Baytown City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE 1
General Provisions
Sections
- Division 1.1 Jurisdiction and Authority
- Division 1.2 Effect of ULDC
ARTICLE 2
Zoning Districts and Dimensional Standards
Sections
- Division 2.1 General
- Division 2.2 Zoning Districts and Dimensional Standards
- Sec. 2.21 Residential District Dimensional Standards
- Sec. 2.22 Mixed-Use Neighborhood (MUN) District Dimensional Standards
- Sec. 2.23 Nonresidential District Dimensional Standards
- Sec. 2.24 Form District Standards
- Sec. 2.25 Planned Unit Development
- Sec. 2.26 Special Purpose and Overlay Districts
- Sec. 2.27 Civic and Open Space Types
- Division 2.3 Use Standards
- Sec. 2.31 Consolidated Use Table
- Sec. 2.32 Use Categories
- Sec. 2.33 Use-Specific Standards
- Sec. 2.34 Special Use Standards
- Sec. 2.35 Accessory Use and Structure Standards
- Sec. 2.36 Temporary Use Standards
- Sec. 2.37 Wireless Communications Facilities
- Sec. 2.38 New and Unlisted Uses
- Division 2.4 Measurements and Allowances
ARTICLE 3
Development Standards
Sections
- Division 3.1 Purpose and Applicability
- Division 3.2 Building and Site Design
- Division 3.3 Parking, Loading, Stacking, and Access
- Sec. 3.31 General Provisions
- Sec. 3.32 Required Off-Street Parking
- Sec. 3.33 Parking Lot and Parking Space Design
- Sec. 3.34 Accessible Parking (ADA)
- Sec. 3.35 Parking Credits and Reductions
- Sec. 3.36 Off-Street Loading
- Sec. 3.37 Vehicle Stacking Areas
- Sec. 3.38 Parking Access and Circulation
- Sec. 3.39 Bicycle Parking
- Division 3.4 Tree Preservation, Landscaping, and Buffering
- Division 3.5 Outdoor Lighting
- Division 3.6 Signs
- Division 3.7 Performance Standards
ARTICLE 4
Subdivision Design
Sections
- Division 4.1 General Provisions
- Division 4.2 Subdivision Design Standards
- Sec. 4.21 General Improvement Standards
- Sec. 4.22 Development Types
- Sec. 4.23 Streets, Access Management, and Alleys
- Sec. 4.24 Lots and Blocks
- Sec. 4.25 Easements
- Sec. 4.26 Sidewalks and Accessibility
- Sec. 4.27 Public Water and Wastewater Systems
- Sec. 4.28 Storm Drainage and Detention
- Sec. 4.29 Street Names, Street Lights, and Fire Hydrants
- Sec. 4.210 Markers and Monuments
- Division 4.3 Public Improvements, Dedication, and Acceptance
ARTICLE 5
Environmental Management
Sections
- Division 5.1 Flood Damage Prevention
ARTICLE 6
Development Review Bodies
Sections
- Division 6.1 Legislative and Quasi-Judicial Bodies Established and Authorized
- Division 6.2 Administrative Bodies Established and Authorized
ARTICLE 7
Development Review Procedures
Sections
- Division 7.1 Purpose and Applicability
- Division 7.2 Common Review Procedures
- Sec. 7.21 Pre-Application Conference
- Sec. 7.22 Application Submittal, Fees, and Completeness
- Sec. 7.23 Staff Review and Distribution
- Sec. 7.24 Common Decision Criteria
- Sec. 7.25 Public Notice
- Sec. 7.26 Public Meetings and Hearings
- Sec. 7.27 Post-Decision Provisions
- Sec. 7.28 Appeals
- Sec. 7.29 Inactive and Expired Applications and Renewals
- Sec. 7.210 Development Review Summary Table
- Division 7.3 Administrative Decisions
- Sec. 7.31 Administrative Adjustment
- Sec. 7.32 Site Development Plan
- Sec. 7.33 Minor or Amending Plat
- Sec. 7.34 Lot Consolidation
- Sec. 7.35 Construction Plans
- Sec. 7.36 Building Permit
- Sec. 7.37 Floodplain Development Permit
- Sec. 7.38 On-Site Water or Wastewater Permit
- Sec. 7.39 Sign Permit
- Sec. 7.310 Temporary Use Permit
- Sec. 7.311 Certificate of Occupancy
- Sec. 7.312 Written Interpretation
- Sec. 7.313 Minor Modification of an Approved Application
- Sec. 7.314 Right-of-Way License
- Sec. 7.315 Easement Encroachment License
- Division 7.4 Master Plans, Amendments, and Special Uses
- Division 7.5 Variances and Administrative Appeals
- Division 7.6 Subdivision Review Procedures
ARTICLE 8
Nonconformities
Sections
- Division 8.1 Classification and Conversion of Nonconformities
ARTICLE 9
Enforcement, Violations, and Penalties
Sections
- Division 9.1 Enforcement Procedures
- Division 9.2 Penalties and Remedies
ARTICLE 10
Word Usage
Sections
- Division 10.1 Rules of Construction, Acronyms, and Abbreviations
- Division 10.2 Definitions
- A
- Abandonment
- Accessory Dwelling Unit
- Accessory Structure
- Accessory Use
- Active Recreation
- Adult Day Care Center
- Agricultural Sales and Service
- Amending Plat
- Amphitheater
- Animal Hospital
- Animals
- Appeal
- Approved
- Appurtenances
- Archery/Firearms Range
- Arterial Street
- Assessment
- Assisted Living Facility
- Attic Story
- Automobile Repair, Major
- Automobile Repair, Minor
- B
- Banking or Credit Union
- Barn
- Bar, Tavern, and Lounge means establishments that are devoted to the serving of alcoholic beverages for consumption by guests on the premises and in which the serving of food is only incidental to the consumption of those beverages, including, but not limited to, taverns, nightclubs, cocktail lounges, and cabarets.
- Basement
- Battery Storage System Facility
- Bed and Breakfast
- Berm
- Big Box Retail
- Block
- Boardinghouse
- Boat and Boat Parts and Accessories Sales
- Boat and RV Storage
- Bowling Center
- Brick
- Building
- Building Envelope
- Building Frontage
- Building, Heating, Plumbing, Service Contractors, or Contractors in General
- Building Permit
- Build-to-Zone (BTZ)
- Business School
- C
- Caliper
- Campground
- Capital Improvements
- Car Wash
- Catering Establishment
- Cemetery, Columbarium, Mausoleum, and Memorial Park
- Child Day Care Center or Pre-School
- City Engineer
- Clinic
- Club or Lodge
- Code of Ordinances
- Collector Street
- College or University
- Commercial Motor Vehicle
- Commercial Property
- Commercial Waste Container
- Commercial Waste Enclosure
- Community Building
- Community Garden
- Community Home for Persons with Disabilities
- Community Service
- Conditions
- Condominium
- Condominium Project
- Condominium Regime
- Container
- Contents Coverage
- Contractor's Shop and/or Service Yard
- Cottage Court or Tiny Home Community
- Country Club
- Critical Root Zone
- D
- Decorative Concrete Block
- Decorative Precast Concrete Panels
- Density
- Department
- Destroyed Structure
- Detention Facility
- Developed Acreage
- Developed Land
- Developer
- Development
- Development Review Committee
- Dilapidated
- Disabled Person
- Dog Run
- Dooryard
- Dormitory
- Drilling, Oil or Gas Operations
- Drilling Site
- Driveway Approach
- Drip Line
- Dwelling, Apartment
- Dwelling, Duplex
- Dwelling, Live-Work
- Dwelling, Multiplex
- Dwelling, Single-Unit Attached
- Dwelling, Single-Unit Detached
- Dwelling, Townhouse
- Dwelling, Triplex
- Dwelling Unit
- E
- Easement, Fire Lane
- Eave
- Electric Vehicle (EV)
- Electric Vehicle Charging Station (EVCS)
- Electric Vehicle Charging Station, Level 1
- Electric Vehicle Charging Station, Level 2
- Electric Vehicle Charging Station, DC Fast Charger
- Electronic Message Center
- Elevated Building
- Elevations
- Environmental Analysis
- Environmentally Sensitive Area
- Equipment Sales and Rental Facilities
- Equipment Storage
- Equivalent Dwelling Unit Table
- Evergreen Screen
- Evergreen Tree
- Excavation
- Existing Manufactured Home Park or Subdivision
- Existing Tree
- Extraterritorial Jurisdiction
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- Main
- Major Thoroughfare
- Management Office, On Site for Multiunit and Single-Unit Dwellings
- Manufactured Home
- Manufactured Home Park
- Masonry Materials
- Master Sign Plan
- Medical Equipment Storage and/or Research Facilities
- Medical or Dental Office or Clinic
- Medical Waste Storage and Disposal Center
- Microbrewery, Microdistillery, or Microwinery
- Micro-Manufacturing
- Mini-Golf Course
- Minor Arterial
- Minor Plat
- Minor Replat
- Mixed-Use Building
- Movie or Other Theater
- Mulch
- Multifamily
- Multiplex
- N
- O
- P
- Package Store (Alcohol)
- Packaging
- Park
- Parking Lot, Commercial
- Parking Setback Line (PSL)
- Parking Space
- Passive Recreation
- Pawn Shop
- Personal Care Home
- Personal Care Services
- Personal Pleasure Boat
- Personal Storage Building
- Pet Kennel
- Pets
- Pet Store
- Place of Public Assembly
- Planning and Zoning Commission
- Plat
- Plot Plan
- Police Station
- Primary Building(s)
- Primary Entrance(s)
- Principal or Major Arterial
- Private Easement
- P
- Private Open Area
- Private Recreation Space
- Project Area
- Property Line
- Property Owner
- Public Easement
- Public Realm
- Public Services
- Q
- R
- Radial Lot
- Recreational Vehicle
- Recreational Vehicle Park
- Recycling Center
- Regional Commercial
- Repair-Oriented Uses
- Replacement Oil or Gas Well
- Residential Property
- Residential Proximity Slope Line
- Restaurants, Drive-Through or Drive-In
- Resubdivision
- Resubmitted
- Retail
- Retail Repair, Sales, and Service Uses
- Retention Facility
- Roof Pitch
- S
- Sales-Oriented Uses
- Sandblasting
- S
- Screening
- Secondary Building(s)
- Secondary Entrance(s)
- Semi-Trailer Truck
- Senior, Community, or Youth Center
- Service Area
- Service-Oriented Uses
- Service Units
- Setback
- Sewer Lines
- Sexually-Oriented Business
- Shade Tree
- Shopfront Space
- Short-Term Rental
- Shrub
- Sidewalk Clear Zone
- Sign, A-Frame Sidewalk
- Sign, Attached
- Sign, Awning
- Sign, Banner
- Sign, Blade
- Sign, Canopy
- Sign, Changeable Copy
- Sign, Drive-Through
- Sign, Driveway
- Sign, Freestanding
- Sign, Human Directional
- Sign, Illuminated
- Sign, Inflatable
- Sign, Monument
- Sign, Neglected
- Sign, Permanent
- Sign, Pole
- Sign, Portable
- Sign, Prohibited
- Sign, Projecting
- Sign, Pylon
- Sign, Revolving
- Sign, Roof
- Sign, Sidewalk
- ign, Subdivision or Development
- Sign, Temporary
- Sign, T-Frame Sidewalk
- Sign, Wall
- Sign Window
- Sign, Yard
- Sign
- Sign Area
- Sign Copy
- Sign Face
- Sign Height
- Sign Structure
- Static or Instant Message Change
- Slaughterhouse
- Small Box Retail
- Small Tree
- Solar Energy Facility
- Solar Panel Array
- Spire
- Sports Court
- Stable
- Stadium, Running Track, or Ball Field
- Stone
- Storage Building
- Street (Public Realm)
- Streetscape
- Structure
- Stucco
- Studio
- Subdivision
- Subdivision Plat
- Supply House
- T
- U
- V
- W
- X
- Y
- Z
- A