An outbuilding behind the main structure on the lot.

Any construction that increases the size of a structure in terms of site coverage, height, or gross floor area.

The process by which the city administrator reviews submitted administrative plats, public frontage, site and/or building plans and provide approval based on compliance with this chapter.

The procedure to be followed for the approval of the subdivision or re-subdivision of an existing lot(s) when such subdivision meets certain limited conditions set by the city.

The process by which the city review submitted neighborhood plan, public frontage, site and/or building plans to determine compliance with this chapter.

The city administrator and or designated city staff.

A vehicular drive located to the rear of lots providing access to service areas, parking, rear building access or containing utility easements.

Any change, demolition or modification to a structure or site designated as a historic landmark or located in a local historic area including, but not limited to, the following:

Plat as defined in section 212.016 of the Texas Local Government Code and the procedure for such plats shall be the same as the procedure as defined herein.

The grid plan, grid street plan, or gridiron plan is a type of city plan that the streets run at right angles to each other, forming a grid.

A building or series of buildings containing greater than five (5) dwelling units in a building with exterior dwelling unit entrances, primarily rented or leased for terms longer than thirty (30) days.

A means for obtaining review of a decision, determination, order, or failure to act.

A person or entity who submits to the city an application for an approval required by this chapter. To be qualified as an applicant under this chapter, the person or entity must have sufficient legal authority or proprietary interests in the land to commence and maintain proceedings under this chapter. The term shall be restricted to include only the property owner(s), or a duly authorized agent and representative of the property owner.

A written request to the city for an approval required by this chapter that contains all information required by this chapter and that has been deemed administratively complete by the city.

Colonnade supported upper stories of a building projecting over the sidewalk, where the facade of the first story remains at or behind the frontage line.

The unique details and component parts that combined, form the architectural style of a structure, building or object.

A cloth, plastic, or other nonstructural covering that either is permanently attached to a building or can be raised or retracted to a position against the building when not in use. This term does not include canopies.

A group of either short-term or long-term bicycle parking spaces that are located in the vehicular parking area adjacent to the curb. The corral is generally surrounded by a painted white box on the street with flexible vertical delineators and a wheel stop where vehicles are likely to back into the adjacent parking spot.

A bicycle parking fixture that provides at least two (2) bicycle spaces and includes at least a four (4) foot wide by six (6) foot long dimension, intended for parking more than three (3) hours, and is fully protected from the elements.

A bicycle parking fixture that provides at least two (2) bicycle spaces and includes at least a four (4) foot wide by six (6) foot long dimension, intended for parking less than three (3) hours.

An aggregate land area circumscribed by streets or thoroughfares.

The aggregate of all the principal frontage lines or alternatively the building facades on one side of a block.

A structure having a roof supported by columns or walls for the shelter, support or enclosure of persons, animals, real property, and business activity.

The 335' X 335' block created by dividing a farm lot. It is the foundation of the walkable environment.

The inspector or administrative official charged with responsibility for issuing permits and enforcing the building code and this chapter where indicated.

The four (4) options for placement of a building on a lot in the ordinance including edgeyard, rearyard, sideyard, and courtyard.

A range of structures with different standards to create a variety of options for human settlements. Building types are organized by building placement.

A secondary building located toward the rear of the same lot as a principal building used as an additional dwelling unit.

A place where a person practices their regular occupation, profession, or trade.

Characterizing a proposal or component of a proposal for a neighborhood plan or site plan that complies with this chapter and is permitted and processed administratively without public hearing.

A lightweight pushcart that is designed to be pushed or pulled by hand and is used for vending.

An official certificate issued by the city through the building official that indicates conformance with the zoning standards and building codes and authorizes legal use of the premises that it is issued; may be referred to as an occupancy permit.

The official map or maps that are part of the comprehensive plan and delineate the boundaries of individual character districts.

The governing body of the City of Bandera, Texas.

A registered engineer or their representative employed by the city.

The City of Bandera and its authority of its city limits and ETJ.

The city secretary of the City of Bandera or the authorized representative of the secretary.

A designation for public sites dedicated for civic buildings and civic space.

A building operated by not-for-profit organizations dedicated to arts, culture, education, recreation, government, transit, and municipal parking, or as approved by the planning and zoning commission and city council.

An outdoor area dedicated for public use. Civic space types are defined by the combination of certain physical constants including the relationships among their intended use, their size, their landscaping, and the buildings that front them.

A development pattern structured by a pedestrian shed oriented toward a common destination such as a general store, meeting hall, schoolhouse, or church clustered together in order to preserve open space. CLD takes the form of a small settlement standing free in the countryside.

The term collectively defining workplace, office, retail, and lodging uses.

An area of focused community activity, usually defining the approximate center of a pedestrian shed. It may include without limitation one (1) or more of the following: a civic space, a civic building, a commercial center, or a transit station, and may act as the social center of a neighborhood.

A document adopted by the city that consists of graphic and textual policies that govern the future development of the city and that consists of various components governing specific geographic areas and functions and services of the city.

A voluntary legal agreement between a landowner and a land trust or government agency that permanently limits uses of the land in order to protect its conservation values.

The act of adding an addition to an existing building, structure or object or the erection of a new principal or accessory building, structure or object on any lot, parcel or site.

The placement of a building within the boundaries of its lot to create a private courtyard, while internally defining one (1) or more private patios. Courtyard is a building type.

The edge of the vehicular pavement that may be raised or flush to a swale. It usually incorporates the drainage system.

An act or process which:

Any construction activity or alteration of the landscape, its terrain contour or vegetation, including the erection or alteration of structures or land use.

Options for land configuration for a neighborhood plan. The three types addressed in this chapter are Cluster Land Development (CLD), Traditional Neighborhood Development (TND), and Village Cluster Development (VCD).

Any activity that intentionally alters the hydrological regime of any locality by facilitating the removal of surface or ground water. It may include the construction, deepening, extending, opening, installation or laying of any canal, drain or pipe, either on the land or in such a manner as to encourage drainage of adjoining land.

A vehicular lane within a lot, often leading to a garage.

A building with two (2) units within one (1) structure on a lot. The configuration can be side by side, stacked, front to back, etc.

Any building or portion thereof, that is designed or used as living quarters for one (1) or more families.

A building that occupies the center of its lot with setbacks on all sides, edgeyard is a building type.

The exterior wall of a building that is set along a frontage line. Syn. Facade.

Any structural element that breaks the plane of a vertical or horizontal regulatory limit, extending into a setback, into the public frontage, or above a height limit.

The area adjacent to the city limits of the city over that the city is authorized to control, among other things, subdivision as prescribed or defined by law.

The principal face of a building, including parapet walls and omitted wall lines, or any part of a building that encloses or covers usable space. Where separate faces are oriented in the same direction, or in directions within forty-five (45) degrees of one another, they are to be considered as part of a single facade.

The equivalent of four (4) Bandera Blocks which are 335' X 335' with between sixty (60) feet and eighty (80) feet of right-of-way reserved between the blocks. A farm lot is bounded by streets and measures approximately 750' X 750'.

The date when a submission has been deemed an administratively complete application. A plan or permit application shall be reviewed for completeness and be deemed administratively complete to be considered filed.

A plat as defined in section 212.014 or section 212.015 of the Local Government Code and the procedure for such plats shall be the same as standard procedure as defined herein.

An area of land subject to inundation by a one hundred (100) year frequency flood as determined using standard engineering practices and generally as shown on the FIRM (flood insurance rate map) of the City of Bandera.

Cart that has at least two (2) wheels, is designed to be attached to and drawn by a motor vehicle and is used for vending.

The area between a building facade and the vehicular lanes, inclusive of its built and planted components. Frontage is divided into private frontage and public frontage.

A lot line bordering a public frontage. Facades facing frontage lines define the public realm and are therefore more regulated than the elevations facing other lot lines.

Fixtures, as installed, that are designed or shielded in such a manner that all light rays emitted by the fixture, either directly from the lamps or indirectly from the fixture, are projected below a horizontal plane running through the lowest point on the fixture where light is emitted.

An attached cantilevered shed or a lightweight colonnade extending from a building facade to overlapping the sidewalk.

A Civic Space Place Type (P-CS) for unstructured recreation, spatially defined by landscaping rather than building frontages.

A single-dwelling unit edgeyard building on a regular lot.

The code or codes adopted by the City of Bandera to ensure public health and safety of buildings, including all related codes.

New development on land that had been previously developed, including most greyfield and brownfield sites, or remainder lands surrounded by developed lands and cleared land within urbanized areas.

A small, quasi-permanent booth-like structure that is located outdoors and is used for vending.

A range of depth of a Lot within those certain elements are permitted.

Light emitted from fixtures designed or installed in a manner that unreasonably causes light to fall on a property other than the one where the light is installed, in a motor vehicle drivers' eyes, or upwards toward the sky.

Any source of light that does not include natural light emitted from celestial objects or fire. The term includes any type of lighting, fixed or movable, designed or used for outdoor illumination of buildings or homes, including lighting for billboards, streetlights, canopies, gasoline station islands, searchlights used for advertising purposes, externally or internally illuminated on- or off-premises advertising signs, and area-type lighting. The term includes luminous elements or lighting attached to structures, poles, the earth, or any other location.

An undivided tract or parcel of land having frontage on a public right-of-way or on an approved civic space or open space having direct thoroughfare access, and that is or may be offered for sale, conveyance, transfer or improvement, that is designated as a distinct and separate tract, and that is identified by a tract, or lot number or symbol in a duly approved plat that has been properly filed of record.

The percentage of the area of a lot covered by building, parking, or other impervious footprints. Permeable materials qualify for a lot coverage reduction percentage as determined by the city administrator.

The boundary that legally and geometrically demarcates a lot.

A lot that is part of a plat that has been recorded in the office of the county clerk of Bandera County.

The length of the principal frontage line of a lot.

The unit of measurement used to quantify the amount of light produced by a bulb or emitted from a fixture (as distinct from "watt," a measure of power consumption). The initial lumen rating associated with a given lamp is generally indicated on its packaging or may be obtained from the manufacturer. (Abbreviated lm)

The total number of lumens produced by all lamps utilized in outdoor lighting on a property divided by the number of acres, or part of an acre, with outdoor illumination on the property.

The lamp (light bulb), any diffusing elements, and surfaces intended to reflect or refract light emitted from the lamp individually or collectively comprise the luminous elements of a light fixture (luminaire).

The primary outdoor gathering place for a community. The main civic space is often, but not always, associated with an important civic building.

A structure, transportable in one (1) or more sections, which is built on a permanent chassis and designed for use with or without a permanent foundation when attached to the required utilities. The term "manufactured home" does not include a "recreational vehicle."

A plat as defined in section 212.014 or section 212.015 of the Local Government Code and the procedure for such plats shall be the same as standard procedure as defined herein.

A factory assembled structure approved by the municipality with the necessary service connections made so as to be movable on site and designed to be used as a permanent dwelling.

A neighborhood design plan created through a series of maps defining the physical form, place type allocation, block types, and extent of a settlement as required by the ordinance. The three development patterns addressed in this chapter are CLD, TND, and VCD and allow for the creation of a variety of neighborhood plan patterns.

A structure within a designated local historic district that is not considered to be of historical significance or which does not possess significant physical features, historical associations, or historical architectural qualities.

A property used for purposes other than to residential.

Land intended to remain undeveloped; it may be for civic space, left natural or integrate trails or other activities.

Activities relating to a property that would be considered ordinary or common for maintaining the property, such as:

On-site sewage facility, commonly referred to as septic systems, whether of a traditional or "engineered" design.

A civic space type that is a natural preserve available for unstructured recreation.

A pedestrian way traversing a park or rural area with landscape matching the contiguous open space, ideally connecting directly with the urban sidewalk network.

Any person a foot. A person who uses an electric personal assistive mobility device or a manual or motorized wheelchair is considered a pedestrian unless the manual wheelchair qualifies as a bicycle. For the purposes of this subsection, "motorized wheelchair" means a self-propelled wheelchair that is used by a person for mobility.

The area covered by a five (5) minute walk from the center of a neighborhood (about one-quarter (0.25) miles or one thousand three hundred twenty-five (1,325) feet). The acreage of the pedestrian shed is determined by the development pattern.

The official map or maps that are part of this chapter and delineate the boundaries of individual districts.

Geographic boundaries that use standards to establish the building types density, height, and other elements of the intended habitat. Each place type has associated standards relating to the private and public frontages.

A board, appointed by the city council, authorized to recommend changes in the zoning and other planning functions as delegated by the city council. Also referred to as the "commission."

A division of land creating building lots or tracts, showing all essential dimensions, and other information necessary to comply with the standards of the City of Bandera, approved by the City of Bandera, and recorded in the plat records of Bandera County. It shall include plan, plat or replat, both singular and plural.

A civic space type designed for civic purposes and commercial activities in the more urban place types, generally paved and spatially defined by building frontages.

A formal meeting with the city engineer before a public improvement plan or public improvement plan agreement may be approved.

A formal meeting with city staff required before a request for any plat, replat, or plat vacation may be submitted to the city.

Land together with any buildings or structures situated thereon.

The stabilization of a historic building, its materials and features in their present condition to prevent future deterioration. Preservation focuses on the maintenance and repair of existing historic materials and retention of a property's form as it has evolved over time.

The private frontage designed to bear the address and principal entrance(s) of a building.

The main building on a lot.

The primary street side of the building facing the public realm.

The main point(s) of access for pedestrians into a building or unit within a building.

The private frontage designed to bear the address and principal entrance(s) of a building.

The privately held first lot layer and the facade of the building.

The privately owned lot layers, land and/or structures.

Shall have the same definition as "development."

The area between the curb of the vehicular lanes and the frontage line.

Any project for the erection, construction, alteration, repair or improvement of any public structure, building, road, or other public improvement of any kind.

The streets, parks, squares, green spaces, and other interconnected outdoor places that require no key to access them and are available without charge for everyone to use.

A system that is installed and maintained by an entity that holds a wastewater CCN from the state and is served by a wastewater treatment facility that holds a discharge permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, or successor entity.

A building that occupies the full frontage line, leaving the rear of the lot as the sole yard.

The act or process of reassembling, reproducing or replacing by new construction, the form, detail and appearance of property and its setting as it appeared at a particular period of time by means of removal of later work or by the replacement of missing earlier work or by reuse of original materials.

A portable home designed as a temporary dwelling for travel and recreational and vacation uses. Such homes shall not exceed eight feet in width and 46 feet in length and shall be classified as a recreational vehicle whether or not its wheels, rollers, skids or other rolling equipment have been removed, and whether or not any addition thereto has been built on the ground; and shall also include pick-up campers, converted buses, self-powered motor homes, tent trailers, tents and analogous temporary portable housing and accessory buildings.

Any lot, tract, or parcel of land upon which accommodation is provided for two (2) or more recreational vehicles used as living or sleeping quarters by the day, week, or month, whether a charge is or is not made. A recreational vehicle park is a unified development of recreational vehicle spaces provided for recreational vehicle use, with or without community facilities and permitted permanent buildings.

The act or process of returning a property to a state of utility through repair or alteration that makes possible an efficient contemporary use while preserving those portions or features of the property that are significant to its historical, architectural, and cultural values.

Any change of the location of a structure in its present location to another location within the city limits.

Permanently moving a structure or feature or tree from its current location.

A plat as defined in section 212.014 or 212.015 of the Local Government Code and the procedure for such plats shall be the same as standard procedure as defined herein.

A structure designated and built for someone to live. Same as dwelling.

The act or process of accurately recovering the form and details of a building, structure or object or lot, parcel or site and its setting as it appeared at a particular period of time by means of the removal of later work or by the replacements of missing earlier work.

The division of any part of an existing subdivision, including any change of lot(s) size therein, and/or with relocation of any street lines.

Shielded, concealed, and effectively hidden from view by a person standing at ground level on an abutting site, or outside the area or feature so screened by a fence, wall, hedge, berm, or similar architectural or landscape feature.

On corner lots, the private frontage that is not the principal frontage.

The area of a lot measured from the lot line to a building facade or elevation that is maintained clear of permanent structures, with the exception of encroachments listed in this code. The build-to-line replaces the front setback in the zoning standards.

The word "shall" shall be deemed mandatory, the word "may" shall be deemed permissive.

A type of walkway paved with concrete or pavers.

The placement of a building within the boundaries of its lot to create a private sideyard, with a setback to one (1) side. Sideyard is one of the four (4) building placement types.

A triangular shaped area required on corner lots at the intersection of two (2) streets including alleys that impact multi-modal traffic safety.

A structure, sign, display, light device, figure, painting, drawing, message, plaque, poster, billboard, or other object that is designed, intended, or used that includes text or images designed to communicate. Signs located completely within an enclosed building and not exposed to view from outside the building or structure shall not be considered a sign. Each display surface of a sign or sign face shall be a sign.

The engineered or surveyed drawings depicting proposed development of land.

The location of a significant event, a prehistoric or historic occupation or activity, building or structure, whether standing, ruined, or vanished, where the location itself possesses historical, cultural, architectural or archeological value regardless of the value of any existing structure.

A preliminary design of a subdivision and/or development that illustrates the layout of rights-of-way, blocks, lots, easements, civic/open spaces, drainage and land uses. A sketch drawing is preliminary in nature but provides enough detail to define the physical form of a subdivision and/or development to allow staff to provide relative feedback to an applicant. Review of a sketch drawing is not considered the filing of an original application or plan for development for purposes of chapter 245 of the Texas Local Government Code.

A civic space designed for unstructured recreation and civic purposes, circumscribed by thoroughfares, spatially defined by building frontages, and consisting of paths and/or sidewalks, lawn and trees, formally lining the space.

The procedure to be followed for the approval of a subdivision when the land proposed to be subdivided.

The mandatory requirements or rules of this code.

A habitable level within a building, excluding an attic or raised basement.

A local urban thoroughfare of low speed and low to moderate capacity.

The system of thoroughfares identifying the physical location of each thoroughfare and its street type.

Any tree that is growing in the city right-of-way, whether in improved (between the sidewalk and the curb) or unimproved (no sidewalk and/or curb) right-of-way.

A particular type of street and its characteristics, including right-of-way width, number and dimensions of elements, and the intended purpose of the street.

Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires location on the ground, or that is attached to something having a location on the ground.

The division of any lot, tract or parcel of land into two (2) or more parts in order to lay out a subdivision of the tract, including an addition to the city, to lay out a neighborhood, building, or other lots, or to lay out streets, alleys, squares, parks, or other parts of the tract intended to be dedicated to public use or for the use of purchasers or owners of lots fronting on or adjacent to the streets, alleys, squares, parks, or other parts.

A low or slightly depressed area for drainage, usually vegetated.

A location at the axial conclusion of a thoroughfare or pedestrian way. A building located at a terminated vista, designated on a neighborhood plan, is required or recommended to be designed in response to the axis.

The state agency authorized by the State Legislature, or its successor agency, to regulate matters related to highway and road construction. (Note: When any TxDOT standard, "item" regulation, definition or other matter is referenced, utilized, or adopted herein, the city also specifically adopts by this note of reference, and shall automatically apply without further amendment to this code, the applicable successor TxDOT standard(s), "item(s)," regulation(s), definition(s) or other matter(s), as amended by state law over time).

A way for use by vehicular and pedestrian traffic and to provide access to lots and open spaces, consisting of vehicular lanes and the public frontage.

See recreational vehicle.

Lighting that is directed in such a manner as to project light rays above the horizontal plane running through the lowest point on the fixture where light is emitted.

A development pattern structured by a pedestrian shed oriented toward a common destination such as a general store, meeting hall, schoolhouse, or church with dense P4 and P5 place types surrounded by open space. Vehicles are kept on the peripheral and rear of the development.

A measure of how easy it is to travel a place by walking. Walkable places are safe, comfortable, interesting, and have useful destinations.

The section of the public frontage dedicated exclusively to pedestrian activity.

A ruling that would permit a practice that is not consistent with a specific provision of this code, but that is justified by its intent. Warrants are granted administratively, jointly by the city administrator and city engineer.