Granite Shoals City Zoning Code
§ 40-11
Mobile Home Park District, M-2.
(a)
Permitted uses.
In the Mobile Home Park District, M-2, a building or premises may be used only for the following purposes:
(3)
Home-based business.
An office in a residential dwelling that occupies more than 25 percent, but not more than 35 percent of the total floor area of that dwelling. It is operated by one or more of the residents of that particular dwelling, employing no more than two nonresidents.
a.
The home-based business is conducted entirely within a dwelling unit which is the bona fide residence of the practitioner or within an accessory building located on the same property as the dwelling (not to include a driveway, yard or outside area).
b.
The residential character of the lot and dwelling shall be maintained. Neither the interior nor the exterior of the dwelling shall be structurally altered so as to require compliance with nonresidential construction codes to accommodate the home occupation. No outdoor storage of material related to the home-based business shall be permitted.
c.
No equipment or materials associated with the home occupation are displayed or stored where visible from anywhere off-premises.
d.
The business produces no external noise, vibration, smoke, dust, odor, heat, glare, fumes, electrical interference or waste runoff outside the dwelling unit or on the property surrounding the dwelling unit
e.
Outside signs shall be regulated by the city sign ordinance.
f.
Child day care as a home-based business shall only be permitted on presentation to the building official of valid permits and licenses as required by the state, and shall be limited to no more than six children other than children living with and related to the applicant, and shall be limited to 12 consecutive hours per 24-hour period.
g.
Parking and vehicular traffic shall remain reasonable within the neighborhood of the home-based business. Abuse of this privilege may be appealed through the marshal’s department for adjudication.
The following businesses or occupations shall not be allowed in residential neighborhoods as home-based businesses, including but not limited to: animal hospitals, animal breeding, clinics, hospitals, contractor’s yards, dancing schools, junkyards, restaurants, rental outlets, vehicle repair shops, or massage parlors. The decision of this city to recognize the importance and validity of home-based businesses in no way should be construed to open the way for a variety of borderline businesses to function in residential areas. The city building official should be contacted with any questions about a business, and if he cannot resolve it, then that business must and shall be petitioned to the city council, via the planning and zoning commission before it can go into business. |
(b)
Height requirement.
No building shall exceed 30 feet in height.
(c)
Yard requirements.
(1)
Front yard.
All buildings shall have a 20-foot setback from all street and highway rights-of-way.
(2)
Side yard.
There shall be no side yard requirement on one sideline and a 12-foot side yard on the other, except when zone M-2 borders a residential zone, then a 20-foot side yard shall be required on the side abutting the residentially zoned property.
(3)
Rear yard.
In no case shall a building occupy any part of a public utility easement
(4)
Shoreline.
Where a lot abuts Lake Lyndon B. Johnson or other waterway designated by the city, the following setback and other requirements in relation to the shoreline shall be used. The shoreline shall usually be the water’s edge, under normal conditions, existing as of the date of the requested building permit.
a.
No main or accessory building, except as otherwise specified, shall be located closer than 20 feet to the shoreline. In no instance shall the main building extend beyond the original platted lot line.
b.
A boat dock or a boat storage building not to exceed 16 feet in height, (as measured from an 825-foot lake level), and no more than 200 square feet of storage area. No boat dock or a boat storage building shall be closer than five feet to any side property line.
(d)
Lot requirements.
No mobile home may be placed on a plot of less than 2,500 square feet. LCRA requirements for septic systems may call for greater lot size. A septic system permit shall be obtained from the LCRA before construction of a building is started.
(e)
Off-street parking.
Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with section 40-16, at least two parking spaces for each mobile home or trailer house.
(f)
General requirements.
(1)
All mobile homes shall be securely tied down, blocked and completely skirted 30 days after occupancy. This provision shall have no application to mobile homes for which certificates of occupancy have been issued prior to the effective date of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived.
(2)
All mobile homes in the city shall comply with all regulations of the state.
(g)
Privacy fence requirement.
All property zoned Mobile Home Park District, M-2, which abuts property zoned residential shall have a privacy fence installed and maintained by the mobile home park property owner along said abutting property line. No lighting shall be done in such a manner as to provide a direct glare into an adjoining residence or into a public street that creates a driving hazard. Lighting shall be hooded or shielded. This excludes streetlights.
(Ordinance 409, sec. XI, adopted 8/24/04)