discretion, at the same time hold a hearing upon the permanent zoning that is to be given to the area or tract to be annexed, and make a recommenda- tion on both matters to the City Council so that the City Council can, if it desires, act on the matter of permanent zoning and annexa- tion at the same time. Section 1. DEFINITIONS 1. SUBDIVISIONS. - The term "subdivision" means the division of a parcel of land into two (2) or more lots or parcels for the purpose of transfer of the ownership or building develop- ment, or, if a new street is involved, any division of a parcel of land; provided that a division of land for agricultural purposes into lots or parcels of five (5) acres or more and not involving a new street shall not be deemed a subdivision. The term includes resubdivision and, when appropriate to the context, shall relate to the process of subdividing or to the land subdivided. 2. STREETS AND ALLEYS. The term "street" means a way for vehicular traffic, whether designated as a street, as a high- way, thoroughfare, parkway, throughway, road, avenue, boulevard, lane, place or however otherwise designated. 75 . . . . e e Article 620-19 (a) MAJ9R THOROUGHFARES OR ARTERIAL STREETS, are principal traffic arteries more or less continuous across the city which are intended to connect remote parts of the city and which are used primarily for fast or heavy vclume traffic and shall include but not be limited to each street designated as a major street on the Major Street Plan. (b) COLLECTOR STREETS are those which carry traffic from minor streets to the major system of arterial streets and highways, including the principal entrane streets of a residential development and streets for circulation within such a development. (c) MINOR STREETS are those which are used primarily for access to the abutting residential properties and which are intended to serve traffic within a limited residential district. (d) MARGINAL ACCESS STREETS are minor streets which are parallel to and adjacent to arterial streets and highways; and which provide access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic. (e) ALLEYS are minor ways which are used primarily for vehicular service access to the back or the side of properties otherwise abutting on the street. 3. COMMISSION. The City Planning Commission of the City of La Porte. 4. SUBDIVIDER and/or DEVELOPER. The terms tfSubdivider" and tfdevelopertf are synonymous and used interchangeably, and shall include any person, partnership, firm, association, corporation, and/ or any officer, agent, employee, servant, and trustee thereof, who does, or participates in the doing of, any act toward the subdivision of land within the intent, scope and preview of this ordinance. The singular shall include the plural, and the plural shall include the singular. 5. SHALL AND MAY. As used herein, the word 11 shall tf is mandatory, the word tfmay" is permissive. 6. DEFINITIONS NOT EXPRESSLY prescribed herein are to be determined in accordance with customary usage in Municipal 76 . . . . e e Article 620-19 Planning and Engineering practices. Section 2. GENERAL. Before any plan, plat or re-plat of a subdivision or addition of land inside the City of La Porte or within five (5) miles of the City limits thereof shall be recorded with the County Clerk of Harris County and until same has been approved by the City Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of La Porte in conformity with the provisions of this ordinance even though the instrument or document of transfer may describe land so subdivided by metes and bounds. The filing of any plan, plat or replat without complying with the requirements of this ordinance, or transfer of land by the filing of any instru- ment in the nature of a conveyance without having first complied with the requirements of this Ordinance, shall oe deemed a violation of the provisions of the Ordinance. Section 3. PROCEDURE. 1. Previous to the filing of an application for conditional approval of the Preliminary Plat the subdivider shall confer with the Mayor and members of the City Commission on an informal basis to discuss the proposed plat, its conformity to these regulations, relationship to surrounding property, streets, etc. 2. Procedure for Conditional Approval of Preliminary Plat: (a) All persons desiring to subdivide tracts of land within the area above described shall first prepare and submit to the Planning and Zoning Commission a Preliminary Plat together with the supplementary material as specified in Section 6. (b) Four (4) copies of the Preliminary Plat and supple- mentary material shall be submitted to the Planning and Zoning Commission with written application for conditional approval at least four (4) days prior to the meeting at which it is to be con- sidered. (c) Following review of the Preliminary Plat and supple- mentary information, the Commission shall, within thirty (30) days, act thereon and if approved, the Planning and Zoning Commission 77 e e Article 620-19 . shall express its approval and Conditional Approval and state the conditions of such approval, if any, or if disapproved, shall express its disapproval and its reasons therefor. (d) The action of the Planning and Zoning Commission shall be noted on two (2) copies of the Preliminary Plat, referenced and attached to any conditions determined. One copy shall be returned to the Subdivider and the other retained by the Planning and Zoning Commission. (e) Conditional Approval shall be considered to be approval of a plat or replat subject to conformity with prescribed conditions, but shall be deemed to be disapproval of such plat or replat until such conditions are complied with. 3. Procedure for Approval of Final Plat: (a) The Final Plat shall conform substantially to the Preliminary Plat as approved, and if desired.by the Subdivider, ' it may constitute only that portion of the approved Preliminary Plat which he proposes to record and develop at the same time, provided, however, that such portien conforms to all requirements of these regulations. (b) Application for approval of the Final Plat shal.l be submitted in writing to the Planning and Zoning Commission at least four (4) days prior to the meeting at which it is to be considered. (c) Four copies of the Final Plat and other exhibits' required for approval shall be prepared as specified in Section 6, and shall be submitted to the Planning and Zoning Commission within six (6) months after approval of the Preliminary Plat; otherwise such approval shall become null and void unless an extension of time is applied for and granted by the Commission. 4. Short Form Procedure for Re-Subdivision~ Where land in an existing subdivision is to be re- subdivided and where such land abuts upon a street or streets of adequate width and is so situated that no additional streets, alleys, easements, or other public property is required; and where the proposed . . . 78 . . . . e e Article 620-1-9 changes are j,n accordance with the Zoning Ordinance for the district in which such re-plat is located, an application for approval of such plat, together with four (4) copies of such plat shall be submitted to the Planning and Zoning Commission at least four (4) days prior to the meeting at which it is to be considered. The Planning and Zoning Commission shall have authority to approve or disapprove such short form plat. The re-plat shall be drawn to a scale of not less than two hundred feet to one inch and show existing streets, alleys, and other public properties with dimensions, adjoining tracts of land, known marked or monumented corners, length of lot lines, North Arrow, and other pertinent information, and a certificate of owner- ship. Section 4. DESIGN STANDARDS. 1. STREETS. (a) The arrangement, character, extent, width, grade, and location of all streets, shall conform to the General Community Plan and shall be considered in their relations to the existing and planned streets, to topographical conditions, to public convenience and safety, and in their appropriate relation to the proposed uses of the land to be served by such streets. (b) Where such is not shown in the General Community Plan, the arrangement of streets in subdivision shall either: 1. Provide for the continuation or appropriate projection of existing principal streets in surrounding areas; or 2. Conform to a plan for the neighborhood approved or adopted by the Planning and Zoning Commission to meet a particular situation where topographical or other conditions make continuance or conformance to existing streets impracticable. (c) Minor streets shall be laid out so that their use by through traffic will be discouraged. (d) Where a Subdivision abuts or contains an existing or proposed arterial street, the Planning and Zoning Commission may require marginal access streets, reverse frontage with screen 79 . . . . e e Article 620-19 planting contained in a non-access reservation along the rear property line, deep lots with rear service alleys, or such other treatment as may be necessary for adequate protection of residential properties and to afford separation for through and local traffic. (e) Where a subdivision borders on or contains a railroad right-of ,way or limited access highway right-of ..way, the Planning and Zoning Commission may require a street approximately parallel to and on each side of such right-of way, at a distance suitable for the appropriate use of the intervening land, as for park purposes in residential districts, or for commercial or industrial purposes in appropriate districts. Such distances shall also be determined with due regard for the requirements of approach grades and future grade separations. (f) Reserve strips controlling access to streets shall be prohibited except where their control is definitely placed in the city under conditions approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission. (g) Street jogs with centerline offsets of less than one hundred and twenty-five feet shall be avoided. (h) A. tangent at least one hundred feet long shall be introduced between reverse curves on arterial and collector streets. (i) When connection street lines deflect from each other at anyone point by more than ten degrees, they shall be connected by a curve with a radius adequate to insure a si~distance of not less than fifty feet for minor and collector streets, and of such greater radii as the Planning and Zoning Commission shall deter- mine for special cases. (j) Streets shall be laid out so as to intersect as nearly as possible at right angles and no street shall intersect any other street at less than sixty degrees. (k) Property lines at street intersections shall be \ rounded with a radius of ten feet or of a greater radius where the Planning and Zoning Commission may deem it necessary. The Planning and Zoning Commission may permit comparable cut.,offs or chords in place of rounded corners. 80 . . . . e e Art.Lcle 020-19 (1) Street right-of-way widths shall be as shown in the General Community Plan and where not shown therein shall be not less than as follows: Street Type Arterial (Major Thoroughfare) Co Hector Minor or Residential Marginal access Right-of ,-way ft. 100 80 60 40 (m) Half streets shall be prohibited, except where essential to the reasonable development of the subdivision in con- formity with the other requirements of these regulations; and where the Planning and Zoning Commission finds it will be practicable to require the dedication of the other half when the adjoining pro- perty is subdivided. Whenever a half street is adjacent to a tract to be subdivided, the other half of the street shall be platted within such tract. (n) Dead--end streets; designated to be so permanently, shall not be longer than four-hundred feet and shall be divided at the closed end with a turnaruund having an outside roadway diameter of at least 80 feet, and a street property line diameter of at least one hundred feet. (0) No street names shall be used which will dupUcate or be confused with the names of existing streets. Street names shall be sub<.Ject to the approval of the Planning and Zoning Commisston. (p) No street grade shall be less than two-tenths of one percent. Street grades shall be approved by the Mayor and other members of the City Ccmmission. 2. ALLEYS (a) Alleys shall be provided in commercial and industrial districts} except that the Planning and Zoning Commission may waive this requirement where other definite and assured provision is made for service access, such as off-street loading, unloading, and parking consistent with and adequate for the uses proposed. (b) The width of an alley shall be sixteen feet. 81 . . . . e e Article 620-19 (c) Alley intersections and sharp changes in alignment shall be avoided, but where necessary, corners shall be cut off sufficient~y to permit safe vehicular movement. (d) Dead-end alleys shall be avoided where posSible, but if unavoidab le, shall be provided with the adequate turn-around facilities at the dead. end, as determined by the Planning and Zoning Commission. 3. EASEMENTS. (a) Easements across lots or centered on rear of side lot lines shall be provided for utilities where necessary and shall be at least ten feet wide. (b) Where a subdivision is traversed by a water course, a drainage way, channel, or stream, there shall be provided a storm easement or drainage right-of-way conforming substantially with the lines of such water course, and such further width or construction, or both, as will be adequate for the purpose. Parallel streets or parking ways may be required in connection therewith. 4. BLOCKS. (a) The lengths, widths and shapes of blocks shall be deter- mined with due regard to: 1. Provision for adequate building sites suitable to the special needs of the type of use contemplated. 2. Zoning requirements as to lot sizes and dimensions. 3. Needs for convenient access, circulation, control and safety of street traffic. 4. Limitations and opportunities of topography. (a) Block lengths shall not exceed 1600 feet, or be less than 400 feet. (b) Pedestrian crosswalks, not less than ten feet wide shall be required where de':med essential to provide circulation, or access to schools, play grounds, shopping centers, transpor- tation, and other community facilities. 5. LOTS. (a) The lot size, width, depth, shape and orientation, and the minimum building setback lines shall be appropriate for the 82 e e Article b20-19 . location of the subdivision and for the type of development and use contemplated. (b) Residential lot dimensions shall be not less than fifty feet in width and provide an area of net less than 6000 square feet. The depth and width of properties serveJor laid out for business or industrial purposes shall be adequate to provide for off-street parking and service facilities required by the typ~ of use or development proposed. (c) Corner lots for residential use shall have extra width to permit appropriate building setback from an orientation to both streets. (d) The subdividing of the land shall be such as to provide) by means of a public stre~t) each lot with satisfactory access to an existing public street. (e) Double frontage and reverse frontage lots should be avoided where essential to provide separation of residential . development from traffic arteries or to overcome specific disadvan- . tages to topography and orientation. A planting screen easement of at least ten feet and across which there shall be no right of access) shall be provided along the line of lots abuting such a traffic artery or other disadvantages use. (f) Side lot lines shall be substantially at right apgles or radial to street lines. 6. PARKS AND PLAY GROUNDS. Where a proposed park) play ground, school or other public use shown in the General Community Plan is located in whole or in part in a subdivision) the Planning Commission may require the dedication or reservation of such area within the subdivision in those cases in which the Planning and Zoning Commission deems such re- quirements to be reasonab Ie. . 7. LAND, which the Planning and Zoning Commission has found to be unsuitable for subdivision due to flooding, bad drain- age, and other features likely to be harmful to the safety, wel- fare, and general health of the l'cs:Ldents, and which the 83 e e Ar)ClC Ie 620-19 . Planning and Zoning Commission considers inappropriate for sub- divisions, shall net be subdivided, unless adequate methods for correcting same are formulated by the developer and approved by the Mayor and the other members of the City Commission and the Planning and Zoning Cummission. Section 5. REQUIRED IMPROVEMENTS. Within the city limits and within one mile of the city limits the following improvements are required: (a) MONUMENTS 1. Monuments shall be placed at all block corners, angle points, points of curves in streets, and at intermediate points as required by the Planning and Zoning Commission. 2. Monuments shall be made according to specifications set up by the City of La Porte. (b) UTILITY AND STREET IMPROVEMENTS. 1. Before beginning any construction of the improve- ments outlined in this section on proposed roadways or public utilities pertaining to the subdivision, one complete set of plans and specifications of such construction, in the form of plats) maps, sketches or other satisfactorily written descrip- tion shall be filedwith the City Commission. These shall show how such features as roadways, cross sections and longitudinal slope or drainage, full description of proposed pavement or street improvement, its grade and slope, dimensions and specifi- cations concerning public utilities to be installed showing proposed position on the ground, specifications of materials and construc-, tion, and profile maps cf all sanitary and storm sewers showing both ground surface and flow line, and any other pertinent information of similar nature. All improvements shall be designated and constructed In a manner approved by the City Commission. If any part of the proposed construction is considered unsatisfactory by the City Comm- ission, construction operation shall not be started on the effective portions until alterations are made, so that the completed work shall comply to the standards approved by the City Commission. . . . 84 . . . . e e ArtJ,c1e 620-19 2. The following minimum standards for improvement shall be agreed to in each subdivision lying within the city limits of the City of La Porte and wi':,hin five miles from the corporate limits of said city before final approval of a plat by said Commission. (1) street and Roadway Pavement: All roadways shall be paved with a minimum base of compacted caliche or shell six inches in thickness and a surface cf cold mix asphaltic concrete or its equivalent, three,-fourth inches in thickness. Specifications for materials and the placing thereof shall be approved by the City Commission. Pavement widths, including standard eighteen inch curbs and gutters for the various types of streets shall be as follows: Major Thoroughfares 60 feet Collector 40 feet Minor 40 feet Marginal access 20 feet (2) Sidewalks: Sidewalks may be required when the judgment of the Planning and Zoning Commission decides that the safety of pedestrians requires such sidewalks. (3) Where a public sanitary sewer is reasonably accessible, each lot within a subdivided area shall be provided with a connection to such sanitary sewer. The minimum size for mains shall be approved by the City Commissj,on. When any subdivision is planned that is not reasonably accessible t;:.: a public sanitary sewer, it shall provide either for the use of septic tanks or an individual sewage treatment plant as follows: a. Septic Tanks: In all subdivisions planned for septic tank use the minimum lot area shall be twelve thousand square feet per single family dwelling. Septic tanks shall be installed on each lot concurrent with any development thereon and the design of such system and the method of installation shall conform in all respects to the requirements of the City-County Health Unit 85 e e Article 620-19 . of Harris County. The City-County Health Unit shall have the auth- ority to vary the lot area requirement where satisfactory evidence is presented indicating that soil condi tj,ons are such as to warrant a modification. b. Individual Sewage Treatment Plants: In all subdivisions planned to be serviced by an individual sewage treatment plant, lots may be of standard area and sewers shall be installed to serve each lot. The plant providing such sewage disposal facilities shall be constructed in accordance with the regulations and requirements of the State Board of Health and with the approval and under the super- vision of the City.,County Health Unit of Harris County and the City Commission. (4) Water Lines. a. Where an approved public water supply iSIEasonably accessible or procurable, each lot within the subdivided area shall be provided with access to such water supply. The layout shall be designed to form a loop system. No main shall be smaller than six inches and the minimum size for service lines shall be two inches. b. In areas where a public "rater supply is not available, the subdivider shall construct wells in such a manner that an . . adequate supply of potable water shall be available to every lot in the subdivision. Such water supply system shall be constructed under the supervision of the City-County Health Unit of Harris County and shall comply with all regulations of the State Board of Health in regard to such systems, as well as providing pipe sizes and layout requirements of paragraph a. above. (5) Drainage shall be provided by surface construction as approved by the City Commission. (6) In the area outside the one mile boundary and within the five mile area, curbs, gutters, and sidewalks may be e limina t ed . Section 6. PLATS AND DATA (1) Preliminary Plats and Data for Conditional . Approval: 86 . . . . e e Artlc 1'.:::; (j20-19 The preliminary plat shall be drawn on a scale of one hundred feet to the inch or larger and shall show the following: 1. The title, north point, direction of prevailing breeze, scale and date. 2. The name of the owner or owners and theengineer or surveyor. 3. Vicinity sketch or key map at a scale of not more than four hundred feet to the inch which shall show all existing subdivisions; streets and tracts of acreage in the area and the general drainage plan, ultimate destination of water and possible storm sewer connections by arrows. 4. The outline of the tract the plat is proposed to subdivide vIi th principal dimensions. 5. The location and name of existing streets and any blocks, lots, alleys) easements, building lines and water courses or other natural features in area affected, with principal dimen.- sions, and all significant information, including ownership in re- gard to the property immediately adjacent or across bounding streets, on all sides for a distance of not less than two hundred feet. 6. The proposed plan of subdivision, showing streets, blocks, lots; alleys, easements) building lines, parks, etc., with principal dimensions. The prelIminary plat shall cover all of the tract intended to be developed, at any time even though it is intended by the developers or developer to file plats and install improve- ments for parts of said tract by sections or units. 7. The name of proposed streets: Such names shall conform to the existing streets of vIhich they may be or 'become extensions or otherwise shall not duplicate or conflict with the recognized name of any other street located in the area subject to these regulations. 8. Typical cross section of proposed street improvements. S. The location of existing sewer, water and gas mains and other public utilities, if any. 10. Proposed g~neral plan for storm water drainage 87 . . . . e e Article 620-19 sufficiently detailed to indicate the locations of drainage ditches or structures and the direction of 1'10\1. 11. Any zoning district affecting the area being platted or any proposed changes in zoning for which application will be made. 12. Water courses and all trees over eight inches in diameter between street lines. 13. Contours of not more than five foot interval may be required by the Commission. (2) Plats and Data for Final Approval: The final plat shall be dravlD to a scale of one inch to one hundred feet or larger, in ink on linen. The Final Plat shall show the following: 1. The title or name by which the subdivision is to be identified, North Point, the scale of the map, and the name of the registered professional engineer or licensed state land surveyor responsible. 2. A definite legal description and identification of the tract being subdivided, this description shall be sufficient for the requirements of title examination. The plat shall be a descriptive diagram drawn to scale, and shall show by reference that the subdivision is a particular portion or part of a previously filed plat or an original grant, which diagram and description shall show as being included in the subdivision, plat or grant, out of which the instant subdivision is divided, or so much thereof; as is owned by the subdivider. 3. The boundaries of the subdivided property, the located or designation of all streets, alleys; parks) and other areas intended to be dedicated or deeded to the public use, with proper dimensions. The boundaries shall be indicated by a heavy line equivalent to a No. 5 Payzant Pen and shall be tied by dimens.lon tache established center line of all existing boundary streets. 88 e e Articl? 620-19 . 4. The loca,ion of all adjacent streets and alleys, '~lith their names and the names ;jf adjoining subdivisions wHh exact lucaticn and designation by number of lots and blocks. 5. All lot, b.Lock, and street boundary .Lines, 'with blocks and lots numbered er lettered c<,nsecutively. Building lines and easements shall be shown and shall be defined by dimension. The actual \~idth of all streets shall be sho\~n, measured at right angles or radially when curved. All principal lines shall have the bearing given and deviation from the norm indicated. 6. Accurate dimensions; both linear and angular, of all items on plat; the boundary survey on the sit~ shall close vTithin 1 in 10,000 and the plat fcl' record shall so shoVl. The linear dimensions re;hall be expressed in feet and the plat for record rehall so shovl. The angular dimensions may be shown by bearings. Curved boundaries shall be fully described and all essential information given. Circular curves shall 'De defined by actual ler,gth of a radius and not ly degree of curve. Complete dimensional data shall be given on fractional lots. 7. The description and location of all lot and b lod: corners and permanent survey reference monuments shall be shOl.m. 8. A certificate of ownership in fee of all land embraced in the subdLvision, and of the authenticity of the plat and dedication, signed and acknowledged by all owners of any interest in said land. The acknowledgment acceptance of all lien holders shall be included. 9. A certificate by registered professional engineer or li censed land surveyor duly authenticated, that the plat is true and correct and in accordance with the determination of all surveys ac- tually made on the ground. If the engineer or surveyor Ylho pre- pared the plat did not make the original boundary survey, this fact should be noted in the certificate. Also, t.he certificate should shoVl t.he distance the tract is from the city limits of the City of La Porte, measured in a straight line from the nearest point on the city Umi ts, unless the information is shown in suitable manner 2ls2~here on the face of the plat. . . . 89 . -- Artj,cle ()20-19 . SeCG:1.on 7 .'/J\LIDITY AIm Sl.':\r~;jmILI'I'Y T .~. ~'~I 0 {, a Yl~T ~ee [18 on arl~Y s C~ c t ~Lo.n, l)C1.r'2:~~~ ~ca p11, Bubd:! v:1.s:1.on~ c lau S , pncasc, or prov1s:1.on OJ.' thi s see tion of thc; 11i OnJ.:Llance shall bc? lc.1 1 (1\" a 1 i cJ , :1. t shall not i.: ,'" ect 2emaln:L provisions of this 0"" any 0 r ordinanc of the City of La Porte to which these l'ules o.nc1 i'e::..;tl1atlons relate. Sect5.0i'L 8. [\PP~~L Dny SlJbC:::. :C:.:C COi.l stln:...: ail;)' cUoappl'oval ae th':; 111tc~rpr'2tat .on ancJjor app11cat101 oi' any rule, stan- . ca:ed, y)e tj,o;, , cl c.; t~0 :encL lla t 1 Of}, 'C:2 nllirernC' [1 t c:e "[18 C e s s =1. sot :forth j.f1 -this sec~ion 0 the Ordin2nc0 dir)cctly o:~ by de le~~a tlon or' au thoe1 ty shall h3.\1c the riCht, after ,......, . 1:1. .Ll a writ n request with the secretary of the Com- mission, to have a heari thereon before the Comm:1.ssio vdt111n tw':;nty-one days after tlk date of f:LLL of such r'2quest. 'I'hr-? Cornm:1.ss10 shall be the final juch:;c' in all such cases, and th.? substant:1.al ev:1.cL:::nc rule shall apply. . . 90 e e . Article 620-20 BOUNDARIES OF DISTRICTS SECTION 1. Rules where uncertainty may arise: Where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of the various districts as shown onthe map accompanying and made a part of this ordinance, the following rules apply: 1. The district boundaries are street, alley and property lines unless otherwise shown, and where the districts designated on the map accompanying and made a part of this ordinance are bounded approximately by street, alley, or pro- perty lines Shall be construed to be the boundary of the dis- trict. . 2. Wherethe district boundaries are otherwise in- dicated, and where the property has been or may hereafter be divided into blocks and lots, the district boundaries shall be construed to be property lines, and where the districts desig- nated on the map accompanying and made a part of the ordinance are bounded approximately by lot lines, the lot lines shall be construed to be fue bounda~y of .the districts unless the boundaries are otherwise indicated on the map. 3. In subdivided property, the district boundary lines on the map accompanying and made a part of this ordinance shall be determined by use of the scale appearing on the map. 4. In case of a district boundary line dividing a property into two parts, the district boundary line shall be construed to be the property line nearest the less restricted district. . . 5. Whenever any street, alley or other public way is vacated by official action of the City Council, the zoning district adjoining each side of such street, alley or public way shall be automatically extended to the center of such vacation and all area included in the vacation shall then and henceforth be subject to all regulations of the extended districts. 91 e e Article 620-21 . CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND COMPLIANCE . 1. No building hereafter erected or structurally altered shall be used, occupied or changed in use until a certificate of occupancy has been issued byfue Building Inspector, stating that the building or proposed use of a building or premises complies with the building code and the provisions of these regulations. A change in use shall be construed to mean any change in the occupancy or type of business. . . 92 e e Artic Ie 620-.22 . . COMPLETION OF EXISTING BUILDINGS Nothing herein contained shall require any change in the plans, construction or designated use of a building actually under construction at the time of the passage of this ordinance and which entire building shall be completed within one year from the date of the passage of this ordi- nance. Nothing herein contained shall require any change in plans, construction or designated use of a building for which a building permit has been heretofore issued and which entire building shall be completed within one year from the date of the passage of this ordinance. If any amendment to this ordinance is hereafter adopted changing the boundaries of districts, the provisions of this ordinance with regard to bu~ing or premises existing or building under construction or building permits issued at the time of the passage of this ordinance shall apply to buUdings or premises existing, to buildings under construction or building permits issued in the area affected by such amendment at the time of the passage of such amendment. Commitments with reference to construction of public utility buildings necessary for proposed expansion of this City made prior to the passage of this ordinance shall be ob- served. . . 93 e e . Article e20-23 ENFORCEMENT, . The provisions of this ordinance shall be adminis- tered and enforced by the Building Inspector of the City of La Porte. All applications for building permits shall be accompanied by a plat in duplicate, drawn to scale, showing the actual dimensions of the lot to be built upon, the size of the building to be erected, the use of the property, and such other information as may be necessary to provide for the enforcement of these regulations. A careful record of such applications and plats shall be kept in the office of the Building Inspector. . . 94 e e Article 629:-24 . PENALTY FOR VIOLATION . Any person or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance or fail to comply therewith or with any of the requirements thereof, or who shall build or alter any building or use in viola- tion of any detailed statement or plan submitted and approved hereunder shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be liable to a fine of not more than~o hun- dred and nO/lOO ($200.00) dollars nor less than a minimum of fifty and no/lOO($50.00) Dollars and each day such violation shall be permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense. The owner or owners of any building or premises or part thereof, where any- thing in violation of this ordinance shall be placed or shall exist, and any architect, builder, contractor, agent, person or corporation employed in connection therewith and who may have assisted in the commission of any such violation shall be guilty of a separate offense and upon conviction shall be fined as herein provided. . . 95 e e . ARTICLE 6~g-25 CHANGES AND AMENDr'TENTS 1. The governing body may from time to time amend, supplement, or change by ordinance the boundaries of the districts or the regulations herein established. 2. Before taking action on any proposed amend- ment, supplement, or change, the governing body shall submit the same tofue La Porte Planning and Zoning Com- mission for its recommendation and report. 3. A public hearing shall be held by the govern- ing body before adopting any proposed amendment, supple- ment or change. Notice of such hearing shall be given by publication three times in the official publication of the City of La Porte; stating the time and~ace of such hearing, which time shall not be earlier than fif- teen (15) days from the first date of publication. 4. Unless such proposed amendment, supplement or change has been approved by the La Porte Planning and Zoning Commission, or if a protest against such proposed amendment, supplement or change has been filed with the City Secraary, duly signed and acknowledged by the owners of twenty (20%) per cent or more either of the area of the lots included in such proposed change or those immediately adjacent in the rear thereof extending 200 feet therefrom or of those directly opposite thereto extending 200 feet from the street frontage of such opposite lots, such amendment shall not become effective except by a three- fourths vote of the governing body. 5. The official zoning map of the City of La Porte shall be kept in the office of the City Secretary and copies thereof shall be maintained: (1) A copy in the office of the City Planning and Zoning Commission and (2) A copy in the office of the Building Inspector. It shall be the duty of the City Planning and Zoning Commission to keep the official map current and the copies thereof, herein provided for, by entering on such maps . . . 96 e e Article 620-25 . any changes which the Council may from time to time order by amendments to the Zoning Ordinance and Map. The City Secretary, upon the adoption of this Ordinance, shall affix a certificate identifying the map in his office as the official zoning map of the City of La Porte. He shall likewise officially identify the copies directed to be kept in the Office of the La Porte Plan- ning and Zoning Commission and the Office of the Build- ing Inspector. . . . 97 e e 2. Article 62b-26 DEFINITIONS Certain words in this ordinance are defined for the purpose thereof as follows: 1. Words in the present tense include the future; words in the singular number include the pural number; the words in the plural number include the singular; the word "building" includes the word II structure"; the word "lotI! includes the word "plot", the word "shall" is mandatory and not directive. Accessory Building: (a) In a residence or apartment district, a sub- . . ordinate building, attached to or detached from the main building, without separate utilities, not used for commercial purposes and not rented and contain- ing servants quarters, a washroom, a storage room for domestic storage only, and space for one or more automobiles. (b) In other districts, a subordinate building, the use of which is incidental to and used only in con- junction with the main building. 3. Alley: A public space or thoroughfare which affords only secondary means of access to property abutting thereon. 4. Apartment: A room or suite of rooms in an apartment house arranged, designed or occupied as the residence by a single-family, individual, or group of indivi- duals. 5. Apartment House: Any building, or portion thereof, which is designed, built, rented, leased, let or hired out to be occupied as three or more apartments or which is occupied as the home or residence of three or more families living independently of each other and maintaining separate cooking facilities. 6. Apartment Hotel: Any bu~ng larger than an apartment . . 98 e e Article 620-26 . house designed or built to be occupied as a series of separate apartment s and by persons living inde- pendently of each other. 7. Area of the Lot: The area of the lot shall be the net area of the lot and shall not include portions of streets and alleys. 8. Basement: That portion of a building between floor and ceiling, which is partly below and partly above grade, but so located that the vertical distance from grade to the floor below is less than the ver- tical distance from grade to ceiling. 9. Block: An area within the City enclosed by streets and occupied by or intended for buildings; or, if said word is used as a term of measurement, it shall mean the distance along a side of a street between the nearest two streets which intersect said street on said side. 10. Boarding House: A building other than a hotel, where lodging and meals for five or more persons are served for compensation. 11. Breezeway: A covered passage one story in height connecting a main structure and an accessory building. 12. Building: Any structure built for the support, shelter and enclosure o~ persons, animals, chattels or movable property of any kind. 13. Building Line: A line parallel or approximately par- allel to the street line and beyond which buildings may not be erected. 14. :euilding, End of: Those sides of the building having the least dimensions and in which doors or opening are not customarily provided for ingress and egress. 15. Business: Include local retail, commercial, first and second manufacturing uses and districts as henin . . . 99 e e Article 620-26 . defined. 16. Cellar: That portion of a building between floor and c61ing which is partly below and partly above grade but so located that the vertical distance from grade to the floor below is greater than the vertical distance from grade to ceiling. 17. Clinic, Medioal An institution or station for the examination and treatment of ill and afflicted out-patients. 18. Convalescent Home: Any structure used for or occu- pied by persons recovering from illness or suffering from the infirmities of old age. 19. Court: An open, unoccupied space, bounded on more than two sides by the walls of the building. An inner court, is a court entirely surrounded by the exterior walls of a bUilding. An outer court is a court having one side open to a street, alley, yard or other permanently open space. 20. Customary Home Occupations: A customary home occu- pation is an occupation customarily carried on in the home by a member of the occupant's family without structural alterations in the building or any of its rooms, withoutthe installation of machinery other than that customary to normal household operation or additional equipment without the employment of additional persons, without the use of a sign to advertise the occupation and whbh does not cause the generation of additional traffic in the street. 21.. Day Nursery: A place where children are left for care between the hours of 7 a.m. and 12 p.m. 22. Depth of Rear Yard: The mean horizontal distance be- tween the rear line of building other than accessory building and the rear lot line and depth of a required rear yard is twenty (20) per cent of the depth of the lot. . . . 100 e e Article 620-26 . 23. Depth of Lot: The mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines. 24. Dwelling, One-Family: A detached building having accomodations for and occupied by not more than one family, or by one family and not more than four (4) boarders or lodgers. 25. Dwelling, Two-Family: A detached building having separate accomodations for and occupied by not more . than two families, or by two families and not more than four (4) boarders or lodgers. (Two boarders or lodgers to each unit.) 26. Dwelling Unit: A building or portion of a building which is arranged, occupied or intended to be occu- pied as living quarters. 27. District: A section of the City of La Porte for which the regulations governing the area, height, or use of the buildings are uniform. 28. Efficiency Apartment: An apartment having a com- bination living and bedroom. (No S2parate bedroom.) 29. Family: A family is any number of individuals living together as a single housekeeping unit, in which not more than four individuals are unrelated by blood. 30. Farm: An area of two acres or more, which is used for the growing of the usual farm products such as ve- getables, fruits, trees and grain and their storage on the area as well as the raising thereon of the usual farm poultry and farm animals such as horses, cattle, sheep and swine and including dairy farms with the necessary accessory uses for treating and storing the produce; provided, however, that the operation of such accessory use shall be secondary to that of the normal activities; and provided further that it does not include the commercial feeding of offal or garbage to swine or other animals. . . 101 e e Article 920-26 31. Front Yard: An open, unoccupied space on a lot facing . a street and extending across the front of a lot be- tween the side yard lines and being the minimum horizontal distance between the street line and the main building or any projection thereof other than the projection of the usual steps or eave overhang. 32. Grade: (a) For buildings having walls adjoining one street only, it is the elevation of the sidewalk at the cen- ter of the wall adjoining the street. (b) For buildings having walls adjoining more than . one street, it is the average of the elevation of the sidewalks at the center of all walls adjoining the street. (c) For buildings having no wall adjoining the street, it is the average level of the finished surface of the ground adjacent to the exterior walls of the build- ing. Any wall approximately parallel to and not more than five (5) feet from a street line is to be con- sidered as adjoining the street. Where no sidewalk has been constructed, the Director of Public Works shall establish such sidewalk level . or its equivalent for the purpose of these regulations. 33. Gross Floor Area: The gross floor area of an apart- ment house shall be measured by taking the outside dimensions of the apartment building at each floor level excluding however, the floor area of basements or attics not used for residential purposes. 34. Height: The height of a building or portion of a building shall be measured from the average esta- blished grade at the street lot line or from the . average natural ground level, if higher, or, if no street grade has been established, to the highest point of the roof's surface if a flat surface; to the deck line of mansard rooms; and to the mean height between eaves and ridge for hip and gable roofs. 102 e e . .Article 620-26 In measuring the height of a building ,the following structures shall be excluded; chimneys, cooling towers, elevator bulkheads, pent houses, tanks, water towers, radio towers, ornamental cupolas, domes or spires, and paraoet walls not exceeding four (4) feet in height. 35. Hobby Shoo: .An accessory use houseD in a dwelling or in an accessory building in which the residents of the premises engage in recreational activities, none of which shall disturb the neighbors on either side or in the rear thereof, and from which no revenue may be derived, in which no goods may be publicly displayed, offered for sale, nor may any sign be used in connection therewith. 36. Home Occupations: Any occupation that is customarily performed at home that does not involve a structural change in the building, that does not require the employment of help, the installation of equipment or the disulay of a sign, ano shall not include beauty culture schools, beauty oarlors, doctor's offices for treatment of patients. 37. Home Work Shoo: See Hobby Shop 38. HOEuital: An institution or olace where sick or in- jured in-patients are given medical or surgical care either at public (charity) or private expense. 39. Hotel and Motel: A building or arrangement of build- ings designed and occuuied as a temporary abiding place of individuals who are lodged with or without meals, in which the rooms are usually occupied singly for hire, in which there are no nrovisions for cook- ing in individual Y'ooml:i or apartrGents, and in which there are more than twelve (12) sleeping rooms, a public dining room accommodating more than twelve (12) guests and a central kitchen. . .' . 103 e e A:'tlc Ie 620-26 . Li,o. HouslnC Project: An area o~ three (3) 0,.--' 1'10';>0 aCYl":'''' __ 1. ~ '-__ J.. v kJ al'ran0;eci accorO:L to a site plan to be submitteC to and to be approved by Ci ty Plalmin'~ Zon:i. Commission anO the City Council on which :i.s indicate the arnot'nt 0 " 1a to be devoted to housi facj_l=tt5_\?s, tI1(:? 11' eLl'r"o. peon, J ' h G06C:;~G ~c:'~c 1/11 th the an mCl1t of ace ss s e \~S alleys, and the entire cl'cea 1s to l)c~ ZOj:12C 3.8 elj:) :1 Apar ZOlV:? t 11:~~ =_')/:3cornrnerlC'd O'! 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One-Family Dwelling: A detached bUilding having accommodations for and occupied by one famly, or by one family and not more than four (4) boarders or lodgers. 48. Open Space: Area included in any side, rear or front yard or any unoccupied space on the lot that is open 47. . and unobstructed to the sky except for the ordinary projection of cornices, eaves or porches. 49. Parking Space: An area of not less than 180 square feet (measuring approximately 9 feet by 20 feet) not on a public street or alley, surfaced with an all weather surface, enclosed or unenclosed, together with an all weather surfaced driveway connecting the parking space with a street or alley permitting free ingress and egress. In any dwelling, duplex or apartment district shall not include the parking of trucks or buses for commercial purposes, head-in parking adjacent to a public thoroughfare wherein the maneuvering is done. A public street shall not be classified as off street parking in computing the parking requirements for any use. Place: An open, unoccupied space reserved for pur- . 50. poses of access to abutting property. Private Garage: An accessory building or portion thereof in which not more than five (5) privately owned motor-driven vehicles are stored by occupants of the premises, not more than one of which may be a truck of not to exceed 1 or l~ ton capacity. 52. Public Garage: A bunding or portion of a building 51. . used for repair, care, or servicing of motor-driven vehicles, or where motor driven vehicles are equipped l~ e e . Article 620-26 for operation, or kept for hire or sale, but not including the open storage of trucks, trailers and vans. 53. Private Stables. A stable with a capacity for not more than four horses or mules. 54. Public Stables. A stable with a capacity for more than four horses or mules. 55. Rear Yard. The required rear yard is an open space un- occupied and unobstructed across the rear of a lot from one side lot line to the other side lot line and having a depth of twenty (20%) per cent of the depth of the lot. Accessory buildings may occupy not to exceed thirty (30%) per cent of the area of the required rear yard, except that in the "E" District where access to accessory build- ings is from a public alley, more than thirty (30%) per cent of the required rear yard may be covered by such buildings provided that the minimum distance between the rear of the main building and the accessory building equals at least twenty (20%) per cent of the depth of the lot. 56. Shopping Center. An area consisting of three (3) acres or more arranged according to a site plan to be submitted to and to be approved by the City Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council, on which is indicated the amount of land to be devoted to the shopping village, the detailed arrangement of the various buildings, park- ing area, streets, and type of zoning desired. It shall require that the installation of all utilities, drainage structures, the paving of streets, parking area, alleys and the installation of sidewalks in accordance with the City of La Porte specifications for each type of improve- ment. 57. Servants Quarters. An accessory building or portion of a main building located on the same lot as the main build- ing and used as living quarters for servants employed on the premises and not rented or otherwise used as a separate domicile. . . . 106. . e Article 620-26 . 58. Side Yard: .An open, unoccupied space on the same lot with a building, situated between the building and side line of the lot and extending through from the front yard to the required rear y~rd. .Any lot line not the rear line or a front line shall be deemed a side line. 59. Storage Garage: A building or portion thereof used for the storage of more than five (5) passenger motor vehicles and trucks of not more than one and one-half (li) ton capacity. 60. Story, Half: A story having an average height of not more than eight (8) feet, covering a floor area of not more than seventy-five (75%) per cent of the area of the floor of the first story below. 61. Story, Standard: One having eleven (11) feet six (6) inches between floors. 62. Street: Any thoroughfare or public driveway, other than an alley, and more than twenty (20) feet in width, which has been dedicated or deeded to the public for public use. 63. Street Line: A dividing line between a lot, tract or parcel of land and a contjg uous street. 64. Structural Alterations: Any change in the supporting member of a building, such as a bearing wall, column, beams or girders. 65. Two-Family Dwelling: A detached building having separate accommodations for and occupied by not more than two femilies, or by two families and not more than four boarders and lodgers. 66. Trailer Camp or Park: An area designed, arranged or used for the parking or storing of one or more auto trailers which are occupied or intended for occupancy as temporary living quarters by individuals or families. . . . 107 e e Article 620-26 . 67. Used Car Lot: A lot or portion thereof to be used only for the display and sale of automobiles that are in condition to be driven on or off the lot. A used car lot shall not be used for the storage of wrecked automobiles, or the dismantling of auto- mobiles, or the storage of automobile parts. 68. Width of side yard: The mean horizontal distance between a side wall of a building and the side line of the lot, or to the center line of an alley ad- jacent to such side lot line. 69. Yard: An open, unoccupied space other than a court, on the lot in which a building is situated and which is unobstructed from the ground to the sky. 70. Tourist Court: One or more buildings oesigned or used 8S temporary living quarters for automobile transients in which indivioual cooking facilities mayor may not be provided. If facilities are provided for indivi- dual cooking so that the units may be occupied as dwelling units, the same area, density and yard re- gulation as required in the "Ell Apartment District, shall be observed. In a~l cases, one off street parking space shall be provided for each room or suite of rooms in the tourist court. . . . 108 ~ ( e e Article 62b-27 . PRESERVING RIGHTS IN PENDING LITIGATION AND VIOLATIONS UNDER EXISTING ORDINANCES By the passage of this ordinance, no presently illegal use shall be deemed to have been legalized unless specifi- cally such use falls within a use district where the actual use is a conforming use. Otherwise, such uses shall remain non-conforming uses where recognized, or an illegal use, as the case may be. It is further the intent and declared purpose of this ordinance that no offense committed, and no liability, penalty or forfeiture, either civil or . criminal, incurred prior to the time the ordinance providing that no Building Permit and no Moving Permit be issued ex- cept with the approval of the City Planning and Zoning Com-l mission or the Governing Body of the City of La Porte was repealed and the present Zoning Ordinance adopted, shall be discharged or affected by such repeal; but prosecutions and suits for such offenses, liabilities, penalties or forfeitures may be instituted or causes presently pending proceeded with in all respects as if such prior ordinance had not been repealed. . e: 109 - - f\1~'-l' c -l' ,. 620-2.1" '" L, " ._,,) VALIDrl'Y If any see oon, parar';caph, subdivision, clause, phrase or provisJon or this orclinance shall adjudged J.nvalid or" held UllConstJ.tutional, the same shall not affect the '/a11c1i t;r of this ol'cHnance as a ll'lhole or any part or pr"ovisions thereot' othc~I' than the part so clc?c:Ldc?cl to be 1nvalJ.d Oi' l.,FlCOnf:> ti tu tJonal. 110 e e Article 620-28 . VALIDITY If any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase or provision of this ordinance shall adjudged invalid or held unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of this ordinance as a whole or any part or provisions thereof other than the part so decided to be invalid or unconstitutional. . . . 110 -- e l\rtlcl(' J?Oq';:?o \'THm'T '~FFEC'rIV:~ The fact that heretofore no zonin~ reGulations have been p1'ovid(;d to prop(Jrl.y saJ'eguaI'd the [";cne1'al public Tilclfare, health... peace and safety, cl'c;atcs an Ul'r;cnc:':l and an emer!::icncy, and requires tha t this Ordinance bc:~coll1c e free tj, vc immccUa te ly upon its passaCe?, and :i t is accor>Cl- inCly so ordained. PASSED AND APF~VED BY : THE CITY gOiVlI'.JIS3ION OF THE CITY OF' LA FORTE, this the ~.tA.., day of ~~ , 1960. APPTIOVED AS '1'0 FOHn: ,,7 /-~t . /; ( ) ) I > bi C. \j-- - \::f~ .~.- C. L. Pitman Clty Attorney Passed: {{},cI;J.&J ~~ / 9~ 0 (oate)-'--- :r.- . - '-~ '/7 Correctly Enrolled: O~Ti!)e..zFk ro/'6u -, c1~ter' R . It J)J~ M~he City .) C{~J L..~ Trxa;i:- /~!T~ ~!i.A__<-/T:Y ~y C erk of t B Forte, Te.xafl III e . Article 620 -29 . HHEN EFFECTIVE The fact that heretofore no zoning regulations have been provided to properly safeguard the general public welfare, health, peace and safety, creates an urgency and an emergency, and requires that this Ordinance become effective immediately upon its passage, and it is accord- ingly so ordained. PASSED AND APPR~~ BY :THE CITygoMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, this the 1:. Clay of t.I2<!z-~ , 1960. . APPROVED AS TO FORM: C. L. Pitman City Attorney Passed: tJl;cI-".J..e,J "'" ~ / '? &, 0 (date) /~~/ Correctly Enrolled:. O~riOe.J5"'R. ././ bC/ (date) Texas:- . ~ ~T? .. .y C. erk of ~.~~ t e C y ~f La Porte, Texas _....________..,~___w_ ) J --.-",,,,--' . 11l -- ~.,... ,."...,.,." r!lll 'f~""'J"'I"lljl~P "IJI'I~ "1'" '"T" ''T1I'''''1I1'rrflfll'lf ',""',.,. "'I I' - -''-- - '--~--,->".,.,."".,.. '''11' r ""--~~"-~~~~~~~"-"""'-1",~,,,,,,,---,,,,,?,,",,---,,......~-- -.' _","'_'~-"~'-,__pR . e of La Porte by the La Porte-Bayshore Sun, the official city . newspaper of the City of La Porte, to certify which witness my hand and seal of office. i# day of ~: 1962. . au: 1f9h~ CLOVIS D. MA~.JN City Clerk of the City of La Porte