For the purpose of this ordinance, certain terms and words are
defined and shall have the meaning ascribed in this ordinance unless
it is apparent from the context that different meanings are intended:
Accessory Building
means a subordinate building, the use of which is incidental
to that of the main building on the same lot.
Administrative Official
is the officer or other designated authority charged with
the administration and enforcement of this ordinance, or his duly
authorized representative.
Alley
is a public minor way which is used primarily for secondary
vehicular service access to the back or side of properties otherwise
abutting on a street or highway.
Apartment
is a room or suite of rooms in an apartment house arranged,
designed or occupied as a dwelling unit residence by a single family,
individual, or group of individuals living together as a single housekeeping
unit.
Apartment Hotel
is an apartment house which furnishes services for the use
of tenants which are ordinarily furnished by hotels.
Apartment House
is any building, or portion thereof, which is designed, built,
rented, leased, let or hired out to be occupied as three (3) or more
apartments or dwelling units or which is occupied as the home or residence
of three (3) or more families living independently of each other and
maintaining separate cooking facilities.
Automobile.
A vehicle that is designed primarily for passenger use such
as a car, pick-up, sport utility vehicle or passenger van. Does not
include motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), motorbikes, motor
scooters, golf carts, trailers, recreational vehicles (RVs), etc.
Automobile Leasing/Rental.
A business establishment that provides for the renting of
automobiles (i.e., not trucks or heavy load vehicles) on a short-
or long-term basis. May include the incidental storage of automobiles
being rented. Does not include on-site storage of inoperable vehicles
or vehicles requiring repair for more than three (3) calendar days.
Automobile Repair, Major
is any area used for general repair, rebuilding or reconditioning
engines of automobiles and light-duty vehicles (no heavy load vehicles);
collision services, including body, frame or fender straightening
or repair; overall painting or paint shop; vehicle steam cleaning.
Automobile Repair, Minor
is any area used for minor repair or replacement of parts,
tires, tubes, batteries and minor motor services such as grease, oil,
spark plug and filter changing of automobiles and light-duty vehicles
(no heavy load vehicles), but not including any operation named under
"automobile repair, major" or any other similar use thereto.
Automobile Sales, New.
Retail sales of new automobiles or light load vehicles (no
heavy load vehicles). May include, as accessory uses incidental to
the primary use, the following: major and minor vehicle repairs, parts
sales, on-site fuel tank(s) for use by the operation only (no retail
fuel sales) if such are approved by the Fire Department and Building
Official, vehicle leasing in lieu of purchase, vehicle rental to service
customers, and/or incidental sales of used vehicles.
Automobile Sales, Used.
Retail sales of primarily used automobiles or light load
vehicles (i.e., no heavy-load vehicles). May include, as accessory
uses incidental to the primary use, the following: major and minor
vehicle repairs, parts sales, on-site fuel tank(s) for use by the
operation only (no retail fuel sales) if such are approved by the
Fire Department and Building Official, vehicle leasing in lieu of
purchase, vehicle rental to service customers, and/or incidental sales
of new vehicles.
Automobile Service Station
is any building and/or premises where gasoline, oil, grease,
batteries, tires and accessories for automobiles and light-duty vehicles
(no heavy load vehicles) may be supplied and dispensed at retail,
including the servicing of automobiles and light-duty vehicles (no
heavy load vehicles) designed or calculated to be performed by the
customer. In addition, the following services for automobiles and
light-duty vehicles (no heavy load vehicles) may be rendered and sales
made, and no other:
(a)
Sale and service of spark plugs, batteries and distributors
and distributor parts;
(b)
Tire servicing and repair, but not recapping or regrooving;
(c)
Replacement or adjustment of automobile accessories;
(d)
Radiator cleaning and flushing; provision of water, antifreeze
and other additives;
(e)
Washing and polishing and sale of automotive washing and polishing
materials;
(f)
Greasing and lubrication;
(g)
Providing and repairing fuel pumps, oil pumps and lines;
(h)
Servicing and repair of carburetors;
(i)
Adjusting and repairing brakes;
(j)
Emergency wiring repairs;
(k)
Motor adjustments not involving removal of head or crankcase;
(l)
Provision of cold drinks, packaged foods, tobacco and similar
convenience goods for customers, but only as accessory and incidental
to the principal operation;
(m)
Provision of road maps and other information material;
(n)
Provision of restroom facilities;
(o)
Courtesy parking lot for automobiles and light-duty vehicles
(no heavy load vehicles) as an accessory use and only in conjunction
with an Automobile Service Station and not for any type of fee or
payment;
(p)
Courtesy wrecker service for customers of the establishment
(one wrecker for automobiles and light-duty trucks only shall be allowed
on-site); and
(q)
Uses permissible at a service station do not include body work;
transmission or brake overhauling; straightening of frames or body
parts; steam cleaning, painting, welding, storage of automobiles not
in operating condition nor the operation of a commercial garage or
a Commercial Parking Lot or Truck/Bus Storage.
Automotive-Related Use.
This term shall include the following uses: Automobile Leasing/Rental;
Automobile Sales, New; Automobile Sales, Used; and Parking Lot, Commercial.
Basement
is a building story, the floor line of which is below grade
at any entrance or exit, but may have at least one-half (1/2) of its
height above the average level of the adjoining grade level.
Block
means that property abutting on one side of a street and
lying between the nearest intersecting or intercepting streets or
nearest intersecting or intercepting street and railroad right-of-way,
waterway, or other barrier to or gap in the continuity of development
along such street.
Boarding/Lodging House
means a dwelling wherein lodging or meals for three (3) or
more persons, not members of the principal family therein, is provided
for compensation, but not including a building in which ten (10) or
more guest rooms are provided.
Building
is any structure built for the support, shelter, or enclosure
of persons, chattels, or movable property of any kind. When such structure
is divided into separate parts by one (1) or more unpierced walls
extending from the ground up, each part is deemed a separate building,
except as regards minimum side yards.
Building Height
is the vertical distance from the average contact ground
level at the front wall of the building to the highest point of the
coping of a flat roof or the deck line of a mansard roof, or to the
mean height level between eaves and ridge for gable, hip or gambrel
roofs.
Building Line
is a line parallel or approximately parallel to the street
line at a specific distance therefrom marking the minimum distance
from the street line that a building may be erected.
Carwash.
is a building, or portion thereof, where automobiles or other
light-duty vehicles are automatically or manually washed regularly
as a business.
Cemetery
is land used or intended to be used for the burial of the
human dead and dedicated for cemetery purposes, including columbariums,
crematories, mausoleums and mortuaries, if operated in connection
with and within the boundaries of such cemetery.
Certificate of Occupancy
is an official certificate issued by the building inspector
which indicates conformance with or approved conditional waiver from
the zoning regulations and authorized legal use of the premises for
which it is issued.
Clinic
is a public or private, profit or nonprofit facility for
the reception and treatment of outpatient persons physically or mentally
ill, injured, handicapped or otherwise in need of physical or mental
diagnosis, treatment, care or similar service.
Club
is a nonprofit association of persons who are bona fide members,
paying regular dues and are organized for a common purpose, but not
including a group organized solely or primarily to render a service
customarily carried on as a commercial enterprise.
Club, Private (Class I)
is an establishment or enterprise wherein activities are
carried on by or for a group or association of dues-paying members
organized for some common purpose.
Club, Private (Class II)
is a club as defined above, except such establishments shall
have been issued an alcoholic beverage permit by the Texas Alcoholic
Beverage Commission.
Community Center, Public
means building and grounds owned and operated by the governmental
body for the social, recreational, health and welfare of the community
served.
Conditional Use
means any building, structure, and use which complies with
the applicable regulations and standards governing conditional uses
of the zoning district in which such building, structure and use is
located, and for which a permit is granted.
Convalescent (Rest) Home
is a home designed for the care of patients after they leave
the hospital but before they are released from observation and treatment.
Court
means an open, unoccupied space on the same lot with a building
and bounded on two (2) sides by such building, or the open space provided
for access to a dwelling group.
Display Sign
is a structure that is arranged, intended, designed or used
as an advertisement, announcement or direction, including sign, billboard
and advertising device of any kind.
District
means a portion of the territory of the City within which
certain uniform regulations and requirements or various combinations
thereof apply under the provisions of this ordinance. The term “R
District” shall mean any AG, MH, SF1, SF2, MF1 and MF2 District;
the term “I District” shall mean any I-1 or I-2 District;
and the term “C District” shall mean any C-1 or C-2 District.
Dwelling Group
means a group or row of dwellings, each containing one (1)
or more dwelling units and all occupying one (1) lot or site, as defined
herein, and having a court in common; including a bungalow court or
apartment court, but not including an automobile court or automobile
camp.
Dwelling Unit
means a room or group of rooms including cooking accommodations,
occupied by one (1) family, and in which not more than two (2) persons,
other than members of the family, are lodged or boarded for compensation
at any one time.
Dwelling Unit, Single-Family, Attached
means a dwelling which is joined to another dwelling at one
(1) or more sides by a party wall or abutting separate walls and is
designed for occupancy by one (1) family and is on a separate lot
delineated by front, rear and side lot lines.
Dwelling Unit, Single-Family, Detached
means a building containing one (1) dwelling unit and located
on a lot or separate building tract and having no physical connection
to a building on any other lot.
Earthtone Color
means a color scheme that draws from a color palette of browns,
tans, warm grays and greens that are muted and flat in an emulation
of the natural colors found in dirt, moss, trees and rocks. Many earth
tones originate from clay earth pigments, such as umber, ochre and
sienna. For the purposes of this ordinance, "earthtone color" shall
also be defined as one of the colors in the following Sherwin-Williams
exterior color palette families: "Warm neutrals" and "cool neutrals."
Essential Services
means the erection, construction, alteration, maintenance
by public utilities or by governmental departments or commissions
of such underground or overhead gas, electrical, steam, or water transmission
or distribution systems and structures, collection, communication,
supply or disposal systems and structures, including towers, poles,
wires, mains, drains, sewers, pipes, conduits, cables, fire alarm
boxes, police call boxes, street lights, traffic signals, hydrants
and other similar equipment, and accessories in connection therewith,
but not including building or microwave radio relay structures, as
are reasonably necessary for the furnishing of adequate service by
such public utilities or governmental departments or commission or
as are required for protection of the public health, safety, or general
welfare. For the purpose of this definition, the word “building”
does not include “structures” for essential services.
Family
means two (2) or more persons, related by blood, marriage,
or adoption, occupying a dwelling unit as a single, nonprofit housekeeping
unit, but not including a group occupying a hotel, boarding house,
club, dormitory, fraternity or sorority house.
Farm
is an area of two (2) acres or more which is used for the
growing of usual farm products such as vegetables, fruit, trees and
grain and 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, including dairy farms with necessary accessory uses and
for treating and storing the produce; provided, however, that the
operation of such accessory 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.
Floodplain
is the relatively flat lowlands adjoining the channel of
a river, stream or watercourse which has been or may be covered by
floodwater. Any land covered by the water of a one hundred (100) year
frequency storm is considered in the floodplain.
Frontage
is all the property abutting on one (1) side of a street
between intersecting or intercepting streets, or between a street
and a right-of-way, waterway, end of a dead-end street, or village
boundary measured along the street line. An intercepting street shall
determine only the boundary of the frontage on the side of the street
which it intercepts. Where a lot abuts more than one (1) street, the
Planning and Zoning Commission shall determine the frontage for purposes
of this ordinance.
Front Yard
is an open, unoccupied space on a lot facing a street and
extending across the front of the lot between 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.
Garage, Commercial
means a building or portion of a building that is used for
the storage of automobiles and light-duty vehicles (no heavy load
vehicles) for a fee; any sale of gasoline, oil, and accessories shall
be only incidental to the principal use of automobile and light-duty
vehicle storage.
Garage, Private
means an accessory building or portion of a main building
on the same lot and used for the storage only of private passenger
automobiles and light-duty vehicles (no heavy load vehicles), not
more than two (2) of which are owned by others than the occupants
of the main building. This use shall not include the parking or storage
of any vehicles for a fee (see Garage, Commercial or Truck/Bus Storage).
Garage, Public
means a building or portion of a building, except that herein
defined as a private garage or as a repair garage, used for the storage
of motor vehicles, or where any such vehicles are kept for remuneration
or hire; in which any sale of gasoline, oil, and accessories is only
incidental to the principal use.
Garden Apartment
is a multifamily dwelling unit with not more than two and
one-half (2-1/2) stories. The building generally has private outdoor
space, either on grade, or a private balcony.
Grade
when used as a reference point in measuring height of buildings,
the “grade” shall be the average elevation of the finished
ground at the exterior walls of the main building.
Green Belt
is a piece of land, normally relatively narrow in comparison
to its length, reserved to provide for both passive and active recreation,
to function as a corridor connecting park areas, to serve as a buffer
between various land uses, or to provide for open space. It frequently
utilizes floodplains along creeks and is often left in its natural
state.
Gross Floor Area
means the living area of a building, including the walls
thereof, but excluding all porches, open breezeways and garages.
Heavy Load Vehicle.
A self-propelled vehicle having a manufacturer’s recommended
Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW) of greater than 16,000 pounds (including
trailers), such as large recreational vehicles (originally manufactured
as RVs, not converted), tractor-trailers, buses, vans, and other similar
vehicles. The term “truck” shall be construed to mean
“Heavy Load Vehicle” unless specifically stated otherwise.
Height of Building
means the vertical distance from the grade to the highest
point of the coping of a flat roof or to the deck line of a mansard
roof, or to a point midway between elevation of the eaves and elevation
of the ridges, gable, hip and gambrel roof.
Home Occupation
means any occupation customarily conducted for gain or support
entirely within a dwelling by a member or members of a family while
residing therein, and which is clearly incidental and secondary to
the residential use of the premises and does not change the character
thereof.
Hospital
may be a public or private, profit or nonprofit institution
for the reception and treatment of the physically or mentally handicapped,
sick or injured, and shall be distinguished by its in-patient facilities.
It may also be an institutional sanctuary for the reception of the
aged, or for the physically or mentally ill, retarded, infirm or deficient.
Permitted accessory uses shall include medical and psychiatric clinics,
doctors’ offices, sale of medical and surgical specialties and
supplies, crutches, artificial members and appliances, training in
the use of artificial services, pharmacies and similar uses; provided,
however, that any such accessory use is so use-wide related to the
principal use as to be in fact an integral part of the total purpose
and is incorporated within the same building or building complex;
and provided further that the floor area occupied by all accessory
uses does not exceed one-third (1/3) of the total floor area. Whether
or not a questionable use is “similar,” or an “integral”
part of the total purpose shall be subject to determination by the
board of adjustment. Hospital related X-ray and laboratory facilities
shall not be considered accessory uses in computation or area occupancy.
Hotel
means a building or portion thereof in which ten (10) or
more guest rooms are provided for occupancy for compensation by transient
guests.
HUD-Code Manufactured Home
means that part of a parcel of land (mobile home site) in
a mobile home park which has been reserved for the placement of one
(1) HUD-Code manufactured home (mobile home).
HUD-Code Manufactured Home or Subdivision
means a parcel of land which is owned by an individual, a
firm, trust, partnership, public or private association or corporation,
and has been developed for rental or sale of lots to persons with
HUD-Code manufactured homes (mobile homes).
Impoundment Lot (Commercial/Private)
an area used for the temporary parking and storage of primarily
operable impounded vehicles (of any type) that are being held due
to parking violation, repossession, etc. Does not include the sales,
dismantling or sales of parts from any vehicle, and does not include
the parking or storage of wrecked, junked or inoperable vehicles for
longer than thirty (30) calendar days.
Industrialized Housing
means a residential structure that is designed for the use
and occupancy of one or more families, that is constructed in one
or more modules, or constructed using one or more modular components
built at a location other than the permanent residential site, and
that is designed to be used as a permanent residential structure when
the modules or modular components are transported to the permanent
residential site and are erected or installed on a permanent foundation
system. The term includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning,
and electrical systems. The term does not include any residential
structure that is in excess of three (3) stories or 49 feet in height
as measured from the finished grade elevation at the building entrance
to the peak of the roof. The term shall not apply to (i) housing constructed
of sectional or panelized systems not utilizing modular components;
or (ii) any ready-built home which is constructed so that the entire
living area is contained in a single unit or section at a temporary
location for the purpose of selling it and moving it to another location.
Industry
is the storage, repair, manufacture, preparation or treatment
of any article, substance or commodity.
Junkyard or Salvage Yard
means any area used for the storage, keeping or abandonment
of junk, including scrap metals or other scrap materials or goods,
or used for the dismantling, demolition or abandonment of automobiles
or other vehicles or machinery, or parts thereof.
Kennel
is any structure or premises on which more than three (3)
dogs over six (6) months of age and seven (7) dogs under six (6) months
of age are kept.
Landscape Setback
in the C1, C2, L1 and L2 Districts [sic], the area within
twenty (20) feet of a controlled access freeway right-of-way and within
ten (10) feet adjacent to the right-of-way of all other public streets,
shall be considered a landscape setback.
Loading Space
is an off-street space or berth on the same lot with a building
or contiguous to a group of buildings for the temporary parking of
a commercial vehicle while loading or unloading merchandise or materials,
and which abuts upon a street, alley or other appropriate means of
access.
Lot
means the entire parcel of land occupied or to be occupied
by a main building and its accessory buildings, or by a group such
as a dwelling group or automobile court and their accessory buildings,
including the yards and open spaces required.
Lot Coverage
the percentage of the total area of a lot occupied by the
base (first story or floor) of buildings located on the lot.
Lot Depth
means the average depth from the front line of the lot to
the rear line of the lot.
Lot Lines
means the property lines bound the lot as defined herein.
Lot of Record
is a lot which is part of a subdivision, the plat of which
has been recorded in the office of the County Clerk of Dallas County,
or a parcel of land, the deed for which was recorded in the office
of the County Clerk, Dallas County, prior to January 1, 1988.
Lot Width
means the width measured at a distance back from the front
line equal to the minimum depth required for a front yard.
Lot, Corner
means a lot abutting on two (2) intercepting or intersecting
streets where the interior angle of intersection or interception does
not exceed one hundred thirty-five (135) degrees.
Lot, Through
means a lot having its front and rear lines on different
streets, or having its front or rear line on a street and the other
line on a river, lake, creek or other permanent body of water.
Main Building
means a building in which is conducted the principal use
of the lot on which it is situated.
Manufactured Home, HUD-Code
means a structure constructed on or after June 15, 1976,
according to the rules of the United States Department of Housing
and Urban Development, transportable in one or more sections, which,
in the traveling mode, is eight body feet or more in width or 40 body
feet or more in length, or, when erected on site, is 320 or more square
feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be
used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected
to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning
and electrical systems. A HUD-Code manufactured home is not a mobile
home. A mobile home shall not be used as dwelling units within the
corporate limits of the City of Wilmer.
Minimum Required Floor Area of Dwelling Unit
means the living space of a dwelling unit exclusive of breezeways,
garages, open porches, carports, accessory buildings or accessory
space designed and used directly and specifically for dwelling purposes.
Mobile Home
means a structure that was constructed before June 15, 1976,
transportable in one or more sections, which, in the traveling mode,
is eight body feet or more in width or 40 body feet or more in length,
or, when erected on site, is 320 or more square feet, and which is
built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling
unit with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the
required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning,
and electrical systems. A mobile home is not a HUD-Code manufactured
home.
Motel
means a building or a group of two (2) or more buildings
containing guest rooms or apartments with automobile storage space
provided in connection therewith, and used primarily for the accommodation
of automobile travelers, including groups designated as auto cabins,
motor lodges, motor courts, motels, and similarly designated groups.
Neighborhood Convenience Center
means centers which carry convenience goods, such as groceries,
drugs, hardware, and some variety items, and also includes some service
stores. The neighborhood convenience center may contain one (1) or
two (2) small apparel or shoe stores, but it is clearly dominated
by convenience goods, which are items of daily consumption and very
frequent purchase, sometimes called “spot necessity” items.
This neighborhood serving store group is within convenient walking
distance of families served (within convenient driving range in low-density
areas), with due consideration for pedestrian access and amenity of
surrounding areas.
Nonconforming Use
means use of a building or land which existed previous to
annexation or adoption of zoning applicable to the property that does
not conform to the present regulations as to use for the district
in which it is situated.
Nursing Home
is a home where ill or elderly people are provided with lodging
and meals with or without nursing care.
Open Space
is that part of any lot or tract that is used for recreational
purposes, both passive and active, but not including areas used for
parking or maneuvering of automobiles, or drives or approaches to
and from parking areas. Floodplains, or 50 percent of any standing
surface water, may be considered as open space, provided such open
space is contiguous and part of the platted lot and is maintained
and utilized in the same manner and to the same degree as all other
open space areas as designated on the site plan as filed with the
building permit application.
Parking Area, Private
means a permanently surfaced open area for the same uses
as a private garage (i.e., only for passenger automobiles and light-duty
vehicles, no heavy load vehicles).
Parking Lot, Commercial.
An open lot or area designed specifically for the temporary
or long-term parking or storage of operable (i.e., no junked, wrecked
or inoperable) automobiles and light-duty trucks (i.e., no heavy load
vehicles and no trailers that are larger than twenty feet in overall
length) for a fee. May include a business office for a parking attendant.
Parking Space
means a permanently surfaced area not less than one hundred
sixty-two (162) square feet (measured approximately nine (9) feet
by eighteen (18) feet, either within a structure or in the open, not
on public right-of-way, exclusive of driveways or access drives, for
the parking of one (1) vehicle.
Planned Development
shall mean land under unified control, planned and developed
as a whole; in a single development operation or a definitely programmed
series of development operations, including all lands and buildings;
for principal and accessory structures and uses substantially related
to the character of the district; according to comprehensive and detailed
plans which include not only streets, utilities, and lots or building
sites, but also site plans, floor plans, and elevations of all buildings
as intended to be located, constructed, used, and related to each
other, and detailed plans for other uses and improvements on the land
as related to the buildings; and with a program for provision, operation
and maintenance of such areas, improvements, facilities, and services
as will be for common use by some or all of the occupants of the district,
but will not be provided, operated or maintained at general public
expense.
Planned development is both a concept and a zoning classification
which may include, in addition to planned unit development, commercial,
shopping center and industrial uses, or a combination thereof, which
may be intended to serve areas within the district and areas without
the district.
Rear Yard
means the required rear yard is an open space unoccupied
and unobstructed except for accessory uses extending across the rear
of a lot from one side lot line to the other side lot line, the depth
of which is dependent upon the zoning district in which the lot is
located.
Recreational Vehicle
is a vehicular, portable structure designed to be transported
over the highways and containing living or sleeping accommodations,
such structure being designed and actually used as a temporary dwelling
during travel for recreation and pleasure purposes, and not exceeding
eight (8) feet in width and not exceeding twenty-two (22) feet in
length.
Recreational Vehicle/Trailer Sales, Leasing & Repair
an establishment offering the sales, leasing, rental, service
and/or repair of new and/or used recreational vehicles and trailers
(such as cargo, flatbed, long-haul and livestock), travel trailers
and campers. Includes sales of camping supplies and parts for RVs.
May include outdoor display and storage of vehicle and trailer inventory.
Rooming House
is a dwelling occupied by a resident family or resident occupant
and three (3) or more rent-paying persons.
School, Business or Trade
means a business organized to operate for a profit and offering
instruction and training in service or art such as a secretarial school,
barber college, beauty school or commercial art school.
School, Elementary and High
means an institution of learning which offers instruction
in several branches of learning and study required to be taught in
public school. High schools include junior and senior grades.
Screening Element (Device) - or suitably screened,
as herein referred, shall mean any of the following:
(a)
Any solid material constructed of brick, masonry, or of a concrete
or metal frame, or wood or base which supports a permanent type material,
the vertical surface of which is not more than thirty percent (30%)
open; or
(b)
Any dense evergreen hedge or plant material suitable for providing
a visual barrier, for which such material shall be maintained in a
healthy growing condition.
(c)
Landscaped earth berms may, when appropriate in scale, be considered
and used as a screening element in lieu of a fence, wall, hedge, or
other dense planting material.
Security Hardware (burglar bars) on Buildings.
Any type of bars, grilles, mesh or other device that is installed
on windows or doors of a building for the purpose of securing the
building from being entered by unauthorized persons. Can be made of
solid or hollow-core metal, fiber-or Plexiglass, plastic, wood or
other material commonly utilized in the building security industry.
Shopping Center
is an area consisting of one (1) acre or more arranged according
to a site plan to be submitted to and to be approved by the Planning
and Zoning Commission and the City Council, on which is indicated
the amount of land to be devoted to the shopping center, the detailed
arrangement of various buildings, parking area, streets and type of
zoning desired. The installation of all utilities, drainage structure,
paving of streets, parking area, alley and installation of sidewalks
shall be in accordance with the City’s specifications for each
type of improvement.
Story
means that portion of a building including between the surface
of a floor and the surface of a floor next above it, or if there is
no floor above it, then the portion of the building between the surface
of a floor and the ceiling or roof above it. A basement shall be counted
as a story for the purposes of height regulations, if the vertical
distance from grade to the ceiling is more than seven (7) feet.
Story, Half
means the topmost story under a gable, hip, or gambrel roof,
the wall plates of which on at least two (2) opposite exterior walls
are not more than two (2) feet above the floor of such story.
Street
means a public or private thoroughfare which affords the
principal means of access to abutting property.
Street Trees
the trees named here and any other tree which, when mature,
will attain a minimum height of twenty (20) feet and a six (6) inch
caliper which can be demonstrated to be drought resistant and possess
a compact root system posing minimum danger to the integrity of public
utilities (i.e., Texas red oak, shumard red oak, live oak, bur oak,
cedar elm, and bald cypress).
Structural Alteration
means any change, addition or modification in construction
in the supporting members of a building, such as exterior walls, bearing
walls, beams, columns, foundations, girders, joists, roof joists,
rafters, or trusses.
Thoroughfare
means an officially designated federal or state numbered
highway or county or other road or street designated as a primary
thoroughfare on the official thoroughfare plan of the City.
Thoroughfare Plan
means the official thoroughfare plan of the City adopted
by the City Council establishing the location and official right-of-way
width of principal highways and streets in the City, together with
all amendments thereto subsequently adopted.
Tourist Home
is a building or part thereof; other than hotel, boarding
house, lodging house, or motel, where lodging is provided by a resident
family in home for compensation, mainly for transients.
Towers (Radio, Television or Microwave)
means structures supporting antennae for transmitting or
receiving any of the radio spectrum, but excluding noncommercial antennae
installations for home use of radio.
Trailer, including Automobile Trailer and Trailer Coach
is any vehicle or structure constructed in such a manner
as to permit occupancy thereof as sleeping quarters or the conduct
of any business, trade or occupation, or used as a selling or advertising
device, or used for storage or conveyance of tools, equipment and
machinery, and so designed that it is or may be mounted on wheels
and used as a conveyance on highways and streets, propelled or drawn
by its own or other motor power.
Travel Center (also "Truck Stop")
a large-scale motor fuel sales facility of over five thousand
(5,000) square feet that primarily involves fueling and travel services
for tractor trucks and the trucking industry.
Truck
see Heavy Load Vehicle.
Truck/Bus Repair
an establishment that provides major and minor repairs to
trucks, buses, trailers and other heavy load vehicles for a fee. Includes
no outdoor storage except the parking of vehicles being repaired,
which may remain on-site for no longer than thirty (30) calendar days.
Can include a courtesy wrecker service (maximum of three wreckers
maintained on-site for incidental towing).
Truck/Bus Sales & Leasing/Rental
the rental of new and/or used panel trucks, vans and other
heavy load vehicles that are in operable condition. Does not include
truck/bus repair services.
Truck/Bus Storage
an area for the temporary parking or long-term storage of
operable (i.e., no junked, wrecked or inoperable) trucks, buses, RVs,
trailers, boats and other types of special and heavy load vehicles,
owned by others, for a fee.
Truck/Bus Wash
a facility for the automated, self-serve or full-service
washing and detailing of heavy load vehicles for a fee. Overnight
storage of vehicles or trailers shall be limited to those vehicles
or trailers that are being cleaned, and shall be for no longer than
two (2) nights at any given visit.
Truck-Related Use.
This term shall include the following uses: Truck/Bus Repair;
Truck/Bus Storage; Truck/Bus Wash; Truck/Bus Sales & Leasing/Rental;
Impoundment Lot; and Wrecker/Towing Service.
Use
means the purpose for which land or a building or structure
thereon is designed, arranged, intended or maintained, or for which
it is or may be used or occupied.
Use, Accessory
means a subordinate use on the same lot with the principal
use and incidental and accessory thereto.
Wrecker/Towing Service
an establishment or place of business engaged in towing or
transporting all types of vehicles (including automobiles, trucks,
buses, RVs, etc.) either behind the towing vehicle or placed on top
of a flat-deck transport vehicle. Includes the temporary storage of
vehicles for no longer than fourteen calendar days. Does not include
long-term vehicle storage or junkyard/salvage operations.
Yard
means an open space, other than a court, on the same lot
with a building.
Yard, Front
means a yard extending across the full width of a lot and
having a depth equal to the shortest distance between the front line
of the lot and the nearest portion of the main building, including
an enclosed or covered porch, provided that the front yard depth shall
be measured from the future street line for a street on which a lot
fronts, when such line is shown on the official map or is otherwise
established.
Yard, Rear
means a yard extending across the full width of a lot and
having a depth equal to the shortest distance between the rear line
of the lot and the main building.
Yard, Side
means a yard between the side line of the lot and the main
building extending from the front yard to the rear yard and having
a width equal to the shortest distance between said side line and
the main building.
Zoning Map
means the official zoning map of the City together with all
amendments subsequently adopted.
(Ordinance 12.6.88 adopted 12/6/88; Ordinance 13-0815A adopted 8/15/13; Ordinance
13-1107C adopted 11/7/13; Ordinance 14-0605 adopted 6/5/2014; Ordinance
15-1119A adopted 11/19/2015)
