HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 2025-4054_regulations_screening vehiclesORDINANCE 2025-4054
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 106 "ZONING" OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS BY ADOPTING REGULATIONS
FOR THE SCREENING OF VEHICLES AT AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR BUSINESSES
(NAICS CODE 8111); 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 106-310, Table A. Commercial & Industrial Uses,
Footnote 15 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of La Porte, Texas, is hereby
amended by adopting regulations for the screening of vehicles at automotive repair
businesses (NAICS Code 8111), to hereinafter read as follows:
Footnotes:
15 Vehicles parked and/or stored outdoors overnight before or after being serviced must be
screened in compliance with the designated commercial performance standards for outdoor
storage. This restriction does not apply to establishments that maintain an average 1-day
turnaround time such as businesses offering oil changes. Establishments with pre-existing,
nonconforming uses are prohibited from parking and/or storing any vehicle outdoors in locations
visible from a public right-of-way for a duration exceeding fourteen (14) consecutive calendar
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any provision contained herein me hereby repealed to the extent of any conflict.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 March 2025.
CITY OF LA PO E, T S
Rick Helton, M or
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Clark T. Askins, City Attorney
Sec. 106-310. Table A, Commercial & Industrial Uses. (Not Listed)
Footnotes
• Non-dassHled use sate o
1 Whin in the overlay rtian, residential activities are only allowed above the fini
g single family detached prohibited in main street doodarlary zone, but parronitted in main street district.
3 Artisan shops are allowed (am section 1O6i8)(Artisan Shol 106-500(Artisan Shop), IN-514p isan
Shop).
4 No storage or sale of fireworks.
5 Track Stop shall only be permltted In Business Industrial districts on track routes along Barbour'a Cut
Berthoud, State Hwy 225 and State Highway 146hoM of Barbour's Cut Blvd). No constmction of any kind
shall be permitted within setbacks for Bl zone.
6 Must be adjacent to high frequency truck roads azdesignated in section 106746 of this chapter.
T Only allowed along State Highway 146.
8 Uvestork prohibited on Whempres.
9 Truck schools prohibited.
10 Refer to Chapter 10 of the Cade of Ordinances (must be at least 3llo feet from church, school, or hospital &
measured from property line to property line).
11 Shooting ran a is a conditional use.
11 Hotel and Motel Uses. All hotels and motels are required to Install and operete a security and intelligence
system to monitor the parking ot area and all Ingressle,ress points to the bulica lsl.
13 Crematories prolobiled.
140ot grooming. There shall be no overnight boarding of animals. All areas used for holding animals shall be
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16 Parking of commercial motor vehicles, including trucktractors not in combinatum with tillers, prohibited.
17 Automobile dead storage must be fully rumored within an enclosed bonding. Use must be located adjacent
to high frequency truck roads as shown on High Frequency Track Route Ma.
18 Proposed use must be located on a parcel that is no greater than 1.5 acres and building and/or buildings
where use Is located may not exceed 15,000 s . h. Uses shall not be permitted In the Main Street Overlay.
19 Total site area may not exceed five acres with a maximum building she of 40,000 sq. ft. A c undita col use
permit(CUPl may he sought for Individual sites in excess of& a acres or buildings greater than 40,0005q. ft.
30 Hazardous materials which may or may not require a placard may not be stored on she far any length of
time, regardless of whether the use Is located adjacent to the hazardous cargo route. This prohibbinn includes
shipments of hazarous materials that are defined as in-trunist by one Department of Trans station DOT.
21 Operation of short-term rentab is subject to necessary governmental permits and licenses with evidence of
such placed on record with the city. Short-term moral use prohibited in rtructurds utilized for commercial
purposes. In the Main Street Overla,short-term rental use prohlbold an Me first floor.
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All genre tl uses In commercial and industrial zones most meet the following minimum performance
standards. If requested by the enforcement officer, all applications for building permits must include a certification
from a registered engineer that verifies compliance with these performance standards. Where applicable, all
permitted uses in industrial zones must meet and be in compliance with the appropriate federal, state, or local
regulatlons.
A. Lighting and pore. Any lighting used shall be arranged so as to deflen light away from any adjoining
residential zone or from public streets. Direct or sky reflected glare, where from floodlights or from
high temperature processes such as combustion or welding shall Art be directed ante any adjoining
property. The source of lights shall be hooded or controlled in same manner so as not light adjacent
property. acre Incandescent Iight bulbs shall not be permitted in view of existing property or Mlblic
rlghtof-way. Any light or combination of lights which cast light on a public sheet shall not Agreed one
footcandle (meter reading) as measured from the centerline of such street. Any light or combination
of lights which casts light on residential properly shall not exceed 0.4 foota'andles (meter reading) as
measured from such property.
B. Rentz loll and electrkof amisoorm, No activities shall be permitted that emit dangerous redioatlive,
beyond enclosed areas. There shall be no electrical disturbance adversely affecting the operation at
any point of any equipment other than that of the creator of such disturbance.
C. Smoke. The emission of smoke by any use shall be in compliance with and regulated by the appropriate
federal, state or local agency.
D. Oust or otherparticulinte matter The emision of dust, fly ash or ther particulate matter by any use
shall be in compliance with and regulated by the appropriate federal, state or local agency.
E. Odors. The emission of odor by any use shall be In compliance with and regulated by the appropriate
federal, state or local agency.
F. Explaslves. No activities Invoking the storage utilization, or manufacture of materials or prodacts such
as TNT or dynamite which could decompose by detonation shall be permitted except such as are
specifically licensed by the tat council.
G. Noise. All noise shall be muffled so as not to be objectionable due to intermittence, beat frequency or
shrillness and as measured at any property line, shall not exceed the following intensity in motion to
sound frequency:
Octave Band Frequene,,
Maximum Sound
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Residential District
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20 to15
78
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75 to 150
74
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150 to 300
68
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300 to 600
61
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600 to 1,zW
55
45
1,20Dto 24D0
49
38
2,400 to 4,800
43
31
Above 4,8W
41
25
Impact mix,
80
55
Between the hours of 10:W p.m. and 6:00 a.m, the permissible sound levels beyond residential district
boundaries (bath Column II and Impact) shall be six decibels less than shown above.
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In distances where It is determined that a pmposed land use may generate a level of noise that will
impact on surrounding land uses, the planning and zoning commission and city, council may require
that efforts to reduce the potential sales Impact Ise undertaken. These efforts may include screening
and landscaping techniques.
H. Hams ofopemtlon. Hours of operation are limited for track stops adjacent to resicentual areas only.
The facility shall only operate during the hour of 6D0 a.m. to 9DO p.m. and no overnight facilities are
allowed an the premises.
(Ord. No. 2016-3631, § 6, i23-16; Ord. No. 2012-3624, § 2, 42417; Ord No. 2017-3688, § 1,12-11-12; Ord. No.
2018-3698, § 1, 3-12-18; Ord. No. 2018-3923, § 2, 9-24-18; ON. No. 20133736, § 1, 48-19; Ord. No. 2020-3220, 4
3,1-13-20, Ord No. 2022-3902, §§ 4-6,12-22-22; Ord. No. 2023-3911, § 3,1-9-23; Ord. No. 2023-3919, §4,1-23-
23; Ore. No. 1023-3953,§2,9-25-23; Ord. No. 2024-4001,§1, 10-14-24)
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