A sign erected over or on, and wholly or partially dependent upon, the roof of any building for support. This review period will be used to determine the number of days for all time limits within this Code. Net Site Area is the aggregate of: 100 percent of land with a gradient of 15% or less; 40% of the land with a gradient of more than 15% and not more than 25%; and. 3. Lot Depth. That the development objectives of the property owner are or will be frustrated. A yard extends along a lot line, and to a depth or width specified in the yard requirements for the zoning district in which such zoned area is located. However, these lot standards shall apply to areas previously outside the City limits after they are incorporated and then zoned through annexation procedures. Approval Criteria. The City Administrator or his/her designee shall have the authority to issue a sign violation notice and shall be empowered to enter upon the premises of any person within the City or its extraterritorial jurisdiction for the purpose of enforcing the provisions herein. F. Routed, embossed, or raised messages or sign copy must not be visible to the ordinary observer, if the face or message is blanked. In accordance with Texas Local Government Code 211.009, the concurring vote of 75 percent of the members of the board is necessary to: 1. reverse an order, requirement, decision or determination of an administrative official[,], 2. decide in favor of an applicant on a matter on which the board is required to pass under a zoning requirement (Chapter 4 of this Code), or. C. A stormwater permit will be issued after the City Engineer has determined that the development meets the stormwater and pollution management requirements of Chapter 5 of this Code. In the absence of any provision to the contrary, the subdivider, developer or applicant shall provide the following improvements, as approved in the construction plans, in conformance with the standards, specifications and requirements of this Unified Development Code: A. Upon cessation of the event or use, the site shall be returned to its previous condition (including the removal of all trash, debris, signage, attention attracting devices or other evidence of the special event or use). Such letter of credit or bonds shall be issued by a financial institution authorized to do business in the State of Texas. Establishments or places or [of] business primarily engaged in automotive related or heavy equipment sales or services. Vehicle. A tract of land designated on a subdivision plat for future development, or not designated for any specific purpose, that has not been evaluated for compliance with the requirements of this Ordinance Code [sic] for adequate facilities or zoning requirements and is, therefore, not useable as a legal building site. A. Agricultural Land. Dedication of land and community facilities, 11. See Rules of Measurement. The location and design of curbcuts and ramps shall meet the requirements of the Uniform Building Code and the Americans with Disabilities Act ramp standards and shall avoid crossing or funneling traffic through loading areas, drive-in lanes and outdoor trash storage/collection areas. A right to land generally established in a real estate instrument or on a recorded plat to permit the use of land by the public, a legal entity, or particular persons for specified uses. This section applies to general compliance issues related to development within the City of Liberty Hill. More than one principal use may exist on a tract if done so completely in accordance with this Ordinance Code [sic]. C. Temporary emergency lighting (fire, police, repair crews). Structures or actions that compensate for undesirable impacts. The City of Liberty Hills Comprehensive Plan, as adopted and as amended and periodically updated, is the policy guide for the development of the Unified Development Code. 7. The City Administrator shall reject such construction only if it fails to comply with the standards and specifications contained or referred to herein. 6. Home occupations are permitted provided the occupation meets the following provisions: 1. After approval of an administrative plat, the subdivider shall notify the City Engineer within ten (10) days which of the following construction procedure(s) the subdivider proposes to follow: 1. Also, light manufacturing activities and research facilities. However, all final decisions concerning participation in costs and completion of improvements that may be specified in a traffic impact analysis, capital improvements plan, or mitigation plan as required in this section shall be made by the City Council and reviewed in advance by the Planning and Zoning Commission. That person designated by the City Council to administer and enforce the provisions of this Unified Development Code. A residential structure occupied as a dwelling place of one or more persons in which the use and management of sleeping quarters and all appliances for cooking, ventilation, heating, or lighting are under one persons control. The space located off of a public road, designed, intended, used or required to park one passenger vehicle. Appeal of an administrative decision may be initiated by any person aggrieved by the administrative decision, in compliance with 211.010 of the Texas Local Government Code. B. Grade Elevation. Seasonally Flooded Water Regime. An area of land, building, structure, or object, or a group or combination thereof, including appurtenances and environmental setting which that [sic] may be significant in national, state, or local history, architecture, archeology, or culture. Preliminary Plat approval shall be required before any land is subdivided (or does not meet the requirements of Section 3.09.02, Administrative Plat Review). C. Final Plat Application Requirements. 1.0 OVERVIEW Page 1-2 1.0 OVERVIEW . E. Basis for Appeal. Transfer. (h) When an area is required to be dedicated, the city may require a cash payment in lieu of dedication or parkland. The purpose of this Chapter is to set forth site development and design standards for residential and nonresidential development and building construction. The City Administrator may approve the temporary use of attention attracting devices that generally conform to the requirements of this Code. An open area where waste or scrap materials (including but not limited to scrap iron and other metals, paper, rags, rubber tires, and bottles) are bought, sold, exchanged, stored, baled, packed, disassembled, or handled. The fact that property may be utilized more profitably should a variance be granted may not be considered grounds for a variance. A. Applicability. The Planning and Zoning Commission may conduct workshops to informally discuss the Annual Update Requests with interested neighborhoods, developers, homebuilders, design professionals, and other stakeholders in the development process. Table 3-4 identifies the types of procedures requiring a public hearing. Buffer Width is based on the following Buffer Intensity Classifications: Class 1: Cemeteries, golf courses, passive recreational areas, wholesale nurseries, day care homes. The next whole number beyond fifty percent of the members present and voting (e.g., three out of either four or five; four out of either six or seven)[.]. City of Liberty Hill PPC Rating is a split 5/5Y classification. To the extent it is practicable, monuments should be installed in locations that will prevent disturbance or destruction of the monument by construction activities. L. Duration. The face of the supporting structure must be one that the supporting structure is designed to support. C. The lawful use of the building at the time of the passage of this ordinance may be continued although such does not conform to the provisions hereof, and such use may be extended throughout the building provided no structural alterations except those required by law or ordinance are made therein. 4. All other words and phrases shall be given their common, ordinary meaning, unless the context clearly requires otherwise. No such excavation or development shall be lawful or permitted to proceed without issuance of a site development permit. The prevention of soil movement by any of various vegetative and/or structural means of soil movement. The City is divided into zoning districts, shown on the Official Zoning Map, which is hereby adopted by reference and declared to be a part of this Code. D. That the conditions applicable to approval are the minimum necessary to minimize potentially unfavorable impacts on nearby uses and ensure compatibility with existing or permitted uses in the same district and the surrounding area, and that the prescribed Site Development Regulations do not provide enough mitigation of the impacts identified, thus warranting stricter standards, if so recommended. EATING ESTABLISHMENTS. Density. 7. Private Road. Hospital Services (Limited). A yard extending along the full length of the front lot line of the zoned area. Call (319) 627-2418. That portion of the floodplain outside the floodway. B. Caliper. If the Comprehensive Plan is amended, the Code should also be amended if found to be necessary or advisable by the Planning and Zoning Commission. J. 2. Development is staged in a manner that can be accommodated by the timely provision of public utilities, facilities and services. Sign Structure. Is conducted entirely within a dwelling or integral part thereof and has no outside storage of any kind related to the home occupation; 2. A. Applicability. GPS may be used as supporting documentation only and the datum source must be referenced. Dwelling, Multiple-family (also multifamily). All landscaping shall not obstruct pedestrian, bicycle or vehicular traffic. The raising of fish or shellfish in any natural or manmade, enclosed or impounded, water body. That portion of a building having more than one-half (1/2) of its height below lot grade elevation. City Council approval of a PUD also constitutes final approval of the binding PUD development ordinance and PUD general development plan that were attached to the PUD application, as modified by the City Council. The Minimum Lot Width is the minimum width of a lot (in feet), measured parallel to and along the front property line. A transfer of development rights from a transferor parcel to a receiving parcel by instrument(s) of transfer. Automobile or mechanical paint or repair shops; 7. Density, Residential. Vehicle Storage. The applicant must ensure that the application for a stormwater permit was prepared or reviewed and approved in writing by a licensed professional engineer prior to submission to the City. Generally a PUD is understood as a parcel of land or contiguous parcels of land of a size sufficient to create its own environment, controlled by a single landowner or by a group of landowners in common agreement as to control, to be developed as a single entity, the environment of which is compatible with adjacent parcels and the intent of the zoning district or districts in which it is located; the developer or developers may be granted relief from specific land use regulations and design standards, and may be awarded certain premiums in return for assurance of any overall quality of development, including any special feature which that [sic] will be of exceptional benefit to the community as a whole and which that [sic] would not otherwise be required by this Ordinance Code [sic]. E. The City Administrator may develop administrative rules or additional procedures to clarify implementation of this Code, provided that such rules or procedures are approved by the City Council prior to their implementation or enforcement, and provided further that additional procedures do not violate any other provisions of this Code. Establishments or places of business engaged in sale from the premises of feed, grain, fertilizers, pesticides and similar goods or in the provision of agriculturally related services with incidental storage on lots other than where the service is rendered. Such requirements must be sufficient to permit the Administrator to effectively review the application and for the final approving authority to render an informed decision. This policy may be further defined and supplemented by other codes adopted by the City. For the purposes of these regulations, a minor plat subdivision is defined as a subdivision: Involving not more than five (5) lots fronting on an existing approved street; and, Not involving any new street or prospectively requiring any new street for access to interior property; and, Not requiring extension of public sewage or water lines to serve properties at the rear; and. The following zoning districts are identified for the purpose of these tables: Table 6-2 Permitted Signs by Zoning District, * (A) Allowed without permit (P) Permit required (-) Prohibited. The City may participate in the costs of improvements required by this section in order to achieve proportionality between the traffic impacts created by the proposed development and the obligation to provide adequate roadways. Comprehensive Drainage Plan. PERSONAL SERVICES. J. requirements for maintenance of landscaping and other improvements, K. establishment of development schedules or time limits for performance of completion, and. The decision of the City Council shall be final. Minimum Lot Area is the minimum amount of square footage allowed within a lot, based on its zoning district classification. No rezoning action may specifically vary from the Permitted Uses Table found in Section 4.09 or from the Future Land Use Map included in the Comprehensive Plan. Where flow records are available, a stream with a 7Q2 flow of less than 0.1 ft3/s is considered intermittent. The requirements of this Code and any applicable state law. Mutual access easements may be required during the platting process to limit the number of curb cuts along Major and Minor Arterials. CONSUMER REPAIR SERVICES. Normally, the area is landscaped or kept in open space use. H. Provision of Access Easements.