when referring to lots, parcels or property, means next to and having some portion of a boundary that is coterminous with the parcel proposed for development. Lots or parcels that are separated only by an alley are abutting if their property lines would be shared if they extended to the centerline of the alley. See Figure “Illustrative Example of Abutting Lots.”

means an area designated as a way for vehicles to enter or leave a property or lot to a public or private street or alley. Access is intended to permit residents to bring their vehicles onto the property, to allow employees, customers, or tenants to park, and to provide for public access in emergencies.

means a private easement for vehicular access across one lot or parcel to another (e.g., a driveway across a lot to access another lot). Cross-access easements are reciprocal arrangements that provide for the free flow of vehicles across the property line of abutting lots (e.g., a driveway connection between abutting shopping centers, two retail businesses, etc.).

means a building that is subordinate to the principal building which serves a purpose that is customarily associated with the principal use. Examples of accessory buildings include storage sheds and detached residential garages. The phrase “accessory building” does not include a parking structure.

means a secondary dwelling unit which is located in a separate accessory building on the same lot as the principal dwelling unit. The ADU provides a complete, independent living space with facilities for cooking, eating, sanitation, and sleeping. See Section 11.102, Accessory Dwelling Units.

means a structure which is on the same parcel of property as a principal use or building the use of which is incidental to the use of the principal use or building (e.g., gazebos and carports).

means a use incidental to and customarily associated with a specific principal use, located on the same lot or parcel.

means land (with and without farm residences) which is primarily used for the commercial production of field crops for food, fiber, or energy; orchards; viniculture; horticulture; dairying; pasturage; aquaculture, and truck farming. The term also includes the raising or breeding of livestock, cattle, horses, poultry, where there is no more than one animal equivalent unit per acre, and the keeping of bees. The term includes the necessary accessory uses for storing the products and inputs needed to produce them. The phrase does not include the phrase “community garden.”

means aircraft take-off and landing fields and flight training schools; or airstrips for personal aircraft for the private use of an individual. The term “airport” also includes the term “helistop.”

means the following:

means flooding occurring on the surface of an alluvial fan or similar landform which originates at the apex and is characterized by:

means an area of land used for outdoor commercial amusement on a general admission or per-amusement fee basis. Facilities at an amusement park include amusement rides (e.g., motorized rides, water slides, wave pools, go-carts, bumper cars, bumper boats, and comparable facilities), and may also include supporting uses and facilities such as concert stages, theaters, batting cages, gardens, playgrounds, shops, child care, food stands, and restaurants.

means an animal hospital or clinic that provides services for horses and other livestock, and which may board animals in the course of treatment. The phrase “animal boarding and veterinarian services, large animal” does not include “animal boarding and veterinarian services, small animal.”

means veterinary clinics, hospitals, or other facilities that provide care and boarding of small domestic animals. The phrase “animal boarding and veterinarian, small animal” does not include “animal boarding and veterinarian services, large animal.”

means an establishment where domestic animals are bathed, clipped, or combed for the purpose of enhancing their appearance or health, and for which a fee is charged, but not including overnight boarding of animals.

means a multi-family building type that is comprised of three or more dwelling units, each having an entrance to a hallway, stairway, or balcony in common with at least one other dwelling unit. Apartments may be leased, rented, or owned in a condominium style of ownership.

means a point on an alluvial fan or similar landform below which the flow path of the major stream that formed the fan becomes unpredictable and alluvial fan flooding can occur.

means a person, firm, or governmental agency that executes the necessary forms to obtain approval or a permit for any zoning, subdivision, land development, building, land disturbing activity, or other activity regulated by this UDC.

means the final action granting an application given by the appropriate administrative body specified in Article 13, Administrative Bodies, as having final approval responsibility.

means a feature in and of a parcel of land or a site, or a building, structure or object, or a related group of any of these. The term includes, but is not limited to, buildings, structures, objects, landscaping, walls, fences, light fixtures, steps, paving, sidewalks, shutters, awnings and signs.

means a designated AO, AH, AR/AO, AR/AH, or VO zone on the City’s Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) with a one percent or greater annual chance of flooding to an average depth of one to three feet where a clearly defined channel does not exist, where the path of flooding is unpredictable, and where velocity flow may be evident. Such flooding is characterized by ponding or sheet flow.

means the land in the floodplain that is subject to a one percent or greater chance of flooding in any given year. The area may be designated as Zone A on the Flood Hazard Boundary Map (FHBM). After detailed rate-making has been completed in preparation for publication of the FIRM, Zone A usually is refined into Zones A, AO, AH, A1-30, AE, A99, AR, AR/A1-30, AR/AE, AR/AO, AR/AH, AR/A, VO, V1-30, VE or V. The term “area of special flood hazard” is also referred to as “special flood hazard area.”

means a civil drawing depicting the completed infrastructure improvements as they were installed on the lot. As-built plans must be prepared and certified by a registered land surveyor and may involve a licensed engineer.

means a temporary light manufacturing facility used for the production of asphalt or concrete, or asphalt or concrete products, used in building or construction of a specific site or project, and includes facilities for the administration and management of the business, the stockpiling of bulk materials used in the production process or of finished products manufactured on the premises and the storage and maintenance of required equipment, but does not include the retail sale of finished asphalt or concrete products.

means an establishment that:

means a commercial establishment which can further defined as:

means a flood having a one percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year.

means the elevation shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and found in the accompanying Flood Insurance Study (FIS) for Zones A, AE, AH, A1-A30, AR, V1-V30, or VE that indicates the water surface elevation resulting from the flood that has a one percent chance of equaling or exceeding that level in any given year (also called the base flood).

means any area of the building having its floor subgrade (below ground level) on all sides.

[means] a small lodging establishment that offers overnight accommodation and inclusive breakfast, but does not offer other meals. Typically, Bed and Breakfasts are private homes or family homes offering accommodations; the typical Bed and Breakfast establishment has between 4 and 11 rooms, with 6 being the average (see also overnight accommodations).

means the capability of being decomposed by biological agents, especially bacteria.

means a piece of land surrounded on all sides by streets or other transportation rights-of-way or by physical barriers such as waterbodies, watercourses, or public open spaces. Blocks are normally divided into lots. See Figure “Illustrative Blocks” for an illustrative example of blocks within a City.

means a radio, television or microwave structure exceeding 120 feet in height, with or without guide wires, used to transmit and/or receive commercial radio, television or microwave communications.

means open spaces, landscaped areas, fences, walls, berms, or any combination thereof, which are used to physically and visually separate one use or property from an abutting property in order to mitigate the impacts of noise, light, or other nuisance.

means a designated strip of land upon which a buffer is installed. Bufferyards may be required between land uses, along zoning district boundaries, along parking lot boundaries, and along street and railroad rights-of-way.

means a structure that has a roof and walls, and which is intended to shelter people, animals, property, or business activity, and includes any structure used or intended to be used for supporting or sheltering a use or occupancy. The term “building” shall be construed as if it were followed by the words “or part or parts thereof and all equipment therein.”

The term building may also mean an industrialized building which is a nonresidential structure that is constructed off-site as one or more modular components (including the installation of plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems), bearing an approved decal or insignia, and then transported to the site to be affixed to a permanent foundation. To approve a building permit for an industrialized building, the Building Official shall review the designs, plans, and specifications, whereby each page must be stamped by the Texas Industrialized Building Code Council (which is the state-designated authority that ensures that all preconfigured modular components are in compliance with state-mandated building codes). On-site building code inspections are to be made by the state-designated authority and witnessed by the Building Official.

See Tex. Occ. Code Section 1202, Industrialized Housing and Buildings.

means the footprint of all buildings (area within exterior walls) on a parcel or lot divided by the total area of the parcel or lot.

means the designated authority of the Department, or designee thereof, whose duties include administration and enforcement of this UDC.

means an official certificate issued by the Building Official that sets forth that a building, structure, or use legally complies with this UDC and the applicable building codes, and that the building, structure, or use may be used for the purposes stated therein.

means a character of development which can be described as follows:

means a character of development that is comprised of individual farms and residences, conservation and cluster developments, agriculture uses, and areas that are in their natural state (e.g., buffered stream corridors, etc.). Residential developments are typically scattered on large acreages, or clustered with high open space ratios. Drainage is typically managed through natural means and in many cases there are no public water or wastewater utilities.

See Chapter 2, Land Use and Character and Appendix A, Existing and Future Character Descriptions, from the Cuero Comprehensive Plan.

means a character of development which can be described as follows:

means a character of development that is comprised of nonresidential and mixed-uses (e.g., live/work units, or residential over retail uses, etc.) where a sense of enclosure is created through the buildings being brought to the street (i.e., a build-to line), parking is on the street or in public parking lots or parking structures, and the street atmosphere is more pedestrian-friendly and walkable than in other character areas.

See Chapter 2, Land Use and Character and Appendix A, Existing and Future Character Descriptions, from the Cuero Comprehensive Plan.

means a facility licensed, certified, or registered by the state to provide assessment, care, training, education, custody, treatment, or supervision for a child who is not related by blood, marriage, or adoption to the owner or operator of the facility, for all or part of the 24-hour day, whether or not the facility is operated for profit or charges for the services it offers.

See Chapter 42, of the Tex. Human Resources Code.

means a child-care facility that provides care at a location other than the residence of the director, owner, or operator of the child-care facility for seven or more children under 14 years of age for less than 24 hours a day, but at least two hours a day, three or more days a week, which could include the following:

means a child-care facility that provides care at the residence of the director, owner, or operator of the child-care facility for seven or more children under 14 years of age for less than 24 hours a day, but at least two hours a day, three or more days a week.

See Chapter 42, of the Tex. Human Resources Code.

means a facility licensed or certified by the state that operates for all of the 24-hour day. The term includes general residential operations, child-placing agencies, foster group homes, foster homes, agency foster group homes, and agency foster homes, which are further defined as follows:

means a home that provides regular care in the caretaker’s own residence for not more than six children under 14 years of age, excluding children who are related to the caretaker, and that provides care after school hours for not more than six additional elementary school children, but the total number of children, including children who are related to the caretaker, does not exceed 12 at any given time. The term does not include a home that provides care exclusively for any number of children who are related to the caretaker.

See Chapter 42, of the Tex. Human Resources Code.

means the City of Cuero, DeWitt County, Texas.

means City Council of the City of Cuero, DeWitt County, Texas.

means a facility providing medical, psychiatric, or surgical service for sick or injured persons exclusively on an outpatient basis, including diagnostic services, treatment, training, administration, and services to outpatients, employees, or visitors. The term clinic includes immediate care facilities, where urgent care treatment is the dominant form of care provided at the facility, but does not include hospital, freestanding emergency medical care facility, or state-designated trauma center.

means uses that provide commercial amusement indoors, including, but not limited to:

means uses that provide commercial amusement outdoors, including, but not limited to:

means the periodic outdoor sales of merchandise on-site by occupants of a commercial lot or parcel.

means a private or public area of land that is used for the noncommercial cultivation of fruits, herbs, flowers, vegetables, or ornamental plants by more than one person or family.

means a computer, machine, game or apparatus which upon insertion of a coin, token, access number, magnetic card or similar object, or upon payment of anything of value, may be operated by the public generally for use in a contest of skill, entertainment, amusement or chance whether or not registering a score, and which provides the user with a chance to win anything of value, on a per play basis, or any cash payout or anything that could be redeemed, directly or indirectly for any cash payout and which is not gambling under state or local laws.

The phrase “computerized sweepstakes device” does not include machines designated for use by the State Lottery Commission.

means an approved plan that is required of all multi-phased developments so that the Planning and Zoning Commission can render a determination on each preliminary and/or final plat in context of how the entire project will be developed as a whole.

means a use, which because of its potential impacts, may be permitted in a given zoning district (as specified in Division 2.100, Permitted, Limited, Conditional, Temporary, and Prohibited Uses), only after public hearing review and issuance of a conditional use permit. Conditional uses are subject to general standards (see Section 14.402, Conditional Use Permits) and specific standards (see Division 2.200, Limited and Conditional Use Standards), which are intended to improve compatibility for abutting properties and the community as a whole.

means a discretionary approval granted by the Planning and Zoning Commission for conditional uses.

means a set of legal interests in real property consisting of:

means a small single-family detached dwelling unit with ground level gross floor area of less than 1,000 square feet which is intended for small lots in specified zoning districts.

means a restriction on the use or development of land, or which requires affirmative actions to be performed (e.g., the payment of dues to a property owners’ association, maintenance of common open space, etc.), that is set forth in a recorded agreement, and that runs with the land (i.e., it is binding upon subsequent owners of the property).

means an outdoor lighting fixture, or luminaire, with shields, reflectors, or panels that direct and cut off the light at an angle that is less than 90 degrees.

where not used in reference to a specific department (e.g., “Utilities Department”), means the Planning and Development Department (or title as amended).

means a person seeking to construct buildings or structures, or otherwise improve a parcel proposed for development as defined in this UDC.

means the construction of a new building or other structures on a lot, the relocation of an existing building on another lot, or the use of open land for a new use. In addition, it also means any man-made change to improved or unimproved land, buildings, or structures, including, but not limited to, parking, fences, pools, signs, temporary uses, and any land disturbing activities, including, but not limited to clearing of land, dredging, filling, grading, paving, or excavation.

means digging or boring a new well for the purpose of exploring for, developing or producing oil and/or gas or other hydrocarbons, or for the purpose of injecting gas, water, or any other fluid or substance into the earth to develop, produce or improve the production of oil and/or natural gas or other hydrocarbons (see also “oil/gas operations”).

means a facility used by an approved use to provide service to customers in vehicles who either:

means a private accessway, primarily for vehicles, leading from a street to a parking or loading area.

means an unpressurized, permanently installed pipe that has one end below the water level of a pond or container.

means a single-family attached building which contains two dwelling units, each of which is totally separated from the other by:

means one or more rooms physically arranged so as to create an independent housekeeping establishment for occupancy by one family, with separate facilities for all of the following: sanitation, living, sleeping, cooking, and eating.

The term dwelling unit may also means industrialized housing.

means any portion of a lot subject to an agreement between a private property owner and another party which grants the other party the right to make limited use of that portion of the property, whether on, over, or under the property, for a specified purpose.

means the date that this UDC is adopted, amended, or the date land areas became subject to the regulations contained in this UDC as a result of such adoption or amendment. As the UDC is amended, the effective date may be different for different Sections.

means a non-basement building, which has its lowest elevated floor, raised above the base flood elevation by foundation walls, shear walls, posts, piers, pilings, or columns to comply with local, state, and/federal floodplain management regulations.

means:

means the process by which the land surface is worn away by the action of water, wind, ice or gravity.

means a facility that may temporarily hold a large number of persons that attend a special use such as a conference, ceremony, exhibit, etc. (e.g., banquet hall or lodge). Meals may or may not be served or made available in such facilities.

means any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock, or other earthen material is cut into, dug, uncovered, displaced, or relocated.

means a manufactured home park or subdivision for which the construction of facilities for servicing the lots on which the manufactured homes are to be affixed (including, at a minimum, the installation of utilities, the construction of streets, and either final site grading or the pouring of concrete pads) is completed before the effective date of the floodplain management regulations.

means structures for which the “start of construction” commenced before the effective date of the FIRM or before January 1, 1975, for FIRMs effective before that date.

means the preparation of additional sites by the construction of facilities for servicing the lots on which the manufactured homes are to be affixed (including the installation of utilities, the construction of streets, and either final site grading or the pouring of concrete pads).

means an unincorporated area that is contiguous to the corporate boundaries of the municipality which potentially allows the municipality to extend some regulatory provisions (e.g., the subdivision of property less than five acres in size) in the unincorporated area as a means to protect the general health, safety, and welfare of persons residing in and adjacent to the municipality, and as a means to define future growth and service boundaries.

means one person living alone, or group living together as a single nonprofit household unit in a dwelling unit, as follows:

means a deposit of materials of any kind placed by artificial means.

means any material that is not secured in place or completely enclosed in a structure, so that it could float off-site during the occurrence of a flood and potentially cause harm to downstream property owners, or that could cause blockage of a culvert, bridge or other drainage facility. This includes, without limitation, lumber, vehicles, boats, equipment, trash dumpsters, tires, drums or other containers, pieces of metal, plastic or any other item or material likely to float.

means a general and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry lands areas from:

means an examination, evaluation and determination of flood hazards and, if appropriate, corresponding water surface elevations, or an examination, evaluation and determination of mudslide (i.e., mudflow) and/or flood-related erosion hazards.

means the portion of the floodplain outside of the floodway covered by floodwaters during the regulatory flood.

means an official map of a community on which the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has delineated both the special flood hazard areas and the risk premium zones applicable to the community.

See the phrase “flood elevation study.”

means any land area susceptible to being inundated by water from any source. See the term “flood or flooding.”

means the operation of an overall program of corrective and preventive measures for reducing flood damage, including but not limited to emergency preparedness plans, flood control works and floodplain management regulations.

means zoning ordinances, subdivision regulations, building codes, health regulations, special purpose ordinances and other applications of police power. The term describes such state or local regulations, in any combination thereof, which provide standards for the purpose of flood damage prevention and reduction.

means any combination of structural and nonstructural additions, changes, or adjustments to structures which reduce or eliminate flood damage to real estate or improved real property, water and sanitary facilities, structures and their contents.

means the channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than a designated height.

means a measure of the intensity of development of a lot or parcel.

means the unit of illuminance equal to one lumen per square foot.

means a group of people formally organized for a common interest (e.g., culture, religion, or public service), with regular meetings and formal written membership requirements.

means the total length of the line or curve of a lot boundary that is coterminous with a street right-of-way line. For corner lots, frontage may be calculated for each street.

means a use, which cannot perform its intended purpose unless it is located or carried out in close proximity to water.

means all sales which are open to the public and conducted from or on residential property, which are for the purpose of selling items of the residents’ tangible personal property. Garage sales are also commonly known as “lawn,” “yard,” “attic,” “porch,” “room,” “back yard,” “patio,” or “rummage” sales. In some cases, multiple households, or entire neighborhoods may organize a single day or group of consecutive days to host a neighborhood garage sale.

means the sensation produced by luminance with the visual field that is sufficiently greater than the luminance to which the eyes are adapted to cause annoyance, discomfort, or loss in visual performance and visibility.

means a tract of land that is designed for the game of golf, including tees, fairways, greens, and hazards, and/or a tract of land on people drive golf balls from a central driving tee (e.g., a driving range). Such uses may also include a clubhouse, pro shop, golf equipment rental, and incidental food vending.

The phrase “golf course/club” subsumes the uses “recreation/personal fitness, indoor,” and “recreation/personal fitness, outdoor,” when those are uses are present and incorporated into an overall golf course/club facility.

is the sum of the total horizontal areas of every floor of every building on a lot.

means low growing plants that are planted [in] landscape areas in such a manner as to form a continuous cover over the ground, such as turf, liriope, ground cover jasmine, or like plants that can be maintained at or below two feet in height. The phrase “ground cover” includes grasses, ornamental grasses, vines, and other herbaceous material.

means all contiguous land, including structures, appurtenances, and other improvements on the land, used for processing, storing, or disposing of hazardous waste. The phrase includes a publicly or privately owned facility consisting of processing, storage, or disposal operational hazardous waste management units such as one or more landfills, surface impoundments, waste piles, incinerators, boilers, and industrial furnaces, including cement kilns, injection wells, salt dome waste containment caverns, land treatment facilities, or a combination of units.

See Tex. Health and Safety Code Section 361.003.

means:

means retail and/or service activities that have regular outside service or outside storage areas, exceptionally large floor areas, or partially enclosed structures, as listed below:

means an area used for the take-off and landing of private helicopters for the purpose of picking up and discharging of passengers or cargo. The use of the helistop is restricted to specific users or purposes (e.g., tenants of a corporate park, a hospital trauma center, etc.), and the term does not include facilities for general helicopter aviation use.

means the highest natural elevation of the ground surface prior to construction next to the proposed walls of a structure.

means

means a lawful business, occupation or activity conducted for financial gain from within a dwelling unit, where:

means a “general hospital” or a “special hospital,” as defined in Tex. Health and Safety Code Section 241.003, and includes all subclassifications thereof, or a “freestanding emergency medical care facility” as defined in Tex. Health and Safety Code Section 254.001.

means a measure of how much light is falling onto a surface, typically measured in footcandles.

means an area that do not allow significant amounts of water to infiltrate into the ground. Examples of impervious surfaces are blacktop and concrete.

means any street, driveway, alley, or parking lot surface paved with asphalt, concrete, brick pavers, or other approved uniform, hard material so as to provide a durable and dust-free surface for vehicular traffic.

means any building, structure, bridge, parking area, public facility, fence, gate, wall, landscaping, or other object constituting a physical addition to real property, or any part of such addition, or the process of installing such additions.

means a nonresidential structure that is constructed off-site as one or more modular components (including the installation of plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems), bearing an approved decal or insignia, and then transported to the site to be affixed to a permanent foundation. To approve a building permit for an industrialized building, the Building Official shall review the designs, plans, and specifications, whereby each page must be stamped by the Texas Industrialized Building Code Council (which is the state-designated authority that ensures that all preconfigured modular components are in compliance with state-mandated building codes). On-site building code inspections are to be made by the state-designated authority and witnessed by the Building Official.

See Tex. Occ. Code Section 1202, Industrialized Housing and Buildings.

means a residential structure that:

means any premises upon which a computerized sweepstakes device is located for the use or entertainment of the public, whether or not such premises has other business purposes of any nature whatsoever.

means clearing, grading, excavating, filling, dumping, grubbing, stripping, or other alteration of the earth’s surface where natural or human made ground cover is destroyed and which may result in, or contribute to, erosion and sediment pollution.

means that portion of a lot or parcel proposed for development which is required to contain landscape materials such as grass, ground covers, shrubs, vines, hedges, trees, and berms. Impervious surfaces are not counted as landscaped areas.

means the surface area of land not covered by any buildings, storage areas, or impervious surfaces. These areas shall be maintained as lawn, formally or informally landscaped areas, or natural areas, and may be left undisturbed.

means the ratio of landscaped surface to a unit of land area.

means the physical unit that holds a lamp and that may include parts to redirect the light produced by the lamp.

means uses that involve assembly, compounding, packaging, or treatment of products from previously prepared materials, with limited outside storage and limited external impacts or risks. For illustrative purposes, light industrial uses include:

means a use that is allowed in a zoning district, subject to special standards that mitigate its impact on the environment or other uses in the district or that prevent a concentration of the use in a particular area. In some cases, the special standards may prohibit the use from being developed on every property in a district.

means a dwelling unit that provides space that is designed for one or more commercial or office uses that are allowed in the zoning district. Access between the dwelling unit and the commercial or office space is provided within the unit or from an exterior stairwell.

means a contiguous area of land with boundaries established by a legal instrument such as a recorded deed, court order, or a recorded plat, which is recognized as a separate legal entity for purposes of transfer of title. The term “lot” does not include areas within rights-of-way and shall not be construed to allow the creation of lots that are not lawfully created in conformance with the provisions of this UDC (see also lot of record).

means the area of a lot taken at its perimeter exclusive of any portion within a public or private street right-of-way.

is a lot situated at the junction of two or more streets.

means the ratio of gross floor area of all buildings and structures and all areas that are associated with driveways and parking lots on a lot to the total lot area, expressed as a percentage.

is the length of a line connecting the midpoints of the front and rear lot lines.

is any lot, not a corner lot, with frontage on two streets which are parallel to each other or within 45 degrees of being parallel to each other.

is a lot other than a corner lot.

is any lot not having equal front and rear lot lines or equal side lot lines; a lot, the opposite lot lines of which vary in dimension and the corners of which have an angle of either more or less than 90 degrees.

means the boundary of a lot separating it from an abutting lot, or the dividing line between lots, pieces or parcels of land, without regard to any recorded subdivision plat.

means a lot which is part of a subdivision, the plat of which has been recorded in the office of the DeWitt County Clerk or parcel of land the deed (including metes and bounds description) for which was recorded in the office of the DeWitt County Clerk prior to January 1, 1986.

means the distance across the lot (side lot line to side lot line).

means the lowest floor of the lowest enclosed area (including basement). An unfinished or flood resistant enclosure, usable solely for parking or vehicles, building access or storage in an area other than a basement area is not considered a building’s lowest floor; provided that such enclosure is not built so as to render the structure in violation of the applicable non-elevation design requirement of Section 60.3 of the National Flood Insurance Program regulations.

means a comprehensive land planning and engineering design approach with the goal of maintaining, as a minimum, the pre-development hydrologic regime on the site without solely using traditional storm drainage conveyance systems (e.g., detention/retention basins) to satisfy drainage and flood mitigation requirements. LID integrates small-scale measures scattered throughout the development site, including such things as constructed green spaces, native landscaping, and a variety of innovative bioretention (e.g., bioswales) and infiltration techniques to capture and manage stormwater on-site. LID reduces peak runoff by allowing rainwater to soak into the ground, evaporate into the air, or collect in storage receptacles for irrigation and other beneficial uses. In areas with slow drainage or infiltration, LID captures the first flush before excess stormwater is diverted into traditional storm conveyance systems.

(also known as a “HUD-code manufactured home”):

means a part of a parcel of land located within a manufactured home park or subdivision designed to meet the minimum provisions set out in this UDC for the placement of a single manufactured home, which can be further classified as follows:

means a parcel (or contiguous parcels) of land divided into two or more manufactured home lots for rent (“Manufactured Home Park”) or sale (“Manufactured Home Subdivision”).

means a business engaged in the sales or rental of manufactured homes.

means the Mayor of the City of Cuero, DeWitt County, Texas.

for purposes of the National Flood Insurance Program, means the North American Vertical Datum (NAVD) of 1988 or other datum, to which base flood elevations shown on a community’s Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) are referenced.

means a facility offering diagnostic or pathological testing and analysis of blood, blood fluids, pathological specimens, DNA sampling and analysis, and any other diagnostic test generally recognized in the health care industry.

means a building that is designed for public gatherings or meetings.

means uses that involve extraction of minerals and fossil fuels from the ground, including surface and subsurface mining, drilling (excluding oil and gas operations), and quarrying facilities.

The phrase “mining/extraction” does not mean “oil/gas operations.”

means development in which a combination of residential and commercial uses (e.g., residential-over-retail), or several classifications of commercial uses (e.g., office and retail), are located on the same parcel proposed for development.

means unified development of mobile homes that has been a nonconforming use in the City since November 8, 1984.

means a dwelling unit temporarily used as a sales office for on-site sales of individual units in a residential subdivision or condominium development under construction.

means buildings that contain three or more dwelling units that:

means a temporary outdoor use of private property in a district zoned residential that is sponsored by the subdivision and is likely to generate visitors sufficient in quantity to obstruct, delay, or interfere with the safe and orderly movement of pedestrian or vehicular traffic (e.g., a subdivision-wide yard sale).

means:

means a manufactured home park or subdivision for which the construction of facilities for servicing the lots on which the manufactured homes are to be affixed (including at a minimum, the installation of utilities, the construction of streets, and either final site grading or the pouring of concrete pads) is completed on or after the effective date of the floodplain management regulations.

means a use of land or use of a building or structure lawfully existing at the time this UDC or a subsequent amendment to this UDC became effective which does not conform to the use requirements of the zoning district in which it is located.

means any use, building or structure (or portion of a building or structure) occupied or intended to be occupied, in whole or in part, for a use other than a dwelling unit, home, residing place, or permanent living space or sleeping space for one or more human beings.

means an enterprise that conducts the sale of plants grown off of the premises. The terms also include, as an accessory use, the sale of a limited selection of items (e.g., soil, planters, pruners, mulch, lawn or patio furniture, garden accessories, etc., but not power equipment) that are directly related to the care and maintenance of landscapes. The term “nursery/greenhouse, retail” does not include the cultivation of trees (or other vegetation normally associated with landscaping) where the principal use is growing nursery stock for sale at off-site retail businesses, as this is more appropriately classified as agriculture.

means an enterprise that conducts the sale of plants grown on the premises. The terms also include, as an accessory use, the sale of a limited selection of items (e.g., soil, planters, pruners, mulch, lawn or patio furniture, garden accessories, etc., but not power equipment) that are directly related to the care and maintenance of landscapes.

means an establishment that

means any physical barrier, structure, material or impediment in, along, across or projecting into a watercourse that may alter, impede, retard or change the direction or velocity of the flow of water, or that may, due to its location, have a propensity to snare or collect debris carried by the flow of water or to be carried downstream. Obstruction shall include, but not be limited to, any dam, wall, wharf, embankment, levee, dike, pile, abutment, protection, excavation, channelization, bridge, conduit, culvert, building, wire, fence, rock, gravel, refuse, fill, structure, and vegetation in, along, across or projecting into a watercourse.

means uses in which professional, business, information processing, or financial services are provided. The term includes such uses as:

means office space used for the examination and/or treatment of patients on an outpatient basis (with no overnight stays by patients), generally by appointment, by such professionals as:

means the map showing the location and boundaries of the zoning districts established by this UDC. This map is entitled, the “Official Zoning Map of the City of Cuero, Texas.”

include but is not limited to exploration, construction, site preparation, operation, maintenance, or use of any installation, facility or structure, directly or indirectly, to carry out or facilitate one or more of the following functions: repair, development, drilling, re-working, re-drilling, production, storage, processing, plugging, extraction, enhanced recovery, fracturing, pressurizing, stimulation, abandonment or shipping of oil or gas from the subsurface of the earth, including site development.

The phrase “oil/gas development” does not mean “mining/extraction.”

means an outdoor common open space area within a parcel proposed for development which is designed and designated for use by residents of the development for recreation or leisure activities. Such areas may include playground equipment, play courts, swimming pools, formal plazas with seating areas, community gardens, or other comparable features. The phrase “on-site recreation and leisure area” does not include trails.

means the measurement of the screening effectiveness of a bufferyard or fence, expressed as the percent of view across the bufferyard or fence that may be blocked to a height of 35 feet, based on the spacing of fence slats or expected volume of landscape material at a variety of heights that is likely to result from a given planting program.

means land areas that are left undeveloped from ground to sky in order to meet the open space ratio or other landscaping requirements (e.g., bufferyards, parking lot landscaping, etc.) of this UDC.

means the proportion of a development required to be set aside and preserved as open space. Minimum OSRs for residential development are set out in Section 3.101, Development Standards for New Residential Neighborhoods.

means places that offer overnight accommodations for short-term rental in increments of not less than 20 hours, including hotels, motels, and commercial inns.

means the person who owns the property, or a person who operates on or manages the property, including any employees or outside contractors who are engaged to work on or from the property.

means any legally described parcel of land which is designated by the owner or developer as land to be used or developed as a single unit, or which has been developed as a unit as determined by the Building Official. Parcels proposed for development oftentimes go through the subdivision process to create individual lots.

means the area of a parking lot or parking structure which provides for vehicular access to off-street parking stalls. The phrase “parking aisles” does not include the word “driveway” or the phrase “access point.”

means an area of land that is designated for parking spaces for automobiles and light trucks, the related parking aisles, the landscaped areas that are surrounded by the parking lot’s paved areas, and the landscaped areas at the corners of the paved areas insofar as their inclusion in the parking lot area gives it a regular shape. The phrase “parking lot” does not include driveways on individual residential lots, nor does it include individual garages or carports. Parking lots that are principal uses of property are not related to a specific land use on the same parcel.

means a row of parking spaces that are parallel to each other and take access to a parking aisle or street. Parking rows may exist as singular rows, or may be located back-to-back to each other providing access to different, but parallel parking aisles.

means parking lots or spaces which is shared by tenants, visitors, and the general public.

means an area of land designated for the parking of motor vehicles, and connected to a street, parking aisle, or other accessway.

means parking lots or parking structures that are not provided as required parking for a specific use, and where a fee for use is typically charged. The phrase “parking, stand-alone” also includes facilities that provide both parking for a specific use and regular fee parking for people not connected to the use. The phrase includes small structures intended to shield attendants from the weather.

means a structure that is composed of one or more levels that are used exclusively for parking spaces for motor vehicles. A parking structure may be totally below grade (underground parking structure); or partially or totally above grade (above-ground parking structure); and may be separate from or integrated into a building that is used for other purposes. Parking structures include parking lifts. Parking structures that are principal uses of property are not related to a specific land use on the same parcel.

means a guide for the development of buildings that establishes standards for the form, proportion, massing, architectural styles, color, materials, and detail requirements of buildings.

means an establishment that is engaged in the business of:

means permanent masonry, concrete, or a footing or foundation to which a manufactured home or industrialized housing, industrialized building, building, or structure may be affixed.

means one or more documents issued by the City allowing a person to begin an activity provided for in this UDC or other codes, ordinances, and regulatory provisions administered by the City. A permit allows only the activity (e.g., temporary uses), work, or development specified in the permit.

means a use that is allowed by right in a zoning district after the issuance of a permit (in most cases), provided such use is authorized as a permitted use by this UDC and the Building Official determines compliance with all applicable provisions of this UDC and other applicable ordinances and regulations.

means a building in which people assemble for civic, educational, religious, or cultural purposes. This use includes facilities used for the following:

means a facility where persons regularly assemble for religious purposes and related social events.

means a type of residential neighborhood in which single-family detached and single-family attached dwelling units are concentrated on a portion of the parcel proposed for development, in order to allow the remaining land to be used for recreation, open space, or preservation of sensitive land areas.

means the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Cuero, DeWitt County, Texas.

means a document, prepared by a registered land surveyor or engineer, which delineates property lines and shows monuments and other landmarks for the purpose of identifying property. Once approved by the applicable decision-making authority, plats are submitted to the DeWitt County Clerk for recording and create legal lots of record.

means a replat that addresses minor changes, corrections of clerical errors, or limited modifications affecting a limited number of property owners or lots.

is a subdivision plat which is a complete and exact subdivision plan prepared in conformity with the provisions of this UDC and in a manner suitable for recording with the DeWitt County Clerk.

means a subdivision plat or plan that involves four or fewer lots fronting on an existing street and not requiring the creation of any new street or the extension of public utilities. Minor plats are approved administratively by the Building Official and are submitted to the DeWitt County Clerk for recording, as appropriate.

is a subdivision plat that includes a plan of a subdivision or of a land development, including all required supplementary data, showing the approximate proposed street and lot or site layout, or a plan of existing private streets to be dedicated to public use, as a basis for consideration prior to the preparation of a final plat. Preliminary plats are not submitted to the DeWitt County Clerk for recording.

means a plat that is recorded and controls over the preceding plat over a subdivision or portion of a subdivision in conformance with the provisions set out in Texas Local Government Code.

See Tex. Local Gov’t Code Section 212.014, et seq.

is a plat that depicts the subdivision of land into lots and blocks (and sometimes the combination of land), and is the product of a process that simplifies legal property descriptions and dedicates lands for public use. For the purposes of the UDC, subdivision plats can be further classified as:

means a replat to eliminate the subdivision of property reflected by a prior plat.

means an enclosed storage container less than 20 feet in length that may be used to transport goods, but may then also be stationary on a single site for any period of time before or after transport. The term includes, but is not limited to:

means facilities that generate electricity from renewable noncombustible sources (e.g., wind, water, geothermal, or solar, but not alcohol or biodiesel) and deliver it to the power grid as either base load or peak load, also known as a “power plant” or “peaker power plant”; that are scaled to serve more than one building, but are not utility scale. The capacity rating of small scale power generation does not exceed two megawatts.

The phrase “power generation, small scale (renewable/noncombustible)” does not mean “small wind energy system,” which is permitted as an accessory structure as set out in Section 11.105, Solar Arrays and Small Wind Energy Systems (SWES).

means utility scale power plants that generate electricity using fossil fuels or renewable fuels, such as biomass, biodiesel, alcohol, wind, water, geothermal, or solar and delivers it to the power grid as either base load or peak load, also known as a “power plant” or “peaker power plant.”

means a building in which the principal use of a lot or parcel is conducted.

means, if there is no principal building the structure in which the principal use of a parcel is located, or the largest structure on a parcel. Fences and garden walls are not principal structures.

means the main use to which a parcel, lot, or premise (e.g., a leased space in a shopping center) is put.

means easements (also known as servitudes), covenants, conditions, and/or restrictions on property which are enforceable between private parties.

means a use that is not allowed in the specified zoning district and in some cases the entire City.

See Lot Line.

means an incorporated nonprofit organization operating under recorded land agreements through which:

means:

means any planned special event or gathering held on private property, regardless of whether a fee is charged, which invites the general public to an identifiable place and at a specified time and is likely to generate visitors sufficient in quantity to obstruct, delay, or interfere with the safe and orderly movement of pedestrian or vehicular traffic. Public special events could include outdoor gatherings; auctions; art sales; outdoor festivals, concerts, or parades; auctions; carnivals; circuses; outdoor meetings; special athletic activities (e.g., running races), and special entertainment at commercial properties, etc.

mean utility substations or transmission and local distribution facilities, including electric, gas, telephone, sewer, water, and stormwater. Whether a substation or transmission facility, the transmission lines shall either be in road rights-of-way, adjacent to the rights-of-way, or in easements or separate rights-of-way 20 feet or less in width.

means an area of land, a portion of which is covered by a system of tracks, that provides for the making up of trains by one or more railroads or private industry concerns. Necessary functions of a rail yard include but are not limited to the classifying, switching, storing, assembling, distributing, consolidating, moving, repairing, weighing, or transferring of cars, trains, engines, locomotives, and rolling stock.

means uses that provide active indoor recreation opportunities, on a subscription or membership basis, on a per unit of time basis, or free of charge, for the public or for residents of a subdivision or development. The phrase “recreation/personal fitness, indoor” includes but is not limited to:

means uses that provide active or passive outdoor recreation opportunities, on a subscription or membership basis, on a per unit of time basis, or free of charge, for the public or for residents of a subdivision or development. The phrase “recreation/personal fitness, outdoor” includes but is not limited to:

means a portable structure designed to be transported over the highways, and containing living or sleeping accommodations, such structure being designed and actually used as a temporary dwelling during travel for recreation and pleasure purposes, and not exceeding eight feet in width.

means a unified development of recreational vehicle spaces, community facilities, and permitted permanent buildings which are combined to support two or more recreational vehicles used as living or sleeping quarters by the day, week, or month, whether a charge is or is not made.

means a specific part of a lot or area in a RV park that has been reserved for the placement of one recreational vehicle.

means any of the following:

means a facility that processes waste materials originating from animals and vegetables, including animal parts and scraps, offal, paunch manure, and waste cooking grease.

See Tex. Health and Safety Code Section 361.093.

means any use, building or structure (or portion of a building or structure) that is used for premises that contain habitable rooms for nontransient occupancy, designed primarily for living, sleeping, cooking, and eating. Residential uses are typically contained within single-family detached, single-family attached, and multi-family dwelling units.

The term “residential” does not mean “overnight accommodations.”

means an establishment that serves prepared meals to customers for consumption on-site or off-site. A restaurant can include the sale of alcoholic beverages, provided however, that if more than 75 percent of the restaurant’s gross revenue comes from alcohol beverage sales, it is classified as a “bar or nightclub.”

Restaurants that include a “drive-in, drive-through facility” are limited to those areas where a drive-in, drive-through is a permitted use.

means the sale of goods and/or services directly to a consumer that are not specifically defined elsewhere in this UDC, and which do not include regular outside storage or sales. The phrase includes uses that are comparable to the following:

means an area of land not on a lot that is dedicated for public or private use to accommodate a transportation system. In no case shall a right-of-way be construed to mean an easement.

means a watercourse relating to, formed by, or resembling a river (including tributaries), stream, brook, and the like.

means the installation of a vertical riser of four inches in circumference, extending four to six inches above grade, used for the purpose of detecting the presence of non-biodegradable materials at or near the lot line where the owner/operator’s on-site wastewater collection system connects to the City’s off-site wastewater system.

means a system in which sanitary sewage and wastewater is collected from a single use or dwelling unit, by a system of pipes, and carried to a septic tank and tile disposal field located within the boundaries of an individual lot.

means an educational institution which provides fee-based instruction and may include:

means an institution that provides full-time instruction for students from pre-kindergarten to 12th grade. There are four types of schools for the purposes of this UDC:

means the temporary outdoor sale of merchandise from private property that permit[s] either temporary seasonal retail sales or outdoor display or sale of goods related to a holiday event (e.g., sale of holiday trees or Fourth of July fireworks, etc.), particular seasonal activity (e.g., sale of pumpkins in the Fall), or other similar merchandise or other articles of arts and crafts related to the seasonal sales activity.

means failure to use management (including stormwater management) or conservation practices to abate wind or water erosion of the soil or to abate the degradation of the waters of the state by soil sediment in conjunction with land grading, excavating, filling, or other land disturbing activities on land used or being developed or built upon for commercial, industrial, residential, or other non-agricultural purposes.

means a multiple compartment, watertight receptacle which receives sewage from a building and is designed and constructed so as to permit settling of solids from the sewage, digestion of the organic matter, and discharge of the liquid portion into a disposal area.

means a minimum distance that is required from a lot line to a building, structure, or sign, as the context requires.

See the definition of “sexually oriented business” in Chapter 111, Amusements, [Article 5.08, Sexually Oriented Businesses] of the Cuero Code of Ordinances.

means the use of land for archery and/or the discharging of firearms for the purposes of target practice, skeet and trap shooting, mock war games, or temporary competitions, such as turkey shoots.

means a group of retail, service, or restaurant establishments that are planned, developed, owned, or managed as a unit, with an off-street parking lot that serves all of the uses in the center located on the same parcel proposed for development. The term “shopping center” does not include outparcels which may be separated (by lot lines or easements) from the main center and which are intended for separate uses consisting of buildings and their associated parking lots.

means any of the following:

means an improved facility that is ADA accessible and is intended to provide for pedestrian movement:

means accessory features such as sidewalk furniture (e.g., benches), planters, railings, bicycle racks, canopies, and specialized lighting.

means a temporary, special outdoor sale conducted on public or private sidewalks immediately adjacent and contiguous to commercial establishments; provided, the merchandise being sold is consistent with the merchandise of the adjacent and contiguous business.

means the triangular area formed by a diagonal line connecting two points located on intersecting street right-of-way lines, or a right-of-way line and the curb or edge of a driveway (see Section 8.102E., Sight Distance Triangle Requirements).

means any writing (including letter, word, or numeral), pictorial presentation (including illustration or decoration), emblem (including device, symbol, or trademark), flag (including banner or pennant), or any other figure of similar character, that:

means dwelling units located in a single building where each unit is constructed on an individual lot or land that is designated as a limited common element in a declaration of condominium; and contains:

means dwelling units that are:

means a plan showing proposed improvements for a parcel proposed for development. It may be required as part of an application for a rezoning, conditional use permit, or variance. More detailed development plans are required for all nonresidential and mixed-use development (i.e., commercial site and building plan review). It does not mean a plat, or a site plan that is normally required for building permits or sign permits.

means equipment that converts and then stores or transforms kinetic energy from the wind into usable forms of energy, which has a rated capacity that does not exceed 10 kw, and is installed to reduce the on-site energy consumption. Equipment includes, but is not limited to, an anchor base, airfoil, blade, foundation, generator, nacelle, rotor, tower, transformer, vane, wiring, inverter, batteries, or any other components used in the system. A SWES may be a freestanding or attached to a building that supports the wind turbine.

(also known as photovoltaic systems) convert sunlight into electricity which are used to generate renewable energy. Solar arrays can be mounted on the ground as its own individual structure, or as an accessory structure on a building or other structure (e.g., water tower).

means all contiguous land, including structures, appurtenances, and other improvements on the land, used for processing, storing, or disposing of solid waste. The phrase “solid waste facility” includes a publicly or privately owned facility consisting of several processing, storage, or disposal operational units such as one or more landfills, surface impoundments, or a combination of units.

See Tex. Health and Safety Code Section 361.003.

See also the term “area of special flood hazard.”

means:

means a non-agricultural residential subdivision or condominium that consists of single-family detached housing and is not a planned cluster, mixed-use, or manufactured home park or subdivision.

means:

means the State of Texas.

means a building or group of buildings that are used for the storage of personal property or records, where individual owners or tenants control individual storage spaces.

means outdoor storage of operable equipment and building or infrastructure construction materials for off-site projects. The phrase “storage yard” does not include outdoor storage areas that are associated with an on-site heavy industry.

means the mitigation of the hydrologic impacts of lost natural runoff storage by the use of conventional storm conveyance systems or low impact development.

means a strip of land, comprising the entire area within a street right-of-way, which is intended for use as a means of vehicular and pedestrian circulation, which provides access to more than one abutting lot.

means a public or private minor way which are used primarily as a secondary means of access to the back or the side of properties otherwise abutting on a street.

means a street that is primarily for through traffic, carrying heavy loads and large volumes of traffic, usually on a continuous route. Arterials are comprised of:

means a street that serves or is designed to serve as the connection from local streets to arterial streets, such as the main entrance street of a residential development. Collector streets may also serve as a secondary connection between arterial streets.

means a short, independent, local street having only one point of ingress and egress, terminating in a circular turnaround called a cul-de-sac.

means a local street, other than a cul-de-sac, with only one means of ingress and egress.

means a street, generally parallel and adjacent to a property line, having a lesser right-of-way width than normally required for improvement and use of the street, with the intent that the abutting property will provide the other half of the right-of-way when it is developed.

means a street which serves or is designed to serve primarily as access to abutting properties.

means a local street, parallel and adjacent to an arterial street, but separated from it by a long strip, which provides access to abutting properties and control of intersections with the major street.

means an area in the approximate center of a street or state highway that is used to separate the directional flow of traffic, may contain left-turn lanes, and is demarcated by curb and guttering, having painted or thermally applied stripes, landscaping, or other means of distinguishing it from the portion of the roadway used for through traffic.

means any street right-of-way that is not dedicated to public use, and which is maintained by a private entity, such as a property owners’ association.

means any street right-of-way that is publicly owned by deed, right-of-way dedication, prescription, or any other conveyance, and maintained by a federal, state, or local unit of government.

means a species of tree that the City has determined is appropriate for planting within public rights-of-way. Street trees are identified in Appendix A, Plant Lists.

means a small planting area that is integrated into a sidewalk in order to provide a planting medium for street trees where there is an insufficient area for a street tree lawn, e.g., in the C-2 district. Street tree grates are located within the right-of-way lying between the public or private street and private property.

means the land (or landscape area) within the right-of-way lying between the public or private street and private property (excluding such portion that is covered by a sidewalk) which is where street trees (and sometimes, other landscaping) are planted.

means anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires permanent location on the ground (e.g., a shed), above the ground (e.g., a tree house), or below the ground (e.g., a pool), or attached to something having a permanent location on the ground including but not limited to fences, trash enclosures, signs, kiosks, or similar uses. A “structure” may sometimes be subsumed by the phrase “building.”

means any person, firm, partnership, corporation or other entity, acting as a unit, subdividing or proposing to subdivide land.

means the division or redivision of a lot, tract, or parcel of land, by any means, including by means of a plat or a description by metes and bounds, into two or more lots, tracts, parcels, or other divisions of land, for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of lease, of the transfer of ownership, or for development. The term “subdivision” includes “resubdivision” and, when appropriate to the context, shall relate to the process of subdividing or to the land subdivided.

means any subdivision or development that does not qualify as a minor subdivision because it is more intensive or involves public dedication. Generally, a major subdivision is a plan that proposes one or more of the following:

means a subdivision plat, not involving a new street, that proposes subdivision of four lots or less, having a frontage of no less than 100 feet, all utilities are available to serve said development or extension of utilities can be accommodated to serve said subdivision, and the subdivision complies with additional pavement section, sidewalk, lighting, fire protection and all other City requirements.

means damage of any origin sustained by a structure whereby the cost of restoring the structure to its before-damaged condition would equal or exceed 50 percent of the market value of the structure before the damage occurred.

means any reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition, or other improvement of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds 50 percent of the market value of the structure before “start of construction” of the improvement. This phrase includes structures which have incurred “substantial damage,” regardless of the actual repair work performed. The phrase does not, however, include either:

means a temporary approval of a conditional use permit for something that is designated as “T” in Table 2.106, Temporary Uses. Since these types of uses can be longer in duration than many temporary uses, and because they can have larger impacts (e.g., an asphalt or concrete batching plant), these uses require review by the Planning and Zoning Commission and approval by the City Council. These applications follow the same procedures as a normal conditional use permit, but are just approved for a maximum not to exceed duration.

means a stick-built or modular building that is used as an administrative office for construction related activities occurring on the same lot under an active building permit.

means a large trash or recycling receptacle located on private property (i.e., outside the public right-of-way) which is used to collect construction debris and other development related materials for transport off-site.

means a temporary fenced enclosure used for the storage and maintenance of contractor supplies and operational equipment used for and located on the same lot of an active building permit.

means a use that is established for a fixed period of time with the intent to discontinue such use upon the expiration of such time.

means the official Thoroughfare Plan as adopted in the Cuero Comprehensive Plan, which may be amended from time to time. The Thoroughfare Plan is designed to ensure that adequate rights-of-way are preserved with a general alignment and sufficient width to allow for orderly and efficient expansion, improvement, and connectivity of the street transportation system.

means a single-family attached building which contains four to seven dwelling units arranged in a linear form, each of which is totally separated from the other by an unpierced wall extending from foundation to roof and has totally exposed front and rear walls that are used for individual unit access, light, and ventilation. There are three types of townhouses (based on design) for the purposes of this UDC, to which different requirements may apply:

means a broadleaf evergreen tree or cone-bearing evergreen tree that, at maturity, typically has a height of greater than 35 feet. For the purposes of this UDC, evergreen trees that typically have a height of 12 to 35 feet at maturity are considered small trees, and evergreens that typically have a height of less than 12 feet at maturity are considered shrubs. See Appendix A, Plant Lists.

means a tree with a canopy that, at maturity, would occupy the upper level of a forest in a natural ecological situation. These trees are commonly called shade trees. They typically reach heights of more than 50 feet at maturity. See Appendix A, Plant Lists.

means any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves. See Appendix A, Plant Lists.

means a tree with a canopy that would occupy the intermediate level of a forest in a natural ecological situation. They are also found as dominant species in old field succession. These trees are commonly called ornamental trees. Small trees are deciduous trees that typically reach heights of 12 to 44 feet at maturity, and evergreen trees that typically reach heights of 12 to 35 feet at maturity. See Appendix A, Plant Lists.

means a single-family attached building which contains three dwelling units arranged in a linear form, each of which is totally separated from the other by an unpierced wall extending from foundation to roof and has totally exposed front and rear walls that are used for individual unit access, light, and ventilation.

means the temporary sale of merchandise outdoors from the back or bed of a truck or trailer by persons who are not employed by the owners or managers of the lot or parcel on which the sale occurs, or tenants of buildings on the lot or parcel on which the sale occurs.

means the City of Cuero Unified Development Code.

means improperly or unjustly. As used in Section 6.102, Use of Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHA), Flood Fringe, and Floodways, subsection D.1., Performance Standards for Use of Floodplains and Floodways, “unduly” is used to mean that floodplain use shall not improperly or unjustly restrict the capacity of any channels or floodways.

means a development order that provides relief from the standards of this UDC (see Section 14.406, Variances).

means a gasoline service station or fuel stations (e.g., hydrogen, compressed natural gas, or liquefied petroleum gas) for alternative fuel vehicles, which may include a convenience store as an accessory use.

means a use that sells, rents, or performs services on automobiles, trucks, boats, construction equipment, all-terrain vehicles, and motorcycles, where the inventory is new or used and is stored for any length of time on-site. The use may also include “vehicle fueling or charging stations,” or “vehicle washes,” when such use is an accessory use to the principal use (i.e., fueling or washing the vehicles being rented, sold, or serviced on the property). The use does not include body shops (e.g., collision repair), paint booths, or reupholstering unless they are approved as principal uses on the same site.

means:

means indoor warehousing, distribution, or logistics facilities; retail distribution centers; order fulfillment centers; and moving and storage services (including full-service moving and storage and indoor storage of shipping containers). The phrase does not include self-storage; wholesale; or warehousing and distribution that are accessory to a light industrial or heavy industrial facility, nor parcel service drop-off locations that are not accessory to a parcel service processing facility.

means:

means any watercourse, lake, or pond that is defined by a bank or shore, in which water can be found on a year-round basis.

means a stream channel (perennial, intermittent, mapped, or unmapped) with banks and a bed within which water regularly flows.

means the height, in relation to the North American Vertical Datum (NAVD) of 1988 (or other datum, where specified), of floods of various magnitudes and frequencies in the floodplains of coastal or riverine areas.

means those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. Wetlands generally include swamps, marshes, bogs, bayous, and similar areas.

means the business of:

means facilities that are affixed to an existing structure (including buildings, water tanks, and communications towers) and consist of the equipment and structures involved in receiving telecommunications or radio signals from a mobile radio communications source and transmitting those signals to a central switching computer which connects the mobile unit with the land-based telephone lines, and also means a broadcast tower.

are lattice towers, monopole towers, guyed towers, or other freestanding facilities that do not meet the definition for “WTF, freestanding stealth” and consist of the equipment and structures involved in receiving telecommunications or radio signals from a mobile radio communications source and transmitting those signals to a central switching computer which connects the mobile unit with the land-based telephone lines, and also means a broadcast tower.

are facilities that have been designed to be architecturally compatible with the surrounding area. They camouflage or conceal the presence of the tower and the antennas that are mounted on it; and include, but are not limited to: artificial rocks and trees, freestanding clock towers and bell steeples, light poles, flagpoles, and artistic structures); and consist of the equipment and structures involved in receiving telecommunications or radio signals from a mobile radio communications source and transmitting those signals to a central switching computer which connects the mobile unit with the land-based telephone lines, and also means a broadcast tower.

means an area covered by a canopy of woody plants (trees) that qualifies as mature and/or young. It may also be a forest, wood lot, grove, or stand of trees meeting the specifications of the forest type.

means an unoccupied space open to the sky on the same lot with a building or structure. A required yard is the distance between the lot line and the setback that is required from that lot line.

means a yard that extends across the full width of the lot between the front lot line and the required front setback line.

means a yard extending the full width of the lot between the rear lot line and the rear setback line. For a corner lot, the rear yard does not extend beyond the side street setback line.

means a yard between the principal building and the side line of the lot, extending from the front yard to the rear yard.

means a yard extending from the front setback line to the rear lot line, located between the side street lot line and the side street setback line.

means an area of the City delineated on the official zoning map, designated by name or abbreviation as provided in the regulations of this UDC.