The regulations and requirements as to height of buildings and area of lot which may be occupied by buildings, side yards, and front yards, and other regulations and requirements as established in the foregoing sections of this article, shall be subject to the following exceptions and additional regulations.

(Code 1975, §12-15; Code 1996, art. 12.1500)

(1)

Public or semi-public buildings, such as hospitals, churches, sanitariums, public utility buildings, or schools, whether public or private, where permitted, may be erected to a height not exceeding 50 feet, provided that such buildings shall be set back two additional feet on all sides for each additional foot that such buildings exceed the specified height limit as established by the regulations of the district in which such buildings are situated.

(2)

Flagpoles, chimneys, cooling towers, electric power line poles and towers, elevator bulkheads, penthouses, finials, gas tanks, grain elevators, stacks, storage towers, radio towers, ornamental towers, monuments, cupolas, domes, spires, standpipes, and necessary mechanical appurtenances may be erected as to height in accordance with other ordinances of the City of Galena Park.

(Code 1975, §12-15; Code 1996, art. 12.1500(a))

(1)

For any building used jointly for business and dwelling purposes or industry and dwelling purposes, the number of families permitted by the lot area requirements per family shall be reduced in the same proportion as the floor area devoted to business or industry bears to the entire floor area of the building.

(2)

For any building providing jointly for hotel and apartment house uses, the number of families permitted in apartments by the lot area requirements per family shall be reduced in the same proportion as the total floor area devoted to hotel or non-housekeeping rooms bears to the total floor area devoted to both uses.

(3)

Where a lot of smaller dimensions than required in the district in which it lies is in separate ownership upon the effective date of this article, the lot size regulation shall not prohibit the erection thereon of any residential building permitted in the district, provided that the minimum area requirements as set forth are met.

(Code 1975, §12-15; Code 1996, art. 12.1500(b))

(1)

Where 25 percent or more of the lots abutting upon the same side of a street between intersecting streets is occupied by a building or buildings, having front and/or side street yards abutting such streets, as the case may be, of greater depth than is required by this article, no other lot upon the same side of such street between such intersecting streets shall be occupied by a building with such a front and/or side street yard of less than the least depth of any such existing front and/or side street yards.

(2)

Where an inside lot face a side street, no adjoining corner lot shall be occupied by a building with a side street yard of depth less than that existing or required of the front yards of the inside lot, provided that this requirement shall not be so interpreted as to reduce the buildable width of a corner lot, in separate ownership upon the effective date of this article, to less than 30 feet.

(3)

Where the rear line of any lot abuts a street, the rear yard requirements shall be the same as the front yard requirements, provided that this requirement shall not be so interpreted as to reduce the buildable depth of any lot, in separate ownership upon the effective date of this article, to less than 40 feet.

(4)

Where a gasoline filling station is built on a corner lot, a front yard and a side street yard of as little as, but no less than, 14 feet each shall be allowed and required, provided that concrete curbs sufficient to protect pedestrians are erected on all street sides of the lot except at automobile entrances and exits to and from the station, and that no building, canopy, pump, or other structure shall be permitted to project into either of these yards.

(5)

No building shall be placed closer than 30 feet to the center line of any street.

(6)

Where an official line has been established for future widening or opening of a street upon which a lot abuts, the width of a front or side street yard shall be measured from such official line.

(7)

No wall, fence or other structure shall be erected and no hedge, shrub, trees, or other growth shall be maintained on any corner lot within the required front and/or side street yard space so as to cause danger to traffic by obstructing the view.

(8)

A porch may not extend more than ten feet into the front yard nor more than four feet into a side street yard or rear yard. Cornices or eaves may not extend more than three feet into a front, side-street, side or rear yard. Except for such projections as listed above, all required yard space shall be open and unobstructed, provided that a private garage or other accessory building not over 20 feet in height may occupy not over 20 percent of the rear yard space.

(Code 1975, §12-15; Code 1996, art. 12.1500(c))