Clute City Zoning Code

On a corner lot in any district, nothing shall be erected, placed, planted or allowed to grow in such a manner as to materially impede vision between a height of 2.5 feet from the lowest point of the street intersection and ten feet from the highest point of the street intersection. The area affected by this regulation shall be a triangle measured as ten feet in both directions along the lines of the property abutting the intersection.

(Ord. No. 79-22, § 2(3), 8-9-79)

Cross reference— Traffic and vehicles, ch. 110.

(1)

In this section, physical barrier shall be defined as any barrier that blocks physical access or view and includes fences, walls, hedges and other obstructions.

(2)

No barrier shall be permitted in any front yard, except for the following:

a.

A barrier within 20 feet of an intersection on a corner lot, which may impede vision through such barrier up to a maximum height of 30 inches.

b.

A fence which complies with the sections below.

(2)

Hedges, bushes, or other landscaping that prevents physical access or view shall not exceed 30 inches in height and shall not be allowed further forward than four feet of the front edge of the primary building on any lot, and in no instance shall block the view of traffic on any public road or street.

(3)

"Front yard" in this section is defined as all space forward of the front edge of the primary building on any lot.

(4)

Fences that are not in the front yard shall not exceed a total height of eight feet, above the highest soil grade level of the lot.

(5)

Fences shall be allowed in the front yard that comply with the following conditions:

a.

The fence shall not exceed a maximum height of 60 inches above the level of the city right-of-way.

b.

The fence shall be set behind the city right-of-way and utility easement.

c.

The fence shall not block the view of traffic on any public road or street.

(7)

No barrier shall be permitted that blocks the view of traffic on any public road or street.

(8)

A building permit shall be required prior to construction of any fence.

(Ord. No. 79-22, § 2(4), 8-9-79; Ord. No. 2023-010, § 1, 9-7-23; Ord. No. 2025-009, § 1, 4-3-25)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2023-010, § 1, adopted Sept. 7, 2023, repealed § 6.3, which pertained to screening fences required and derived from Ord. No. 79-22, § 2(5), 8-9-79; Ord. No. 83-23, § 12, 12-8-83.

No accessory building shall be erected in any required yard except as provided elsewhere in this ordinance, and no separate accessory building shall be erected within 12 feet of any other building on said lot.

In any district, more than one structure housing a permitted or permissible principal use may be erected on a single lot, provided that yard and other requirements of this ordinance shall be met for each structure as though it were on an individual lot.

The height limitations contained in the schedule of district regulations do not apply to spires, belfries, cupolas, antennas, water tanks, ventilators, chimneys, or other appurtenances usually required to be placed above the roof level and not intended for human occupancy.

Every building hereafter erected or moved shall be on a lot adjacent to a public street, or with access to an approved private street, and all structures shall be so located on lots as to provide safe and convenient access for servicing, fire protection, and required off-street parking.

Automotive vehicles or trailers of any kind or type without current license plates shall not be parked or stored on any residentially zoned property other than in completely enclosed buildings.

Only temporary buildings as defined in section 18.1 of this ordinance are allowable. These buildings shall be removed from the premises within 30 days after the construction project is completed.

(Ord. No. 79-22, § 2(6), 8-9-79)

All other temporary or portable buildings as defined in section 18.1 of this ordinance and which do not meet the provisions of article II, chapter 22, section 22-37 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Clute, Texas, are hereby prohibited and shall not be allowed within the corporate limits of the city.

Modular homes and modular buildings are allowed under the following conditions:

(1)

Modular homes and modular buildings must have an engineered foundation, i.e. one which are constructed according to plans signed and stamped by a registered professional engineer licensed in Texas stating that the foundation is designed to meet or exceed the 120 MPH wind load requirement for coastal counties required by the 2012 International Building Code. The crawl space must be vented according to the applicable code and have louvered openings.

(2)

Modular homes and modular buildings must have an exterior electrical disconnect.

(3)

Modular homes must be installed with a two car hard surface asphalt or cement driveway according to the local specifications of the city.

(4)

Modular homes must have a vertical masonry enclosure from the ground to the home. It must be constructed of residential brick at least two courses wide or a decorative split face block or natural stone that meets the width and structural equality.

(5)

Modular homes must have landscaping and sod in place to meet the appearance of the surrounding neighborhood.

(6)

The roofline of modular homes shall match the appearance of the rooflines of other homes in the neighborhood.

(7)

Modular homes and modular buildings that are not maintained shall be considered altered and must be removed from the city unless recertified by the Texas Industrialized Building Code Council.

(8)

The provisions of this section do not apply to a construction site building while construction is actually occurring at the site where such building is located.

(Ord. No. 2016-020, § 2, 8-25-16)

(1)

Modular homes are a permitted use in the R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4 and R-5 zoning districts.

(2)

Modular buildings are a permitted use within the C-1, C-2 and M-1 zoning districts.

(Ord. No. 79-22, § 2(7), 8-9-79; Ord. No. 2016-020, § 2, 8-25-16)