A building or use that is all of the following: (1) constructed or located on the same property with the same zoning as the main building, or use served, except as may be specifically provided elsewhere in this ordinance; (2) clearly incidental to, subordinate in purpose to, and serving the principal use; and (3) either in the same ownership as the principal structure, building or use or is clearly operated and maintained solely for the comfort, convenience, necessity, or benefit of the occupants, employees, customers, or visitors of the principal use.

The city administrator, or other designated authority charged with the administration and enforcement of this article, or duly authorized representative.

A public minor way that is used primarily for secondary vehicular service access to the back or side of properties otherwise abutting on a street or highway.

A room or suite of rooms in an apartment house arranged, designed, or occupied as a dwelling unit residence by a single family, individual, or group of individuals living together as a single housekeeping unit.

Any building, or portion thereof, which is designed, built, rented, leased, let or hired out to be occupied as three (3) or more apartments or dwelling units, or which is occupied as the home or residence of three (3) or more families living independently of each other and maintaining separate cooking facilities.

Any area used for general repair, rebuilding or reconditioning of engines, motor vehicles, trailers; collision services, including body, frame or fender straightening or repair; paint shop; vehicle steam cleaning.

Any area used for minor repair or replacement of parts, tires, tubes, batteries and minor motor services, such as, grease, oil, spark plug and filter changing of passenger cars and trucks not exceeding one and one-half ton capacity, but not including, any operation named under “Automobile repair, major” or any other similar use thereto.

An open area or lot used for the display or sale of automobiles, where no repair work is done.

Any building and/or premises where gasoline, oil, grease, batteries, tires and automobile accessories may be supplied and dispensed at retail, including the servicing of vehicles designed or calculated to be performed by the customer.

A building story, the floor line of which is below grade at any entrance or exit but may have at least one-half (1/2) of its height above the average level of the adjoining grade level.

An establishment engaged in providing rooms or groups of rooms in a dwelling unit for temporary lodging for overnight guests on a paying basis. The dwelling unit may not be a manufactured home. The dwelling unit may or may not be owner occupied and the dwelling unit may or may not contain a kitchen.

That property abutting on one side of a street and lying between the nearest intersecting or intercepting streets, or nearest intersecting or intercepting street and railroad right-of-way, waterway, or other barrier to or gap in the continuity of development along such street.

The BOA reviews and makes recommendations of on an appeal of an administrative decision and administrative exception or variance to a zoning decision[.]

A residential building or portion thereof, other than a motel, or hotel, which contains lodging rooms which that accommodate not more than 20 persons who are not members of the keeper’s family. Lodging with or without meals is provided for compensation on a weekly or monthly basis.

Any roofed structure built for the support, shelter, or enclosure of persons, chattels, or movable property of any kind. When such structure is divided into separate parts by one (1) or more unpierced walls extending from the ground up, each part is deemed a separate building, except as regards minimum side yards.

The vertical distance from the average contact ground level at the front wall of the building to the highest point of the coping of a flat roof, or the deck line of a mansard roof, or to the mean height level between eaves and ridge for gable, hip or gambrel roofs.

A line measured a distance specified by this ordinance from the front, rear, and side lot lines on which no building or structure may be erected.

An agent of the city who inspects building construction for plan/permit compliance.

A building, or port [part], where automobiles or other motor vehicles are automatically or manually washed regularly as a business.

Land used, or intended to be used, for the burial of the human dead and dedicated for cemetery purposes, including columbarium’s, crematories, mausoleums, and mortuaries, if operated in connection with and within the boundaries of such cemetery.

An official certificate issued by the city secretary which indicates conformance with, or approved conditional waiver from, the zoning regulations and authorized legal use of the premises for which it is issued.

The City of Goliad, Goliad County, Texas.

A public or private, profit or nonprofit facility for the reception and treatment of outpatient persons, physically or mentally ill, injured, handicapped or otherwise in need of physical or mental diagnosis, treatment care or similar service.

A nonprofit association of persons who are bona fide members, paying regular dues, and are organized for a common purpose, but not including a group organized solely or primarily to render a service customarily carried on as a commercial enterprise.

An establishment or enterprise wherein activities are carried on by, or for a group or association, of dues-paying members organized for some common purpose.

A club, as defined above, except such establishments shall have been issued an alcoholic beverage permit by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission.

Any building and grounds owned and operated by the governmental body for the social, recreational, health and welfare of the community served.

Any building, structure, and use which complies with the applicable regulations and standard governing conditional uses of the zoning district in which such building, structure, and use is located, and for which a permit is granted.

A home designed for the care of patients after they leave the hospital, but before they are released from observation and treatment.

See “neighborhood convenience center.”

A structure that is arranged, intended, designed or used as an advertisement, announcement or direction, including sign, billboard and advertising device of any kind.

A section of the City of Goliad for which the regulations governing the area, height, use of land and buildings and other regulations as defined by this ordinance are uniform.

A group or row of dwellings, each containing one (1) or more dwelling units, and all occupying one (1) lot or site, as defined herein, and having a court in common, including a bungalow court or apartment court, but not including an automobile court or automobile camp.

A room, or a group of rooms, including cooking accommodations, occupied by one (1) family and in which not more than two (2) persons, other than members of the family, are lodged or boarded for compensation at anyone (1) time.

A building containing three (3) or more dwelling units.

A dwelling which is joined to another dwelling at one (1) or more sides by a party wall or abutting separate walls and is designed for occupancy by one (1) family, and is on a separate lot delineated by front, rear and side lot lines.

A building containing one (1) dwelling unit, and located on a lot or separate building tract, and having no physical connection to a building on any other lot.

A building containing two (2) dwelling units.

An interest in land granted to the city or other governmental entity, to the public generally, and/or to a private utility corporation.

One (1) or more persons, related by blood, marriage, or adoption, occupying a dwelling unit as a single, nonprofit housekeeping unit, but not including a group occupying a hotel, boarding house, club, dormitory, fraternity, or sorority house.

The relatively flat, lowlands adjoining the channel of a river, stream or watercourse that has been, or may be, covered by floodwater. Any land covered by the water of a one-hundred-year frequency storm is considered in the floodplain and must comply with the Corps of Engineers requirements.

All the property abutting on one (1) side of a street between intersecting or intercepting streets, or between a street and a right-of-way, waterway, end of a dead-end street, or city boundary measured along the street line. An intercepting street shall determine only the boundary of the frontage on the side of the street that it intercepts. Where a lot abuts more than one (1) street, the planning and zoning commission shall determine the frontage for purposes of this article.

A building or space for the sale of fuels, including tax-free dyed diesel fuel for exclusive use in agricultural or off-highway equipment operated in the state, such as a tractor or combine, on a farm or ranch, construction or governmental uses or as may be consumed to start initial production or increase oil and gas production on the formation (frac job) or other uses as authorized by law.

An accessory building, or portion of a main building on the same lot and used for the storage only of private passenger motor vehicles, not more than two (2) of which are owned by others than the occupants of the main building.

A building or space for the repair or maintenance of motor vehicles, but not including factory assembly of such vehicles, auto wrecking establishments or junkyards.

The living area of a building, including the walls thereof, but excluding all porches, open breezeways, and garages.

Any occupation, customarily conducted for gain or support, entirely within a dwelling, by a member or members of a family while residing therein, and which is clearly incidental and secondary to the residential use of the premises and does not change the character thereof.

A building, or portion thereof, in which ten (10) or more guest rooms are provided for occupancy for compensation by transient guests.

The storage, repair, manufacture, preparation or treatment of any article, substance, or commodity.

Any area used for the storage, keeping or abandonment of junk, including scrap metals or other scrap materials or goods, or used for the dismantling, demolition or abandonment of automobiles or other vehicles or machinery, or parts thereof.

Any structure or premises on which more than three (3) dogs, over six (6) months of age and/or more than one (1) litter, are kept.

The long-range plan for the desirable use of land in the city, as officially adopted, and as amended from time to time, by the city council; the purpose of such plan being, among other things, to serve as a guide in the zoning and progressive changes in the zoning of land to meet the changing needs, in the subdividing and use of undeveloped land, and in the acquisition of rights-of-way or sites for public purposes, such as, streets, parks, schools and public buildings.

An off-street space or berth on the same lot with a building, or contiguous to a group of buildings, for the temporary parking of a commercial vehicle while loading or unloading merchandise or materials and which abuts upon a street, alley, or other appropriate means of access.

The entire parcel of platted land occupied, or to be occupied, by a main building and its accessory buildings, or by a group, such as, a dwelling group or automobile court and their accessory buildings, including the yards and open spaces required therefore by this article and other applicable law.

A lot abutting on two (2) intercepting or intersecting streets where the interior angle of intersection or interception does not exceed one hundred thirty-five (135) degrees.

The total area of a lot occupied by the base (first story of [or] floor) of buildings located on the lot.

The average depth from the front line of the lot to the rear line of the lot.

A lot other than a corner lot.

The property lines bounding the lot as defined herein.

A lot that is part of a subdivision, the plat of which has been recorded in the office of the county clerk of Goliad County, or a parcel of land, the deed for which was recorded in the office of the county clerk, Goliad County, prior to January 1, 1986.

A lot having its front and rear lines on different streets or having its front or rear line on a street and the other line on a river, lake, creek, or other permanent body of water.

The width measured at a distance back from the front line equal to the minimum depth required for a front yard.

A structure constructed on or after June 15, 1976, according to the rules of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, transportable in one (1) or more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is eight (8) body feet or more in width, or forty (40) body feet or more in length, or, when erected on-site, is 320 or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling, with or without a permanent foundation, when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning and electrical systems. References in this article to “mobile home(s)” shall be taken to be references to HUD-code manufactured home(s).

A structure similar to a manufacture home but constructed prior to June 15, 1976. See “manufactured home, HUD-code.” Mobile homes, as defined in the Manufactured Housing Standards Act, article 5221f, section 3(a), V.T.C.S., shall not be used as dwelling units within the corporate limits of the city.

That part of a parcel of land in a manufactured home park that has been reserved for the placement of one (1) HUD-code manufactured home.

A parcel of land which has been developed for rental or sale of lots to persons with HUD-code manufactured homes.

A dwelling that is constructed in one (1) or more modules, at a location other than the homesite, or is constructed utilizing one (1) or more modular components, and which is designed to be used as a permanent residence when the modular components or modules are transported to the homesite and are joined together, or are erected and installed on a permanent foundation system. The term includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning and electrical systems.

A building, or a group of two (2) or more buildings, containing guest rooms or apartments, with automobile storage space provided in connection therewith, and used primarily for the accommodation of automobile travelers, including groups designated as auto cabins, motor lodges, motor courts, motels, and similarly designated groups.

Centers that carry convenience goods, such as groceries, drugs, hardware, and some variety items, and includes some service stores. The neighborhood convenience center may contain one (1) or two (2) small apparel or shoe stores, but it is clearly dominated by convenience goods, which are items of daily consumption and very frequent purchase, sometimes called “spot necessity” items. This neighborhood serving store group is within convenient walking distance of families served (within convenient driving range in low-density areas), with due consideration for pedestrian access and amenity of surrounding areas.

Use of a building or land, which existed previously, that does not conform to the present regulations as to use for the district in which it is situated.

A structure or building where ill or elderly people are provided with lodging and meals, with or without nursing care.

That part of any lot or tract that is used for recreational purposes, both passive and active, but not including areas used for parking or maneuvering of automobiles or drives or approaches to and from parking areas Floodplains, or fifty (50) percent of any standing surface water, may be considered as open space, provided such open space is contiguous and part of the platted lot, and is maintained and utilized in the same manner and to the same degree as all other open space areas, as designated on the site plan as filed with the building permit application.

A permanently surfaced, open area for the same uses as a private garage.

A permanently surfaced, open area, other than a street, or other public way, used for parking of automobiles, and available to the public for a fee, free, or as an accommodation for clients or customers.

A permanently surfaced area not less than one hundred eighty (180) square feet (measured approximately nine (9) feet by twenty (20) feet), either within a structure or in the open, not on public right-of-way, exclusive of driveways or access drives, for the parking of one (1) vehicle.

An accessory building, housing vehicles owned and used by the occupant of the main building.

A vehicular, 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 (8) feet in width.

A device used to receive any satellite signal.

An institution of learning which offers instruction in several branches of learning and study required to be taught in the public schools.

A business organized to operate for a profit and offering instruction and training in a service or art, such as, a secretarial school, barber college, beauty school or commercial art school.

As herein referred, shall mean any of the following:

A grouping of retail business and service uses on a single site with common parking facilities.

That portion of a building included between the surface of a floor and the surface of a floor next above it, or if there is no floor above it, then the portion of the building between the surface of a floor and the ceiling or roof above it. A basement shall be counted as a story for the purposes of height regulations if the vertical distance from grade to the ceiling is more than seven (7) feet.

The topmost story under a gable, hip, or gambrel roof, the wall plates of which on at least two (2) opposite exterior walls are not more than two (2) feet above the floor of such story.

A public or private thoroughfare that affords the principal means of access to abutting property.

Any change, addition, or modification in construction in the supporting members of a building, such as, exterior walls, bearing walls, beams, columns, foundations, girders, floor joists, roof joists, rafters, or trusses.

Structures supporting commercial antennae for transmitting or receiving any of the radio spectrum (includes structures used for satellite dishes).

Three (3) or more dwelling units attached by common vertical walls.

Any vehicle or structure constructed in such a manner as to permit occupancy thereof as sleeping quarters or the conduct of any business, trade, or occupation or use as a selling, or advertising device, or use for storage or conveyance of tools, equipment, and machinery, and so designed that it is or may be mounted on wheels and used as a conveyance on highways and streets, propelled or drawn by its own or other motor power.

An area designed, arranged, or used for the parking or storing of six (6) or more auto trailer or trailer coach which are occupied or intended for occupancy as living quarters by individuals or families.

The purpose for which land, or a building or structure thereon, is designed, arranged, intended or maintained or for which it is or may be used or occupied.

A subordinate use on the same lot, with the principal use and incidental and accessory thereto.

A lot or tract of land used for the sale, or display for sale, of two (2) or more previously owned motor vehicles, including, but not limited to, passenger automobiles, motorcycles, trucks, dune buggies and other types of motor vehicles designed for use upon the public roads or for pleasure off public roads, but not including farm implements, mobile homes, campers and recreational vehicles, or construction equipment, such as, cranes, bulldozers and related equipment and trucks over one ton capacity.

A modification of the regulations of this article granted by the board of adjustment after finding that the literal application of the provisions of this article would cause undue and unnecessary hardship in view of certain facts and conditions applying to a specific parcel of property. A financial hardship is not considered hardship under this definition.

A center for the repair and maintenance of, or diagnosis upon, motor vehicles, including tire installation, but not including the sale of gasoline, body work, or spray painting.

An open space, other than a court, on the same lot with a building.

A yard extending across the full width of a lot and having a depth equal to the shortest distance between the front line of the lot and the nearest portion of the main building, including an enclosed or covered porch, provided that the front yard depth shall be measured from the future street line for a street on which a lot fronts when such line is shown on the official map or is otherwise established.

A yard extending across the full width of a lot and having a depth equal to the shortest distance between the rear line of the lot and the main building.

A yard between the sideline of the lot and the main building extending from the front yard to the rear yard and having a width equal to the shortest distance between said sideline and the main building.

The official certified map upon which the boundaries of the various zoning districts are drawn and which is an integral part of the zoning ordinance.