HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 2025-4048_Minimum house width_Single-FamilyORDINANCE 2025-4048
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 106 "ZONING" OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS BY ADOPTING REGULATIONS
ESTABLISHING A MINIMUM HOUSE WIDTH FOR SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES;
PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSON VIOLATING THE TERMS OF THIS ORDINANCE
SHALL BE DEEMED GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND UPON CONVICTION
SHALL BE FINED IN A SUM NOT TO EXCEED TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS;
PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE CAPTION HEREOF; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, THAT:
Section 1. Chapter 106, "Zoning," Section 106-333, "Table B, Residential Area Requirements." of
the Code of Ordinances of the City of La Porte, Texas, is hereby amended by establishing
a minimum house width of 26 feet for single-family homes (single-family detached, single-
family large lot, and single-family special lot line, 0 lot line) within the table established in
such section, to hereinafter read as follows:
Section 106-333. Table B, Residential Area Requirements
(a) Table B, Residential Area Requirements
Usos
Minimum
Minimum
Minimum
Maximum
Minimum
Minimum
Maximum Wt
w
Lot Width
Yard
Height's
site
Development
Coverage/Minimum
Area/D.U.
LF./
Setbacks
Area/Unit
Open
landscaping
S.F.
House
LF.
S.F.'"
Space/Unit
Required*sus°
Width F.
FAS.+'-c
S.F."
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Single-family
6000
50/26
25-15-
35 Ft.
9100
—
40%/N/A
detached
5
4.8
DU/A
Single-family large
43560
90/ 26
25-15-
45 Ft.
43560
—
40%/N/A
lot
5
1.0
DU/A
Single-family
4500
40/26
20-10-
35 Ft.
7300
Footnote
60%/N/A
special lot line, 0
0
6.0
✓i 1
lot line
DU/A
Duplexes
6000
60
25-20-
45 Ft.
8.0 _
Footnote
60%/N/A
20
DU/A
p 1
Single-family
6000
50
20-10-
35 Ft.
N/A
N/A
50%/N/A
converted to
5
multifamily
Townhouses,
2000
20
25-20-
45 Ft.
4400
Footnote
75%/25%
quadraplexes
20
10.0
p 1
(10,000 s.f of site
DU/A
area 300 ft. wide)
Multifamily
20000
100
25-20-
45 Ft.
1600
Footnote
60%/25%
20
20
ft 1
DU/A
Manufactured
4500
40
20-30-
25 Ft.
7300
Footnote
60%
housing
5
6.0
n 1
DU/A
Manufactured
100 of
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A/N/A
housing
front
subdivision or
road
parks (5 acre min.)
frontage
State Licensed &
6000
50
25-15-
35 Ft.
9100
N/A
40%/ N/A
Registered Child-
5
4.8
care homes (Max.
DU/A
12 in private
home; per TX
Dept. of Family &
Protective
Services, Ch. 747)
Group care
6000
50
25-15-
35 Ft.
9100
N/A
40%/ N/A
facilities-3 or less
5
4.8
persons
DU/A
Public or private
30-20-
45 Ft.
N/A
N/A
N/A
educational and
10
religious
institutions, large
group care
facilities, daycare
centers,
recreational
buildings,
boarding, and
nursing homes
Freestanding on-
See article VII of this chapter
premises signs
Large lot district
See section 106-416 (Special regulations)
where tract is one
acre in size or
greater (without
existing principal
structure)
Accessory
structure/domestic
livestock
Section 2. Any person, as defined in Section 1.07 (27), Texas Penal Code, who shall violate any provision
of the ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be
punished by a fine not to exceed TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS ($2,000.00). -
Section 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances of the City of La Porte, Texas, in conflict with any
provision contained herein are hereby repealed to the extent of any conflict.
Section 4. If any section, sentence, phrase, clause, or any part of any section, sentence, phrase, or clause,
of this ordinance shall, for any reason, be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the
remaining portions of this Ordinance; and it is hereby declared to be the intention of this City
Council to have passed each section, sentence, phrase, or clause, or part thereof, irrespective of
the fact that any other section, sentence, phrase, or clause, or part thereof, may be declared
invalid.
Section 5. The City Council officially finds, determines, recites, and declares that a sufficient written
notice of the date, hour, place and subject of this meeting of the City Council was posted at a
place convenient to the public at the City Hall of the City for the time required by law preceding
this meeting, as required by the Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code;
and that this meeting has been open to the public as required by law at all times during which
this ordinance and the subject matter thereof has been discussed, considered and formally acted
upon. The City Council further ratifies, approves and confirms such written notice and the
contents and posting thereof.
Section 6. This Ordinance shall be effective fourteen (14) days after its passage and approval. The City
Secretary shall give notice of the passage of this ordinance by causing the caption hereof to be
published in the official newspaper of the City of La Porte at least once within ten (10) days
after the passage of this ordinance.
PASSED and APPROVED this,24" day of February, 2025.
CITY OF aayo,
Rick Helto
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Clark T. Askins, City Attorney
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