Regulations set forth in this section [article] are the district regulations in the SF-5AC Residential District.

Uses. In the SF-5AC Residential District, no building or land shall be used and no building shall be hereafter erected, reconstructed or enlarged, unless otherwise provided in this ordinance, except for one or more of the following uses:

(1)

One-Family dwellings.

(2)

Churches.

(3)

Public schools, elementary and high; institutions of higher learning.

(4)

Museums, libraries, parks, playgrounds, or community centers, owned and operated by the Town of Hickory Creek, Texas.

(5)

Telephone exchanges where no public business office and no repair or storage facilities are maintained.

(6)

Temporary buildings accessory to new construction provided such are razed within 30 days after substantial completion of such new construction to which they are accessory, or failing completion of new construction, within 60 days after start of such temporary construction.

(7)

Fire Stations.

(8)

Only the following accessory buildings and uses:

(a)

One private garage when located not less than 50 feet back from the front lot line and no less than 25 feet back from any other street line nor less than 25 feet from the side line, or located in a compartment as an integral part of the main building; provided, however, that each entrance to such garage shall be not less than 25 feet back from the lot line it faces.

(b)

A private garage shall not have a ground floor area of more than 1,200 square feet.

(c)

Servant's quarters, or other accessory buildings when located on the ground or erected over a private garage, shall not have a total height of more than 25 feet, including such quarters and the total enclosed area of such quarters shall not exceed 900 square feet in the aggregate.

(d)

However, nothing herein shall authorize or be construed to permit the occupancy or the use of an accessory building as a place of abode or dwelling by anyone other than a bona fide servant actually then regularly employed by the occupant of the main structure on such lot, estate or land. Utility services to servant's quarters shall be metered by the same meter as those serving the main building on the premises. Accessory building may be constructed as a part of the main building, in which case, the regulations controlling the main building shall apply.

(e)

Hobby shops as an accessory use.

(f)

Uses customarily incident to any other above uses situated in the same dwelling, when not involving the conduct of a business or industry.

(g)

Unilluminated signs not exceeding 12 square feet in area pertaining to the sale or rental of property on which they are located; provided, however, that no advertising sign of any other character shall be permitted in SF-5AC Residential District. Temporary signs may be an exception with prior approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission.

(9)

Every use not hereby specifically authorized and permitted is expressly prohibited in SF-5AC Residential District.

(Ord. No. 2022-11-918, § 3.01, 11-21-2022)

Area regulations.

(1)

Front Yard. There shall be a front yard having a depth of not less than 40 feet.

(2)

Side Yard. The minimum distance from any side building line to the property line at any point shall not be less than 25 feet. Minimum roof overhang on gable or hip roof shall be at least two feet. The sum of the side yard dimensions on any lot measured along the front building line shall be not less than 25 percent of the total width of the lot at the building line, but in no case shall the width be required to be greater then [than] 25 feet on any one side. The sum of the side yards for this criteria need be considered only to the nearest foot.

On corner lots the side yard regulations shall be the same as for the interior lots, except in the case of reverse frontage where the corner abuts the side of a lot facing the other intersecting street, in which case there shall be a side yard on the corner lot of not less than 100 percent of the front yard required on the lot abutting the rear of the corner lot or separated only by an alley, provided that this regulation shall not be so interpreted as to reduce the buildable width after providing the required minimum side yard of a corner lot of record and in separate ownership at the time of passage of this ordinance to less than 25 feet. No accessory building of said corner lots shall project beyond the front yard line of the lots in the rear, nor shall a building be erected, reconstructed, altered, or enlarged closer than 25 feet to the line of the abutting lot to the rear.

(3)

Rear Yard. There shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than 30 percent of the depth of the lot, provided such yard need not exceed 100 feet.

(4)

Width of Lot. The minimum width of the lot shall be 250 feet at the front property line.

(5)

Depth of Lot. The minimum lot depth shall be not less than 150 feet at the average distance between the front and rear lot lines.

(6)

Area of Lot. Every lot shall have an area of not less than five acres. The minimum floor area of the main building shall not be in the aggregate less than 3,000 square feet, exclusive of porches, garages and accessory buildings as defined in the code but including only HVAC space and the building area shall not exceed five percent of the lot area, and the outside walls shall be constructed of standard masonry construction.

(7)

Height Regulations. The limits shall be two and one-half stories, but not to exceed 35 feet per dwelling, provided that the dwelling or other building or portions of building other than accessory buildings may be erected higher than 35 feet if above said 35 feet limits of said building or portions of building are set back from all required yard lines two feet for each one foot in height above said 35 feet limit; provided, however, that no building shall have a height of more than 50 feet. Height limit for any accessory building shall be 25 feet.

(8)

Construction. All buildings shall be constructed according to the Standard Masonry Construction requirements defined herein.