(a)

Areas subject to inundation. Certain areas are subject to periodic inundation, making them unsafe and unfit for human habitation. No structure or portion thereof which is designed for dwelling use or as a place of public assembly shall be erected or altered for such uses where the land to be covered by such structure or portion thereof has been designated by the zoning administrator as uninhabitable, until the conditions making the land uninhabitable have been corrected. Land that is permitted to be used shall not be considered to be guaranteed by the police jury against flood or other hazard.

(b)

Natural production uses. In any district except in the R-A district, the extraction of oil, gas or other natural mineral deposit may be permitted upon the approval of the board of appeals and subject to such terms and conditions as the board may fix for the protection of adjacent property and uses. The land must be restored to original condition after mining operations have ceased.

(c)

Illumination of uses. Lighting facilities used to illuminate signs, parking areas, or for other purposes shall be so arranged that the source of light is concealed from adjacent residence properties and does not interfere with traffic.

(d)

Dwelling units in commercial or industry districts. A dwelling unit may be permitted within a structure used for commercial or industrial purposes if occupied by an owner, management or security personnel as determined by the zoning administrator. The dwelling unit shall meet all building and health codes.

(e)

Cypress lake and black bayou lake. No certificate of occupancy, building permit or zoning classification change will be considered for the following described property until the lake commission has first reviewed the proposal:

The area adjacent to, and surrounding Cypress and Black Bayou Reservoirs up to a distance of 800 feet from the 179.6-foot contour line on Cypress Bayou Reservoir and from the 185.0-foot contour line on Black Bayou Reservoir.

(Ord. No. 120, § III(A), 1981)

(a)

Dwelling on small building site. Where a lot located in a residence district contains an area less than the required building site area for the district and on the effective date of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived was existing and of record and held in separate and different ownership from any lot immediately adjoining, such lot may be used as the building site for a one-family dwelling.

(b)

Building site not served by public water supply and sewerage. For any dwelling use not served by a public or private sanitary sewerage system, a building permit will not be issued until the building is approved by the board of health.

(c)

Visibility at intersections. On a corner building site in any district in which a front yard is required, no fence, wall, hedge, or other structure or planting more than three feet in height shall be erected, placed, or maintained within the triangular area formed by the intersecting street lines and a straight line connecting such street lines at points 30 feet from the point of intersection measured along such street lines.

(d)

Home occupations and nameplates. For the purpose of providing required building site area, a home occupation or a nameplate shall be considered as being part of the use to which it is attached.

(Ord. No. 120, § III(B), 1981)

(a)

Height exceptions. The height limits for the various districts shall not apply to church spires, belfries, cupolas, penthouses, or domes not used for human habitation, nor to chimneys, ventilators, skylights, water tanks, parapet walls, cornices, or necessary mechanical appurtenances usually carried above the roof level, provided that such features are limited to that height necessary for their proper functioning.

(b)

Excess height. In any district any main structure may be erected or altered to a height in excess of that specified for the district in which the structure is located, provided that each required front, side, and rear yard is increased one foot for each foot of such excess height; provided, further, that where no front yard is required, the part of the structure exceeding the height specified for the district shall be set back from the vertical planes of all street lines one foot for each two feet of such excess height.

(Ord. No. 120, § III(C), 1981)

(a)

Front yard depth. In any residence district, any building site lying between two building sites adjacent thereto and having dwellings erected upon them on the effective date of this chapter shall have a front yard equal in depth at least to the average depth of the front yards of the building sites adjacent thereto; provided, however, that no front yard shall be less than 20 feet in depth, and no front yard shall be required to be more than 30 percent of the depth of the building site.

(b)

Side yard at abutting districts. Where the side line and rear line, in the case of a corner lot, of a building site in a business or an industry district, except the B-I district, abuts upon the side line of a building site in any residence district, there shall be provided on the building site lying in the business or industry district and adjacent to the residence district a side yard and rear yard, in the case of a corner lot, not less than 40 feet in width.

(c)

Minimum side yard widths. In the B-2, B-3, I-1 and I-2 districts, if side yards are provided, such side yards shall have a minimum width of eight feet.

(d)

Corner building site. In any district a corner building site having to its rear a building site facing toward the intersecting or side street shall have provided on the intersecting or side street side of the corner building site a side yard having width equal at least to the depth of the front yard required for a structure on the building site to the rear of the corner building site; provided, however, that this regulation shall not be applied to reduce the buildable width of the corner building site to less than 30 feet nor require a side yard of more than 20 feet.

(e)

Projecting architectural features. Every part of a required yard shall be open and unobstructed from the ground to the sky except for permitted accessory structures and for the ordinary projections of sills, belt courses, cornices, buttresses, eaves, and similar architectural features, provided that such projections shall not extend more than two feet into any required yard. Open fire escapes may extend into any required yard not more than 3½ feet.

(f)

Accessory structures. In any business or industry district, no accessory structure shall occupy any part of a required rear yard; in any residence district, no accessory structure shall occupy more than 30 percent of a required rear yard; in no district shall an accessory structure occupy any part of a required front or side yard.

(1)

Side yard and rear yard requirements. No separate accessory structure shall be erected or altered so that it is closer to any side or rear line than eight feet.

(2)

Corner building site. No accessory structure on a corner building site having to its rear a building site facing toward the intersecting or side street shall be erected or altered nearer to the intersecting or side street line than the front building line to be observed by any structure on the building site to the rear of the corner building site.

(g)

Mapped street lines. Front yard depth and, in the case of a corner building site, a side yard width shall be measured from the future street right-of-way line where such line has been established on the official map to define a mapped street.

(h)

Fences and walls. No fence or wall, other than the wall of a permitted structure, shall be erected or altered in any front yard to exceed a height of four feet, and no fence or wall, other than the wall of a permitted structure, shall be erected or altered in any side or rear yard to exceed a height of seven feet.

(i)

Signs.

(1)

No sign shall be erected or altered in the town, on any lot in a B-1, B-2, B-3, I-1 and I-2 district that does not meet the requirements of this section. On a corner building site, formed by two intersecting streets, no temporary or portable sign shall be erected within the triangular are formed by the intersecting pavement lines and a straight line connecting such pavement lines at points 15 feet from the point of intersection measured along such pavement lines. No sign or advertising structure shall be located in such a manner as to obscure, obstruct or otherwise physically interfere with the clear or unobstructed view of an official traffic sign, signal or device or obstruct or physically interfere with drivers' view of approaching, merging or intersecting traffic nor be located within ten feet of a fire hydrant.

(2)

Temporary signs shall not be located within 15 feet of any street pavement.

(3)

Permanent signs located within the above described triangular area or within 15 feet of a driveway shall be located a minimum or eight feet above the existing ground elevation measured from the ground to the bottom of the sign.

(Ord. No. 120, § III(D), 1981; Ord. No. 239, 2-10-1992)

(a)

Noise. There shall be no production by any use of noise which at any boundary of the building site is in excess of the average intensity of street and traffic noise at that boundary.

(b)

Heat, glare and vibration. There shall be no emission by any use of objectionable heat, glare, or vibration which is perceptible beyond any boundary of the building site on which the use is located.

(c)

Dust, dirt, odors, gases, smoke, and radiation. There shall be no emission by any use of dust, dirt, odors, gases, smoke, or radiation which is in any obnoxious or dangerous amount or degree beyond any boundary of the building site on which the use is located.

(d)

Hazard. There shall not be created or maintained by any use any unusual fire, explosion, or safety hazard beyond the boundary of the building site on which the use is located.

(e)

Wastes. No materials or waste shall be stored in such a manner that they may be transferred off the building site by natural forces or causes.

(f)

Business hours of operation. In any B-1 district, no store, shop or other commercial establishment shall be open for business before 7:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m.; in any B-2 district no store, shop, or other commercial establishment shall be open for business before 7:00 a.m. or after 12:00 midnight.

(Ord. No. 120, § III(E), 1981)